Leanne Beesley's presentation from the Nomad Summit 2017 conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1. NO SKILLS?
NO PROBLEM!
H A C K S , T I P S & T O O L S F O R
C R E A T I N G A S H I T - T O N
O F S T U F F
by Leanne Beesley for Nomad Summit 2017, Chiang Mai

2. Y O U R S U B T I T L E H E R E
“Innovation to watch” ~ Financial Times

3. flashback
5 years ago

4. SO FRUSTRATED
“Not a developer so I can’t
build a website”
“Not a designer so I can’t
design anything”
“No skills to create anything
of value”
“I CAN’T DO ANYTHING!!!!”

6. My Roadmap 2012 - today
Internet
Marketing
Affiliate
Marketing
eCommerce
Amazon
FBA
Growth
Hacking
Startup
Founder
Conversion Optimization
SEO Manufacturing
&
Export/Im
port
W
eb
Developm
ent

7. WHO
IS
THIS
FOR?
NEWBIES BOOTSTRAPPING
ENTREPRENEURS
MARKETING
FREELANCERS

8. Marketing
Materials
Slides
The Stuff
Social
Media
App
Design
Packaging Info-
graphics
Websites Animated
Videos

9. Hacks for
NON
DESIGNERS

10. DO NOT BE
SCARED OF
PHOTOSHOP
$10 / month

11. welcome to the magical world of
graphicriver.net

13. Facebook Page
Timeline Covers

14. (a template I used)

15. (under the hood)

16. (the results)

17. Facebook / Instagram
Templates

18. YouTube Video
Thumbnails

19. App Design
Templates
Inge e-Commerce Shop UI
App Template (PSD)
$12

20. $18App Design
Templates
Coloristic: iOS/Android UI Kit
(60 App Screens - PSD)

21. Ad Banners
(display advertising)

22. Brochures, Flyers,
Banners, Billboards

24. (a template I used)

25. (under the hood)

27. “Standout product of CES” ~ VentureBeat
“Top health & fitness tech of CES ” ~ WIRED

28. Always go the extra mile

29. Presentations
& Pitch Decks
Webinar
slides
Lead
Magnets

30. (a template I used)

31. (under the hood)

32. DO NOT BE
SCARED OF
ADOBE
ILLUSTRATOR
$20 / month

33. Packaging
Designs

34. Infographics
Bundle Start UP Business
Infographics Elements Design

35. (under the hood)

36. (the result)

37. Fun Stuff
(Photoshop Actions)

40. (under the hood)

41. Hacks for
APP NOOBS

42. BOOTSTRAPPING
ENTREPRENEUR
wanna learn by doing
THIS IS FOR YOU IF…
y o u a r e a
can’t afford to hire someone
to build an app from scratch
NEW
DEVELOPER

43. Welcome to the magical world of
codecanyon.net

45. Mobile App
Templates

46. Got a blog?

47. Teach English?

48. Personal Trainer?

49. Want to create a dating app?

50. Want to take on Uber?

51. Website Hacks for
PEOPLE WHO CAN’T
CODE

52. Welcome to the magical world of
themeforest.net

54. LIFE BEFORE THEMEFOREST

56. LIFE AFTER THEMEFOREST

57. (my first ecommerce site)
Cosmetico theme

58. (website for client)
X Theme

59. Hacks for
SOCIAL MEDIA
MANAGERS

60. It’s not a “marketing secret”, it’s…
INSTAGRESS

63. BECAUSE ANIMATED
VIDEOS
ARE FUN!

66. (here’s one I made earlier…)

68. (a template I used)

69. (behind the hood)

70. EXPERIMENT

72. Design —> Finding a factory —> Negotiating —>
Manufacturing —> Exporting —> Shipping —> Customs
Clearance —> USA overland transportation —> Quality
Control —> Amazon FBA

73. (and yes, I did think I was hilarious)
(and yes, I did think I was HILARIOUS)

75. R O B E R T F R O S T
#BLESSED
“Two roads diverged in
a wood, and I—
I took the one less
traveled by,
And that has made all
the difference.”

77. "Picasso had a saying
-- 'good artists copy,
great artists steal' --
and we have always
been shameless about
stealing great ideas."
S T E V E J O B S , 1 9 9 6

78. Leanne Beesley @leannebeesley
www.coworker.com
leanne@coworker.com
CONTACT
ME