$25K through Glide work is a solid milestone. Was most of that repeat clients building on earlier projects, or did a good chunk come from brand new relationships?
50% new clients on a $25K run is a split most people would take any day, repeat work is easier to land but new relationships are what actually grow the base. Is that mostly referrals at this point, or are you doing something deliberate on outreach?
I don't. All of this is organic π And yeah, repeat work is great! All of my clients are happy to work with me (I typically get 1β2 new projects from past clients every month) Pretty decent π
π FEATURED AGAIN.
THE INTERESTING PART IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE UI.
Traveling Up was the first mobile concept I created purely for myself in almost three years.
No client brief.
No existing product.
No predefined feature list.Just one observation from a short trip:
π Most travel products start by asking where you want to go.
I wanted to start one step earlier.
How do you want to feel?
That single shift changed the whole product logic.
β¨ Destination search became mood led discovery.
β³ Time became part of the recommendation.
π² Uncertainty became part of the experience instead of something the product had to remove.
That became Traveling Up.
And now Contra has hand picked the project for Featured and placed it in the AI Projects section on the homepage.
The most interesting part for me is not the feature itself.
It is how often the strongest product directions begin before the interface.
In the framing.
In the question.
In understanding what the user is actually trying to experience.
That is the kind of work we keep pushing at Asol Design.
Not just better screens. Better product decisions before the screens exist.
If you are building a mobile product and want more than polished UI, if you want stronger product thinking, sharper UX direction and a visual system built around a clear idea, letβs talk.
$50K on Contra π
A lot of hard work, learning and late nights went into this, and it feels genuinely great to see it paying off!
Thank you to every client who trusted me along the way! π₯