The design flywheel effect

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

Good morning from Wisconsin! I'm Nate Kadlac, and this newsletter is for creators and non-designers like you to make better design decisions in your life and business.

The Design Flywheel Effect

Last month was great for business.

I presented a slide deck workshop to a marketing consultancy.

I hired a designer to take the lead on a new client project.

I closed the new Dollar Design community by filling all 7 spots.

I sold six digital products (that are not publicly available online).

I presented the power of personal websites to students at the U of Houston.

Two new projects are in the final proposal stages.

All without doing any outbound marketing.

My personal and business sites are designed to attract organic traffic, draw in referrals, and close sales by making simple offers.

My design flywheel starts with a simple design kit.

This kit is the foundation for everything that comes later. My landing pages, blog articles, newsletter, and lead magnets.

Once your kit is locked in, your landing pages, lead magnets, newsletters, and offers will continue building trust through consistent design decisions made at the outset.

If you don't care about design, it shows. Great design is less obvious than bad design.

But you don't need to be a designer to avoid bad design decisions.

This week, I'll share more about kickstarting your design flywheel in my next workshop.

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See you next Sunday,

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