From $50 Fiverr gigs to sustainable clients: A freelance web creator's honest journey

Описание: Most web designers get into freelancing for freedom, then end up trapped answering midnight messages and 150-email threads.
In this episode of Sweet Talks, Maya Solel shares what most freelancers learn too late: availability without boundaries doesn't prove dedication. It proves desperation.

Maya is a freelance web creator who builds WordPress and Elementor sites while studying veterinary medicine in Italy. She's worked with lawyers, architects, e-commerce brands, and marketing agencies—and she's learned the hard way how to separate sustainable clients from energy vampires.

WE DIVE DEEP INTO:
✅ Boundaries protect relationships, they don't damage them
✅ Silence from clients doesn't mean satisfaction—it means they don't know what's wrong
✅ Retention creates compounding revenue that acquisition never can
✅ Practice builds the confidence to say no to bad-fit clients
✅ Kindness and professionalism aren't opposites—they're allies


CHAPTERS:
0:00 – How Maya got into web design (spoiler: it wasn't planned)
3:45 – The $50 Fiverr project that started everything
6:12 – When clients cross the line: 150 emails and midnight messages
11:23 – The moment Maya chose mental health over money
14:56 – How to structure boundaries without contracts
19:00 – The proposal tool that changed Maya's close rate
26:19 – Advice for freelancers stuck saying yes to everything
28:50 – Why community is your key support when you are building for clients


LINKS & RESOURCES
Connect with Maya:   / maya-solell  
Elementor: https://elementor.com/

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