#buildinpublic update:

Working on a new hero section for One Day Design that has an interactive form.

The goal: start the onboarding process to quality out of the gate.

Thoughts on the wireframe?

#buildinpublic update:

It wasn't the right business decision to pay the bonuses that we did this year. Q3 hurt margins.

But, people are our business.

So, I made it the right move.

And the responses I got today 100% validated it.

#buildinpublic update

For One Day Design, we're testing partnerships with startup studios and some other DTC services.

Partnerships usually take longer than I have the patience for but it's worth planting the seeds.

Ask me in 6 months if it pays off.

#buildinpublic udpate:

I just talk a lead out of spending $10k/mo on Growthhit so they could spend $1299 on One Day Design.

Am I the worst sales person ever?

To my credit, it was 100% the right move for this company . . . i think?

Silver-lining, they closed w/in 2 minutes.

#buildinpublic update:

The One Day Design portfolio is growing!

LP of the week!

We're proud of the work we're doing with Rent-a-Romper.

It's an amazing brand and group of founders. We've helped elevate the brand to match the vision of the team.

rentaromper.com

#buildinpublic update:

Our Annual All Hands for @GrowthHit starts in 120 minutes!!!

Here are some of our notable wins from 2022.

#buildinpublic update:

This is what One Day Design did in 6 months in 2022.

What should our sales goal be for 2023?

A) $200k
B) $500k
C) $1M
D) Other

Bonus points for giving me plan on how we hit this goal.

#buildinpublic update:

I am working on the GrowthHit 2022 End Of Year All Hands Deck.

Here is a snapshot of our lead volume over the past 3 years.

#buildinpublic update:

Thoughts on the new homepage hero section for Handsome Chaos?

We are 67 days away from launching!

#buildinpublic update:

For One Day Design, we're doing cold email w/ @mailshakeapp to people hiring designers. We're seeing if they will use our service instead of a new hire.

Here are the results:

Open rate: 65%
Response Rate: 5%

No clients yet but we'll see.

#buildinpublic update:

We worked on our 2023 revenue goals for GrowthHit. We would have hit our 2022 goals but Q3 set us back. Ugh. But, I still like our growth.

Up next, working on the path to get One Day Design to $1M by EOY 2023. More to come.

#buildinpublic update:

We're launching social ads for @GrowthHit

This is 1 of 10 ads we're testing.

The Goal of This Ad: Show why we're different from the million other agencies out there by highlighting out process.

I'll report back on how it does.

youtu.be/hFc5fhLnmSc

#buildinpublic update:

We finalized our new logo for @GrowthHit

What do you think?

It was time to sunset the logo I got of Upwork for $49.

Our November Financial Update for The $3M Challenge:

Financials:
- GrowthHit (Agency): COMPLETE 🙌
- One Day Design (Productized Service): $100,000
- Handsome Chaos (DTC): -$6,000 😿

More details below 👇

(#buildinpublic)

#buildinpublic update:

One Day Design just passed $85,000.

Let's see if we can hit $100k by December.

Now we're trying to forecast design hires to help with demand.

#buildinpublic This has been a week

- 1 Board meeting
- 1 Advisor dinner
- 2 Webinars
- 1 Conference talk
- 6 Techstars presentations
- 9 Sales calls
- 3 Kid sick days
- 1 Sleepless night w/ the 3-yr old
- 1 Basketball practice (I coach 5-yr olds!)
- 2 🏋️‍♂️ sessions

I need a nap

#buildinpublic update:

One Day Design: Closed 1 new client. We're looking to test a flat funnel of just 1 offering. Going to see if we can ride that to $1M.

GrowthHit: We're about to put up a waitlist because we are hitting capacity. And I don't want to burn people out.

#buildinpublic update:

One Day Design: We just crossed $75,000 in sales. Google ads + work of mouth = working

Handsome Chaos: Writing a check to our new manufacturer this Friday. It's getting real!

#buildinpublic update:

One Day Design: We cannot sell our premium package without getting on Zoom. So, we're removing the buy button and putting in a "Book a Call" button.

We lost a potential customer over the weekend bc they just "wanted to talk" with us and couldn't.

ugh.

#buildinpublic update:

One Day Design is 2 cents away from the $67,528 club.

Anyone need a new design done by Monday?