FREELANCE HACKS! - WordCamp Central€¦ · GET PAID FASTER Set the tone from the beginning: Set...
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FREELANCE HACKS!Christina Varro @varrocreative
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FREELANCINGPros & Cons
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PROS
❖ You are the decision maker ❖ Work on a variety projects ❖ Ability to scale your income
❖ You love technology and working in digital
❖ Better work life balance (set own hours)
❖ Can work from anywhere
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I’m a freelancer, because life is to short to spend it in a cubical.
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CONS
❖ Inconsistent income ❖ You are every business role
(designer/developer/sales/accounting) ❖ No training or processes ❖ Technology is always changing ❖ Need to constantly learn new
skills and tools ❖ Not always respected as a
‘business’
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Quote & onboard clients
Build web projects faster
Get paid faster and consistently
3 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR FREELANCING BUSINESS
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QUOTE & ONBOARDHacks
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QUOTE & ONBOARD
❖ Set up an auto responder for project inquiries on your website
❖ Welcome package
❖ Provide helpful information about the process
❖ Business hours & best communication methods
❖ Link to a ‘project worksheet’ to supply more details
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QUOTE & ONBOARD
❖ After the fill out your worksheet:
❖ Book a meeting, without all the back and fourth
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QUOTE & ONBOARD
❖ Have these items templated and ready to fill and send:
❖ Proposal
❖ Estimate
❖ Contract (digital signature)
❖ Outline of next steps
❖ Frequently asked questions
❖ Password collection form
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EMAIL AUTOMATIONS
PROPOSALS
WEB FORM
AUTOMATION
E-SIGNATURE MEETING BOOKING
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”
–Aristotle
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PROJECT BUILDINGHacks
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PROJECT BUILDING
❖ Get your tools in order:
❖ Quit using paid themes clients pick!
❖ Use a universal theme
❖ Consider using a page builder
❖ Pay for premium tools
❖ Recommend and strongly encourage using your preferred host
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PROJECT BUILDING
❖ Create a base install:
❖ Install a clean version of WP on your testing server
❖ Add the plugins and themes you use on every website
❖ Setup any basic page templates you commonly use
❖ Create a ‘coming soon’ page and have it already activated
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PROJECT BUILDING
❖ What’s in my base install?
❖ SEO plugin
❖ Security plugin
❖ Contact form plugin
❖ Caching plugin
❖ Universal theme
❖ Page builder
❖ Advanced custom fields plugin
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PROJECT BUILDING
❖ Now clone it!
❖ Use a WP Dashboard or plugin to clone your base install to start new projects
❖ Make sure to set up automatic backups in the dashboard
❖ Tag the project as in development
❖ Build an amazing web project!
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PAGE BUILDERSUNIVERSAL THEMES
DIVI
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“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design,
it’s decoration.”
–Jeffrey Zeldman
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GET PAIDHacks
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GET PAID FASTER
❖ Set the tone from the beginning:
❖ Set expectations and payment terms upfront (in your contract)
❖ Get a downpayment (30-50%) before any work begins
❖ Invoices hours worked monthly
❖ Automatic invoice reminders
❖ Accept credit card
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GET PAID FASTER
❖ Earn reoccurring revenue via subscription payment:
❖ Website maintenance
❖ Blog posts / News updates
❖ Google ads
❖ Facebook/instagram ads
❖ Social media posting
❖ Email newsletters
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PAYMENTS
INVOICING
Subscriptions
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Books
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Questions?
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OTHER RESOURCES
❖ WP Elevation https://www.wpelevation.com/
❖ and.co https://www.and.co/the-freelance-contract/
Thank you for attending! www.varrocreative.com @varrocreative