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Jack Freelancer

Hey Webflailers - it’s Jack.

Is your portfolio a Chinese buffet of all sorts of random work?

Don't get me wrong - I love a spring roll as much as the next Jack in the queue but some of the food is hot, some of the food is cold.

Or is your portfolio an Italian set menu of a three course meal where it's intentional and specific. I know where I would rather eat...

If you show the work you want to get then why put random projects on your portfolio you're not proud of?

Something I've been thinking a lot about recently (as I prepare to go back to freelancing - excited and pooping my pants).

Today:

• 5 Lessons Learnt Onboarding Webflow Clients (That I Wish I Knew When I Started Webflow)
• Ep 93 | 3 failures growing an 85 person agency | with Dan Hardaker
• 3 Inspo sites
• 3 Webflow jobs
• Webflailer of the week

Let the Pacha see the mama (Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes just in case you were like wtf Jack)

Your calendar doesn't have to feel as hectic as a war 🚀

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Just SavvyCal it!

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(Yes, I am calling myself Savvy…)

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5 lessons learnt on-boarding Webflow clients (that I wish I knew when I started Webflow)

I was an absolute moron and got locked out my Webflail gmail account which links to my Webflow account so couldn't upload the blog.

Gmail is doing this annoying thing where it thinks I'm trying to hack in to my own email and will send the recovery password reset thing in 5 days.

Anyway, I wrote this beautiful article at 6am this morning but I couldn't upload it to the Webflail website so instead did a hench thread on the old tweetski which some people have said nice things about so have a gander here!

Jack Redley @JackRedley1 I've messed up so many client onboardings 🥲 I firmly believe if the onboarding is smooth, the project is far more likely to be smooth 5 lessons learnt onboarding @webflow clients (that I wish I knew when I started Webflow) 8:32 AM • Jun 11, 2024 1 Retweets 13 Likes Read 3 replies

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Ep 93 | 3 failures growing an 85 person agency | with Dan Hardaker

Today my guest is Dan Hardaker.

Dan is the Director of Digital Design and co-owner at Proctor + Stevenson.

P+S is one of the UK’s longest-established full-service marketing agencies, offering business-to-business marketing strategy, branding and technology.

Dan is one of the longest-serving employees there having been there for 11 years and 8 months.

Clients include Panasonic, Epson & South West Water.

But if this agency is such a well-established and more traditional agency, you might think that

they are not stuck in their ways, stuffy and less forward thinking.

Far from it - this agency is quick to adopt new technology and Dan is hyper aware of available tools and tech out there.

Their new website, built on Webflow, and explorations of how to use Webflow more broadly with enterprise clients are helping to push the UK Webflow market forward. We’ll get in to this more in today’s episode.

You might think life has always been pretty rosy for Dan if you look at him now with a formidable team, enterprise clients and beautiful office in the heart of Bristol.

But as you may have guessed, there’s been some fundamental fails to learn from to get here.

The fails we’ll talk about in today’s episode are:

1) Clear Communication

2) Comprehensive Testing

3) Due Diligence in Hiring

ps. Watch the video here​

3 Inspo Websites

Rod Rod is sat in his chair. He's spinning. His mind is spinning too. He's contemplating. "How can I make this website unique?" he thinks. Wait, I know! He jumps on spline and starts making a unique design. See Website

Colin & Samir Love the bold colours and clear copy. Nothing crazy here but just love this style. See Website

Recto Verso Really powerful mix of clean and clear with hand drawn illustrations. If Tesla, Patagonia and Oatly collaborated, I imagine this is where they would end up. See Website

Webflailer of Week

This week's Webflailer of the week is @LloydblakeDev​

He writes:

So glad you feel that way!

See you next Tuesday gents and gentesses — Jack

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