How Angela Grew From Charging $1,500 to $10k for Web Design Projects EP 36

Profitable Web Designer with Shannon Mattern

Welcome to Episode 36 of the Profitable Web Designer Podcast, where we’re committed to helping web designers to stop undercharging, overdelivering, overworking, overworking and create profitable, sustainable web design businesses.

I’m Shannon Mattern, your host and founder of the Web Designer Academy where we teach the business side of running a web design business, and if you wanna make a consistent, full-time income as a web designer but you’re struggling with things like pricing, boundaries, mindset and marketing and you’re EXHAUSTED from going it alone… well, my friend, you’re in the right place.

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In this week’s episode I’m chatting with WDA student Angela Bamford about how she gained the confidence to raise her web design project prices from $1,500 to $10k!

Angela Bamford is the owner of AB Designs, a UK-based web design agency that specializes in helping business owners reach the next level in their business. She left a career as a commercial buyer to start her web design and development business six years ago, and joined the Web Designer Academy in 2022 to learn how to confidently raise her prices while working fewer hours.

3 key lessons from our chat:

• Having a strong why - being around for her 6 year old son - pushed her to keep going despite a rough first 12 months in business.
• Your skills are valuable right now as they are. You’re worth so much more than you think and getting a start on the business end will only allow you to increase your prices as you develop your skills further.
• When the core problem is pricing, you make assumptions about what they can afford before they even object. Stay out of your client’s wallets!

“By saying yes to everyone, I'm closing doors to my ideal client coming in who I want to work with. It's fine for people to say no, we wouldn't have been a good fit.” - Angela Bamford

We also talk about how Angela:

• Gave up a high salary career to pursue a web design business with no back up plan because it forced her to go all in rather than use it as a side hustle.
• Actually faced more success with charging higher prices than failure which ultimately grew her confidence to continue.
• Got over her fear of selling by diving into the marketing outreach method taught in the Web Designer Academy to build relationships and help those people by adding value.

Connect with Angela:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-bamford/

PS - Get exclusive insider strategies from the Web Designer Academy and advice from our five-figure month earners on how to make at least $10k every single month as a web designer by adding your name to the WDA waitlist now.