If you micro-manage yourself, then you don't have to be afraid of a client doing it. For the curious Zack Burt's Company: Code For Cash Rob's company: FolyoBy Robert Williams.

For the curious:"You need to make a connection with your prospects. Everyone thinks you need to find the killer headline. But it's more about engaging with the conversation that a customer is already having in his head. What keeps them awake at night? And how can you help them with it?" Books mentioned:The One Thing Million Dollar Consulting Li ...…

For the curious Ruben's products: Docsketch and Bidsketch Rob's product: FolyoBy Robert Williams.

For the curious Robby's product: Beaver Builder Rob's product: Folyo Beaver Builder's new product: AssistantBy Robert Williams.

Favorite quotes One thing I've discovered in the past year is: I'm just not that good at work. I'm just not that good at it. I don't have great discipline and I'm not very good at focusing for 1 or 2 hours on one thing. It doesn't matter if I'm the best person to do something if it doesn't get done. The biggest breakthrough is the removal of gu ...…

Kurt's email templates Rob's service Folyo for finding a product designerBy Robert Williams.

For the curious Keith's website: https://developyourmarketing.com Rob's website: https://folyo.meBy Robert Williams.

For the curious Pavlok, Maneesh's company Mark Cuban calls Maneesh a con-artist "What is the one thing I can do that by doing it makes everything else easier or unnecessary?" a quote Maneesh thinks about every day. The art of speed-reading people Folyo my referral newsletter for designersBy Robert Williams.

In this episode, Jason Forrest and I go over the top 5 ways we've been able to focus as internet business owners who work from home.By Robert Williams.

For the curious Why giving your clients homework is crucial. How you can use JTBD in your business today. Ideas for using JTBD to productize your service. Brian's JTBD files. Sign up for Folyo today.By Robert Williams.

For the curious Check out SaberSim Check out Folyo Rate this podcast on iTunesBy Robert Williams.

Your company is amazing. Find a special designer for it. I'd love to introduce you to a few designers I trust. Click the link below to share your job with me and my community. Let's feature your job First-come first-serve. You only pay after you've found a designer you're happy with.By Robert Williams.

For the curious Kung Fu Skateboard, Bike, Car image What happens to user experience in a minimum viable product? Are you a product designer? Join my referral community Need to put an end to staff shortages? Use Folyo for HiringBy Robert Williams.

In this interview Val talks about her approach to writing emails that build a relationship with your customers by providing something useful that will help their lives outside of your product - and help you keep more customers.By Robert Williams.

For the curious Mike Julian is not a lawyer and this is not legal advice Check out Mike Julian's newsletter Monitoring Weekly To have Rob help you find and hire a designer check out Folyo: Hiring To join Rob's community of product designers go to FolyoBy Robert Williams.

For the curious Buy Value-Based Design Sign up for FolyoBy Robert Williams.

In this episode, I talk about how I'm helping design agencies fix painful staff shortages with my referral community for product designers.By Robert Williams.

For the curious You haven't read Margo's blog? WTDH Check out my private referral community FolyoBy Robert Williams.

For the curious Kaleigh has a great contact form for her writing clients on her website She teaches a freelancing course called Creative Class with Paul Jarvis She specializes as a freelance writer for SaaS and eCommerce She's hosting a retreat for like-minded business folks soon What's Rob up to? Join my private design referral community Add m ...…

From the episode A lot of people get frustrated with low numbers and say “Ah! It’s terrible I only get 100 downloads per episode.” I’d challenge you to picture yourself talking in a room of 100 people every week. That’s actually pretty incredible. For the curious Join my private design referral community Check out Liston's website and podcasts ...…

I'm growing a community for agency owners and freelance designers designed to help you share projects, referrals, and tips on running a successful business in 2019. Check it out here: Folyo Please rate the podcast on iTunes if you liked this episode. Check out Jason's newsletter Grow Your SaaS.By Robert Williams.

I run a Slack for freelance designers where companies share projects, referrals, and tips for running a successful business. Get access for free here. To get more info on this topic, I'll be sharing with my newsletter in January. Sign up here. And be sure to rate the podcast on iTunes if you liked this episode. What's Rob up to? Join Folyo and ...…

As an indie developer, how do you create plugins and products that customers want? Joe Workman stops by to talk his process and how he's made $280k/year selling niche plugins as a one man shop.By Robert Williams.

How do you figure out which clients to go after? Can you choose to target better clients and improve your business forever? Yes! In this episode Philip Morgan and I talk about the exact step-by-step strategy Philip recommends to narrow in on your ideal client and choose a specialization. He's helped dozens of designers, coders, and other freela ...…

For the curious Let’s talk about startup costs by Justin Jackson Article about how I cut $5k article from last year Jason’s newsletter for Saas ownersBy Robert Williams.

Link to Jonathan's pricing seminar.By Robert Williams.

For the curious Paul has a new book coming out called Company of One in January. He also publishes a weekly newsletter that's one of my personal favorites called the Sunday Dispatches. On the podcast he broke down some interesting revenue numbers. His business makes about $500k per year and he isn't trying to grow beyond that. He spends $90k of ...…

The story behind Knapsack Creative, Ben’s design firm, that goes against the grain - and why he designed his business model that questions common advice, like always charge more. How Ben’s tiny 3 person team, low pricing, and a fast, fixed turnaround approach came about. The exact structure Knapsack implements including: the reasoning behind th ...…

James of Bootstrappers.io and Robert of Folyo.me talk about going from consulting to products, selling community, creative constraints and more.By Robert Williams.

Topics covered How does Adam come up with new product ideas? What does scratching your own itch mean practically? How exactly do you work in public to build an audience? Is podcasting and video content better than written? How can you make live streams engaging and fun to watch?By Robert Williams.

The more business-related content I consume, the less I get out of it. It’s gotten to the point where I feel like I have a constant stream of invisible opinions and rules running my business for me — that I never approved. It limits what I’m capable of, sucks the joy out of having a business, and it’s a huge time waster. So it ends today. I’m s ...…

Jonas Downey, a principal designer at Basecamp, joins me to talk about one of their guiding beliefs: that your company should be your best product. We do a deep-dive on why Basecamp, the company, is designed how it is.By Robert Williams.

For the curious… James is the owner of Bootstrappers.io, a site he took over earlier this year. I asked James to come on and have a mastermind call with me. Hoping to do this regularly, so if you enjoyed it – please do let me know. Show Highlights 1:45 What is Bootstrappers.io? 2:58 Sending out a survey to find out what to build. 5:04 Amy Hoy a ...…

[1:00] How Ashley got the idea for her podcast Bootstrapped Digest. [5:00] What's better in content marketing? Short or Long form? [7:34] Where Ashley focuses for creating better quality content. [9:45] How do you know if your content is going to be interesting. [15:26] How do you market a product as a solo-founder in a difficult industry? [24: ...…

Topics: What did I have in place already? My existing audience on Folyo, Workshop, Medium and Twitter and how I built those things. Why I decided to change things up and how I approached the change. How I’m changing the product design, marketing and churn rate for this new business. Business examples I drew inspiration from: Scotts Cheap Flight ...…

For the curious… Today's guest is Laura Elizabeth, the founder of Design Academy and Client Portal. She's been able to quit freelancing and move to selling those awesome products full time. Show Highlights 0:30 When to hire a freelancer vs DIY. 4:32 When to hire a freelancer vs hire a full-time designer. 11:53 How Laura got the idea for Design ...…

For the curious...I’ve played over 600 Fortnite matches myself… and yet I’ve never spent a dime on the actual game. Fortnite gives that part away for free. Their revenue instead comes from upsells that happen inside the game. On the podcast I take a look at how they’ve taken away the hardest part about getting a customer… the paywall. Whether p ...…

For the curious... On July 2nd, Convertkit announced they'd be rebranding to Seva. So I reached out to talk to Nathan Barry about the process of designing a new brand name in 2018. Show Highlights 1:30 - Why Nathan changed the name of his company and how Amazon influenced this huge decision. 5:01 - Why Aweber and Constant Contact are going to f ...…

For the curious... The Sweet Setup has been on a roll recently, releasing 3 new courses. All the things: a productivity course on the app Things 3, Day One in Depth, a course on journaling with the app Day One, and Time Management Training, a course on taking control of your time. 3:38 - What I've gotten out of Shawn's course on Things. 16:18 - ...…

For the curious… On April 15th, 2018, Basecamp announced that Highrise was “moving back in with Basecamp.” This meant that Nate Kontny – and the team he had built during his time as CEO of Highrise – would no longer be working on the product. If you want to follow along Nate’s story, he’s been vlogging daily over on his youtube channel, that’s ...…