Ankur syal
@ankursyal.bsky.social
Assisting small businesses in establishing their digital footprint and creating a robust online presence | Ghost Designer
Some clients want premium work at budget prices while treating you like an employee instead of a partner.
These are red flags wrapped in a project brief.
These are red flags wrapped in a project brief.
March 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Some clients want premium work at budget prices while treating you like an employee instead of a partner.
These are red flags wrapped in a project brief.
These are red flags wrapped in a project brief.
Some people wake up at 5 AM and run marathons.
I wake up at 9 and negotiate deadlines.
We are not the same.
I wake up at 9 and negotiate deadlines.
We are not the same.
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Some people wake up at 5 AM and run marathons.
I wake up at 9 and negotiate deadlines.
We are not the same.
I wake up at 9 and negotiate deadlines.
We are not the same.
I want to wake up next to breakfast, lunch, or dinner, depending on when I wake up.
March 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I want to wake up next to breakfast, lunch, or dinner, depending on when I wake up.
Tech trends come and go.
You know what never gets outdated?
A fast, simple, and clear website that helps people get what they need.
You know what never gets outdated?
A fast, simple, and clear website that helps people get what they need.
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Tech trends come and go.
You know what never gets outdated?
A fast, simple, and clear website that helps people get what they need.
You know what never gets outdated?
A fast, simple, and clear website that helps people get what they need.
Musashi was a warrior and an artist.
Your business needs skill and strategy, work and rest.
Hustling non-stop doesn’t make you successful
it just makes you exhausted.
Your business needs skill and strategy, work and rest.
Hustling non-stop doesn’t make you successful
it just makes you exhausted.
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Musashi was a warrior and an artist.
Your business needs skill and strategy, work and rest.
Hustling non-stop doesn’t make you successful
it just makes you exhausted.
Your business needs skill and strategy, work and rest.
Hustling non-stop doesn’t make you successful
it just makes you exhausted.
Freelancing is wild.
One day, you're drowning in work.
Next day, you're refreshing your inbox.
Truly, a stable career choice.
One day, you're drowning in work.
Next day, you're refreshing your inbox.
Truly, a stable career choice.
March 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Freelancing is wild.
One day, you're drowning in work.
Next day, you're refreshing your inbox.
Truly, a stable career choice.
One day, you're drowning in work.
Next day, you're refreshing your inbox.
Truly, a stable career choice.
You think the project is done, but suddenly…
“Can we just tweak this?”
“Maybe add this one thing?”
Solution:
Change requests = extra invoices.
No exceptions.
“Can we just tweak this?”
“Maybe add this one thing?”
Solution:
Change requests = extra invoices.
No exceptions.
March 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You think the project is done, but suddenly…
“Can we just tweak this?”
“Maybe add this one thing?”
Solution:
Change requests = extra invoices.
No exceptions.
“Can we just tweak this?”
“Maybe add this one thing?”
Solution:
Change requests = extra invoices.
No exceptions.
Freelancing is 50% skill, 50% mindset.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need more courses.
You don’t need to be "ready."
Just start.
The work teaches you more than anything else.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need more courses.
You don’t need to be "ready."
Just start.
The work teaches you more than anything else.
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Freelancing is 50% skill, 50% mindset.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need more courses.
You don’t need to be "ready."
Just start.
The work teaches you more than anything else.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need more courses.
You don’t need to be "ready."
Just start.
The work teaches you more than anything else.
Freelancing be like:
You finish a project. Get paid. Silence.
You refresh emails. Silence.
You check messages. Silence.
Welcome to the feast-or-famine cycle.
The fix?
Keep marketing even when you're swamped.
Future-you will thank you.
You finish a project. Get paid. Silence.
You refresh emails. Silence.
You check messages. Silence.
Welcome to the feast-or-famine cycle.
The fix?
Keep marketing even when you're swamped.
Future-you will thank you.
March 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Freelancing be like:
You finish a project. Get paid. Silence.
You refresh emails. Silence.
You check messages. Silence.
Welcome to the feast-or-famine cycle.
The fix?
Keep marketing even when you're swamped.
Future-you will thank you.
You finish a project. Get paid. Silence.
You refresh emails. Silence.
You check messages. Silence.
Welcome to the feast-or-famine cycle.
The fix?
Keep marketing even when you're swamped.
Future-you will thank you.
“Need a website?”
Nah.
They need more leads.
More sales.
Less stress.
Sell the outcome, not the service.
That’s how you stand out.
peerlist.io/ankursyal/ar...
Nah.
They need more leads.
More sales.
Less stress.
Sell the outcome, not the service.
That’s how you stand out.
peerlist.io/ankursyal/ar...
Stop Pitching. Start Connecting.
Stop pitching. Start connecting. Win clients by solving real problems, showing results, and making it about them—without feeling salesy.
peerlist.io
March 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“Need a website?”
Nah.
They need more leads.
More sales.
Less stress.
Sell the outcome, not the service.
That’s how you stand out.
peerlist.io/ankursyal/ar...
Nah.
They need more leads.
More sales.
Less stress.
Sell the outcome, not the service.
That’s how you stand out.
peerlist.io/ankursyal/ar...
The difference between a “meh” website and a money-making website?
Clear messaging.
A simple offer.
And making sure visitors know exactly what to do next.
Clear messaging.
A simple offer.
And making sure visitors know exactly what to do next.
March 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The difference between a “meh” website and a money-making website?
Clear messaging.
A simple offer.
And making sure visitors know exactly what to do next.
Clear messaging.
A simple offer.
And making sure visitors know exactly what to do next.
Sometimes the problem isn’t your UI or UX.
It’s your copy. Your messaging. Your story.
People can’t buy what they don’t understand.
Good design grabs attention.
But clear words close deals.
It’s your copy. Your messaging. Your story.
People can’t buy what they don’t understand.
Good design grabs attention.
But clear words close deals.
March 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sometimes the problem isn’t your UI or UX.
It’s your copy. Your messaging. Your story.
People can’t buy what they don’t understand.
Good design grabs attention.
But clear words close deals.
It’s your copy. Your messaging. Your story.
People can’t buy what they don’t understand.
Good design grabs attention.
But clear words close deals.
No tech people on this platform??
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
No tech people on this platform??
Your CM might be sleeping in the assembly,
but your website shouldn't be.
Show the value
Guide visitors like a story
Problem → Solution → CTA
but your website shouldn't be.
Show the value
Guide visitors like a story
Problem → Solution → CTA
February 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Your CM might be sleeping in the assembly,
but your website shouldn't be.
Show the value
Guide visitors like a story
Problem → Solution → CTA
but your website shouldn't be.
Show the value
Guide visitors like a story
Problem → Solution → CTA
If you’re talking to everyone, you’re reaching no one.
Knowing your target audience helps you craft the right message and create content that actually connects.
Knowing your target audience helps you craft the right message and create content that actually connects.
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you’re talking to everyone, you’re reaching no one.
Knowing your target audience helps you craft the right message and create content that actually connects.
Knowing your target audience helps you craft the right message and create content that actually connects.
Are tech people here?
February 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Are tech people here?
Some projects challenge you.
Some projects teach you
And some remind you why you love what you do
Grateful for all of them
Some projects teach you
And some remind you why you love what you do
Grateful for all of them
February 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Some projects challenge you.
Some projects teach you
And some remind you why you love what you do
Grateful for all of them
Some projects teach you
And some remind you why you love what you do
Grateful for all of them
Tried to buy a coffee at Starbucks today.
Showed them all the "Exposure" my client paid me with. Weirdly, they didn't accept it.
Rude.
Showed them all the "Exposure" my client paid me with. Weirdly, they didn't accept it.
Rude.
February 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tried to buy a coffee at Starbucks today.
Showed them all the "Exposure" my client paid me with. Weirdly, they didn't accept it.
Rude.
Showed them all the "Exposure" my client paid me with. Weirdly, they didn't accept it.
Rude.
Not every client will remember how many revisions you did.
But they’ll always remember how you made the process easy for them.
That’s what matters.
But they’ll always remember how you made the process easy for them.
That’s what matters.
February 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not every client will remember how many revisions you did.
But they’ll always remember how you made the process easy for them.
That’s what matters.
But they’ll always remember how you made the process easy for them.
That’s what matters.
The first website I ever built was a mess.
The second one was better.
The third?
A little better.
Progress isn’t loud, it’s in the quiet improvements no one else notices.
The second one was better.
The third?
A little better.
Progress isn’t loud, it’s in the quiet improvements no one else notices.
February 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The first website I ever built was a mess.
The second one was better.
The third?
A little better.
Progress isn’t loud, it’s in the quiet improvements no one else notices.
The second one was better.
The third?
A little better.
Progress isn’t loud, it’s in the quiet improvements no one else notices.
Read your Bookmarks
February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Read your Bookmarks
The only question I ask my clients on the first call.
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The only question I ask my clients on the first call.