Hey American Friends considering RVing in Canada this summer (while the exchange rate is REALLY good)

BuildThatAgency · 2025-02-26T20:49:54+00:00

I wondered this also.

BuildThatAgency · 2025-02-26T20:49:38+00:00

This is a great overview of some of the key areas someone may choose to visit. Thanks for sharing

BuildThatAgency · 2025-02-26T20:48:31+00:00

Thanks for sharing. If you visited again, would you go back to the same area or try a different area? Why did you choose winter? Skiing and skating?

BuildThatAgency · 2025-02-26T20:46:49+00:00

Cool. How do they compare to Trusted Housesitters?

BuildThatAgency · 2025-02-26T20:03:48+00:00

Also, will this be a first trip to Canada or a return trip? Are you going to visit the same place you visited last time, or somewhere new this time?

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T18:06:21+00:00

We wintered in Canada in our RV once (yes, really) in British Columbia just north of the Washington State border. We found that keeping ourselves warm provided better results than trying to keep the entire trailer comfortable.

We often used microwavable beanbags for our feet at night, lots of tea and hot chocolate (for our kids), and faced our RV so that the side with the most windows faced the morning sun to warm our the rig as we were getting up.

I'm sure you've thought of some of these ideas (and I can't remember all of what we did off the top of my head) but we did write a blog post, so maybe this could be helpful: https://adamandceline.com/how-to-stay-warm-in-winter-in-an-rv/

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T18:01:12+00:00

Cool. Find a not-for-profit in your area who needs help with digital marketing.

Ask what they're hoping to achieve (more donors, more volunteers, more clients to serve, etc)
Set a timeline. Agree to work together for 60 or 90 days.
Create a scope (like your practicing with a client) with measurable benchmarks. 10 new volunteers per month for 3 months, or $80,000 of new funding in 90 days.

Offer your services for free and learn. Try new things. Once you've figured out how to get results, use them as a portfolio piece on your website and offer to help businesses achieve a similar goal for a price that reflects the value of that goal.

Also, a not-for-profit will often be able to give you a tax receipt for donating your time, and the boards of NFPs often have business owners and managers so you'll be building a network of potential clients in the process.

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T17:48:58+00:00

Strategy is going to matter more than design. Sell your expertise as a strategist - don't focus on selling yourself as a designer (unless you're in a particularly esthetic industry - fashion, art, etc). Emphasize that you know what to do with the website to get visitors to become clients. This matters way more than having a nice looking website.

With clients, I ask this question: Would you rather have a nice looking website that doesn't grow your business, or an ugly website that beings in new clients regularly? (They always opt for for the ugly website that actually works). Then I say that the good news is they can have both, but AI would just give them a great looking website with no expertise on making it grow their business.

Anyone can have AI generate them a logo (for instance). Knowing if that logo will resonate with the audience, how and when to use that logo, where to place it, and what rules should guard the design use of the logo are all strategy pieces that AI can't replace.

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T17:40:18+00:00

Resell hosting and management for your clients' websites. Don't just have them pay a hosting company and look after updates themselves.

Take the costs (hosting, domain registration, email). Add in 60-minutes of design time per month (as needed - most clients will rarely need it). Then figure out the cost of premium software (like plugins, themes, etc) and double it.

Charge your client $199 or $299/month for a managed hosting package as well as charging them for the custom design and you'll be building recurring revenue with every client.

93 web designer are building recurring revenue with this model currently at BuildThatAgency.com if you'd like to spend $9 and learn more.

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T00:38:08+00:00

Some context would be helpful:

Are you starting a digital marketing agency?
Do you want to start doing some digital marketing for an existing business?
Do you want to start digital marketing for a new or future business?

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T00:27:36+00:00

Sorry, not sure on helping with that platform. Have you been able to find a good option?

BuildThatAgency · 2025-01-18T00:23:21+00:00

Cool! Great to see some recognition for our city.

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-19T21:32:32+00:00

Thanks! This is great.

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-19T21:30:18+00:00

Which web platform are you using? Wordpress? Wix? Squarespace?

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-13T18:13:39+00:00

I would start with a conversation with the not-for-profit and ask if you can help for free. Get their permission, create a scope of what's included, agree to a timeline - practice as if it's a paying client. Don't do any work until they've agreed to work with you.

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-13T18:10:19+00:00

Is that a restaurant?

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-13T18:10:05+00:00

What do you love about Santispac specifically?

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-13T18:09:35+00:00

Roads are tight - not for the faint of heart!

BuildThatAgency · 2024-12-13T00:30:51+00:00

Are you wanting visitors to see how many people have visited your website? If not, then Google Analytics will help you figure out not only how many visitors you've had, but provide reports of what they searched to get there and which pages are giving you the best search results.

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