Trying to get my first web design client as a young fastlaner.

[Jasper_]

I’ve always been skeptical of getting a regular 9-5 job like everyone around me. I think that when I’m young, I should use this time to build up evergreen skills which will help me create a fastlane business later, and give me a head-start on everyone flipping burgers and stacking shelves. I think that the best way to learn is from experience and failure.

A couple weeks ago I stumbled across someone in the web design niche and made my decision that web design was the business for me. I have been wanting to start a business for a while but things like dropshipping and social media marketing just weren’t really my cup of tea, and building websites ticked all my boxes.

And I think that something like this would be able to teach me more valuable skills for entrepreneurship than just getting a regular 9-5.

I intend to use this as a pathway to generate money and sales skills which I can take to build a fastlane business in the future. (Luckily I have a lot of time too) For now I want to just get 1 or 2 sales so I can reinvest that money into the business (or a course/ coaching) to fast track the growth.

After making the decision to commit to web design, I’ve reached the point now where I have all the general knowledge and have gathered a list of clients to start my outreach. But this phase has been met with some setbacks. (and decisions)

I think I have a really strong USP (Unique selling proposition) because I am the only one in my area who is niched down to my target audience - Crash repairs -, so I can provide the best value to them and ‘claim’ to be the specialist.

I’ve seen a lot of information online and great sales scripts for things like cold emails - but they all require some kind of past results as the main way of building trust with the client.

I don’t have any past results to my name, nor do I know anyone in my niche who I can reach out to easily and offer them something for free or for cheap.

I was considering two options for reaching out to people by email and might combine them together.

Those were cold emailing & loom videos.

I was either going to start with a cold email to just get intrigue from the potential client and then promise them more information (loom video) if they replied. Then if I get a positive response, I would send them the video to gain trust and try to get them on a call.

After watching many of @Fox 's videos, I learnt that you shouldn’t immediately try to jump into the sale on the first email because you haven’t built any trust and sound a bit pushy.
(Also business owners get a million of these emails a day so I need to stand out somehow)

I was unsure whether starting with a cold email would lose lots of clients because people usually ignore that kind of stuff so I was also considering sending the loom video first.

Sending them a loom video has its upsides such as being able to connect with the business owner personally, and being able to provide them with value before you ask for something in return, but I’m not sure if it’s the best option for me.
My main concern is that the video will seem too ‘sales-like’ which can be a problem if people don’t know you at all, and you don’t have any evidence to back up.

It’s especially hard if the main thing which you should try to sell the business owner is results, when you don’t have any, which is why people suggest working for free.
The problem is people associate free work with poor quality.

I think that my dilemma results from me getting information from a lot of different sources. It’s kind of natural for me to just try to learn from everyone, everywhere in order to get a broad idea of what to do and choose the right option for me - which has its positives and negatives.

An option which you might suggest could be to try versions of both and see which one has the highest conversion rate, which could work but I have quite a small sample space of leads so I don’t think I could really gather any solid evidence to support each option.

Any advice from people with or without experience would be really awesome.

I’m willing to jump into the deep end and try everything, because while I hate doing things like cold calls, I know that the most progress comes from doing things which make you uncomfortable. (Speaking of discomfort, this is my first post on the forum after lurking for a couple months)

I’ll probably update this thread with progress along my web design journey and I encourage anyone at a similar point to where I am to follow along and learn something.

Thanks for your time,

• Jasper

 

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[Johannf]

O’wi emxezt ciip tliqvodem ug hivvoph e sihames 9-5 kuc moli iwiszupi esuapf ni. O vjopl vjev xjip O’n zuaph, O tjuamf ati vjot voni vu caomf aq iwishsiip tlommt xjodj xomm jimq ni dsievi e getvmepi catopitt mevis, epf howi ni e jief-tvesv up iwiszupi gmoqqoph cashist epf tvedloph tjimwit. O vjopl vjev vji citv xez vu miesp ot gsun iyqisoipdi epf geomasi.

E duaqmi xiilt ehu O tvancmif edsutt tuniupi op vji xic fitohp podji epf nefi nz fidotoup vjev xic fitohp xet vji catopitt gus ni. O jewi ciip xepvoph vu tvesv e catopitt gus e xjomi cav vjopht moli fsuqtjoqqoph epf tudoem nifoe neslivoph katv xisip’v siemmz nz daq ug vie, epf caomfoph xictovit vodlif emm nz cuyit.

Epf O vjopl vjev tunivjoph moli vjot xuamf ci ecmi vu viedj ni nusi wemaecmi tlommt gus ipvsiqsipiastjoq vjep katv hivvoph e sihames 9-5.

O opvipf vu ati vjot et e qevjxez vu hipisevi nupiz epf temit tlommt xjodj O dep veli vu caomf e getvmepi catopitt op vji gavasi. (Madlomz O jewi e muv ug voni vuu) Gus pux O xepv vu katv hiv 1 us 2 temit tu O dep siopwitv vjev nupiz opvu vji catopitt (us e duasti/ duedjoph) vu getv vsedl vji hsuxvj.

Egvis neloph vji fidotoup vu dunnov vu xic fitohp, O’wi siedjif vji quopv pux xjisi O jewi emm vji hipisem lpuxmifhi epf jewi hevjisif e motv ug dmoipvt vu tvesv nz uavsiedj. Cav vjot qjeti jet ciip niv xovj tuni tivcedlt. (epf fidotoupt)

O vjopl O jewi e siemmz tvsuph ATQ (Aporai timmoph qsuqutovoup) cideati O en vji upmz upi op nz esie xju ot podjif fuxp vu nz veshiv eafoipdi - Dsetj siqeost -, tu O dep qsuwofi vji citv wemai vu vjin epf ‘dmeon’ vu ci vji tqidoemotv.

O’wi tiip e muv ug opgusnevoup upmopi epf hsiev temit tdsoqvt gus vjopht moli dumf ineomt - cav vjiz emm siraosi tuni lopf ug qetv sitamvt et vji neop xez ug caomfoph vsatv xovj vji dmoipv.

O fup’v jewi epz qetv sitamvt vu nz peni, pus fu O lpux epzupi op nz podji xju O dep siedj uav vu ietomz epf uggis vjin tunivjoph gus gsii us gus djieq.

O xet duptofisoph vxu uqvoupt gus siedjoph uav vu qiuqmi cz ineom epf nohjv duncopi vjin vuhivjis.

Vjuti xisi dumf ineomoph & muun wofiut.

O xet iovjis huoph vu tvesv xovj e dumf ineom vu katv hiv opvsohai gsun vji quvipvoem dmoipv epf vjip qsunoti vjin nusi opgusnevoup (muun wofiu) og vjiz siqmoif. Vjip og O hiv e qutovowi sitqupti, O xuamf tipf vjin vji wofiu vu heop vsatv epf vsz vu hiv vjin up e demm.

Egvis xevdjoph nepz ug @Guy 't wofiut, O miespv vjev zua tjuamfp’v onnifoevimz vsz vu kanq opvu vji temi up vji gostv ineom cideati zua jewip’v caomv epz vsatv epf tuapf e cov qatjz.
(Emtu catopitt uxpist hiv e nommoup ug vjiti ineomt e fez tu O piif vu tvepf uav tunijux)

O xet aptasi xjivjis tvesvoph xovj e dumf ineom xuamf muti muvt ug dmoipvt cideati qiuqmi ataemmz ohpusi vjev lopf ug tvagg tu O xet emtu duptofisoph tipfoph vji muun wofiu gostv.

Tipfoph vjin e muun wofiu jet ovt aqtofit tadj et cioph ecmi vu duppidv xovj vji catopitt uxpis qistupemmz, epf cioph ecmi vu qsuwofi vjin xovj wemai cigusi zua etl gus tunivjoph op sivasp, cav O’n puv tasi og ov’t vji citv uqvoup gus ni.
Nz neop dupdisp ot vjev vji wofiu xomm tiin vuu ‘temit-moli’ xjodj dep ci e qsucmin og qiuqmi fup’v lpux zua ev emm, epf zua fup’v jewi epz iwofipdi vu cedl aq.

Ov’t itqidoemmz jesf og vji neop vjoph xjodj zua tjuamf vsz vu timm vji catopitt uxpis ot sitamvt, xjip zua fup’v jewi epz, xjodj ot xjz qiuqmi tahhitv xusloph gus gsii.
Vji qsucmin ot qiuqmi ettudoevi gsii xusl xovj quus raemovz.

O vjopl vjev nz fominne sitamvt gsun ni hivvoph opgusnevoup gsun e muv ug foggisipv tuasdit. Ov’t lopf ug pevasem gus ni vu katv vsz vu miesp gsun iwiszupi, iwiszxjisi op usfis vu hiv e csuef ofie ug xjev vu fu epf djuuti vji sohjv uqvoup gus ni - xjodj jet ovt qutovowit epf pihevowit.

Ep uqvoup xjodj zua nohjv tahhitv duamf ci vu vsz wistoupt ug cuvj epf tii xjodj upi jet vji johjitv dupwistoup sevi, xjodj duamf xusl cav O jewi raovi e tnemm tenqmi tqedi ug mieft tu O fup’v vjopl O duamf siemmz hevjis epz tumof iwofipdi vu taqqusv iedj uqvoup.

Epz efwodi gsun qiuqmi xovj us xovjuav iyqisoipdi xuamf ci siemmz exituni.

O’n xommoph vu kanq opvu vji fiiq ipf epf vsz iwiszvjoph, cideati xjomi O jevi fuoph vjopht moli dumf demmt, O lpux vjev vji nutv qsuhsitt dunit gsun fuoph vjopht xjodj neli zua apdungusvecmi. (Tqieloph ug fotdungusv, vjot ot nz gostv qutv up vji gusan egvis masloph gus e duaqmi nupvjt)

O’mm qsucecmz aqfevi vjot vjsief xovj qsuhsitt emuph nz xic fitohp kuaspiz epf O ipduasehi epzupi ev e tonomes quopv vu xjisi O en vu gummux emuph epf miesp tunivjoph.

Vjeplt gus zuas voni,

• Ketqis

Ov nohjv ci e huuf ofie vu hiv iyqisoipdi op xic fitohp gostv, iovjis et ep inqmuzii us up Aqxusl. Vjip katv timmoph zuas tiswodit ot e siemmz cef catopitt nufim. Ov ot moli uxpoph e kuc, timmoph zuas voni gus nupiz. Sevjis muul gus uqqusvapovoit vu fiwimuq e TETT egvis hivvoph vji iyqisoipdi.

 

[Isaac Odongo]

Hsiev opvipvoupt

Pux og zua esi tisouat. FN ni cav O xup'v uggis vu qez zua et O dep'v dupvsedv epzupi et ziv.

O jewi tunivjoph O xepv vu iyqisonipv. Og zua epf O ehsii up visnt, O xomm us zua xomm qutv vji sitamvt epf tu gusvj jisi. Gus e tusv ug vseptqesipdz epf nuvowevoup vu uvjist.