#buildinpublic update:

For One Day Design, we have closed 3 clients in the past 9 days.

What's interesting about this?

All of the clients are from actions we did 1 month or 1 year ago.

- Cold email
- Referral
- Content

Startups are a snow ball. Just start rolling and build… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#buildinpublic update:

Is there a better feeling than seeing a Stripe notification in Slack?

This one is from a new client for One Day Design.

This lead came in from a Google ad.
They closed 10 hours after our sales call.

Our Goal: Get a Slack notification every day.

#buildinpublic update:

Here is a page One Day Design made that had a 25%+ increase.

So, what Changed?
> Added social proof with reviews, stars & avatars to earn trust
> Displayed image category sections for easy exploration

#buildinpublic update

For One Day Design, here is the Before & Afters of one happy client.

What we changed:

> Added social proof review stars around CTA
> Sticky header
> Made a primary button on the Duel CTA section
>Added a benefit-focused section

#buildinpublic update:

I'm testing using AI to make influencer content for our DTC brand, Handsome Chaos

Here is what I did in 5 minutes using Mid-journey.

- I asked for NYC & LA Influencers.
- I asked for long hair.
- I asked for some "products" in the photos.
- No, I did… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#buildinpublic update:

March numbers for The $3M Challenge:

@GrowthHit : Complete!
One Day Design: $130,000
Handsome Chaos: $0

👍 One Day Design: Hired a Growth Lead & passed 20 clients
👍 Handsome Chaos: Found a manufacturer.
👎 Handsome Chaos: Still not live :(

#buildinpublic update:

After 3 months of ingredient sourcing issues for our DTC brand (Handsome Chaos), we have decide to do a reformulation.

It'll cost $1500 and take 2 months.

It's another speed bump. And it's damn annoying.

But, I am happy to have a path forward.

#buildinpublic update:

We have a big update on One Day Design that we'll announce (via the podcast) on Monday.

Here is a preview:

- We hired an EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence ) to run product & growth.

- We are niching down to focus on Shopify sites.

- We're offering a FREE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#buildinpublic update:

We're working on a giveaway for One Day Design.

See the mockups below.

Thoughts?

Would you be against entering this giveaway?

#buildinpublic update:

With One Day Design, we have issues with perceived quality.

Leads assume that quality isn't there bc we work so fast.

Ugh.

So, we're going to show our work more.

To start, here is a design we did . . . in 24 hours.

🚨 Big news! 🚨

One Day Design just hired a Head of Growth and they start Monday!

Let the games begin.

It's our first hire dedicated to 1DD.

Also, we're $500 away from $130,000. So close.

#buildinpublic

Launching a new web page to promote our newsletter.

Thoughts on the first mockup?

#buildinpublic

#buildinpublic update

Do you do Cold Email or LinkedIn Messages?

I have a love / hate relationship with this. (Mostly hate.)

But, I value testing.

For One Day Design, we're testing 1,000 outbound campaigns.

Here is one example.

You like this copy? Yes or no?

@JamesMGrasty Set a public goal or milestone. EX. Hit $1m in sales

Then share what you’re doing, where you failed, what worked and lessons learned along the way.

Do it everyday.

But it only counts if you use the hashtag #buildinpublic

#buildinpublic Want to see the ads we run for our agency @GrowthHit ?

Here is the draft for ad test 3 of 7. We're highlighting "our process."

Our designers took my 50 min talk and made it into this video. If only I could get them better video quality!

Thoughts?

#buildinpublic update:

For One Day Design, we got push back (again) on our 2 pricing tiers.

1 Design: $1299
Unlimited Design: $4995/mo

Why?

People want custom pricing for their exact project. (Ex: 6 page site.)

So, we're testing a price based on pages.

Good or bad move?

#buildinpublic update:

For One Day Design, we're testing a quiz funnel style of onboarding on

See the mockup below.

The goal: Get people away from pricing pages and focused on onboarding.

What do you think?

#buildinpublic update:

I am doing a presentation in 12 hours at @Techstars Seattle.

The Topic: How the Heck do You Grow a Startup?

Here are a couple of the slides.

What did i miss?

#buildinpublic update:

Working on my 2023 growth plan for @GrowthHit & One Day Design.

Here is a working draft of my monthly plan. It's broken into two categories:

1/ Always on Growth Tactics

2/ Growth Events

What do you think?

My first #buildinpublic update of 2023.

Here is the revenue for One Day Design as of Jan. 4th 2023.

How do we 10x in 12 months to hit $1M?

Sales
Ads
Content Marketing
Manual outreach
Partnerships
Marketing stunt
Other

Asking for a me!