Coaching Series: Can Zach take this entry-level freelancer (Maia) to a 6-figure income ($8,333/month) in 6 months?
Follow their journey through the ups and downs and watch them grow!
Milestones from today’s episode:
- Maia implements new pricing strategy for bundled services
- Its customer process in 4 phases: integration, discovery, design and transfer
- The importance of customer discovery and collaboration in the design phase
Coaching highlights from today’s episode:
- Effective hourly rates and having the self-confidence to charge more
- Keep a journal of past projects to delegate future projects to junior designers
- Use timeboxing to avoid project delays
Original recording date of coaching call: 06/28/2023
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- 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. — Zach hosts the Double Your Freelancing podcast’s “Six Six Figure Months” series, featuring Maya’s journey to making $8,333 per month.
- 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. — Zach describes the coaching format and encourages listeners to consider coaching if they want similar advice.
- 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. — Maya discusses her new pricing strategy, bundling services for clients, which benefits her and her clients financially.
- 6:00 – 8:00 — Zach calculates effective hourly rates for Maya’s services, discussing the importance of believing in her ability to charge higher rates.
- 8:00 – 10:00 — Maya shares her client management strategy, expressing her preference for an even split between two types of clients and discussing her approach to project tracking and retention opportunities.
- 10:00 – 12:00 — Zach discusses his aversion to concurrent projects and time boxing to avoid project delays. Maya agrees, preferring a structured 4-week process.
- 12:00 – 14:00 — Maya describes her client work process in 4 phases: integration, discovery, design and transfer, with an emphasis on intensive and structured work.
- 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. — Maya details her work phases, emphasizing the importance of client discovery and collaboration in the design phase.
- 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. — Zach and Maya discuss the challenges of finding inspiration and whether to make Maya’s design process more formal.
- 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. — Maya expresses interest in streamlining her design process and considers hiring designers to help manage workload and efficiency.
- 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. — Zach suggests Maya log past projects to reverse engineer for a more efficient design process and discusses delegating to junior designers.
- 22:00 – 24:52 — Zach provides advice on managing workload to avoid overextending and discusses potential adjustments to Maya’s service offerings. Zach wraps up the session and promotes the coaching community.