Growing a Web Design Business for Freedom with Racheal Graham EP 35

Profitable Web Designer with Shannon Mattern

Welcome to Episode 35 of the Profitable Web Designer Podcast, where we’re committed to helping web designers to stop undercharging, overdelivering, overworking, overworking and create profitable, sustainable web design businesses.

I’m Shannon Mattern, your host and founder of the Web Designer Academy where we teach the business side of running a web design business, and if you wanna make a consistent, full-time income as a web designer but you’re struggling with things like pricing, boundaries, mindset and marketing and you’re EXHAUSTED from going it alone… well, my friend, you’re in the right place.

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In this week’s episode I’m chatting with WDA student Racheal Graham about growing a sustainable web design business to be your own boss!

Racheal Graham is the web designer and tech strategist behind Greenhouse Creative, where she helps her clients create businesses that fit into their lives rather than having their lives run by their business. She started her web design business in 2018 as a side hustle and quickly realized she could have the freedom she desired by taking it full time.

3 takeaways from my chat with Racheal:

• Committing to running your own business in service of the life you want to lead is a choice you make - it doesn’t have to put you under pressure.
• Put yourself in situations where you’re the only web designer in the room, and you’ll attract clients simply by answering their questions rather than selling yourself.
• You don’t have to be an expert or know every little thing to succeed - just being willing to figure it out along the way is enough.

We also talk about how Racheal:

• Went from charging an hourly rate with an employee mindset to charging $10k for initial projects while streamlining her packages to simplify her process while providing immense value.
• Gained mindset, knowledge, and confidence to leave her 6-figure salary to pursue her web design business full-time as the primary earner in her family after working in the Web Designer Academy.
• Paid herself more in Q1 of 2023 than she earned from her net income from her salaried job in Q1 of 2022.

Connect with Racheal:

Instagram: https//www.instagram.com/greenhouse.creative

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