The Sprint

The Sprint is my coaching program for freelance designers who want a real way to get clients from LinkedIn instead of hoping the next referral arrives in time. Clients first. Then the business behind them.

What it is

Three phases, run in sequence, building one thing at a time. Foundations: who you’re for, what you charge, and a LinkedIn profile that speaks to one buyer. Outreach: conversations with the people you want to work with, starting with the ones who already know you. Sales: getting people onto calls, running the call so it diagnoses instead of pitches, and holding your number. It runs for four months, which is long enough for the profile to become the pipeline.

It runs as a small group with one-to-one time with me on top. The group is where the teaching happens; the one-to-one time is for the parts that are specific to your business. I read your profile, your outreach and your posts myself.

Once the clients are coming in, the problems change, and I keep working with you on those: content that brings the right people to you, then the pricing, proposals, funnels and systems behind a six-figure design business.

Who it’s for

Designers and creative freelancers who are good at the work and tired of waiting on referrals. Freelancers replacing referral dependence with a pipeline they control, agency designers quietly building a private client base before going out on their own, and in-house designers landing side clients without announcing anything to their employer. The starting point differs; the four parts don’t.

It works for introverts, and I say that as one. You don’t need volume, you need clarity, and clarity is something you can build.

What has come out of it

Designers who’ve come through have gone from $70 an hour to $10,500 in packaged projects in a single week, added a $5,000 retainer on top of an existing $11,000 client for a $16,000 month from two clients, grown a $17,000 project into $37,000 and counting plus a monthly retainer, and turned a $45,000 web project into a $90,000 engagement after fifteen years of living on referrals.

None of them had big followings. None of them went viral. Every number is verified, and the results stay anonymous unless someone has given explicit permission to be named. The full list is here.

Where to start

If you want the method without paying for anything, it’s all written up at LinkedIn for creatives, and it works whether or not you ever work with me. When you want it built with someone watching your work, that’s The Sprint.

The way in is a free 45-minute call. You tell me where the business is at, I tell you what I’d change first, and you leave with that either way. If it’s a fit on both sides, you can start the same week. What’s included and the current price are on the program site.