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At the beginning of last year, I started my journey towards building a web design business from scratch. It did not go as planned...
While it only took me a couple of months to learn the basics of building a website, I ended up spending a few more months stuck in “learning mode”. You know what I’m talking about. That state of mind where there’s always just ONE more thing you need to learn before you can start getting clients.
Fortunately, towards the end of the year I got the strong kick in the a$$ I needed to start making real progress. Well, two strong kicks to be specific.
One came in the form of @Fox (you might have seen his infamous web design business thread) and his extremely helpful Youtube channel. His focus on building sales systems as opposed to just fancy looking website really resonated with me. It switched my focus from trying to build the perfect looking website to actually looking at how my current skills could help REAL businesses.
The second kick in the a$$ was self-imposed - I moved from California to Spain to live with my girlfriend. With no job lined up and barely any savings, I knew I needed to make this web design thing work soon.
Feeling inspired but knowing I needed help, I joined Fox’s Sales Legends Program and began soaking up the wisdom from him and the other veteran students of the program. It’s been almost two months since I joined and I’ve already made more progress than in the previous 11 months combined.
But I want to do more than just make some decent progress this year. I want to end 2020 making at least $10,000 per month on web design projects. That would be more than enough for me to live comfortably and also invest in growing my business even further.
More importantly, though, I want to develop top-notch sales and marketing skills. A successful web design business isn’t my end-goal. It’s just the first step on my path towards building a larger Fastlane business.
In this thread, I’ll be keeping track of:
In my next post, I’ll talk about the process of landing my first few portfolio projects (two of them paid), and some of the major lessons I’ve learned so far.
Thanks for reading!
While it only took me a couple of months to learn the basics of building a website, I ended up spending a few more months stuck in “learning mode”. You know what I’m talking about. That state of mind where there’s always just ONE more thing you need to learn before you can start getting clients.
Fortunately, towards the end of the year I got the strong kick in the a$$ I needed to start making real progress. Well, two strong kicks to be specific.
One came in the form of @Fox (you might have seen his infamous web design business thread) and his extremely helpful Youtube channel. His focus on building sales systems as opposed to just fancy looking website really resonated with me. It switched my focus from trying to build the perfect looking website to actually looking at how my current skills could help REAL businesses.
The second kick in the a$$ was self-imposed - I moved from California to Spain to live with my girlfriend. With no job lined up and barely any savings, I knew I needed to make this web design thing work soon.
Feeling inspired but knowing I needed help, I joined Fox’s Sales Legends Program and began soaking up the wisdom from him and the other veteran students of the program. It’s been almost two months since I joined and I’ve already made more progress than in the previous 11 months combined.
But I want to do more than just make some decent progress this year. I want to end 2020 making at least $10,000 per month on web design projects. That would be more than enough for me to live comfortably and also invest in growing my business even further.
More importantly, though, I want to develop top-notch sales and marketing skills. A successful web design business isn’t my end-goal. It’s just the first step on my path towards building a larger Fastlane business.
In this thread, I’ll be keeping track of:
- My general progress towards building my business
- The different projects I complete and how I approach them
- Different pitfalls and challenges that come with web design
- The different sales and marketing lessons I learn along the way
In my next post, I’ll talk about the process of landing my first few portfolio projects (two of them paid), and some of the major lessons I’ve learned so far.
Thanks for reading!
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