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  1. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Yeah, sure thing. I'm super busy this week but I'll message you to talk sometime soon. I'll try to give as detailed an answer as possible of why I think it didn't work out here on the thread though. From the time I first started the business, I'd always had trouble getting a consistent stream...
  2. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Hey thanks for the reply and curiosity about the business! Honestly it is nice to hear that people on the forum are still wondering what I'm up to, as I've been suffering from a bit of a lack of motivation lately. To answer your question, yes I did shut down the web design business to move on...
  3. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Hey everyone, it's been a while since my last update so I just wanted to share what I'm up to now. As you may have seen over the last few months my posts have gotten much less frequent, but there is a very good reason for that. Big announcement below and I will get straight to the point. I...
  4. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    On break from college until mid January so looking for the next month to be a big one. A few updates: Fashion e-commerce store has been finished now for a couple weeks. Took a while to iron everything out but it looks good and I think it will start bringing in more sales for the client very...
  5. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Hey everyone! I apologize for the long time without an update; I've been pretty busy with college and web design so have not had a chance to be too active on the forum. Just some general updates on how things have been going: Fashion e-commerce store is nearly finished, just need to make some...
  6. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Moving ahead with a full redesign for the fashion e-commerce store I was working with previously. We looked through the results the store had been getting so far and decided that the best option would be to overhaul it and do it 100% right this time around. I closed this one at $450, which is...
  7. dmichaelmccann

    Buidling a e-commerce website... so painful !

    HOT! 
    Thanks for the shoutout @The Racing Driver! As others have said before, Shopify is definitely a good solution if you don’t have any coding/design experience. You can get set up real fast with a decent looking site all by yourself. If you need to do it with woo though don’t hesitate to reach...
  8. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Headed out to college in 5 days; it's crazy how fast this summer has gone. Progress hasn't been as fast I expected going into the summer, but I think I still made some good strides and am on the right path. I'm currently making some final revisions to the consultant website, should be online...
  9. dmichaelmccann

    Under 18, know web design but can't get a contract because of age. Any advice?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Hey Richard, I tried doing cold emails and calls when I was trying to get free portfolio pieces and it didn’t work out great either. You’d probably be better off waiting to do that until you have a few sites under your belt. To get that first job you need to be creative: Instead of emailing...
  10. dmichaelmccann

    dmichaelmccann's Discounted Web Design Services - Get Results For Your Business

    MARKETPLACE 
    It took a bit of time but we got 3! Thanks to everyone who reached out; I've had a great time building your sites and I hope they do big things for your business. The $300 promotion is now over but if anyone in the future is reading this and needs website help you can still reach out to me...
  11. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    I had a call with Fox a few days ago and wanted to share the summary and what I've been doing with everyone. So we talked about what's been going on and looked over a few of the sites I've built, and the problem was that although they look good, the businesses I worked with were just too small...
  12. dmichaelmccann

    Starting My Own Web Design Business

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Hey @Davidc , I'd stay at it a little more before you go build those dummy sites. It can be tough to get those first couple portfolio pieces but being able to show potential clients sites that you built for real businesses will really help with sales later on. Here's a few ideas that I'd...
  13. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Thanks for the replies and advice everyone, I’m really glad to hear this thread has inspired people and I definitely plan on keeping it going. Just going through a bit of a rough patch right now but I know I’ll turn it around soon!
  14. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Last 3 weeks around 50, mostly targeting medium sized construction companies. Out of this I got a couple slightly warm leads but after the second call they all said some variation of "call us again in a few months". Not a ton of calls I know but have been mixing in different methods of cold...
  15. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Been a while since my last update. I was waiting for something big to update everyone on but not much has happened so I thought I would just share my progress over the past ~3 weeks. Overall it's been pretty frustrating. Still waiting on some final content pieces for the copywriting agency...
  16. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Haha that's good to hear. I've heard different things about how much time I'll have in college but I took a pretty rigorous course load this year in high school and still was able to work on my business, so I think I'll be fine. I'll just have less time than I will this summer of course.
  17. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Quick update: I'm officially done with high school now and have exactly two months from yesterday until college starts. These next two months are going to be a critical time for growing my business as I'm going to be looking to take on lots of new clients, build some great sites, and make more...
  18. dmichaelmccann

    Please share Does, Donts, Cautionary Tales about Free Work Experience

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    When I was starting out a few months ago I did a few free websites that worked out well, so I'll share what I did to not get exploited. First, definitely try to meet in person or at least talk on the phone with anyone you are doing free work for. It's ok if they are a total stranger (all of my...
  19. dmichaelmccann

    Ready to take your business to the next level? I'll coach you.

    MARKETPLACE 
    I'm in. Can't wait to get started!
  20. dmichaelmccann

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    I finally broke through this week with a couple sales after a bit of a slump. I closed one $300 site through my marketplace ad for a small copywriting/online advertising agency. I'm looking to really overdeliver on this one since it is for a forum member and it will let me expand into a new...
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