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Our team, support and all product sales will be offline December 22 – January 3 for our annual holiday break. 🙌 Wishing you all a safe, happy, healthy holiday season from Team Shannon Mattern!

WDA Live Strategy Call 11-23-2021

This’s Weeks Questions

Chat

00:00:42 Wendy Coop: Welcome Nicole!
00:00:48 Kate Newnham: Welcome Nicole!!
00:00:53 Nicole Bartholomew: Thank you guys! HI!
00:01:21 Wendy Coop: Win: signed a trial ghostwriting client just by putting it out there that I’m taking clients.
00:01:32 Leslie Zemenek: My landing page with my freebie and email sequence went live a few days ago. That day I did a livestreamed interview and got to promote it. I posted my first call to download on LinkedIn yesterday and immediately got 2 subscribers, one of whom has asked to book a consult call with me.
00:01:34 Emily Judkins: Welcome Nicole!
00:02:00 Emily Judkins: I figured out my niche!
00:02:01 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I just signed up 2 new clients!
00:02:25 Lori Reeves: Yay Mariela!!!
00:02:37 Lori Reeves: Yay Emily!!!
00:02:40 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Thanks Cory!
00:02:42 LaShae Dorsey: Woo hoo go Wendy and Leslie, Emily, Mariela!
00:02:45 Kate Newnham: Win: Created a video to go with my website design presentation to sell
00:02:51 Wendy Coop: Awesome Leslie!
00:03:02 Wendy Coop: @Emily, that’s awesome!
00:03:16 Cory Peterson: Win: the gal who was interested in a membership asked me for a quote today (will camera on soon – eating lunch)
00:03:18 Wendy Coop: Congrats Mariela!
00:03:25 Kate Newnham: So jealous of everyone getting clients!! Inspiring.
00:03:31 Singleton, Alanna: Congrats!!!
00:03:32 Wendy Coop: @kate – congrats on the video!
00:03:42 Kate Newnham: Thanks @Wendy! Took 3 hours and 4 takes LOL
00:03:45 Wendy Coop: @cory – great job!
00:03:49 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Thanks everyone! Congratulations to all of you, too!
00:04:08 LaShae Dorsey: That’s awesome Kate and Cory.
00:04:35 Lori Reeves: I’m working on a website for a new client and I think it’s the most elegant and beautiful site I’ve ever built! And I showed her the home page and she said the feel of the site is right on!!
00:04:47 Wendy Coop: @lori – that’s great!
00:04:49 Kate Newnham: Share it with us @Lori!
00:05:06 LaShae Dorsey: Yasss Lori!
00:05:54 Lori Reeves: Ok Kate! 😀 Here’s the link to the temporary site Home page: https://theomegaplace.lorireeves.us
00:05:57 Cory Peterson: You are all doing such amazing work! Congrats all!
00:06:34 Nay Stevens: Hahaha!!
00:06:48 Nicole Bartholomew: Lori, that first page is GORGEOUS!!!!!! I am in love. Congrats everyone!!!!! I am so excited to be here!
00:07:03 Lori Reeves: Thank you Nicole!! ❤️
00:07:21 Cory Peterson: AGREE! Trust the process!! 😍
00:07:34 LaShae Dorsey: I have to remind myself to listen to Shannon All. The. Time. and then do what she said to do!!!! Learning to trust the process.
00:07:55 Nay Stevens: Gorgeous site Lori!
00:08:27 Lori Reeves: Thank you Nay!!
00:10:22 Cory Peterson: My eyes too! 😳
00:14:17 Cory Peterson: Sorry – had to take a call
00:14:32 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I’m finishing up this website this week: https://justine-cohen.com/
00:16:15 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: That’s what I was talking about… I threw A LOT of spaguetti at the wall this year… So overwhelming!! But some things stuck!
00:17:04 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I should wrote a post about all I have done and what worked and what didn’t…
00:17:24 Nicole Bartholomew: If you do, can I read it, please? LOL
00:17:39 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Nicole, yes, of course.
00:18:53 Kate Newnham: Question (if there’s time): I just had a call with a WIX marketplace rep and they send you leads, but the average agency/freelancer charges $1,250 for a full 5-page website including copywriting. This seems really low to me, but you can upgrade. This doesn’t seem in line with what you’re teaching about offering more $$, but it’s a 33% shot of getting each client they send you. What are your thoughts, if any, on that?
00:20:41 Cory Peterson: Throw that spaghetti Kate!
00:20:52 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I know a Wix designer and she has mentioned that, too. Wix designers don’t charge much because the perceived value is not so high (sorry … )
00:21:11 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: What she does is start from templates, and she does day rates, so she IS profitable
00:22:24 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: She charges like $1,000 for a day rate where she creates a whole website in a day. But you need to have really on point processes, etc.
00:27:20 Nicole Bartholomew: Sadly, I have to run for 30 mins. I have a client until 4. Is this recording in the resources somewhere to finish watching it later?
00:27:58 Cory Peterson: Nicole – the replay will be available tomorrow (I think)
00:28:21 Nicole Bartholomew: THANK YOU!!! It was amazing to meet you all!
00:28:26 Cory Peterson: You too!!
00:30:09 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I just joined an amazing networking group and it has been the fastest ROI of EVERYTHING I have done. It’s focused on referrals, referring each others. Lots of different kind of business owners. I have attended 2 networking events on Zoom with breakout rooms, and I have already 2 consultations. I wasn’t even trying to sell anything, just talking about what I do.
00:30:28 Cory Peterson: Tell us more Mariela!
00:30:41 Lori Reeves: I’m curious about this, too, Mariela!
00:30:57 Leslie Zemenek: Me too
00:31:43 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Registration is closed now, it will open up in January again. If it’s ok with Shannon, I can post my affiliate link soon (I don’t have one yet)
00:32:03 Cory Peterson: Yes, please keep us posted!
00:32:10 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I will
00:36:45 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Hard work
00:38:47 Kate Newnham: Thanks @Mariela and @Cory!
00:42:00 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Question for the group: Do you use Canva elements for your websites? Like icons, graphics, or images? I have read the rules many times and even reached out to Canva, and it should be fine, but every time I use an element I feel like I might get in trouble…
00:42:15 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: (I have Canva Pro)
00:43:03 Wendy Coop: @Mariela – I only do so for my own site. I use sites like Pexels, Unsplash, and Deposit Photos (paid) for everything else.
00:43:57 Singleton, Alanna: I use Canva @ Mariela
00:44:14 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Thanks, Wendy and Alanna.
00:44:24 Cory Peterson: I have something I could share
00:44:38 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Sometimes Canva elements are so beautiful, I can’t find anything better…
00:46:30 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Do we have a tutorial for that in the WDA? (for assessments)
00:46:34 Kate Newnham: Canva is amazing
00:47:09 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Ohhh… the Website Health Assessment..
00:47:53 Lori Reeves: Did people take you up on it when it was free, Cory?
00:48:58 Lori Reeves: When people pay, they pay attention. Get them started on something low ticket and then you’re the person they want to continue with.
00:49:32 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Have you heard of tiny offers? It’s the same principle!
00:50:11 Lori Reeves: That’s right Mariela!
00:50:16 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: I see her ads all the time… https://alliebjerk.com/tiny-offers/
00:50:33 Lori Reeves: I’ve been warned against hiring that particular person, though. Just FYI
00:50:45 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Oh.. really.. Intersting..
00:50:58 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Thanks for sharing Lori
00:50:59 Lori Reeves: Yep. Strongly warned, actually.
00:51:02 Lori Reeves: You’re welcome!
00:51:03 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Wow
00:57:02 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Should I wait to go through the WDA then?
00:57:58 Mariela Cabezas | Web Designer – soulbusinessdesign.com/week: Happy Thanksgiving everyone in the Us!
00:58:01 Singleton, Alanna: Thank you Shannon!