In this conversation, Carol Dunlop, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and host of the Unmarket Your Business podcast, discusses the art of building online communities for web design clients. She shares how a small adjustment in her maintenance plan skyrocketed her monthly recurring revenue. The duo delves into when to sell community memberships, effective pricing strategies, and the delicate balance between community building and service work. Packed with practical insights, this chat highlights the transformative power of client relationships.
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ManageWP Success
Carol Dunlop found ManageWP through Josh Hall's podcast.
ManageWP saved her hours and helped recover a hacked client site, leading to a 43% revenue increase.
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Present Offers Clearly
If you have a good offer, present it clearly.
Send personal videos to clients, especially new ones, to foster strong relationships.
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Client Website Redesign
Carol Dunlop redesigned a client's website, focusing on a powerful homepage.
The client's reaction, captured on video, was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the impact of good design.
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As a web designer, you may eventually get to a point (or maybe you’re there now) where you want to connect, support and continue to empower your clients in one place.
One way to do that is by offering a customer membership or community. It’s a great way to build MRR, stay top of mind, create powerful customer relationships, partnerships, etc.
I get it, as a web designer, you didn’t sign up to be a community builder BUT you might be sitting on a golden opportunity here so to dive into this subject, I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Carol Dunlop – a Web Designer Pro member and entrepreneur of over 30 years, recently on her podcast!
While she interviews me in this one about online community building and about how to reignite HER customer marketing membership, everything we discuss can be implemented by you if you’re considering having a customer membership of your own.
We dive into:
How a little change in her maintenance plan massively increased her MRR almost instantly
How to build an online customer community
When to sell said community in the lifetime of a customer
How to balance community building and service work
How to price a customer community
And much more.
Big thanks for letting me repurpose this chat with you and to Carol for having me on her show!
Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/367