#7 - Launch Day

Thursday 10th of July, 2025

Category: life

Tags: life

I launched my web design business this morning. It was exhilarating. It wasn’t even that big of a deal, objectively. All I did was post on my Facebook that I made a new page and people should follow and like it. But the thing is, now everyone knows about it and there’s no going back. I had to something about that energy so I cut the grass.

And honestly I’m not jazzed about the marketing thing. I hate the idea of putting myself out there and putting myself ‘on the map’. I’m trying to keep reminding myself that I am not my business. I need to treat my business as a business so I’m going to trust that the experts know what they’re doing. I submitted my application for the testing grant from the King’s Trust and it got approved already. So hopefully the grant money will be in my account within a few days. I can’t use it until 1st Aug unfortunately as I’ve set my 3-month test period to be from 1st Aug to 31st Oct.

My marketing plan just now is to make people aware of my business and I already have the first post ready to go. So I’ll post that first and then start an ad campaign.

I’m trying not to be so anxious about it. My goal isn’t to book hundreds of clients. Just a few a year would make me happy, I’d be okay with just one or two. Actually I don’t know. Once I work with someone then I’ll know how I would like to do it. I don’t want to be that person who puts their work ahead of their family and I want to set the right tone from the start.

I wouldn’t have had the confidence to even do this if it weren’t for the people who encouraged me to do it. My partner is my biggest cheerleader and supporter. I am forever grateful that he is in my life.

No stress. Just take each day as it comes and it will be okay.