A solo $130k MRR productized design service - Brett Williams, Designjoy

Brett Williams is the founder of Designjoy, a one-man productised design service that is doing over $130k MRR, charging clients up to $5k a month for unlimited design. You indeed hear that right, Brett is running a million dollar business solo with over 40 clients.What we covered in this episode:$50k per year with a Tumblr blogDropping out of college and getting a regular jobHow Brett started DesignjoyBeing inspired by Design PickleLaunching DesignjoyTaking 3 years to get to $10k MRRNon-traditional marketing and growth methodsLaunching Scribbles, a side projectWhat does into a good landing page?Different routes to successWaiting till $80k to quit his jobShould entrepreneurs be more risk-adverse?How run a successful 1-man productised service?RecommendationsBook: Company of OnePodcast: The Dave Ramsey ShowIndie Hacker: SuhailFollow BrettTwitterInstagramFollow Me👉 Listen to my new podcast, No More Mondays.TwitterIndie Bites TwitterPersonal WebsiteBuy A Wallet2 Hour Podcast CourseSponsor - AhrefsThank you to Ahrefs for sponsoring Indie Bites. Ahrefs is the most complete and valuable SEO tool on the market. Bootstrapped companies such as VEED and Transistor have used Ahrefs extensively to understand how to craft their SEO strategies, which have been such a pivotal part of their growth.If you want to get more traffic from Google on your side-project, I’d recommend first trying out Ahrefs Webmaster Tools for free. You’ll see what keywords your pages are ranking for, understand how Google sees your content and discover what changes you need to improve your search ranking. You should also check out their YouTube channel to understand both the basics of SEO and some more advanced techniques.To try out Ahrefs Webmaster Tools, head to ahrefs.com/awt.