Episodes

March 14, 2024

Surviving Burnout With Special Guest Monica Kovach

In this final episode of season 2, Will and Christy check in about the seasonality of web design and give some tips on reviewing your online bios. Then, they hear from Monica Kovach of Hold Space Creative about identifying bu...

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March 7, 2024

Working With Your Spouse, Value of the Circle Forum, and Special Gues…

Today Will & Christy talk specifically about working with your spouse. They chat about the value of the Squarespace Circle forum, and then Will’s wife Ren joins the podcast to share the pros and cons of working together. We a...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Working With Outside Experts and 3 Tips on Collaboration from special…

Are you a solopreneur wondering how to expand your team or project scope? In this episode, Will and Christy talk about the expected scope of a web design project, how to best work with outside experts, and how to package …

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Feb. 21, 2024

Pricing Your Website Offers and The State of the Web Design Industry …

In this episode, Will & Christy talk about their respective approaches to pricing and give their thoughts on the recent “State of the Web Design Industry Report” released by Squarespace. We also, we hear from friend-of-the-po...

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Feb. 14, 2024

To Membership or Not To Membership & Staying Focused

Let’s talk about Memberships; should you build one, or should you not? In this episode, Will & Christy share their Somewhat Useful thoughts on when and why to start a Membership. Also, we hear from friend-of-the-podcast, Liz ...

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Feb. 6, 2024

Pivoting Your Business & New Years Resolutions (with special guest Ke…

It’s difficult to know when you need to make a pivot in your business. In the first episode of 2024 season, Will & Christy discuss the times in which they pivoted their businesses and what made the pivot successful. They …

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Sept. 29, 2023

How to take time off as a digital entrepreneur

It’s hard to take time off when you’re always connected. In this episode, we share our strategies and thoughts about how to take some much needed time off to unplug that you can return to work fully-charged. Timestamp: 1:00 -...

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Sept. 19, 2023

Networking as a Digital Entrepreneur & Circle Day 2023

This episode was recorded before Circle Day 2023, BUT we talk about our experience at Circle Day 2022 and share our advice on how to network as a digital entrepreneur when you don't have co-workers. Timestamps: 0:45 - Circle ...

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Aug. 26, 2023

Work Less & Earn More: Some Strategies on Raising Your Prices and Hir…

We discuss: 0:30 - how Christy increased her revenue over the years 2: 15 - some strategies to increase your prices with new AND current clients 9:40 - when it's important to hire someone to help you out 14:05 - …

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Aug. 11, 2023

Creating Delight: surfire ways to make sure clients spread-the-word a…

In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about “Creating Delight” with your customers. This is a term that we heard from Kelsey over at Week of the Website, or maybe Ben Manley from Knapsack Creative, at Circle Day last year, …

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July 28, 2023

The Right Tool For The Job

There are dozens of different website builders, email marketing platforms, invoicing systems, course platforms, podcast hosting platforms, and membership softwares. How do you decide what is the right one for you, or better y...

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July 14, 2023

Why is marketing so hard?

Marketing and building a business is hard work. We are right there in the trenches with you. In this episode, we chat about our marketing strategies, including organic SEO, blog writing, and email marketing. Sign up for Will'...

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June 23, 2023

Imposter Syndrome

On this episode of Somewhat Useful, Will and Christy discuss imposter syndrome, the ways it manifests itself in business, and how to overcome it. They also talk about the importance of admitting "I don't know". Listeners will...

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May 24, 2023

7 Ways to Save Time in your Business

Productivity hacks and time-saving tools for busy business owners. We discuss the benefits of email templates, scheduling emails, and tools to manage clients and leads. Join us for insights that will help you work smarter, not harder.

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