313 Motorworks

My First Freelance Project

At this stage in my journey, I wanted to take the skills I had developed through personal projects and put them to use in the real world. With no professional connections at the time, my friend Jamal and I went door-to-door, introducing ourselves to local businesses and asking if they needed a website. After many rejections and plenty of persistence we finally got a “yes” from a mechanic shop in Mississauga, Ontario: 313Motorworks. They were looking for a way to improve their visibility on Google Maps, but also wanted to avoid ongoing subscription fees tied to "no code" platforms like Shopify or Wix. That challenge gave me the opportunity to build a fully custom website from scratch which was flexible, reliable, and cost-efficient to host. One handshake later and a couple weeks of design, development, and revisions, we launched a site that everyone was proud of.

What I learned

- SEO Optimization

- Client Communication