Just watched this. Awesome content. Have your pen & pad ready. It’s actually not a dodgy sales pitch with worthless info. There’s a 2 minute pitch at the end if you want more guidance. But otherwise, it’s super helpful. Thanks Sam. Really appreciate it 🙌
Pinning this! Thank you so much for watching all the way through. I'm really glad you had that pen and pad ready 😁 If you ever have any questions along the way just reach out.
Just finished watching this. Great content Sam, keep it up. I had one question, how does your design process look like, is it Figma then build or do you just straight to the build and why?
Thank you! It varies - so at the time of recording, it was always a straight build into Squarespace. Now we offer higher paying clients (eg. $20k+) the option of having the whole design built in Figma first to give them some really cool custom graphics and elements
Such a great video Sam! I'm not a Squarespace website designer, but there's such much value here. Flicking the switch of inaction is so important + your point on if you're not moving forward, you're moving backwards.
Thank you Henry! 100% agree - this is why I wanted to lead with that. Without flicking that switch, nothing else will work. Absolutely vital for continued growth.
This is fantastic content, thank you so much Sam. I'm curious about how you pitch on sites such as Upwork. There's nothing more demotivating for me than trying to pitch my website builds to buyers who are genuinely expecting to pay no more than $250 for a website. How do you handle this? Do you just pitch your cost, or do you ignore these job posts and only pitch to those who have realistic expectations (there aren't many that I've seen!). Thank you!
Thank you Tom! These sites are usually quite a race to the bottom, which is why I place it lower down on my tier list for landing work. They're good for a foot in the door and then you want to start building out more and meeting clients higher up the ladder before they reach UpWork, etc. I have a newer video that details this a bit more here: ruclips.net/video/LJCqKgFcxi4/видео.html Hope this helps!
Hi Sam! Love your videos. It changed totally my mindset how I look at the business. I’m in the Webflow niche tho but find these videos super informative as well. Question: do you also offer some sort of MRR package or service?
Love to hear this! Happy I can help. In terms of MRR, I don't offer this overtly. Some clients ask me to stay onboard with a monthly retainer (around $1000) to add things to the site. This only tends to work with huge companies though who are always updating their site. The MRR model probably works better with WordPress due to needing to always update plugins, supply reports, etc. but with no code builders, all the work is done for the client automatically so it'd be a bit sly for me to charge for 'updates' if that makes sense?
@@sjcrwfd Ahh okay interesting! Im interested in the six figure club but you really focus on Squarespace designers. Im a webflow designer but I read, you mostly teach the business side of it. Is it also viable for me to join the course? Do you recommend it?
@@wongsrila Amazing! We actually have a tonne of non-Squarespace members too. Webflow, WordPress, General devs, etc. It's about 90% biz and then 10% Squarespace-specific. But even then if you switch 'Squarespace' for whatever your platform is, you'll get the benefit. More than happy to hop on a call too if you need any more info! Ps. You can get the entire first module for free if you visit the landing page. So you can see the teaching style and whether it's something you'd find beneficial.
This is amazing Sam, so generous and such refreshing perspectives! A question about your Bonsai process (I've just switched from 17 hats and love it) I didn't a contract in your process ... do you consider the proposal acceptance enough to skip the contract? Or did I miss something? Many thanks!
Thank you Ilse! I have quite a contrarian perspective on this which I'll have to make a separate video on, but basically - if a client isn't going to pay you, there isn't a contract in the world that will change that. Unless we're talking $25k+ we're realistically never going to take a client to court (international most of the time), so why add the extra layer of friction? It's a net negative. Or at least that's my opinion!
Okay, thank you. That helps. I find a lot of people are offering monthly plans which guarantees some consistent income cushion. However, value could go down if clients want constant changes etc. especially clients could at any point cancel for whatever reason which is not good there the monthly cushion.
He said he was a web developer so that likley means he is making money after spending hours and year and some how also months looking for employment!!!!
I get where you’re coming from 100% but there is room for every one of us to make 10k+ per month. If I can continue to scale my own business (currently at $65k/mo since this video) AND educate others, why wouldn’t I? Selfishly, I can make a lot more money whilst helping others do the same. On top of that, if you don’t want to pay, I have literally given away the blueprint for free. Did you watch this full video?
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Just watched this. Awesome content. Have your pen & pad ready. It’s actually not a dodgy sales pitch with worthless info. There’s a 2 minute pitch at the end if you want more guidance. But otherwise, it’s super helpful. Thanks Sam. Really appreciate it 🙌
Pinning this! Thank you so much for watching all the way through. I'm really glad you had that pen and pad ready 😁
If you ever have any questions along the way just reach out.
Just finished watching this. Great content Sam, keep it up.
I had one question, how does your design process look like, is it Figma then build or do you just straight to the build and why?
Thank you! It varies - so at the time of recording, it was always a straight build into Squarespace. Now we offer higher paying clients (eg. $20k+) the option of having the whole design built in Figma first to give them some really cool custom graphics and elements
Such a great video Sam! I'm not a Squarespace website designer, but there's such much value here. Flicking the switch of inaction is so important + your point on if you're not moving forward, you're moving backwards.
Thank you Henry! 100% agree - this is why I wanted to lead with that. Without flicking that switch, nothing else will work. Absolutely vital for continued growth.
Thank you Sam!
My pleasure Fredy! Glad I could help :)
This is fantastic content, thank you so much Sam. I'm curious about how you pitch on sites such as Upwork. There's nothing more demotivating for me than trying to pitch my website builds to buyers who are genuinely expecting to pay no more than $250 for a website. How do you handle this? Do you just pitch your cost, or do you ignore these job posts and only pitch to those who have realistic expectations (there aren't many that I've seen!). Thank you!
Thank you Tom! These sites are usually quite a race to the bottom, which is why I place it lower down on my tier list for landing work.
They're good for a foot in the door and then you want to start building out more and meeting clients higher up the ladder before they reach UpWork, etc.
I have a newer video that details this a bit more here: ruclips.net/video/LJCqKgFcxi4/видео.html
Hope this helps!
Hi Sam! Love your videos. It changed totally my mindset how I look at the business. I’m in the Webflow niche tho but find these videos super informative as well.
Question: do you also offer some sort of MRR package or service?
Love to hear this! Happy I can help.
In terms of MRR, I don't offer this overtly. Some clients ask me to stay onboard with a monthly retainer (around $1000) to add things to the site.
This only tends to work with huge companies though who are always updating their site.
The MRR model probably works better with WordPress due to needing to always update plugins, supply reports, etc. but with no code builders, all the work is done for the client automatically so it'd be a bit sly for me to charge for 'updates' if that makes sense?
@@sjcrwfd Ahh okay interesting! Im interested in the six figure club but you really focus on Squarespace designers. Im a webflow designer but I read, you mostly teach the business side of it. Is it also viable for me to join the course? Do you recommend it?
@@wongsrila Amazing! We actually have a tonne of non-Squarespace members too. Webflow, WordPress, General devs, etc.
It's about 90% biz and then 10% Squarespace-specific. But even then if you switch 'Squarespace' for whatever your platform is, you'll get the benefit.
More than happy to hop on a call too if you need any more info!
Ps. You can get the entire first module for free if you visit the landing page. So you can see the teaching style and whether it's something you'd find beneficial.
This is amazing Sam, so generous and such refreshing perspectives! A question about your Bonsai process (I've just switched from 17 hats and love it) I didn't a contract in your process ... do you consider the proposal acceptance enough to skip the contract? Or did I miss something? Many thanks!
Thank you Ilse! I have quite a contrarian perspective on this which I'll have to make a separate video on, but basically - if a client isn't going to pay you, there isn't a contract in the world that will change that.
Unless we're talking $25k+ we're realistically never going to take a client to court (international most of the time), so why add the extra layer of friction?
It's a net negative. Or at least that's my opinion!
Is it good to add pricing on your site?
I don't personally, because every single project is bespoke, thus requiring bespoke pricing. I find it impossible to give packaged prices!
Okay, thank you. That helps. I find a lot of people are offering monthly plans which guarantees some consistent income cushion. However, value could go down if clients want constant changes etc. especially clients could at any point cancel for whatever reason which is not good there the monthly cushion.
Do you help beginners?
Yes - I coach absolute beginners here: lp.digital-launchpad.com/?fpr=sam-crawford
Before I watch this, what’s the catch? How are you making money off this? We have to buy some super expensive course at the end?!
Glad you had faith and watched! 👏
He said he was a web developer so that likley means he is making money after spending hours and year and some how also months looking for employment!!!!
So, you're making so much money building websites that you need to start a RUclips channel to pull people to your 4000 dollar online course page?
I get where you’re coming from 100% but there is room for every one of us to make 10k+ per month.
If I can continue to scale my own business (currently at $65k/mo since this video) AND educate others, why wouldn’t I? Selfishly, I can make a lot more money whilst helping others do the same.
On top of that, if you don’t want to pay, I have literally given away the blueprint for free.
Did you watch this full video?
Love to see how you’re smashing it over on insta 🎉
Thank you Meg! Really appreciate it