Website Designers: The Only Thing Stopping You Earning More Is You

If you're busier than ever, marketing harder than ever, and still turning over the same money year after year, it's usually not because you need a new skill.

It's because the thing holding your web design business back is you — the price you drop before the client has even spoken, the £38 jobs you're doing at £150 an hour, and the evenings you're working for free.

My Sparks group is a supportive group mentoring session for website designers and developers to bring their questions, roadblocks, ideas, and “is it just me?” moments.

Welcome to another episode of Websites Made Simple with me, Holly Christie.

In this episode, I'm getting real about money mindset: why so many website designers get stuck at the same figure, how we quietly become the bottleneck in our own business, and what it actually takes to level up without burning out.

We get into:

Why “learn a new skill” is rarely the answer when your income has flatlined

The one thing to do the moment you've said your price: pause

What to say when a client says “that's more than I was expecting”

Why payment plans for hosting and maintenance are the recurring revenue most designers miss

Why £3,000 coming into the business is not £3,000 you've earned

How a £38-an-hour VA frees you up for £150-an-hour work