3 Important Questions To Close A Webflow Client
1 Article, 1 Podcast, 3 Inspo Websites, 3 Webflow Jobs. Let's go!
Hey Webflailers - it’s Jack!
There’s a question that I haven’t stop thinking about all week after my podcast episode with Yaya:
What game are you playing?
A lot of time, freelancers (including myself) think that to take it to the next level, work with bigger clients and earn more from their creative work, they need to start an agency.
However, as Yannick says, there are plenty of freelancers that purposefully stay small, work with big clients and earn a very healthy living.
You may think that you should grow an agency to earn x amount each month and possibly work with Nike, but question whether you genuinely want that, or you think you should want that.
Is that what society tells you to want, or is that genuinely what you want?
Work out what your metric for success is - is it more freedom and flexibility, is it to grow an agency, is it to earn as much money as possible?
There is no right or wrong here in Yannick’s opinion. Just ensure that you are playing the game you think you’re playing to ensure you reach whatever your idea of success is.
3 Important Questions To Close A Webflow Client
I remember on my earliest client calls a couple of years ago, I really struggled to close clients. I remember I had a portfolio with a small number of projects, my Webflow skills were good enough to build a project (I thought) and I had watched every sales call interview YouTube video I could find.
After failing to get clients for months, I eventually joined Crafted Studios, an award winning agency based in LA, lead by Dexter Washington. This was invaluable for me because I sat in on sales calls and watched him close big clients effortlessly.
Learn about these 3 questions here:
From Six Figures Of Debt To Thriving New Business | With Yannick Lorenz
Welcome to Episode 18 of Webflail with Yannick Lorenz (also known as Yaya).
3 years ago, he co-founded the a creative studio called Shadow. Believing it was the way to success and life he wanted, he hired stuff quickly, made up systems and processes as he went along for staff, and said yes to client requests to satisfy their demands. The combination of internal and external pressures almost forced Yaya to close Shadow but he managed to turn it around.
Now, he works on Crème which launched this year which curates opportunities for the world's top Webflow talent.
The three failures Yaya talks about in this episode are:
1. Failing to spot that he was hiring and growing his agency too fast
2. Failing to prevent debts, loans and too much risk
3. Failing to put in place processes and systems
3 Inspo Websites
CTRL Shift Website
Such an interesting way to get people to become interested with a podcast.
The Female Gaze
Fascinating dynamic website not only because it will change your perception of how you will see art forever more, but also because of the animations, attention to detail and 3D game effects.
Polestar
I’m doing a personal project with Matt Evans from 8020 about electric cars at the moment and I can’t get over the Polestar aesthetic and colour palette - clean with that pop of orange.
3 Webflow Jobs
Webflow Developer at Phase 56
Webflow Designer at Reel Unlimited
UI/UX Designer for Metaverse at soonami.io
Update On The Website
Website is finished but waiting on hosting transfer from Webflow! I know it’s probably getting very boring to be told it’s coming soon all the time but I’ll get it done people! Webflow meetups in January and March in the works too. Stay tuned xx