Freelancers

Booked this month, No idea about next.

Spend six minutes answering a few questions. We’ll tell you which stage your business is actually in, the one thing holding you there, and what to do about it.

Free. No credit card required.
Studio roadmap
Stage three
your studio roadmap
Stage three
The solo studio

Here's the truth

Some of this will be uncomfortably familiar.

01

You quoted $500... because you were afraid to say $5,000.

So you tried...

“Packaging” your services to avoid negotiation (and rejection).

...Didn't work

02

You took a project you didn’t want... because January was empty.

So you tried...

Swearing you’d be more selective with which clients you work with.

...Didn’t happen

03

Your portfolio is years old... and you keep meaning to fix it.

So you tried...

Started to redo your website. Again. But it never made it out of Figma.

...Best kept secret?

04

You’ve been “about to start posting again...” for months.

So you tried...

Learning content pillars and putting together a content calendar.

...Identity crisis anyone?

05

Your two-week project is somehow in its third month.

So you tried...

Just doing the extra work for free instead of bringing it up.

...last time, promise

06

You have no idea where your next client is coming from.

So you tried...

Scoping out Upwork... or Behance... or maybe Dribbble... looking for projects.

...ghost town

And you’ve tried everything you could think of to fix it.

It just hasn’t balanced out

Only to find yourself flipping between not having time... and not making money.

YOU
SCARCITY
No work coming in
THE GRIND
No time to build
BALANCE

Only to find yourself flipping between not having time... or not making money.

And either way, the work you love waits, and your creativity suffers.

The roadmap

Building a studio you love starts with knowing where you are now.

Every week for the last five years, we've gotten on a call with our community. Dozens of creatives  share their problems... with different work, different clients, and different backgrounds. But then, we started to notice that, underneath all of it, everyone's stuck in one of a few of the same places. Once you can name which one is yours, the fog clears fast. That's the whole roadmap. Your spot, named, and the two or three moves that actually get you moving.

Download now:

Your Studio Roadmap

Get your personalized step-by-step studio roadmap in under six minutes.

This will help you:
Figure out what stage your business is in
Understand your biggest constraint at this stage
Three suggestions to try next, in order
A resource to help you get started
Completely free. No credit card or account required.

The Proof

Creatives who were standing exactly where you are

Won a 12-month PR agency retainer through outreach.

I landed a PR agency retainer that worked with CPG brands. It happened because I reached out to them as part of the outreach module … we won the project. It was a 12-month project and we still work with them now … Which was incredible when you realise I had ZERO clients beforehand and was ready to throw the towel in.

Daniel Poll
Founder
Booked the client I had wanted for five years.

I booked a client I’ve been wanting to work with for 5 years. It's a $4K job for now, with more work for them in the future.

Stefán Yngvi Pétursson
Ethical illustrator and designer
Every $1 I invested in Maker Division earned 10 back.

Marko approached me to help build a website to serve as a distribution and sales platform for his products … The orders are now rolling in on a daily basis … In general, I noticed a trend: for every $1 I invested into the Division, I earned 10 back. Only the last 2-3 deals I've closed are worth multiple five figures.

Dejan Milovanov
Creative Director

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