Trust the process | The Monthly Log #5
May was a bit of a slower month with my projects and I couldn’t find much inspiration to pick a specific topic for this log so I thought I’d write a quick update on each of my projects. I think it’ll be good to look back at it in a couple of months to see the progress I’ve made on each one.
88 PIXELS
My outlet for everything related to Framer, web design & development.
I’m sticking to my goal of releasing one new Framer template every month with as I released a new template for Notion creators this month. I only did a soft release with a giveaway so far, as I’m still waiting to hear if Framer will list it on their marketplace, so I haven’t promoted it properly. Scroll down to get a preview link and grab it for free.
My moje template got featured on One Page Love earlier this week 🚀 This is definitely one of my biggest achievements since I started on this journey at the beginning of the year.
I’m thinking of turning 88 Pixels into a little studio/agency and start taking on clients to build Framer websites on top of the templates I’m releasing.
Frameplate
A gallery of Framer templates built by the community.
It’s only been 2.5 months since I started working on this project and I’m delighted to see that the numbers have been growing very nicely across the board. I also started seeing some revenue coming in from affiliates this month so I feel like it’s worth putting more efforts into this.
The website was built over a weekend and I’ve wanted to redesign it since the day I launched it (!) I really got stuck this month with all the ideas I have for this but I now have a clear roadmap and I’ll make this my main focus this coming month.
New Jobs Friday UK
A weekly newsletter with job offers for the UK Music industry.
I had to slow down with this one over the past few months as I wanted to focus more on Framer templates but it kept going as most of it is automated. The recent results I’ve seen from SEO and affiliates made me realise this month that I should spend a bit more time to see if I can take this a bit further.
All in all it feels like everything is moving in the right direction but maybe a bit slower than I would want. They say “trust the process” so I’ll keep at it!
THIS MONTH I CREATED..
Notor
This month I built a landing page template to help Notion creators to setup a custom website to promote and sell their Notion templates in minutes. Notor can also be setup whether your shop is on Lemon Squeezy or Gumroad.
Get the template here →
NEXT MONTH, I WILL..
..keep it simple with 3 main goals:
Release one new Framer template on 88 Pixels.
Launch V2 of the Frameplate website with a new design.
Get my first Framer client.
CURRENTLY, I’M..
📘 Reading:
My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh - I’ve only read the first few pages last night but I’m liking the writing.
📺 Watching:
Just finished watching Succession - need to find something else to watch.
COOL SH*T
Bentogrids - a curated collection of bento designs for your inspiration.
Randoma11y - a web app that allows users to explore and experiment with different colour combinations.
10 Hacks for Illustrating and Drawing in Figma - a YouTube video with super quick tips from Danny Sapio to speed up your process when illustrating in Figma.
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