Nicholas
Robb
Soloprenuer, creative, marketing veteran with 15 years experience in branding, web and lead generation and founder of award-winning digital marketing agency "Design Hero”.
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What drives me is continuous improvement; I have a passion for optimizing and learning new things. I enjoy sharing that knowledge with other creatives in teaching or collaboration.
I live in the middle of nowhere,
and work with clients around the world.
I studied product design, worked in architecture and design,
and finally started my own agency.
In 3 years I’ve built a 6 figure agency on a 3 day workweek and won multiple awards for my work.
My goal now is to help others to do the same, and live a life with intention.
About
Nicholas Robb
Education
PG Dip (1st Class)
Advanced Architectural Design
BArch (Hons)
Architectural Studies
BSc (Hons)
Product Design & Innovation
CMI Certificate
Certificate in Management
Awards & Recognitions
2023
Web Development agency of the year Scotland - Aquisition International
2022
Digital marketing agency of the year Scotland - Prestige Awards
2022
Branding agency of the year - Corporate Livewire
2018
Nominee - Chamber of Commerce Talented young professional
2005
Winner - Ian Banks Science fiction writers award
What I'm doing now...
Design Hero
The superpowered, multi award winning marketing agency, founded by marketing veteran Nicholas Robb with one mission:
to help business owners supercharge their marketing.
Our clients work hard to grow their business and we’re very proud of who we work with. We’ve worked with hundreds of business owners over the years: The depth of their passion and the range of their knowledge never fails to amaze us.
But no-one can be an expert at everything. Too often dedicated businesses owners work hard but never get the recognition they deserve, or their brand doesn’t shine through the way it should. At Design Hero we have the skills and know-how to help and we enjoy seeing my clients thrive and succeed. Every one of our clients gets superhero treatment.
This superpowered creative agency brings together a lean, mean marketing team of powerful dedicated experts boasting an impressive collective skillset that includes branding, web development, SEO, google ads, social media marketing and more.
Our team is a lean, mean marketing machine and our digital marketing consultants bring all of your marketing activities under one roof. We don’t believe in geek-speak, and we can’t stand tech talk, so you can expect simple, practical marketing advice and solid strategy based on solid experience.
We provide the team, and the tools, you need to grow your business from ZERO TO HERO
Coaching
Anyone that tells you freelancing is easy is LYING.
I’ve been broke on 4 figures, stuck on sidehustle…
And I’ve hit £25k/m and been miserable.
There’s a lot of programmes out there which all focus on profit:
Do more = earn more
Let me tell you, that’s no way to live
There are 3 ways to make more money
My program is designed to get you to £10k/m on a 3 day workweek without burnout, Profit, freedom and stability.
) Design Hero still earns £20k/m but has ditched all the stress, all the complexity and all the manual graft to leave just the parts that I love to do myself (which is mostly high level design and client satisfaction)Writing
"The Solopreneur's Encyclopedia" (in editing)
A complete A-Z guide to high profit, low stress, happy clients and free time.
Tips, strategies, mindset and methods compiled from over 15 years of building a 6 figure multi award winning agency
"how to train your clients" (in writing)
A tongue-in-cheek guide to managing people and clients, by applying dog training techniques. This book is to help creatives navigate tricky client relationships, resolve disputes amicably, establish a better rappor with clients, stop getting stiffed for the bill, or better yet, avoid these disputes entirely!
"Business tips blog"
A Collection of deep-dive marketing case studies and examples to help small business owners supercharge their success online.
Life on Mars
This book is about an investigation how a society on Mars might look
and function, in response to predictions about the world in 2069.
One Million Martian Migrants
A speculative graphic novel about the story of Lucina, the largest Martian city where 1 million of Martian migrants and their descendants will live, work and play.
How Architecture shapes narrative in Virtual Environments
This dissertation is a study of how architecture can to be used to shape an evocative narrative within a digital space through the medium of videogames.
Public Speaking
Things I talk about
- freelancing
- work life balance
- lifestyle design
- managing clients
- automation
- systemization
- design
- Web development
- solopreneurship
- solo businesses
- digital marketing
- personal branding
- business growth
- killer offers
- audience monetization
- niche