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February + March 2024 Income Report EP 87
byShannon Mattern
WDA Live Strategy Call 03/05/24


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Chat

00:01:44 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: The proposal I’m working on is a result of outreach I had hesitated to do, but did anyway!
00:02:12 Kim Blake: Booked two new clients in a week. I also had two new discovery calls in a week and have another discovery call next week. Super excited!
00:02:21 Ruby Javaid: finished the lead magnet for my site, set up my email software, and created my social media accounts for my business. phew! and since this is some of the stuff I do for my clients, i'm very sold on my value now, this is a lot of technical work!
00:02:25 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with 👍🏼
00:02:33 Erica Nash: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with 🥳
00:02:34 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “finished the lead ma…” with 👍🏼
00:02:39 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with 🥳
00:02:49 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with 💪🏻
00:02:50 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with 🥳
00:03:07 Erica Nash: Reacted to “finished the lead ma…” with 🥳
00:03:16 Kim Blake: Reacted to “finished the lead ma…” with 🥳
00:03:30 Kim Blake: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with 🥳
00:03:31 April Ray: Did a soft launch of my new maintenance plans and reworked my proposals so I can send them out quicker! Also I have a call after this one with a current client who wants a new ecommerce site!
00:03:44 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with 🎉
00:03:44 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with 👍🏼
00:03:46 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with 🥳
00:03:48 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “finished the lead ma…” with 🥳
00:03:49 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with 🎉
00:03:51 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with 🥳
00:03:56 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with 🥳
00:04:01 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with 🎉
00:04:10 Angelica Hidalgo: Huge wins go everyone!
00:04:25 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Several things

1) I mentioned first one in the facebook group – potential new client, working on getting him scheduled for consult (he’s not tech savvy so we’ll see)

2) Finished M4 AND M5 this week!!!

3) Zombie client that I chatted with is 99% done! Excited to get their site launched

4) did more outreach today (sent email to a couple of current clients)
00:04:56 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with 👍🏼
00:05:06 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with 🥳
00:05:09 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with 🥳
00:06:05 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: you’re welcome!
00:06:14 Anchen: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with ❤️
00:06:22 Anchen: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with ❤️
00:06:27 Angelica Hidalgo: I created my capabilities deck and sent it through and applied for the job! Regardless if I get it or not I’m proud of myself for getting it done and pushing myself out my comfort zone, I’m trying to not let rejection affect me so much
00:06:29 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with 🥳
00:06:40 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with 🥳
00:07:05 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with 🥳
00:07:28 Kim Blake: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with 🥳
00:07:34 Sharece O'Neal: Love Chris Do! Wrapped up a client project last week! Saw that her client was a dream client of mine and she passed my info along. Just having the courage to ask was a huge step!
00:07:51 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Love Chris Do! Wrapp…” with 🥳
00:08:01 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “The proposal I’m wor…” with ❤️
00:08:03 Anchen: Got 2 sponsorships on our top tier for the Page Builder Summit in the first week.
00:08:08 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “Booked two new clien…” with ❤️
00:08:10 April Ray: So far so good!
00:08:14 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with 🥳
00:08:19 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Love Chris Do! Wrapp…” with 🥳
00:08:26 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Got 2 sponsorships o…” with 🥳
00:08:27 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Got 2 sponsorships o…” with 🥳
00:08:29 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “finished the lead ma…” with ❤️
00:08:55 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “Did a soft launch of…” with ❤️
00:09:09 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “Several things

1) I…” with ❤️
00:09:20 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with ❤️
00:09:26 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with ❤️
00:09:31 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Love Chris Do! Wrapp…” with ❤️
00:09:49 Angelica Hidalgo: Yeah I need to listen to that episode!
00:10:48 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Got 2 sponsorships o…”

I love the page builder summit
00:11:08 Anchen: Reacted to “I love the page buil…” with ❤️
00:11:22 Sharece O'Neal: Reacted to “Got 2 sponsorships o…” with ❤️
00:11:34 Maddison Manente: A past client reached out to me about making some edits to her site and I negotiated compensation for the extra work
00:11:34 Angelica Hidalgo: Oh and I got a referral client! Another dress hire store woo! 🎉 I’ve been helping them fix things and migrate to shopify
00:11:44 Erica Nash: Reacted to “A past client reache…” with 🥳
00:11:45 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “A past client reache…” with 🥳
00:11:47 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with 👍🏼
00:11:49 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with 🥳
00:11:50 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with 🥳
00:11:51 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with ❤️
00:11:56 Maddison Manente: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with 🥳
00:11:56 Anchen: Reacted to “Oh and I got a refer…” with ❤️
00:12:02 Maddison Manente: Reacted to “Love Chris Do! Wrapp…” with 🥳
00:12:07 Maddison Manente: Reacted to “I created my capabil…” with ❤️
00:12:40 Kim Blake: May I chime in?🙂
00:12:58 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: I decided I don’t need to be on the treadmill, but on a slow, steady, consistent walk.
00:13:08 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I decided I don’t ne…” with ❤️
00:13:11 Ruby Javaid: i'm in that place right now. but i'm going to stick with what i'm doing
00:13:23 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I decided I don’t ne…” with ❤️
00:13:31 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “i'm in that place ri…” with ❤️
00:13:40 Erica Nash: Reacted to “i'm in that place ri…” with ❤️
00:13:57 Diana Richards: I’m going to part ways with my white label client. I sent her a rate increase proposal, and she can’t meet me where I feel valued being paid.
00:14:04 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I decided I don’t ne…” with ❤️
00:14:06 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “i'm in that place ri…” with ❤️
00:14:14 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I’m going to part wa…” with ❤️
00:14:16 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I’m going to part wa…” with ❤️
00:14:17 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “I’m going to part wa…” with 👍🏼
00:14:26 Chantel Rudden: In the discomfort now, its really hard, BUT I offered a free 10 minute mini audit to my target audience, I got 10 mini audits, and going to do a podcast (looking for more) and trying to move the needle
00:14:37 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with ❤️
00:14:38 Erica Nash: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with 🥳
00:14:38 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with ❤️
00:14:43 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “I’m going to part wa…” with ❤️
00:14:49 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Replying to “I’m going to part wa…”

I find white label relationships are really tricky. Good for you for assessing it and making a decision that’s best for you.
00:14:53 Maddison Manente: 🎉
00:14:58 Angelica Hidalgo: Go Kim!
00:15:01 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with ❤️
00:15:07 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “In the discomfort no…”

this is a great idea! I was actually thinking of doing something similar – did you promote this on social?
00:15:11 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with ❤️
00:15:47 Chantel Rudden: Replying to “In the discomfort no…”

Im part of a small Facebook group full of artists, and offered it there 🙂
My niche is creatives
00:15:51 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Go Kim!”

Yes! So great, Kim!!!
00:15:51 Chantel Rudden: Reacted to “this is a great idea…” with ❤️
00:15:56 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “this is a great idea…” with ❤️
00:16:10 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Im part of a small F…” with ❤️
00:16:16 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “In the discomfort no…”

that's awesome!
00:16:47 Kim Blake: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with 👏
00:16:59 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with 👏
00:17:40 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Go Kim!” with 🙂
00:17:42 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Yes! So great, Kim!!…” with 🙂
00:18:24 Michelle Self: Reacted to “In the discomfort no…” with ❤️
00:19:10 Michelle Self: Replying to “In the discomfort no…”

This is something I've been thinking abut doing as well!
00:20:13 Diana Richards: Replying to “I’m going to part wa…”
It definitely feels scary, but I know I don’t want to keep doing the work (like making a client’s website more mobile friendly) for the rate she’s paying.
00:20:44 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “It definitely feels …” with 👍🏼
00:23:27 Michelle Self: Reacted to “A past client reache…” with 🥳
00:24:09 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “It definitely feels …” with 👍🏼
00:30:39 Michelle Self: light bulb – the higher package is ‘how can you completely support them” I never thought about it quite that way – feels more personable
00:30:48 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Reacted to “light bulb – the hig…” with 👍🏼
00:31:09 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “light bulb – the hig…” with ❤️
00:31:23 Erica Nash: Reacted to “light bulb – the hig…” with 🙌
00:32:10 Angelica Hidalgo: I think that’s why they do the summits
00:32:14 Angelica Hidalgo: To connect with people
00:32:34 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I think that’s why t…” with 👆
00:32:39 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I think that’s why t…” with ❤️
00:33:07 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: I love summits. They are fun. I reached out to Josh Hall after one of them. He was totally responsive.
00:33:24 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Replying to “To connect with peop…”

Yes! good point!
00:33:28 Erica Nash: Replying to “I love summits. They…”

He’s such a good dude!
00:33:28 Angelica Hidalgo: I messaged three or four people from the last summit, everyone replied and one I even realised lives where I do and now we’re going to meet up!
00:33:36 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I messaged three or …” with ❤️
00:33:37 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “I messaged three or …” with 👆🏻
00:33:55 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “I love summits. They…”

Yes. Quite!
00:34:21 Anika Loewen: Reacted to “I messaged three or …” with ❤️
00:34:42 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “light bulb – the hig…” with ❤️
00:35:10 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “I think that’s why t…”

that's a good point and totally obvious lol
00:35:51 Anika Loewen: I think it’s because so many people don’t think that they are good enough
00:35:58 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I think it’s because…” with ❤️
00:36:00 Michelle Self: I never thought of connecting with summit speakers after the fact. I am not necessarily the ICA for my target audience ~ but I was thinking about attending to a conference for my niche as a vendor. Maybe there are already online summits for me ICA??
00:36:32 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “I never thought of c…”

Sorry Michelle, what
00:36:37 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “I never thought of c…”

What’s ICA
00:36:43 Michelle Self: Replying to “I never thought of c…”

Ideal Client Avatar
00:36:50 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “I never thought of c…”

Ohhhhh thank you hahahahahah
00:36:58 Michelle Self: Replying to “I never thought of c…”

🙂
00:37:10 Michelle Self: Reacted to “I messaged three or …” with ❤️
00:37:14 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I think it’s because…” with 👆
00:37:30 Erica Nash: Reacted to “I never thought of c…” with 🙌
00:38:02 Michelle Self: Such a mindset shift to hear your perspective on this, Shannon! I feel so intimidated by the people who are “good enough” to be speakers
00:38:10 Anika Loewen: Replying to “Such a mindset shift…”

Yessss!
00:38:16 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Such a mindset shift…” with ❤️
00:38:38 Chantel Rudden: I actually started looking for summits to be part of in my niche- but this is good feedback if I ever get accepted into one lol
00:38:45 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I actually started l…” with ❤️
00:38:58 Erica Nash: Homework to discuss next week haha
00:39:01 Michelle Self: Reacted to “I actually started l…” with ❤️
00:39:02 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Homework to discuss …” with ❤️
00:39:05 Michelle Self: Reacted to “Homework to discuss …” with ❤️
00:39:08 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: I can share more…! lol
00:40:16 Angelica Hidalgo: If anyone has Facebook groups of fashion brands/entrepreneurs they know of I would be super appreciative!
00:40:36 Chantel Rudden: Reacted to “If anyone has Facebo…” with ❤️
00:42:50 Angelica Hidalgo: I used to be super scared Ruby but I think of it as making a friend and the more you send it through the easier it gets

I would send a message and freak out and throw my phone across the room, but now I just send the message
00:43:24 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: I like “cold bold”! lol
00:43:28 Angelica Hidalgo: Love that Erica!
00:43:43 Shannon Mattern: YES! Cold Bold!
00:44:02 Michelle Self: Love this, Erica!
00:44:59 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I messaged three or …” with ❤️
00:45:43 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “I love summits. They…”

Yes, I like him a lot and he's on my list of people to reach out to! Great that you had a good experience with him
00:46:08 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Keep in mind you’re going to be setting up email as part of e-commerce (transaction emails, that is)
00:46:09 Kim Blake: Replying to “If anyone has Facebo…”

Do you have “influencer studios” in your area? Some fashion brands may use these studios. I Googled it as an example of what I mean by “influencer studios”. https://influencestudios.com/
00:46:09 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Yes, I like him a lo…” with 👍🏻
00:46:51 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “I think it’s because…”

Ok, this may have been part of my issue haha, like deep down I may have been having some of these thoughts. But actually really realized it
00:47:09 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “Such a mindset shift…” with ❤️
00:47:19 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “Such a mindset shift…”

100%
00:47:22 Angelica Hidalgo: I can read out my different things I’ve added!
00:47:37 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I used to be super s…” with ❤️
00:47:53 Kim Blake: Replying to “If anyone has Facebo…”

@Angelica Hidalgo ^
00:48:00 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “I used to be super s…”

Love this perspective Angelica! LOL at the phone throwing
00:48:06 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Love this perspectiv…” with 😂
00:48:31 Jessica Aiese-Davoli: Yes—definitely you can patrick setup for shipping, taxes, products added, etc.
00:48:35 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “If anyone has Facebo…” with ❤️
00:51:58 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: The Have to Haves, vs the Nice to Haves
00:53:40 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: I heard Chris Do say “… how can we get really creative and design this in such a way that you get what you need.”
00:53:49 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I heard Chris Do say…” with ❤️
00:53:50 Ruby Javaid: Reacted to “I heard Chris Do say…” with ❤️
00:54:03 Michelle Self: Reacted to “I heard Chris Do say…” with ❤️
00:54:47 Ruby Javaid: Replying to “I think it’s because…”

*actually never realized it
00:55:25 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “I heard Chris Do say…” with ❤️
00:56:42 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “If anyone has Facebo…” with ❤️
00:57:04 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Gold
00:59:12 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: really great meeting as per usual!
00:59:27 Michelle Self: Thank you!
00:59:33 Sharece O'Neal: Thank you!
00:59:35 Angelica Hidalgo: Thank you for saying that Shannon, I always feel like I don’t know enough! Bye!