Self-Made Web Designer

Resources:

• CSS Tricks
• Codepen.io
• Shop Talk Show
• The Web Designer Starter Kit Course

• Sarah Doody’s website
• UX Portfolio Formula
• How to Get Stakeholders to Buy Into User Research
• Copy Blogger
• UX Writing Communities
• Darrel Vesterfelt from Copyblogger on Pat Flynn’s redesign
• How to Deal with Stubborn Stakeholders

P.S. I am an affiliate for Sarah’s UX Portfolio Formula course. But that’s only because I highly recommend it and know that it will help you a ton in your UX career. Use the link above and it helps me keep running what I do on SMWD.

Anti-Racism Resources:

• The Third Option : a great book by Miles McPherson on how to end Racial Division in America
• White Fragility:  a great book about why it's so tough for  white individuals to have conversations about racism and how to move forward
• The Conscious Kid: A great resource for parents wanting to teach there kids about anti-racism
• The Break Down w/ Shaun King: a great podcast that talks about racism and corruption and how you can help to end it
• 13th: A heart wrenching documentary about racism and how the legal system is stacked against people of color

• How to learn skills to have a freelance side hustle
• What to do when you’re first getting started on Upwork
• How to use Upworks job filter tool to find projects that are perfect for you
• How to write the perfect job proposal on Upwork
• How to tell when a client will be a nightmare to work with
• How to optimize your Upwork profile page for getting hired
• Learn what the client sees when they submit a job on Upwork and how that can help you make better bids

Anti-Racism Resources:

• The Third Option : a great book by Miles McPherson on how to end Racial Division in America
• White Fragility:  a great book about why it's so tough for  white individuals to have conversations about racism and how to move forward
• The Conscious Kid: A great resource for parents wanting to teach there kids about anti-racism
• The Break Down w/ Shaun King: a great podcast that talks about racism and corruption and how you can help to end it
• 13th: A heart wrenching documentary about racism and how the legal system is stacked against people of color

Show Links

• Freelancer
• Upwork

Josh's Resources

• Josh's YouTube Channel
• Josh's Instagram
• Josh's Twitter

• How to create systems that reduce your workload
• How to delegate what you’re doing so you can focus on where you add the most value in your business
• How to create automated workflows in your web design business
• How to increase your prices as a web designer
• How to get recurring revenue as a web designer
• How to start your web design business without any background
• How to hire someone to help you with web design projects
• How to know when it’s time to transition from one season to the next in your web design career

• John Lee Dumas
• Marketing Access Pass (Anthony’s Business)
• Access WP
• Trello
• Active Campaign
• Beaver Builder

• From $500 to $4500 WordPress Websites in No Time At All
• A Simple How to Pricing Guide for Freelance Web Designers
• How to Start a Freelance Web Design Business the Right Way

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You can find the free Starter Kit Course at selfmadewebdesigner.com

• Ways to tell if a client is going to be a nightmare
• How the Upwork Job Success Score Works
• Ways to get a good Job Success Score on Upwork
• What to do if you lose your Top-Rated status on Upwork
• How to handle a bad client
• How to come back from a discouraging season as a freelance web designer
• How to tell if a clients personality is a good fit for you as a freelance web designer
• How to become a Top-Rated freelancer on Upwork

The Upwork 'Notice' to me 
The reason for this podcast

Upwork's Article on Job Success Scores
How to be a Top Rated Freelancer - support information from Upwork

My Own Advice I Didn't Take that I now Regret (learn from my mistakes)
7 Things Really Bad Freelance Web Design
my article laying out the warning signs of a bad client

How to Sniff Out Nightmare Clients
If you have a hunch that this client won't work for you, you are probably right. 

6 Amazing Project Management Tools for Web Designers
Be diligent and intentional about managing every project you work on.

How to Start A Freelance Web Design Project The Right Way
You can’t have enough questions for a new client when you’re first getting started on a project.

Thomas J Watson Jr's famous quote
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.”

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• How to narrow down your niche as a web designer
• How to build a web design business starting from scratch
• This first thing to buy when your web design business starts making money
• How to get recurring revenue from clients
• How to use google reviews to improve your SEO performance
• How to write quality content to build SEO
• The truth behind good SEO for web designers

RapidWebLaunch.com
Patrick Antinozzi’s website company- focusing on his ability to create websites for clients very quickly. 

Weebly
Weebly is a web hosting service, headquartered in San Francisco, and where Patrick got his start in the web design industry... but he doesn't recommend it.

WordPress
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes.

Elementor
The Elementor Website builder allows WordPress users to create and edit websites by employing the drag and drop technique, with a built-in responsive mode.

How to Get More Google Reviews from Customers
Patrick shares a  CRAZY simple way to gain reviews by simplifying the process for your client. 

Ahrefs
SEO tool that is the industry competitor at the moment. They optimize your content to be discovered through a search engine's organic search results. The benefits are obvious: free, passive traffic to your website, month after month.

Showit 
Chris’ full time job, and an AMAZING web design builder that requires ZERO code.

Patrick’s Social Media
Medium
Behance
Instagram
Blog
Pinterest
YouTube

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• How to set up a schedule that works for your family and your side hustle
• How to figure out what’s really wrong when your partner is frustrated with you and your side hustle
• How to not take things personally but look at disagreements as a puzzle to solve
• How to incorporate your family into your side hustle
• How to arrange your schedule by tasks for maximum efficiency
• How to have tough conversations with your spouse about your side hustle
• How to be a good dad but still work a lot

Thinking Fast and Slow
In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.

Block Calendar Resources
This is how Chris and his family stay organized and clarify priorities during their week. Michael Hyatt’s Ideal Week
Chris Misterek’s Take on the Ideal Week

Showit
Chris’ full time job, and an AMAZING drag and drop web design builder that requires ZERO code. We love them, and we think you'll love them too.

Ideas to involve your kids into the side hustle

• Pick out the design of the stamps used for business
• Talk at dinner about the side hustle projects
• Get their feedback on websites (whether or not you use it, it makes them feel part of the process)
• Work on side hustle next to them while they work on schoolwork
• Talk about budgets and what the side hustle affords the family (and them— i.e.; college funds, or fun family excursions!)
• Make business swag that they would enjoy- holographic hydro flask stickers and color changing stadium cups- which gets them excited to sport the business
• Take them on business errands (I.e.; running to Best Buy or the post office) one on one for quality time
• Participate in job fairs for their class, or bring your dad to school day
   

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Sarah's Stay at Home Mom Vibes Social Media
Instagram
Facebook

You can find the free Starter Kit Course at selfmadewebdesigner.com

• How to get recurring payments from clients you build websites for
• How to niche down your web design services
• How to keep yourself from becoming obsolete as a web designer
• How to figure out what type of clients are willing to pay you what you’re worth
• How to shape your mindset to be confident that you are worth high paying clients
• How to overcome self-doubt as a web designer
• How to have integrity as a web designer

Doublestack.net
How do you go from building $500 WordPress sites to $5,000+ projects while fortifying and stabilizing your business with recurring monthly revenue – and not just for WordPress maintenance? When your clients stop seeing you as a service provider and start seeing you as their path to financial growth you dramatically increase your value. Check out Lee Blue’s website for more information.

Woo Commerce Plug In
WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27, 2011, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.

Shopify
Ecommerce platform with all the point of sale features you need to start, run, and grow your business.

Wix
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

SquareSpace
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

Lee Blue’s FREE Facebook Group
Building High-Value WordPress Sites

Find Lee Blue
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube

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• The right way to market yourself as a web designer
• Resources to get started as a web designer no matter what your background
• How to demand higher prices for the services you provide as a web designer

Doublestack.net
How do you go from building $500 WordPress sites to $5,000+ projects while fortifying and stabilizing your business with recurring monthly revenue – and not just for WordPress maintenance? When your clients stop seeing you as a service provider and start seeing you as their path to financial growth you dramatically increase your value. Check out Lee Blue’s website for more information.

Gravity Forms Plug In
Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress-powered site using the built-in tools.

Woo Commerce Plug In
WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27, 2011, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.

Wix
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

SquareSpace
Design and build your own website builder. Requires minimal coding expertise, and has loads of themes for purchase.

Upwork
Upwork expertly connects professionals and agencies to businesses seeking specialized talent.

Fiverr
Fiverr is an Israeli online marketplace for freelance services. Founded in 2010 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide.

Elementor Plug-In
Elementor is the leading website builder platform for web creators on WordPress, and one of Lee Blue’s first recommendations for new clients.

Beaver Builder
Easily build beautiful, responsive WordPress pages in minutes. Beaver Builder is a drag and drop WordPress Page Builder.

Oxygen Builder
Oxygen Builder is a tool that enables you to build entire WordPress websites. It is not a page builder or a theme, but a hybrid product that enables you to have more control over what you create.

Astra | Wordpress Theme
Astra is fast, fully customizable & beautiful WordPress theme suitable for blog, personal portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront.

What is React?
React (also known as React.js or ReactJS) is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It is maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies. React can be used as a base in the development of single-page or mobile applications.
(Thanks wikipedia)

What is PHP?
PHP is a server side scripting language. that is used to develop Static websites or Dynamic websites or Web applications. PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor, that earlier stood for Personal Home Pages. PHP scripts can only be interpreted on a server that has PHP installed.
(Thanks again Wikipedia)

WP Crafter
The Easier Way To Learn WordPress. Courses, affiliate links, blogs, and videos that will help your web design company thrive.

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