Tom's portfolio earns him six figures a year

Tom Hirst's inbox is full to the brim. It's practically spilling with emails from companies and clients inquiring to work with him! This demand comes from Tom's effective personal website and earns him six figures a year as a freelance WordPress developer.

Whether you are a would-be freelancer or aspiring Junior developer, Tom believes you should build a personal website, niche down to scale up and - above all else - put yourself out there (even if you're an introvert like him!)  In this episode, Tom shows you how.

Timestamps

• Introduction (00:00)
• Why you need a personal website in 2021 (01:47)
• How to get your personal website off the ground without getting side-tracked (04:02)
• A quick quick introduction to SEO and Domain Authority (05:51)
• "Specialisation at the beginning of your career is one of the smartest things you can do" (10:42)
• The discipline of specialisation (12:38)
• How to start freelancing like Tom (15:04)
• Putting yourself out there as an introvert (17:29)
• UpWork: Yay or nay? (17:44)
• How to increase an employers confidence in you when you don't have much experience yet (20:19)
• Should you work on the cheap to get your foot in the door? (21:32)
• Building equity in yourself (24:39)
• Avoiding troublesome employers and manipulative clients (25:20)
• Tom wrote a book and it's free (27:21)
• Pricing yourself relative to the competition (28:58)

Links

• Tom's portfolio
• Ten Steps to Becoming a Better Developer by Tom
• Follow Tom on Twitter
• Follow Alex from Scrimba on Twitter

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