Tom Ross is the Founder of Design Cuts; a company that provides discount design bundles for graphic designers and anyone who’s interested in creating beautiful images, illustrations, and graphic designs.
In this episode, Tom and I are talking about how he went from being a freelance graphic designer to building one of the most popular discount graphic design bundle companies with multiple seven figures in revenue, 400,000 registered members, 100,000 social media followers, a team of over 16 full-time members to support the business.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why Tom Believes His Company Has Thrived While Many Other Discount Bundle Companies Have Failed
- The Dumbest Business Assumption Tom Ever Made
- How Tom Went from Being an English Major to Starting A Graphic Design Company
- The Transition from Working One-on-One to Now Servicing 400,000 Members
- How Tom Convinces Designers to Offer Their Work at Massively Discounted Rates
- Tom’s Advice for Minimizing the Sales Burnout Rate of Your Customers
- The Details of Tom’s Run of 11,000 Sales in Two Weeks
- The Challenges of Building and Leading His Team; Including One That Resulted in Major Surgery
- The Inspiration Behind Tom’s The Honest Designers Show Podcast
- Why Tom’s Avoided Sharing His Story Until Now
- Who Tom Thanks for His Success
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