Coaching series: Can Zach get this beginner freelancer (Maia) to a 6-figure income ($8,333/mo) within 6 months?
Follow their journey through the ups and downs and watch them grow!
Milestones from today’s episode:
- Maia implements a new pricing strategy for bundled services
- Her 4-phase client process: onboarding, discovery, design, and handoff
- The importance of client discovery and collaboration in the design phase
Coaching highlights from today’s episode:
- Effective hourly rates and having the self-belief to charge more
- Journaling about past projects to delegate future projects to junior designers
- Use timeboxing to avoid project delays
Original coaching call recording date: 06/28/2023
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AI-Generated Summary:
- 0:00 – 2:00 — Zach introduces the “Six Months to Six Figures” series of the Double Your Freelancing podcast, featuring Maia’s journey towards earning $8,333 a month.
- 2:00 – 4:00 — Zach outlines the coaching format and encourages listeners to consider coaching if they want similar guidance.
- 4:00 – 6:00 — Maia discusses her new pricing strategy, bundling services for clients, which benefits both her and her clients financially.
- 6:00 – 8:00 — Zach calculates the effective hourly rates for Maia’s services, discussing the importance of belief in one’s ability to charge higher rates.
- 8:00 – 10:00 — Maia shares her client management strategy, expressing a preference for an even split between two types of clients and discussing her approach to project tracking and retainer opportunities.
- 10:00 – 12:00 — Zach discusses his dislike for concurrent projects and time boxing to avoid project delays. Maia agrees, preferring a structured 4-week process.
- 12:00 – 14:00 — Maia outlines her 4-phase client work process: onboarding, discovery, design, and handoff, with a focus on intensive, structured work.
- 14:00 – 16:00 — Maia details her work phases, emphasizing the importance of client discovery and collaboration in the design phase.
- 16:00 – 18:00 — Zach and Maia discuss the challenges of finding inspiration and the possibility of making Maia’s design process more formulaic.
- 18:00 – 20:00 — Maia expresses interest in streamlining her design process and considering hiring designers to assist with workload and efficiency.
- 20:00 – 22:00 — Zach suggests Maia journal past projects to reverse engineer a more efficient design process and discusses delegating to junior designers.
- 22:00 – 24:52 — Zach advises on managing workload to avoid overextension and discusses potential adjustments to Maia’s service offerings. Zach wraps up the session and promotes the coaching community.