Using Warriors For Hire?
A little background, at the start of this year I decided to take action and start my own web design business on the side with the ultimate goal to make it my full time job. I built my own site, had a logo designed, business cards, the works, I was really happy with everything. I did a few websites for free for friends and family who own their own business, and about 2 weeks in I landed my first client from a craigslist ad, I closed $1k deal and was pumped! I began working on his site, at the same time I started a very niche focused email campaign, got a bite and closed a $5k deal with recurring! Sadly I had to back out of the $5k deal which was crushing, as my 9to5 demanded a lot of my time and energy during this time. The firs $1k client became a pain to deal with as he was very picky and wanted the littlest details changed or edited and his site which should have been a few weeks, turned into a few months. With my 9to5 really getting hectic I had to table the web design business, however I want to pick it back up again, but would like to go about it a different way.
I felt that I had a good handle on finding clients, and closing them as the first two were relatively quick, my question is, I have seen many people talk about selling the service and using Warriors For Hire to do the actual work. Can anyone elaborate on this process as I keep getting lost in my own head when I think about it.
I keep going back to that first really picky client and if I had used WFH there would have been so much back and forth between the client to me, me to the WFH, and then back to the client, is this how it would be or was I going about something wrong? My next question would be around pricing, obviously I need to turn a profit so I need to make sure that I am selling a service that has a profit built in, to be able to cover the cost of the WFH, would my model change to getting the requirements from the client, getting a quote from a WFH and then going back to the client with the final price?
I want to be successful, and I don't want to fall down that pitfall of having to turn down deals, or not have time to focus on more than one site or future business because of the focus needed on a project.
I look forward to everyone's thoughts and advice!
Thanks!
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