Random ideas related to my business

Services i can offer

Things i need to learn

Research more about website strategy, user flow through websites, sales funnels

Offer simple websites to small, local business while i'm learning. Use a simple template to get the site up

Make a plan for all the things i would offer in this - domain reg, hosting, web design, web dev, basic copy editing and proof reading, basic photo editing, training in how to update the site, one month maintenance package, install plugins for SEO, backups, GA

Would need to find a cheap option for logo design if they don't have their own branding

Learn Google Analytics and SEO and use that to inform how sites are built

Basic photoshop

Basic branding

Google analytics

SEO

Code WP theme from scratch with good coding practice.

SSL certificates

click to edit

php

Overwhelm

Things that make me feel overwhelmed

Everything I need to learn

Feel like i'm in competition with much more experienced people

Why would people pay when they can do it themselves for free?

My selling points

Organised

Friendly and good communicator

Good at teaching

Reliable

Do my best for the customer

Managing overwhelm

Break things down into small steps

Have a plan with realistic goals (SMART?)

Stop trying to plan for every eventuality in my head. I am able to problem solve. If a client wants something and i can't yet do it i can learn.

Avoid thinking i have to be the best at absolutely everything

Stop looking at what everyone else is doing and thinking i have to do that.

Focus in on what I want to do, what i'm good at, and how i can offer that. Things I don't want to do can be outsourced.

Would need to have a clear contract for what's included. This would include the various costs involved, including costs of themes, plugins, hosting maintenance etc.

Plan my time better

Stop wasting time looking at other people's sites. Need to focus the majority of time on my work.

Need to build my website - think about exactly what i'm going to offer and how i'm going to sell that.

Try and make it fun for me. My mindset turns everything into a chore. Sense of openness and curiosity rather than focussed on outcomes

Set up a proper process for managing the work

Set up a board in Asana for the whole process of building a website. Could use one of these mind maps first.

Once i have a process in place it will feel much clearer

Streamline everything into Asana - stop using Trello. Keep things simple and in one place.

Mental health

See friends

Music

Suzi??

Meditation

Self compassion

Yoga

Doggie!

The thought of having to find clients

There are ways to find clients. I'm actually quite good at that kind of stuff. Am good at selling myself (ie interviews - this is no different). Need to identify what the client whats.

Marketing for Hippies??

Important - need to align work with my values to avoid burnout. Needs to come from the heart.

Investigate heart-based business

Minimum to learn before next project

SEO

GA

SSL

Make sure all work backed up on Google Drive

Design

Simple logo with a nice font

Use lots of space

Keep it simple

Stop telling myself i can't do it!

Realise that the biggest problem with overwhelm is mindset. Change that and i'm most of the way to dealing with everything.

Need to think about my niche

Consider if I am making my life difficult by insisting i need to code everything from scratch.

Focus on a more general approach at first - build the sites using premade themes, theme builders etc. Then, when i know more about coding, i can build them from scratch. Doing this I can learn about so many things - SEO, GA, design, client relations etc, rather than waiting until my code is perfect before starting.

Feel i can't start until my coding is perfect.

Look at list of other devs/designers sites for ideas about services i can offer