E162 - Proudly Staying Small Regardless of Popular Growth Norms (Tara Claeys, DesignTLC)
WPMRR WordPress Podcast
English - September 07, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Marketing wordpress business entrepreneur startup Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In today’s episode, we bring back Joe’s chat with the Founder and Director of Design TLC, Tara Claeys. As a seasoned website designer and developer with a marketing background going back over 25 years, she provides custom website and graphic design services, with a focus on creating effective, customized, user-friendly communication platforms for small schools, camps, and nonprofits.
Tara talks about the steady growth of her company, how she isn’t aiming for a 7-figure business anytime soon, keeping a happy outlook while working in several different projects, and choosing how to present yourself in social media.
Episode Resources:
Design TLC Tara is on Twitter, LinkedIn Tara Claeys’ Website Hallway Chats Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes Visit the WPMRR Community The 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit
What to Listen For:
00:00 Intro 00:19 Welcome to the pod, Tara! 06:17 Joining PressNomics and other events 11:37 Rebuffing the Design TLC website 17:00 Bringing happiness in what you do 22:19 You don’t have to have a 7 figure business to be successful 27:19 Be physically responsible with managing your business funds 33:51 You only see people’s best moments on social media 37:05 People in the WordPress community are generally open 37:39 Find Tara online