How I Made 2024 My Wildest Year Yet
In this newsletter I write about how I doubled my income, got more freedom, and traveled for a quarter of the year.
My 2024 was nothing short of incredible. Here’s a quick snapshot:
Traveled across Australia & New Zealand for 3 months.
Grew my subscriber base on X to 13.5K.
Built and launched Miro's new website in Framer.
Completed 200+ Framer website projects.
Launched my own Framer plugin powered by AI.
Moved into my first office space.
Hit $150K in total revenue with my Framer templates since starting in 2022.
Generated $450K in solo revenue this year across all my ventures.
But let’s go beyond the numbers. Behind each milestone was a journey filled with lessons, challenges, and growth. It was my third year being independent and an entrepreneur. I doubled my income compared to 2023. Also, I’ve charged more money for my work and started getting huge clients like Miro, which was new compared to 2023 as well.
What made it all possible?
A few important aspects upfront that I wanna share with you that made the difference after reflecting on it: Deep focus, experimentation, momentum, and relentless execution through consistency. I know these are not actionable nor practical, so here are a few actionable insights you can follow as well:
Share your journey
Visibility creates opportunities – This is the most important factor that made the turning point in my journey possible as I look back on a decade of trial and error. I never really made myself visible to others. No wonder I couldn't generate any interest. No one took notice of me and my business.
So start sharing your progress on social platforms like X, Threads, or LinkedIn, and start collecting email subscribers so you can start a regular newsletter (newsletters have the highest conversion rate).
Make yourself visible to others. EVERY DAY.
Take risks
You might ask yourself what’s the difference between the top 1% and the other 99%. It’s taking risks. Why? They lead to growth. Every time you do something you’ve never done, you will become better or learn from its failure (Both make you grow).
So, what risks can you take? Here are a few I did:
Explored new markets and tools
Built-in public
Monetized my skills across multiple formats
Took 3 months off to see if my only “passive income” business still made money
Learned to code advanced products with AI
Moved beyond my solo work and hired a few freelancers
Shared by revenue and numbers
Wrote posts about my failures
Every single one of these risks helped me to get where I am today.
Take the risk. Become the 1%.
Consistency beats perfection
If you break down big things you wanna achieve to daily, they become very small. This is about income, skills, marketing, and many more things.
“Little by little, one travels far.”
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Today, I’ve hit 400 days of posting every day on Twitter/X, I’m working in Framer every day for multiple hours, and I’m writing my 12th newsletter this year (my goal was monthly). I’m making myself visible every day. No breaks. This has created so many opportunities, it’s insane.
Consistency compounds.
Dream big, and be relentlessly optimistic
Program your mind to success. Sounds weird, but it’s true. Set big and brave goals and try to achieve them by being as optimistic as possible. This is growing your chances of actually achieving it so much.
What you think, you become… (Buddha)
Leverage small wins to reach bigger goals
Small wins are the building blocks of big success. They create momentum, boost your confidence, and set the stage for bigger achievements. The key is to recognize and celebrate them while using them strategically to move forward. Never lose motivation. Build brick by brick. Fall in love with the process. And certainly, you find yourself where you wanted to be a year ago. Set feasible goals, celebrate your tiny wins, build credibility with every small success, strengthen your habits, and build up momentum.
Focus on incremental improvement.
Never stop learning and building
Invest in your skills. Skills, not tools. If you reduce yourself to just being a tool for someone else (pushing pixels, writing copy, coding up a web design, ...), you won't succeed.
Be a jack of all trades. Become multi-skilled.
Start with the following skillsets: Copywriting, Prompting, Image Generation, Design and Development (AI), Sales, Marketing, Critical Thinking, Automation, Psychology, and Problem-solving.
If you acquire most of these skills, you will have a high chance of making a very good income in 2025.
This is it for today. I hope this reflection helps to in your journey.
Please check out my website templates for Framer if you are looking for a dope new personal site this year.
Have a great start into 2025 and always remember: Brick by brick.
Enjoyed writing this. See you next time. Peace ✌️
Cédric