Ep 2 | Why Is It Important To Be Authentic | With Dexter Washington
06/30/22 • 74 min
For Episode 2, my guest is Dexter Washigton, founder of Crafted Studio. In today’s episode we talk about:
1) Trying every new strategy I came across versus being myself authentically, posting and talking about the results and letting the work speak for itself.
2) Not vetting people well enough and finding not only someone with good work and strong skills -- but a finding a good personality fit that meshes with our culture.
3) Focusing too much on getting larger clients versus ones with a reasonable deadline, personality fit, and if it's a project we'd actually like to work on.
The biggest lesson from this episode is that the big jobs don't always equal the most satisfaction. There is the most red tape, the most people that have to see the final designs before the project gets signed off, marketing teams to deal with which might derail your designs. It's not all sunshine and roses when you get larger clients basically. Often, people want clients with recognisable logos on their website in order to get more large companies to hire them but is that the rabbit hole you really want to go down? As Dexter mentions, the larger clients can come with a ton of baggage for lack of a better term. Larger clients often get payments late, the timelines are unreasonable, and the list goes on and on.
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📬 See his website: https://dexterwjr.com/
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📸 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dexter-washington-a219bb182/
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For Episode 2, my guest is Dexter Washigton, founder of Crafted Studio. In today’s episode we talk about:
1) Trying every new strategy I came across versus being myself authentically, posting and talking about the results and letting the work speak for itself.
2) Not vetting people well enough and finding not only someone with good work and strong skills -- but a finding a good personality fit that meshes with our culture.
3) Focusing too much on getting larger clients versus ones with a reasonable deadline, personality fit, and if it's a project we'd actually like to work on.
The biggest lesson from this episode is that the big jobs don't always equal the most satisfaction. There is the most red tape, the most people that have to see the final designs before the project gets signed off, marketing teams to deal with which might derail your designs. It's not all sunshine and roses when you get larger clients basically. Often, people want clients with recognisable logos on their website in order to get more large companies to hire them but is that the rabbit hole you really want to go down? As Dexter mentions, the larger clients can come with a ton of baggage for lack of a better term. Larger clients often get payments late, the timelines are unreasonable, and the list goes on and on.
CONNECT WITH DEXTER
📬 See his website: https://dexterwjr.com/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dexterwjr
📸 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dexter-washington-a219bb182/
CONNECT WITH WEBFLAIL
📬 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.webflail.com/newsletter
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackRedley1
📸 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackredley_...
SAY THANKS
💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/webflail/id1631518870
💜 Leave a rating on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5tS93w7aIxXQzICrdEqfw4
SAY A MASSIVE THANKS
💜 Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoHg
🖥 CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE!
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Ep 1 | Why Hustle Culture Is Bullshit | With Melissa Mendez
For Episode 1, my guest is Melissa Mendez, a web designer and growth marketer based in Orlando Florida.
In today’s episode we talk about:
1) Financial responsibility
2) Hustle culture
3) Naivity
The biggest lesson for me in this episode is that it's important to understand you can't do everything as a freelancer. There are skillsets that you don't have and frankly there are other people that are specialists in areas of your business you need help in. Investing in your business will prevent you from burning out by trying to do everything. Look in to softwares and tools that will make your business more efficient so you don't waste time on things you don't need to. In addition, invest in people who can help eg. Personal Assistant and possibly an accountant!
CONNECT WITH MELISSA
📬 See his website: https://www.eurecah.com/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/melydelmar06
📸 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mendezmelissa/
CONNECT WITH WEBFLAIL
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SAY THANKS
💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/webflail/id1631518870
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SAY A MASSIVE THANKS
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Ep 3 | How To Manage Webflow Projects | With Ethan Suero
For Episode 3, my guest is Ethan Suero, an incredible webflow freelancer and 🐑 of the Flux community. He has given hundreds of portfolio reviews while also designing and building some rather spicy websites. This episode will be useful for anyone switching from full time job to freelance freedom (?). In today’s episode we talk about failing to communicate with clients effectively, failing to get buy in from your team, failing to do website checks before hitting launch projects.
The 3 “fails” he covers:
1) Switching to freelancing too early (not knowing client red flags
2) Mismanaging Projects
3) Failing to delegate jobs
CONNECT WITH ETHAN
📬 See his website: https://www.ethansuero.com/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethansuero83
📸 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-suero-%E2%93%A5-572442169/
CONNECT WITH WEBFLAIL
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SAY THANKS
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💜 Leave a rating on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5tS93w7aIxXQzICrdEqfw4
SAY A MASSIVE THANKS
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