409 - Joe Workman on Finding Your People and Creating What They Need
Live In The Feast
English - January 01, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCareers Business Marketing web developer development freelancer side hustle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today’s guest is Joe Workman. Joe is a Rapid Weaver developer and the founder of Weaver’s Space. He also runs the Weaver’s Space Online Conference.
Joe started using Rapid Weaver - a Mac App that lets you create a website on your local computer and then publish directly to your server - in 2006. When he set out to start a real estate business with his friend (Joe is a self-described serial entrepreneur) they built the site on Rapid Weaver. Throughout that project, Joe ended up building several custom stacks (plugins).
Over time, people in the developer community urged Joe to start selling some of his stacks and eventually he started developing full-time. While Joe did do some consulting and client work early on, he ultimately found creating products more rewarding.
Joe has been running his business for more than a decade and has made it a priority to productize and streamline. The ability to replicate his work and automate as much as possible has been a key element to his success as a solo shop owner.
In order to survive the normal ups and downs of entrepreneurship, Joe is working on diversifying his revenue streams and looking for new things to try with his business. He’s also preparing for a new release of Total CMS, one of his main products.
In this episode Joe talks about:
Creating products instead of doing client work.Helping other freelancers grow and refine their own businesses through community building.Ensuring you have a safety net to withstand the ebbs and flows of business.The benefits of being strong and unwavering with your prices.
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