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1 Aug 2019, 10AM | Good Shepherd Center – Wallingford Planned Topic: Freelancers – Client Relations Actual Discussion: since 4 attendees were new to the group and to having a business we mostly covered business models and all things related to getting started as a freelancer Hosts: Sheila, Patty, Vanessa | Attendees: Sam, Nate, Austin, …
The guest speaker was Robbin Block of BlockBeta Marketing: https://www.blockbeta.com/ Robbin has generously provided her slide deck and resources here: Google Marketing Stack_blockbeta FAQ to Homepage Blockbeta-Wordpress-Freelancers-2019-FS-c The following are notes taken by community member Jeanne Cost. Thank you! Marketing is about who you are. What if you have few leads or are not closing …
Lean Canvas If you are familiar with Lean Startup, this is similar. Slides on Google Drive AKA One Page Business Plan Great for brainstorming and getting ideas onto a piece of paper. Great to use with clients that don’t have a biz plan. “Lean” comes from Lean Manufacturing. Toyota way: don’t waste things. If cars …
This month we did an exercise where we each discussed our “super powers” and ideal clients. Afterwards we paired up to do accountability with each other. David Superpower: “It’s your website!” We help (enable?) people get the most out of their websites when they’re not able to. – “Orphan” sites, DYI, designers and agencies who …
March 7, 2019 Freelance Meetup Next WordCamp is November 9-10, 2019 Looking for wranglers, other positions. More WordCamp Wrangler info. This is a great way to get connected Questions brought up during round the table intros (address after presentation) Quickbooks online – any gotchas with using this Contract templates Photo editor – minimizing photos Marketing …