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I sell around 1.5-2m a year in website and design and marketing projects for a 5-7 person team mostly through a monthly adwords spend of $1k and portfolio references and being legitimate SEO experts so our site performs well and our client sites perform well. Minimum website project is 5.5k, the moment I just stopped working with smaller budget clients, the moment my time opened up to pursue more profitable partnersh…
Hey, I'm a web developer and designer. I spent the last six years contracting, and just in the last three years I've 5x'd my rate actually. I'm writing a book about it: https://devcareer.elliotbonneville.com/ If you shoot me your email I'll send you the entire manuscript so far. Also would love to hop on a call and just tell you everything I'm going to put in it -- looking for feedback on the content.
I am still not sure I want to be exactly in that area but my current way of working doesn't seem to click with my soul that well lately so I am looking for options. Mail is mitko dot p at gmail dot com, would love to read some of your stuff and give an opinion.
I shot you an email and added you to the Google Doc. Thanks for your interest!
In 2008 (the last time I did freelance web design) I was able to charge decent money for a custom website. Nowadays people can get that with WordPress and a $60 Themeforest template or something like Wix or Shopify. So you will have to compete with that (or layer value added serves on top). One interesting way I generated a lot of business back in the day was redesigning websites on spec. Basically I found businesses…
You can still make a living at freelance web design, that's how I feed my family. But you need to offer an excellent customer service too, people seem to give more value to a decent web designer who has excellent customer service than a genius web designer who has very poor approach. I'm charging between £600 and £1500 for websites built using Divi and WordPress on my main web design business - https://freelance-webdesign.co.uk/
I sell around 1.5-2m a year in website and design and marketing projects for a 5-7 person team mostly through a monthly adwords spend of $1k and portfolio references and being legitimate SEO experts so our site performs well and our client sites perform well. Minimum website project is 5.5k, the moment I just stopped working with smaller budget clients, the moment my time opened up to pursue more profitable partnersh…
The problem I have is that it doesn't scale at all. ALL of my time is spent on SEO, Social Media Posting (Creating posts and then scheduling them), and finally content writing for blogs. I could hire people to do these things (i'm actually struggling to find jacks of all trades like myself) but the problem is that it's no longer profitable if I start hiring.
Any advice? It would excellent if we could chat privately somehow.
In 2008 (the last time I did freelance web design) I was able to charge decent money for a custom website. Nowadays people can get that with WordPress and a $60 Themeforest template or something like Wix or Shopify. So you will have to compete with that (or layer value added serves on top). One interesting way I generated a lot of business back in the day was redesigning websites on spec. Basically I found businesses…
I get a lot of clients who tried building a website themselves using Shopify or Wix and gave up to then contact me to build them a website. You can still make a living at freelance web design, that's how I feed my family. But you need to offer an excellent customer service too, people seem to give more value to a decent web designer who has excellent customer service than a genius web designer who has very poor appro…
If you want to read in detail here is the link https://technerds.com/blog/on-page-seo-a-detailed-checklist-...
Here's how I've dealt with it:
1. Niche down really tightly. It seems like you've at least narrowed your expertise to the frontend, but do you specialize in certain industries? Sizes of companies? There are so many general purpose freelance frontend architects, so find a way to get more specialized in your messaging.
2. Network, network, network. Service businesses are relationship based, so if you let your network stagnate, you're going to struggle. I set aside half my time each week for sales and marketing, and at least half that time is networking with people or staying in touch.
3. Do things that bring you energy rather than listening to gurus. In other words, if side projects get you jazzed up and you can build them to facilitate your marketing, do that. If writing works, do that. If you like sending cold emails, try that. If you're doing marketing that doesn't even feel like work, it'll be more sustainable.
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Hey, I'm a web developer and designer. I spent the last six years contracting, and just in the last three years I've 5x'd my rate actually. I'm writing a book about it: https://devcareer.elliotbonneville.com/ If you shoot me your email I'll send you the entire manuscript so far. Also would love to hop on a call and just tell you everything I'm going to put in it -- looking for feedback on the content.