Identifying vs. UNDERSTANDING Your Dream Client with Steph Davis
01/18/22 • 54 min
There is a purpose to every website and the websites you design become more effective when you capture the specific call to action that your client needs. That’s why episode 33 of MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC is about identifying vs. UNDERSTANDING your dream client!
The Making Website Magic School of Business is pre-enrolling. Are you consistently booking dream projects & making the money you desire in your web design business? OR are you undercharging, questioning your skills, spinning your wheels & saying yes to anyone who will pay you? You CAN have a thriving web design & dev business where you consistently work with aligned clients who actually respect you and pay you well.
In this episode of Making Website Magic, Sam & Karyn are joined by their guest, Steph Davis to share how the Making Website Magic School of Business and her past experiences led Steph to confidently run her web design business and serve her ideal clients with the services they truly need.
Here are just a few of the things we discuss during this episode:
- How Steph manages to be a mom to a 5-year-old, run a bed and breakfast, AND run her own web design business.
- Acknowledging and understanding the different seasons of your own business and running it in the way that works for you, even if it doesn’t make sense for someone else.
- How nonprofits' needs may differ from small businesses and things to consider when building a website for them.
- The importance of understanding your client so that you can inform and market your services based on their needs and what matters to them most.
- The balance of honoring your own availability while understanding and respecting the seasons of your clients’ business as well.
- Steph’s experience in the mentorship and how it helped her identify her clients, feel confident in her pricing and build systems for success.
Understanding your client’s needs is the first step in setting up a successful and productive relationship that will lead to future business and referrals. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive empowerment to step boldly into your web design business and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
Thank you for listening!
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There is a purpose to every website and the websites you design become more effective when you capture the specific call to action that your client needs. That’s why episode 33 of MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC is about identifying vs. UNDERSTANDING your dream client!
The Making Website Magic School of Business is pre-enrolling. Are you consistently booking dream projects & making the money you desire in your web design business? OR are you undercharging, questioning your skills, spinning your wheels & saying yes to anyone who will pay you? You CAN have a thriving web design & dev business where you consistently work with aligned clients who actually respect you and pay you well.
In this episode of Making Website Magic, Sam & Karyn are joined by their guest, Steph Davis to share how the Making Website Magic School of Business and her past experiences led Steph to confidently run her web design business and serve her ideal clients with the services they truly need.
Here are just a few of the things we discuss during this episode:
- How Steph manages to be a mom to a 5-year-old, run a bed and breakfast, AND run her own web design business.
- Acknowledging and understanding the different seasons of your own business and running it in the way that works for you, even if it doesn’t make sense for someone else.
- How nonprofits' needs may differ from small businesses and things to consider when building a website for them.
- The importance of understanding your client so that you can inform and market your services based on their needs and what matters to them most.
- The balance of honoring your own availability while understanding and respecting the seasons of your clients’ business as well.
- Steph’s experience in the mentorship and how it helped her identify her clients, feel confident in her pricing and build systems for success.
Understanding your client’s needs is the first step in setting up a successful and productive relationship that will lead to future business and referrals. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive empowerment to step boldly into your web design business and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
Thank you for listening!
If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag us! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways!
Learn more about Making Website Magic at https://makingwebsitemagic.com/
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Previous Episode
Intentional Goal Setting for Web Designers
With the new year underway, we want to emphasize that we are not advocating for restrictive resolutions but welcoming ourselves to the idea of setting goals with intention and allowing ourselves the space to be flexible with them. That’s why episode 32 of MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC is about intentional goal setting for web designers!
The Making Website Magic School of Business is pre-enrolling. Are you consistently booking dream projects & making the money you desire in your web design business? OR are you undercharging, questioning your skills, spinning your wheels & saying yes to anyone who will pay you? You CAN have a thriving web design & dev business where you consistently work with aligned clients who actually respect you and pay you well.
In this episode of Making Website Magic, Sam & Karyn share the importance of thinking about your goals as steps in your personal or professional growth and actionable steps you can take right now to set realistic and intentional goals for yourself and your business.
Here are just a few of the things we discuss during this episode:
- Differentiating between resolutions and intentional goals.
- Reframing how we look at goals by breaking them down into the target and the commitment.
- How growing professionally is a natural progression towards becoming more successful in your business and offering more value to your clients.
- Painting the picture by sharing some of our intentional goals for the new year
- Stop over-goaling yourself and reduce the number of targets in front of you by coming up with 1-2 intentional goals you are excited about and can actually stick to.
Your intentions can be fun, experimental, and something you look forward to keep working towards while being flexible to change them as needed. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive empowerment to step boldly into your web design business and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
Thank you for listening!
If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag us! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways!
Learn more about Making Website Magic at https://makingwebsitemagic.com/
CONNECT WITH SAM & KARYN:
Making Website Magic School of Business
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less & Deep Work by Greg McKeown
Next Episode
Who Do You Need to Become to Charge Four Figures for a Website?
Becoming a web designer who charges four figures for a website involves a few key qualities. This might require you to develop these qualities so you can confidently raise your prices, but you might find that you already embody them. That’s why episode 34 of MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC is about who you need to become to charge four figures for a website!
The Making Website Magic School of Business is pre-enrolling. Are you consistently booking dream projects & making the money you desire in your web design business? OR are you undercharging, questioning your skills, spinning your wheels & saying yes to anyone who will pay you? You CAN have a thriving web design & dev business where you consistently work with aligned clients who actually respect you and pay you well.
In this episode of Making Website Magic, Sam & Karyn discuss the characteristics of a high-ticket web designer and actionable steps you can take right now to do this self work to embody these qualities and confidently raise your prices.
Here are the important qualities to have that we discuss during this episode:
- Being confident in both the value and the worth of the work you provide to your clients AND being confident and believing in yourself.
- Remaining consistent and committed by showing up imperfectly and doing the work again and again until you are satisfied.
- Taking the lead as the professional by understanding your client’s needs and initiating action inside the project to serve them better.
- Having trust in your own capabilities and the abundance of what is possible.
- Being open to receiving feedback in pursuit of continuous improvement.
Whether you need to gain these qualities or you already have them and need to bring them out more, this is not a destination but a journey of growth. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive empowerment to step boldly into your web design business and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
Thank you for listening!
If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag us! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways!
Learn more about Making Website Magic at https://makingwebsitemagic.com/
CONNECT WITH SAM & KARYN:
Making Website Magic School of Business
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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