Today we’d like to introduce you to Vanessa Santos.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Vanessa. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
My name is Vanessa Amilet Santos, a Houston-native living in Orange County, California 🌴. I’m a web designer and developer with over 9 years of experience. My mission is to help entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders establish their authentic online presence by providing visual solutions that will launch and grow their brand. Throughout my experience I have worked as an in-house designer and developer in the Tech, Construction, Energy, and Oil & Gas industries. I have also worked independently as a freelancer, helping companies of all sizes and different industries throughout the nation. This has helped me gain insight on the importance of creating engaging and user-friendly designs that focus on the customer journey.
I founded Vanessa Amilet Creative in 2021 to continue helping companies throughout the nation elevate their web presence with unique strategic bold websites. My main goal is to work alongside you as a partner to understand your business’s and customer’s needs; therefore helping you turn your virtual visitors into engaged customers. My current services include Custom Website Designs for Service-Based and Product-Based companies, Strategic Landing Page Designs that convert users to customers, and other offerings such as Branding, Marketing Collateral, Social Media Templates, and more.
My unique skills in design, development, and marketing allow me to help clients in different industries achieve the results they are looking for. I have had the pleasure to work with amazing clients in industries such as Event Planning, Coaching, Music, Performance Arts, Human Resources, Finance, and much more. My clients are from different areas in the nation, including Atlanta. Not only do I help clients with their web presence, but I enjoy learning about their stories and how they got started. Everyone has a unique story to tell! I love to learn things from my clients that I get to take on in my personal life and career. Getting to know my clients also helps me strategically plan their website designs.
If you are interested in learning more about me or my services, you can visit my website: http://www.vanessaamilet.com/.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
I think everyone can agree that being a business owner has its ups and downs! It is definitely a learning experience. There have been a lot of lessons along the way. Although I have been freelancing for years, taking the leap to pursue my business full-time has brought new challenges to learn from.
I started freelancing as a web designer and developer in 2013 while attending the Art Institute of Houston. Throughout the years I encountered different experiences which have helped me handcraft my services, as well as my processes in my business. From all of the unique situations I have been through, I learned and decided to update and improve things in my business. These things included updates to my processes; my proposals; contracts; and handling potential clients.
Taking the leap of pursuing what I love to do full-time, made me realize that a lot of it doesn’t have to do with how we handle calls with potential clients or how we have our processes set. It really has to do a lot with our mindset. This can mean how we see ourselves as business owners, our self image, how we feel about the services we offer, and even our mindset towards money.
For me the main thing was my mindset towards money. I know that I provide amazing work and services, I trusted and believed that any client that I brought on loved my work and the results I achieved. However, the issue that I had was towards how much money I could charge and if I was worthy of getting paid for the services that I provide. This led me to work on my money mindset by working through all of the limiting beliefs that I had towards it. It’s really important to know the value that we bring to clients with the services we offer. It is what will make us successful in the long run!
I did a podcast interview with the Manifesting Money Podcast in which I discuss my money mindset journey: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yCxehAK1w5ufxV2cmKAZV?si=7de1b6cba7b0471b
There were other things that I did not know about running a business, such as accounting, payment processes, taxes, etc. Thanks to the resources provided by the Freelancers Union, I was able to learn a lot with the information and webinars they provided. I encourage anyone that is a freelancer or a small business owner to join the Freelancers Union! It is free to join and the organization provides a lot of great free resources. Another thing I have learned is that it is best to outsource tasks to professionals in that field. A lot of the time we try to do everything on our own. However, delegating tasks that you do not enjoy doing is best for business. It gives you the opportunity to focus on other things in your business.
We’d love to hear more about Vanessa Amilet Creative.
Vanessa Amilet Creative offers strategic bold website designs for mission-driven entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders seeking to establish an authentic online presence. What sets me apart is my unique approach to understanding a client’s and their customers’ needs by handcrafting websites that are unique to their personality and brand. Not only do I focus on the design, but I focus on the overall experience and customer journey.
If you are interested in learning more about me or my services, you can visit my website: http://www.vanessaamilet.com/.
Do you recommend any apps, books or podcasts that have been helpful to you?
I really recommend the following books if you are wanting to work on your mindset:
- You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
- Badass Habits by Jen Sincero
- Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
- The Power of Awareness by Neville Goddard
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
The following podcasts have helped me throughout my mindset, healing journey, and business:
- Manifesting Money Podcast
- The Vulnerability Babe
- The So LoveLee Podcast
- The School of Greatness
- Promote Yourself to CEO
- Social Reset Podcast
- Evolve with Nicolette
- Chats with Yvonne: Public Speaking con Cultura
Contact Info:
- Website: vanessaamilet.com
- Email: santos@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessaamilet/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessaamilet/
Image Credit:
Main photo: Neydi Photography
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