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  1. DoWhatWorks

    Moving to South America and Starting a Web Development Agency - Good or Bad Idea?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hofstadter's Law things will always take longer than you'd expect. If you can I would suggest starting the web dev agency and landing a few clients now who will continue to pay you while in Argentina. You also get the benefit of the easier sale/commanding higher prices while being based in...
  2. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Another update from me, plan A worked and my 9-5 agreed for me to go part time starting February :) To anyone lurking - it was definitely the right thing to do. Had some unexpected client cancellations from a few clients in the new year and although I'm still 4 figure profitable, I'd now be...
  3. DoWhatWorks

    The top 10 lessons I learned becoming a millionaire in 2 years

    MINDSET 
    Thank you for sharing your story, man. It's inspirational, and you won my trust after acknowledging the click-bait title lol This (for me) is the most important and underrated piece you made that I can't agree more on: Yep the beautiful thing about business is that you can literally...
  4. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Thanks for the encouraging words man! I’m inclined to agree with you. I know people who’ve left their jobs to focus on biz just to end up going back which must be so painful. Health part is also super important, if it takes me 6 months longer to finally get freedom in a less stressful/painful...
  5. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Thought I'd give an update, in case someone in the future lurks and is in a similar position. My net profit of the business has jumped to 75% of my salary. I was about to hand in my resignation letter lol but after seeking advice was given the good idea of propose moving part time at my job...
  6. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Thanks for the encouragement and tips @johnp I'm curious - What AI tools do you use? Apart from tools like Copy.AI / Bard to help with writing text and meeting note recorders I've not used any other AI tools in my business in a meaningful way that's valuable and not just me using a new toy...
  7. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    This is the thought that makes me close to quitting some days but for me, I think it’s better to take the (slightly) longer route. Because: Getting a taste, then going back would kill me inside. Especially because my day job is relatively relaxed and I work on biz during the day too Yep...
  8. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Thanks for the response and kind words. Your assessment is spot on, my net profit is about 40% of the take-home from my paycheck. I could definitely move the business faster with the additional 40 hours however I only have enough savings to last 6 months which scares me lol. It would be a...
  9. DoWhatWorks

    How do you balance life, your day job and business?

    QUESTION 
    Hi all, Like many others I work at an office job during the day and focus on my business at night. It's an exciting time as my monthly business revenue exceeds my pay check and if all goes well I'll be in a position to quit employment for good in the next 12 - 24 months. The only problem...
  10. DoWhatWorks

    What are the best side hustles 2023

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    "Top 5" will be different for different people depending on your skills and interests. E.g. if you're a great coder but hate videos side hustle of building apps would be good but video editor terrible. If you have the opposite skills/interest then the reverse would be true. Focus on the...
  11. DoWhatWorks

    Documenting my journey from 4 to 5 figures MRR

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Been very quiet because I've been busy working. Had a cycling accident and fractured my arm so have been homebound and it's worked in my favour. Silver linings I guess... Current MRR $5K - I've signed 3 clients in the last 2 weeks' and retained all the others since my last update...
  12. DoWhatWorks

    Documenting my journey from 4 to 5 figures MRR

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Another update Been on 2 holidays this summer and been managing the business in-between on top of a day job so not much progress. Those are excuses though, I will do better. No more holidays booked for the rest of the year so will be able to buckle down and set up processes so that the...
  13. DoWhatWorks

    Documenting my journey from 4 to 5 figures MRR

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Overall Update Spoke to soon on my last update, now at about 3.4K MRR after signing some smaller clients. They're going to be the last batch that I offer the lower experiment pricing to because the effort involved to onboard them is the same as more profitable clients and the work involved is...
  14. DoWhatWorks

    The Client Acquisition Thread

    CHAT 
    Not a stupid question at all. I have a slightly different approach to Andy, I'll avoid details to not increase competition for myself but I get leads from popular platforms where a buyer would go if they were seeking services so they're somewhat warm already. Ironically enough though, I'm...
  15. DoWhatWorks

    Documenting my journey from 4 to 5 figures MRR

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Thank you! Words of encouragement mean a lot, can feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall sometimes aha
  16. DoWhatWorks

    Documenting my journey from 4 to 5 figures MRR

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Overall Update Still at 3K MRR and hit a plateau. Have had holiday trips which has slowed things down sales wise (and revealed I need to eventually de-attach myself from Sales too) and basically lost some clients and won some clients. I've experimented with offering a smaller package with...
  17. DoWhatWorks

    The Client Acquisition Thread

    CHAT 
    This is so simple (and I suspect effective) that I'm embarrassed I didn't think of it myself! Thank you. Very timely advice as I'm building a personal brand to try and earn more inbound leads vs relying on outbound.
  18. DoWhatWorks

    The Client Acquisition Thread

    CHAT 
    I run a social media agency and offering free audits has worked well to get people on calls. Has helped build credibility, especially in the earlier days. Sharing Loom video audits in advance also worked well but I stopped doing them from scratch when I realised people would still book a call...
  19. DoWhatWorks

    Need help with not getting any Upwork job offers

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    A lot of good contributions already. As someone who actively makes money on Upwork I'd highly recommend you send Loom videos too. People love being educated not sold. Ask for their existing website and record a loom of you sharing things they're doing well & what they could do better. You...
  20. DoWhatWorks

    My journey to financial freedom

    RANT INTRO 
    First of all - the fact you're on a site like this at 16 is incredible! All I cared about then was house parties. It will only be compressed if you let it. This is a choice you make, never forget that. Everyone's felt like this before. Those who end up being successful keep pushing on. As...
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