Kenn, Author at Get Web Design Clients

Getting Web Design Clients at the WordPress Web Designer Meetup Group in Auckland

May 12, 2015
By: Kenn

It’s a week before I head back to the states and I figured I’d host a meetup.com group to see who is doing what and if I/we can’t help each other improve our efforts to secure more clients. (For any of you from the meeting, I posted a 25% code to the meetup group description. It’s 25kevin25 if you want to use it to save about $25 on the guide. I’ll let it go for two days. Enjoy!) It was held in the central library, a cool spot, for the WordPress Web Designer Meetup Group in Auckland. Here are the key frustrations from…

How Clay secured 2k in web design income in under an hour

April 30, 2015
By: Kenn

One of the challenges freelancers face is closing the deal. Many proposals sit on the table and don’t get signed. And often it just takes a gentle reminder of how important your help is to the client’s business. After reading my guide, Clay saw things a little differently and simply asked a client two questions to get this stuck proposal signed. Here’s what he wrote me a few days ago when he sealed a deal an hour after having a major Aha! moment from reading the guide … If you’re not earning enough and want to find more web design…

How Trent Gets Web Design Clients

April 27, 2015
By: Kenn

I just got off the phone with a web designer I’ve known for about a year from LinkedIn, Trent Smith. He runs Jango Studios, website design for attorneys. I had the privilege to peek deep into his web design business and see what’s working for him when it comes to finding clients. Here are my notes from the call … A year ago, he mentally made the switch, the change in behavior which made his business less stressful and more profitable. When he started in 2007 he designed websites for any company. He always felt he should specialize but had the bit of…

How Lauren Smith Gets Clients – Three Timeless Tips over 30 Years

April 16, 2015
By: Kenn

Gah! Internet cut out on me on this great call. A side effect of traveling while working and my affinity towards fun, trendy coffee shops over co-working spaces. Today, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Lauren Smith, communications design experience expert. He’s a graphic/web designer who has learned much about branding and more. A master since freelancing since 1981. His site is over here. Here are some questions I asked him and my notes about his answers. I’m going to highlight three of his best tips … What kind of work do you do? He’s not strictly a web designer. His…

Ken’s Roadmap Trick to Get Web Design Clients to Sign Up

March 19, 2015
By: Kenn

Last night I had a Skype call with Ken Westgaard of KISSmedia as part of my continual research as to what real web designers are doing to find clients – what works and what doesn’t. I love the “roadmap” approach Ken uses to get web design clients to pay him more and ensure the close. It’s nothing short of genius and you’ll learn about it below. How he got his first client. Ken’s first client was a photographer, a friend. And from this friend, he found more work. It was pretty straight forward and was one of his more profitable projects. To me, it’s no surprise as most web…