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Self-Made Web Designer

Self-Made Web Designer

Chris Misterek

We talk to real people who took the not-so-traditional route to make it as web design freelancers or business owners. Plenty of helpful tips and tricks along the way. If you’re looking to start a side hustle or just up your game as a web or UX designer, this podcast is for you.
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You can find the free Starter Kit Course at selfmadewebdesigner.com

YOU’LL LEARN

  • How to get recurring payments from clients you build websites for
  • How to niche down your web design services
  • How to keep yourself from becoming obsolete as a web designer
  • How to figure out what type of clients are willing to pay you what you’re worth
  • How to shape your mindset to be confident that you are worth high paying clients
  • How to overcome self-doubt as a web designer
  • How to have integrity as a web designer

RESOURCES

Doublestack.net
How do you go from building $500 WordPress sites to $5,000+ projects while fortifying and stabilizing your business with recurring monthly revenue – and not just for WordPress maintenance? When your clients stop seeing you as a service provider and start seeing you as their path to financial growth you dramatically increase your value. Check out Lee Blue’s website for more information.

Woo Commerce Plug In
WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27, 2011, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.

Shopify
Ecommerce platform with all the point of sale features you need to start, run, and grow your business.

Wix
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

SquareSpace
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

Lee Blue’s FREE Facebook Group
Building High-Value WordPress Sites

Find Lee Blue
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube

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You can find the free Starter Kit Course over 1,000 people have began their website journey on at selfmadewebdesigner.com.

YOU’LL LEARN

  • The right way to market yourself as a web designer
  • Resources to get started as a web designer no matter what your background
  • How to demand higher prices for the services you provide as a web designer

RESOURCES

Doublestack.net
How do you go from building $500 WordPress sites to $5,000+ projects while fortifying and stabilizing your business with recurring monthly revenue – and not just for WordPress maintenance? When your clients stop seeing you as a service provider and start seeing you as their path to financial growth you dramatically increase your value. Check out Lee Blue’s website for more information.

Gravity Forms Plug In
Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress-powered site using the built-in tools.
Woo Commerce Plug In
WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27, 2011, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.
Wix
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

SquareSpace
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

Upwork
Upwork expertly connects professionals and agencies to businesses seeking specialized talent.

Fiverr
Fiverr is an Israeli online marketplace for freelance services. Founded in 2010 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide.

Elementor Plug-In
Elementor is the leading website builder platform for web creators on WordPress, and one of Lee Blue’s first recommendations for new clients.

Beaver Builder
Easily build beautiful, responsive WordPress pages in minutes. Beaver Builder is a drag and drop WordPress Page Builder.

Oxygen Builder
Oxygen Builder is a tool that enables you to build entire WordPress websites. It is not a page builder or a theme, but a hybrid product that enables you to have more control over what you create.

Astra | Wordpress Theme
Astra is fast, fully customizable & beautiful WordPress theme suitable for blog, personal portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront.

What is React?
React (also known as React.js or ReactJS) is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It is maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies. React can be used as a base in the development of single-page or mobile applications.
(Thanks wikipedia)

What is PHP?
PHP is a server side scripting language. that is used to develop Static websites or Dynamic websites or Web applications. PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor, that earlier stood for Personal Home Pages. PHP scripts can only be interpreted on a server that has PHP installed.
(Thanks again Wikipedia)

WP Crafter
The Easier Way To Learn WordPress. Courses, affiliate links, blogs, and videos that will help your web design company thrive.

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Self-Made Web Designer - How to Make Your Web Design Business Coronavirus Proof
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03/17/20 • 27 min

YOU’LL LEARN

  • How to have the right mindset during crisis as a web designer
  • How to budget and pay yourself as a freelance web designer
  • How to determine if the niche you’ve chosen is the right one as a web designer
  • The importance of a community or network
  • How to reach out and support your network despite not being able to grab a coffee
  • How to stay productive and mentally healthy while working from home
  • How to work at home when your kids school is canceled
  • How to pivot your skillset and make sure you don’t become obsolete
  • How to grow in your ability as a web designer

RESOURCES

World Health Organization | Coronavirus disease
Advice for the public regarding the new coronavirus outbreak

Book: Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders

To Write Love on Her Arms
Non profit organization providing hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.

Article: Hope Will Not Be Cancelled
Blog by Jamie Tworkowski of To Write Love on Her Arms

Creative South Conference
Creative South is a weekend of creative thinking, collaboration, and exploration. Attendees enjoy workshops, talks focused on process and experience, and meeting old friends as well as making new ones.

Article: Corona Virus: How to Work from Home and Not Go Crazy
5 tips for getting work done from home despite an unusual environment

Self-Made Web Designer Website
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Self-Made Web Designer - The 5 Worst Mistakes Freelancers Make and How to Fix Them
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03/10/20 • 25 min

YOU’LL LEARN

  • How to keep yourself from overpromising
  • Surefire ways to know that you can deliver more than what your client wants without having to kill yourself in the process
  • How to avoid clients that aren’t worth any amount of money
  • How to know what to charge for your freelance web design services
  • Good project management practices for your web design business
  • How to have clients that love you and can’t help but tell their friends about you
  • How to use data to know the perfect price to charge your freelance clients
  • How to use gratitude to love freelancing more

RESOURCES

Article: How to Start A Freelance Web Design Project the Right Way
Why the most important step in every freelance web design project is the first step.

Article: Web Designers. How to be Confident with What You Charge
Four key ways to bid with confidence.

Brad Hussey
Brad Hussey is a professional web developer who shares real life experience and tips that cover the best way to get started as a freelancer. He is also one of the most quotable people I follow regarding freelancing... so you should probably look him up.

Article: Six Amazing Project Management Tools for Web Designers
My project management used to consist of a really long email chain. A client would email the details of the project. I’d follow up with questions and responses. Then I’d send them things to review and they’d respond with revisions...Inevitably, I’d miss something along the way making me feel horrible and my clients frustrated.So, I had to figure out systems and tools to keep things clear for me and stress-free for my clients. So, as usual from my pain comes some helpful tips for you.

Clueless at the Work
Book and Podcast by my friend and mentor Anthony Garone.

Podcast Episode: Clueless at the Work
This podcast is Anthony and I talking about career transition and of course, freelance.

Self-Made Web Designer Website
Where I teach people how to become successful web designers.

Social Media for Chris Misterek
Instagram : @Chrismisterek
Facebook

You can find the free Starter Kit Course at selfmadewebdesigner.com

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You can find the free Starter Kit Course at selfmadewebdesigner.com

YOU’LL LEARN

  • How to narrow down your niche as a web designer
  • How to build a web design business starting from scratch
  • This first thing to buy when your web design business starts making money
  • How to get recurring revenue from clients
  • How to use google reviews to improve your SEO performance
  • How to write quality content to build SEO
  • The truth behind good SEO for web designers

RESOURCES

RapidWebLaunch.com
Patrick Antinozzi’s website company- focusing on his ability to create websites for clients very quickly.

Weebly
Weebly is a web hosting service, headquartered in San Francisco, and where Patrick got his start in the web design industry... but he doesn't recommend it.

WordPress
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes.

Elementor
The Elementor Website builder allows WordPress users to create and edit websites by employing the drag and drop technique, with a built-in responsive mode.

How to Get More Google Reviews from Customers
Patrick shares a CRAZY simple way to gain reviews by simplifying the process for your client.

Ahrefs
SEO tool that is the industry competitor at the moment. They optimize your content to be discovered through a search engine's organic search results. The benefits are obvious: free, passive traffic to your website, month after month.

Showit
Chris’ full time job, and an AMAZING web design builder that requires ZERO code.

Patrick’s Social Media
Medium
Behance
Instagram
Blog
Pinterest
YouTube

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FAQ

How many episodes does Self-Made Web Designer have?

Self-Made Web Designer currently has 121 episodes available.

What topics does Self-Made Web Designer cover?

The podcast is about Wordpress, Ux Design, Entrepreneurship, Web Development, Freelance, Podcasts, Technology and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Self-Made Web Designer?

The episode title 'How to Find a Job You Love in Tech w/ Kyle Wai Lin' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Self-Made Web Designer?

The average episode length on Self-Made Web Designer is 31 minutes.

How often are episodes of Self-Made Web Designer released?

Episodes of Self-Made Web Designer are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Self-Made Web Designer?

The first episode of Self-Made Web Designer was released on Feb 12, 2020.

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