I Make $1.3M/Year With One Skill
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In this episode, I meet up with Brett from DesignJoy so I could ask him how he built a $1.3M per year one-person business WHILE working a 9-5.
He reveals the secrets behind his pricing strategy, how he found his idea, and some actionable advice on how anyone can use this special business model to turn a single skill into a $1M/year business. Hope you all enjoy!
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - The $1.3M/year business model
1:24 - How he runs the business
2:06 - Finding the idea & building it
2:59 - Working a 9-5 while building the business
3:23 - Pricing strategy
4:10 - How to build a productized service with one skill
4:52 - Costs & tools
5:19 - Solopreneur marketing strategies
5:58 - How to find ideas & build them fast
6:40 - Starter Story Trial
7:14 - How to get better at design
7:56 - Day in the life / routine
9:10 - Advice for entrepreneurs
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My biggest takeaway from this video is to stop wasting too much time setting up and just try to get a minimum viable product out there to see if people are interested
Well said. One of my biggest problems, overthinking, overplanning, over creating.
@@shokshakapp yes
@@shokshakappi get over this problem by creating a blog and a website inmediatly after i get an idea.
Once you are in "public mode" you are forced to create something 😂
Try it, even if it is only 5 articles and 5 videos.
Just get the ball rolling..
Bro I been having that road black prob due to ADHD wanting things to be right so never launch. I can go back 20 years and many business plan I wish I execute since those business start thriving years later.
You right now just START
This is problem #1 with most things. Just show up and do something. - me, paralyzed by indecision and complacency
As a working dad, the best perks for me is not the money but his ability to spend more time with the family and kids. Kudos.
well money is freedom. And also, don't forget inflation exists, so when you're starting to make substantial money, safeguard it from inflation somehow.
I know Vega mine to make money online . I really works .I can give you some guidlines if you are interested.
Money is what affords him that time. It's time spent not having to make X per hour and not having to worry about income, which allows him to be present with his fam.
My wife goes to the gym and I watch the kids and change diapers, what kind of man is that 😂😂 successful financially yeah, but what kind of man is that?
We used Brett for a while at my startup! He did awesome work and it was well worth it. Honestly, picked him because he had great work, it was stupid easy to hire him, and never having to have a meeting was a bonus for us as a busy startup. Big fan of the model!
But how does he get the design details without any meetings? Doesn’t it take more time explaining it asynchronously?
@@federicoferreyra9987 I'd usually include some example of roughly what I wanted, or some inspiration pictures. He's the professional, not me lol.
So most of the time what he came up with, even with just high level instructions, was better than what I expected.
I'd maybe at most write a paragraph of what I wanted.
@@brettwilliams645 yeah man! have noticed some skeptics about your story recently and wanted to chime in from a customer perspective!
@@kennethcassel This. I think those who can take the ball and run with it are who wins. Everyone is so caught up in the back and forth, the tiny things. You'd be (and were) surprise on when someone hands you something you didn't even know you wanted it until it was presented to you. That's the sauce, and it's something not a lot of people have.
@@brettwilliams645 take me on as a pro-bono case 😂 my startup LeQuestr Games needs a logo 😅
Brett is down to earth and offers world class quality that’s delivered in hours. Should’ve kept him when he was charging $2k / month back in the day!
What exactly does he do? Can you explain simply?
@@Mogwai88designs what websites look like
@@Mogwai88you pay 5k/month, and he does web design work whenever you ask him to at no extra cost. That's it.
One reason I love this channel is that it covers solopreneurs who did their stuff with ZERO employees!
Please continue the series!
Last time I came across the creator of videospark through your podcast, and I plan (dream) to build something similar.
The idea of 'productized service' is so revolutionary to me.
He contracts out the work, so technically not employee, but 1040’s them. It’s a bit misleading, and newbies a lot of times don’t realize what actually is happening.
@@DavySTUNHow do you know he contracts out the work? How does he do that?
@@DavySTUN He doesn't, what are you on
As a designer who wants to break out of the corporate rat race, this is so incredibly inspiring! It certainly makes me feel like it's doable.
your a designer doing what? websites?
This guy was so great…love how honest and down to earth he was! It’s hard when you want to put more into something but he really is right just start simple
Brett is amazing! First time learning about his business, but I'm even more grateful that he shared his daily routine and personal insecurities about work. So relatable and encouraging! Thank you both!
What a gold mine this channel is! Great guests, great stories, great editing. I wish I discovered this channel sooner. What you're doing is so inspiring. This channel deserves millions of subscribers 👏
seems like a really good guy - love his work and it seems like he solved his burnout issue. Good on you
Great video. Appreciate you all putting the effort in to record and edit this!
Seriously well done with this video. Provided a lot of value, found a very articulate and grounded entrepreneur that was happy to talk about what's worked for him. No fluff, all great stuff. I'll be subscribing to your channel from now on!
Also Brett seems like such a cool guy. Just enjoys what he does. Glad he can spend lots of time with his kids!
this guy is too honest i respect that
What a hardddddddd working he is. His black circle is the sign that he worked very very hard for his family. Kudos. Wish him well.
I calculate that if he earns $80,000 per month at $5,000 per customer, this results in 16 simultaneous customers. Depending on his schedule, he might be able to dedicate 6 or 7 hours a month to each client to make all the designs they ask for with all the revisions. You have to be extremely good, fast and effective.
That's true. I wonder how this is manageable
This is a scam bro😂
He said in the video; some clients have 1 request per month which would be may be a banner or just a simple request. You definitely need to be effective and know what you are doing!
@@shaikthegangsta Can you give us more info? Please ;)
@@gasgas6445 I am not lucky enough to have such clients in my country
The simplicity in this guys strategy is really incredible. Wow... thank you for this
Love your honesty and willingness to share ideas.
The key words here are "what I am good at". Find the skills/things you are good at and grow a business from there. Thank you for the video.
Great video, thanks for sharing - Brett's story is awesome
This has completely changed the game! I just wonder what the feedback process would look like. Great video
Did not fail to impress! Thanks Starter Story your killing it!!
As a designer, this does not add up. Why would a client like that they can not have meetings with the person they are paying to design? Why would they pay well above market rate, a monthly fee with no indication of what that gets them/how many hours will be invested in their project? 'Unlimited tasks' for a flat monthly fee, means precisely nothing when you don't know how much time the designer requires to get a task done! And then, of course, their is a course people can pay for to find out how to create this magical business model. As far as I can see, that is the only thing that adds up.
Does he get the job done or not?
@@sabimentors My guess is he doesn't get jobs in the first place. This is just selling a course for a made up business model.
I was taught, difference between a designer and a entrepreneur is that a designer focus mainly only one creative sides. Where entrepreneurs side, they are always looking for a solution to a problem. My guess is that he is specifically targeting clients who fit his business module. Like he said, he narrow down to a niche service that he is fast at. Someone paying him to work and get it done versus paying an employee that can’t get it done is probably his answer. Just my guess
@@Oneklickmedia But what is that niche? Creating designs for the web like landing pages, contact forms and whatever? That's wayyyy too general.
@@christopherfield7732 The stripe checkout for the subscription is real and functioning as far as I can tell. The whole thing does not add up to me as well though.
Love how genuine this dude is. Such a great case study. Thank you!!!!
Brett is so humble. He's such a good role model
Seems like a humble chill guy. Thanks for the video
This was really very inspirational, thank you so much for sharing.
Definitely a inspiration.. keep pushing forward bro 💪🏽
This guy is my idol! I'm so glad this came across my feed. This is the perfect business model for me.
I wish you made more videos. I love your format, I always come back to your channel to see if you've made more.
Amazing video especially that plug for starterstory def gonna subscribe
Thank you 💪🏾💪🏾 !
This is just what I needed! Very inspirational
Thanks Team! Will enroll with Brett no doubt!
This video is exactly what I needed, it played in the background after I was listening to another video. ALL I have to say is THANK!
So much value in this ! Really appreciated the dynamism of the video and its content 🔥
This guy should watch Pinocchio on repeat 😂
Great info, thank you for the ideas!
I believe the high prices for his service are that high so that designjoy gets a lot of attention but also is a barrier so that no one _actually_ buys his service. It’s all about the course.
First time discovering your channel. Great stuff! And like how it's short. Brett seems like a humble guy!
Read my comment above yours. I hope it helps, have a nice day!
wooo another video!! Cant wait to watch!
Great story Brett! Inspiring
Well done Brett, a great story
geniune nice guy deserves all the success - well done to him
thanks for this video!
This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you soo much 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Great content, thank you!
Great sharing and good motivation 🎉
Damn, your channel is a goldmine. 🔥
Love it! Sweating buckets, getting stronger everytime I do your workout. So much more fun than the gym, working so well with my diet plan. Keep it up bro!
👍🔥
First time stumbling upon your channel! Great video
Detailed video on this. Especially researching and design of productive service and making of website !!
Thank you for sharing this video interview man. Made me interested into starting my own design agency, I highly recommend your work and grateful for you being you - The starter story. :)
As a working mom this is a dream schedule.I love that he said he wasn’t a great time manager - there’s hope!
Loved the video. The rights questions were asked, dissected the model, investigated the leverage to come and every real business question to understand it!
Thanks for watching
I really liked Brett's story! Awesome video
Great video and super inspiring! 👍🏼✨
The business model is great. Everything about this is great. The one thing I feel like would trip most people up is how in the hell this guy can manage all that work by himself. I don't think most people could. Kudos to him. I think most people would benefit from having at least some sort of team around them. What separates him other than the biz model is he is an elite-level designer :)
Also, I love a good hook but the productized service has been around for a while :)
I agree with the hook. Productized services are trend maybe for 2 years or more.
I was waiting for the part where he talks about how he manages everything himself in his 5 hours working day (plus he told that he is not good at time management). This is crazy!
I think this is the most interesting part of this story but unfortunately was not mentioned in the video. Perhaps because it’s the secret sauce.
@@KaanOrantv I am only guessing but I think it's kind of like how the Beatles would sometimes write a classic song in 5 minutes. When you spend every day doing one style of design, "Web Design" for example, you end up being able to work fast while still maintaining exceptional quality.
Honestly, I've worked at an agency as a software engineer and managed up to 6 clients a day and delivered work, the biggest struggle was;
- too many meetings
- bullshit management who doesn't know what they are doing end up wasting shit load of my time
- office commute
- replying to JIra tickets, documenting shit
- unneccessary requests which clients didn't need
I ended up fixing most by removing the boundaries here and telling people to instead come with solutions, tell me your problem and I'll do my job instead of doing my job for me. That's how I managed 2 jobs at the same time and was still able to have a beautiful day when I was done working around 2 PM in the afternoon.
@@epicgameryt4052 You own your own company now? Or you still an agency?
Nice video ,short n precise info...thanks bro
Loved that it's a 10min video with all the revelavnt information! You've got a new subscriber
Awesome, thank you! 🔥🔥
Loving this friggin’ series, such a breath of fresh air! ❤
Thanks ❤
🔥Great stuff, keep up the work, great videos! 🚀
YOU ROCK!!! Amazing video.
Love hearing how he spends the first half of the day with the kids
Really high quality xontent with full of nuggets in there. Appreciated for this effort!
Thank You bro. ✌✌
Hey Brett! I'm inspired with your story, a lot! Just wanted to let you know.
I would like to ask, I'm from the Philippines, will the course teach me how to get clients globally? And is the course only for designers, or it is for any service I can offer?
Thanks a lot man.
Perfect product for the business model. I do web dev, the projects take too long to accomplish and there are just too many of us.. or else I'd try and find a way to have something similar
Amazing story! Glad I discovered your show!
Thank you. We got so many good videos in the pipeline can't wait for you to see 'em.
This video is going to blow up!
great video, thank you for sharing.
Great content Man!
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
It's amazing the claims people make when they have a course to sell.
very honest guy , great content
I don't want to sound cynical, but it's very hard to believe having 20 clients at 5k working 5 hours a day. must have some sick templated/automated workflows , and clients with deep pockets
I think we all need to wake up and see this is al BS find me a client who needs 100s of logos a month
This encourages me so much. I'm doing this for one client right now and want to SCALE! I need to build my funnel and market the crap out of it!
Thank you very much!
You probably seen his works everywhere. Amazing skillsets. Really look up to him.
New favourite channel💯
wow it's a really cool story) thank you for sharing)
love it love it love it!🤩
Amazing video 🎉
Inspiring! Awesome interview! Great advice!
Thanks so much! 🔥🔥
Perfect example of shoot first amd figure it out as you go. Most all successful entrepreneurs do that very thing
Gonna Watch this now!
great video!
Very good designer and idea, well done mate
I think it's awesome that you have built this business all on your own. Believe in yourself!!!!
This is really inspiring for me as a graphic designer who also wants to build his own thing. I am also insecure as hell so this video was a bit relief and a sign for me to start doing something. Thanks Pat an Brett!
Keep up the good work. All the best! ✌✌
As someone who doesn't like calls or meetings, I would absolutely hire him in a heartbeat~!!
Awesome!
Cheers.
that's actually a neat offering bundle
Extremly Inspiring!
This is actually so inspiring. I’m trying to figure out how it can be possible to apply this business model to my skill which is writing
I love his honesty
👍👑
Please make a video on how you make your videos! Would love to learn
Thanks for the story! Paying for a full-time designer can be expensive, so I understand that if the design needs and quality expectations are high, a client may consider subscribing. Although something is making me skeptical: 1 designer dealing with 20 clients with unlimited requests every day from 12pm to 5pm... I am a designer and I reckon some of us are really quicker than others but we are probably talking about the equivalent of a 5 designers task force here (unless 80% of the clients are actually not using this service most of the time, but in that case, they might soon or later unsubscribe).
got it lol? I think the guy is/was just using fast AI generated graphics and maybe sold the stuff to a couple of laggard clients, nothing close to Ms $ business, then got blown out of proportion to try to scrape off some last cents if this video brings some leads..
I read some of this guy's client's reviews on Twitter - not great. I think there's a high level of churn because some people feel they are waiting too long for responses / delivery. That makes me think it really is only him.
my EXACT thought - - !
Great stuff.
He's clearly a master in what he does and works smart.
Watching this for the second time now!!
What a good dude. Nice job.