WDA Live Strategy Call 10/15/24


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00:01:48 Michelle: Win: I have a soft pitch call for a white-label client tomorrow. πŸ™‚
00:01:54 Maggie Luk: Got my first lead in my inbox!
00:02:04 Danielle Cooke: Module 1 and half of 2 finished!
00:02:10 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with πŸ‘
00:02:14 Lynn: Onboarded two new clients!
00:02:17 Pauline Wiles: Booked another paid discovery. Not for several weeks, but she seems nice!
00:02:20 Michelle: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with πŸ‘
00:02:23 Lynn: Reacted to “Win: I have a soft p…” with πŸ‘
00:02:23 Liz Lee: Win: I am almost done drafting my first Patrick!
00:02:24 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Win, I've had 4 meetings today, and I still showed up. haha.
00:02:24 Lynn: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with πŸ‘
00:02:28 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Win: I have a soft p…” with πŸ‘πŸ»
00:02:29 Lynn: Reacted to “Module 1 and half of…” with πŸ‘
00:02:29 Michelle: Reacted to “Module 1 and half of…” with πŸ‘
00:02:32 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with πŸ’›
00:02:33 Shannon Mattern: https://airtable.com/appBKMODI6rJUNuPk/shrQMjgC7CiiWTBsh
00:02:34 Michelle: Reacted to “Onboarded two new cl…” with ❀️
00:02:34 Lynn: Reacted to “Booked another paid …” with πŸ‘
00:02:37 Michelle: Reacted to “Booked another paid …” with πŸ‘
00:02:37 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with ❀️
00:02:37 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Module 1 and half of…” with πŸ‘πŸ»
00:02:41 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Onboarded two new cl…” with πŸ’›
00:02:41 Michelle: Reacted to “Win: I am almost don…” with πŸ‘
00:02:42 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Win: I am almost don…” with πŸ₯³
00:02:43 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with ❀️
00:02:46 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Booked another paid …” with πŸ₯³
00:02:49 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Win: I have a soft p…” with πŸ‘
00:02:50 Michelle: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with ❀️
00:02:50 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with πŸ‘
00:02:52 Lynn: Reacted to “Win: I am almost don…” with 🎊
00:02:52 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Module 1 and half of…” with πŸ‘
00:02:53 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Onboarded two new cl…” with ❀️
00:02:54 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Onboarded two new cl…” with ❀️
00:02:57 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Booked another paid …” with πŸ‘
00:03:01 Lynn: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with ❀️
00:03:02 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Win: I am almost don…” with 🎊
00:03:04 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Win: I have a soft p…” with πŸ₯³
00:03:09 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Win: I am almost don…” with πŸ‘
00:03:16 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with πŸ˜€
00:04:18 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Win: Getting ready to send a β€œquote” (her words) to a past client who wants me to redo the SEO on her site (she’s changing her business).
00:05:02 Carol: I got a yes to a tier 2 package from a client I was sure was going to ghost me.
00:05:05 Lynn: Reacted to “Win: Getting ready t…” with πŸ‘
00:05:11 Lynn: Reacted to “I got a yes to a tie…” with πŸ‘
00:05:15 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “I got a yes to a tie…” with πŸ‘
00:05:15 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “I got a yes to a tie…” with πŸ₯³
00:05:18 Michelle: If anyone noticed me jumping out of my chair and my soul leaving my body, it was because I accidentally turned on slideshow mode in my photo viewer (which I didn't know was a thing). And you're welcome. I can only imagine what my face looked like.
00:05:21 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Win: Getting ready t…” with πŸ‘
00:05:21 Michelle: Reacted to “I got a yes to a tie…” with πŸ₯³
00:05:23 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Win: Getting ready t…” with πŸ₯³
00:05:23 Michelle: Reacted to “Win: Getting ready t…” with πŸ‘
00:05:34 Lynn: Reacted to “If anyone noticed me…” with 🀣
00:05:39 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “If anyone noticed me…” with 🀣
00:05:39 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “I got a yes to a tie…” with πŸ’›
00:05:45 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “If anyone noticed me…” with πŸ˜‚
00:05:52 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Win #2: That fish-bait guy who said no last year is coming on board in 3 weeks (website redesign!). πŸ™‚
00:05:57 Liz Lee: Reacted to “If anyone noticed me…” with πŸ˜‚
00:06:02 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Win: I have a soft p…” with ❀️
00:06:02 Michelle: Reacted to “Win #2: That fish-ba…” with πŸ‘
00:06:03 Lynn: Reacted to “Win #2: That fish-ba…” with πŸ‘
00:06:06 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Got my first lead in…” with ❀️
00:06:10 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Module 1 and half of…” with ❀️
00:06:14 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Onboarded two new cl…” with ❀️
00:06:15 Danielle Cooke: Reacted to “Win #2: That fish-ba…” with ❀️
00:06:19 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Booked another paid …” with ❀️
00:06:20 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Win #2: That fish-ba…” with πŸ‘
00:06:24 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Win, I've had 4 meet…” with ❀️
00:06:32 Liz Lee: Reacted to “Win: Getting ready t…” with ❀️
00:06:36 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

His site is a mess!
00:07:35 Pauline Wiles: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

A fish bait business?? Sounds like fun to design!
00:08:22 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

Yes. Going to do really great things for his business. He’s a fisherman – travels around the world fishing and has created a product (several) that really help leisure fishermen.
00:09:16 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

That site sounds like it would be fun to design. congrats!
00:09:53 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Yes. Going to do rea…” with πŸ‘πŸ»
00:09:58 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

Thanks – I’m excited.
00:10:00 Michelle: Reacted to “Yes. Going to do rea…” with πŸ‘πŸ»
00:11:50 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Win #2: That fish-ba…”

I met him and his wife at hockey (I have season tickets to the local major junior hockey team). Her first name and mine are the same, so we started chatting. They also have season tickets… so we’ve all become friends around where we sit.
00:12:30 Maggie Luk: Do you think if I say β€œI have x spots open for paid discovery for November” people will know what paid discovery means?
00:13:48 Maggie Luk: Gotcha – I didn’t catch the memo about β€œrebranding” it – thanks!
00:16:02 Kim Blake: 🦬
00:21:49 Pauline Wiles: Well, that was embarrassing – today's follow-up for me was a collaboration opportunity from almost a year ago. Oops.
00:22:16 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “I met him and his wi…” with πŸ‘
00:22:30 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: πŸ“§
00:23:14 Lynn: 🌌
00:23:22 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “πŸ“§”

This is actually my favorite emoji:

πŸ’

LOL
00:23:42 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “This is actually my …” with ❀️
00:24:25 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “🦬” with ❀️
00:24:29 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “🌌” with ❀️
00:32:37 Michelle: I have found, though, that people who balk at my prices are generally folks I wouldn't have enjoyed working with because they are the same as the ones I've had in the past at that price who tend to nickel and dime and complain the whole time. And yes, it's about the value we all see in the website itself.
00:32:51 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ’›
00:35:15 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ‘†
00:35:27 Kim Blake: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ’―
00:37:33 Lynn: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ’―
00:39:25 Maggie Luk: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ’›
00:50:18 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: I always imagine scenarios, and my brain goes off the worst or whatever outcome I think they may or may not be thinking… but I realized (because of Shannon and Erica’s help), that what I imagine (usually the worst) almost never happens, that you don’t know what you don’t know, AND, the only way to find out things is to ask.
00:51:25 Lynn: Reacted to “I always imagine sce…” with πŸ’›
00:52:32 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “I have found, though…” with πŸ‘†
00:56:06 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Replying to “I always imagine sce…”

I'm the same. Through therapy it's been identified that I ruminate over issues and once I start down that path nothing good ever happens. lol. Once someone realizes that they ruminate, it's easy to see it popping up in other areas of their lives too. That's my devil 😈
00:56:55 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “I always imagine sce…”

Yep. I used to live there. Now I tell myself not to go there.
00:57:26 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “Yep. I used to live …” with ❀️
00:58:55 Danielle Cooke: you win it or you learn
00:59:02 Michelle: Reacted to “you win it or you le…” with πŸ’―
00:59:06 Michelle: Reacted to “you win it or you le…” with ❀️
00:59:06 Lynn: Reacted to “you win it or you le…” with πŸ’―
01:02:10 Kim Blake: Reacted to “you win it or you le…” with ❀️
01:02:57 Maggie Luk: Replying to “I always imagine sce…”

I learned instead of β€œwhat if” to try to say β€œeven if” – still trying to practice is πŸ™‚
01:03:35 Maggie Luk: πŸ₯₯ finished my network email in this call – got to run to my babies now πŸ™‚
01:03:37 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Replying to “I always imagine sce…”

YES! And that it’s okay if there’s an β€œeven if”
01:03:43 Tracy Trathen β€’ e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “πŸ₯₯ finished my netwo…” with ❀️
01:03:45 Lynn: Reacted to “πŸ₯₯ finished my netwo…” with ❀️
01:03:46 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Reacted to “I learned instead of…” with πŸ‘
01:04:11 Carol: I gotta go pick up the kiddo. Thank you everyone!
01:04:19 Lynn: Reacted to “I gotta go pick up t…” with ❀️
01:05:14 Michelle: Thank you!!
01:05:21 Pauline Wiles: Reacted to “Thank you!!” with πŸ¦‹
01:05:29 Katheryn Symington | Web Designer: Thank you for a great session for the input.