This Week's Questions

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00:00:18 Janet Hoover: Hello!!
00:00:40 Erica Nash: Seriously cannot believe it’s May.
00:02:23 Courtney Wilson: Our win this week – we dodged a bullet with a (now ex) client. We had started the project and kept seeing red flags, until they flew off the handle at us for asking a clarifying question. Ended up going our separate ways. This is a win because it gives us time to focus on our clients who we work well with.
00:02:31 Mia Rendon: I got a no from my proposal and didn’t make it mean anything about me and my new prices. I also just got a new inquiry about 10 minutes ago🥳
00:02:48 Erica Nash: Both such great wins!!! 🎉🎉🎉
00:02:56 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Yes! Nice work!
00:03:05 Rachel Briscoe: Awesome Mia!!!
00:03:07 Courtney Wilson: Mia – yay for new inquiries!
00:03:07 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: Win: Designed a homepage in Adobe XD and got 100% sign off and now ready to mockup the rest of the pages
00:03:09 Caitlin Harrison: It was a big boundary-setting week! I have 80% of the copy in from that client that will start next week, with or without copy. I also confidently said a VIP day would be $1,000 on a call earlier where I wasn’t sure what the outcome would be or what she was looking for
00:03:22 Leigh Scott: I landed a project 2 mins into the initial call with a new corporate client because I was drinking out of a Frida kahlo mug and they also love Frida
00:03:39 Janet Hoover: Slow but sure progress thanks to Erica’s feedback on my own website along with other clarity to keep moving forward! <3
00:03:53 Becky Swan: I enforced my payment terms with a client with two overdue invoices, and they paid right away.
00:03:58 Rachel Briscoe: @Barb that’s fantastic! can you recommend a resource to learn Adobe XD?
00:04:24 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: @Rachel, I just taught myself. It's a lot like Illustrator so it came intuitively.
00:04:45 Rachel Briscoe: Thanks Barb. I’m going to look at it this week.
00:04:50 Janet Hoover: Good job!!!
00:05:12 Courtney Wilson: @Barb – ooh, love Adobe XD!
00:05:23 Rachel Briscoe: Awesome Becky!
00:05:26 Janet Hoover: Yay, Becky!
00:05:29 Lisa Kent: Hey @Barb, I found a great tutorial on YouTube for XD if you want the link?
00:05:32 Melissa Miller: I changed my high end package for 2k above my current price hours before our meeting and she was okay with it!
00:05:34 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: Oh!!! WIN!
I held my boundary with a client and she totally understood and said to charge her the rescheduling fee — she then said I come highly recommended and she's super excited to work with me
00:05:53 Rachel Briscoe: @Lisa – could you share the link – I’d love to watch it!
00:06:03 Janet Hoover: Ditto
00:06:09 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: @Lisa, check with @Rachel — I've been using XD for several years and am pretty well versed in it.
00:06:11 Lisa Kent: @Barb sure. I’ll dig it out.
00:07:51 Lisa Kent: @Rachel I’ll share the link, misreading the chat here, it’s getting late in the UK! lol
00:07:56 Becky Swan: I was super nervous but it needed to be done! It felt good.
00:08:12 Rachel Briscoe: @Lisa – I’m across the pond in Dublin!!!
00:09:09 Rachel Briscoe: That was me!
00:09:39 Melissa Miller: I’m learning Xd too and about to start building one soon. Learning curve!
00:10:02 Amy K Ogden: lol!
00:10:38 Amy K Ogden: OHHH! Totally different!
00:11:44 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: I'm also coming from a background in User Experience design so I'm soooo used to mocking stuff up first. But you totes mcgoats don't have to do that. 😊
00:12:20 Janet Hoover: I totes mcgoats have to do the mockups first too lol
00:12:46 Lauren N.: I know Figma…is XD pretty much the same?
00:12:48 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: Right @Janet?! Keeps me from goin buck wild on the design
00:12:59 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: YAY Melissa!! So awesome!!
00:13:02 Janet Hoover: SO right lol!
00:13:15 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: @Lauren Yes! Figma's awesome!
I personally prefer XD since it meshes with Photoshop/Illustrator so well.
00:14:02 Janet Hoover: 👏
00:14:35 Becky Swan: I use Figma. I think mocking up designs first is so valuable to iterate on ideas quickly.
00:15:24 Amy K Ogden: I think holding your value in that way indicates that you’re worth it.
00:15:31 Amy K Ogden: To your client
00:15:40 Rachel Briscoe: Agreed Amy
00:15:41 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Totally agree with Amy!
00:15:43 Amy K Ogden: Something I’m learning for sure
00:15:48 Amy K Ogden: Hi Kaila!!
00:15:53 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Hi Amy!
00:16:14 Caitlin Harrison: GOALS
00:16:45 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: So true @Amy! It helps them appreciate and understand your value.
00:20:56 Melissa Miller: @Barb -Any recommendations for learning Xd besides the Adobe ones. I wasn’t thrilled with them.
00:21:29 Rachel Briscoe: @Melissa I found a course on Skillshare but haven’t started it
00:22:21 Melissa Miller: Great – thanks Rachel 🙂 I’ll check it out
00:23:54 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: @Melissa I haven't really found any that are super helpful, IMO. But if you're used to Illustrator, I find it somewhat similar. But if I recall “Bring Your Own Laptop” channel on YouTube has decent tutorials
00:26:26 Melissa Miller: @Barb – I haven’t heard “Bring your own laptop” – I’m adept with AI but still find Xd overwhelming!
00:31:22 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: There's just something about the energetic exchange of money. Especially between friends/family.
00:34:22 Rachel Briscoe: @Melissa – Daniel Scott runs bringyourownlaptop.com and it’s his same course that I was looking at on Skillshare. It looks very comprehensive (nearly 10 hours). There’s also other courses that are shorter on XD on Skillshare.
00:36:29 Amy K Ogden: I am very skilled at inferring… I’m working hard at practicing NOT utilizing these skills. Lol! Especially in the “Staying out of my clients wallet” bit.
00:36:49 Erica Nash: It really is so challenging and requires so much practice!
00:47:30 Melissa Miller: @Rachel – I’m looking into it now – thanks!
00:50:44 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: Preach it Shannon!
00:51:29 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: I have to cut out early today. Another great strategy call in the books! Have a great rest of your week everyone!
00:53:00 Lisa Kent: My first website I did for £50!!!!
00:58:31 Rachel Briscoe: I have to run. Thanks so much for such a great session!
01:00:17 Barb ✨ Infinity Brand Design: Gotta go as well. It was so good to connect with y'all! 💖
01:01:18 Lisa Kent: Thanks for a great call 🙂
01:01:49 Melissa Miller: Is it recorded
01:01:54 Janet Hoover: Thank you!
01:02:05 Melissa Miller: Thank You!