From 30+ Hourly Clients to ONE $12K Retainer: Mandy's Spotlight

About this episode

Mandy shares her journey from managing over 30 hourly clients to securing a single $12K retainer, highlighting the challenges of burnout and the benefits of strategic client management.

Working nights. Working weekends. Working into the cracks of your life. Tracking every minute for 30+ clients. Watching your effective rate drop every time you get faster at your job. If that is your current reality, this episode is the mirror you need. This week on Serve Scale Soar, I sit down with Mandy, a Canadian funnel designer and Strategist Society member, who pulled off one of my favorite kinds of transformations. She went from $10K hourly months (and full-on burnout) to one $12,000/m...

People in this episode

Host: Brandi Mowles

Guest: Mandy

Topics covered

• client transformation
• business strategy
• freelancing
• burnout
• retainer clients

Keywords

• hourly clients
• retainer
• business transformation
• freelance burnout
• funnel design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strategist Society

Places: Canada

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