Web Design Business with Josh Hall

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In this special edition episode of the Web Design Business Podcast, I’m sharing a recent live interview I did with my mate from down under – James Barnard – one of the most prolific designers in the graphic, branding, and logo design space. James invited me into his Designerrrs community for a live Q&A session which turned into a masterclass chat about how to build, grow, and scale a freelance...

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We're in a trust recession.  Anything in real life and in person (networking events, meetups, workshops, etc) have become a web designer's edge. In this special solo episode, I share how important this is in 2026 with getting clients and building relationships that last for years, especially in the age of AI, social influencers, and scattered online overwhelm. Links mentioned: See the la...

Over the last several months, I’ve seen more and more chatter in my community Web Designer Pro about WP Umbrella – a new platform making quite the dent in the WordPress site manager space. Personally, I wondered how there was even room for a new tool for managing WordPress sites (updates, optimizations, backups, reporting, etc) when it’s already a crowded market with tools like Manage WP, Main WP,...

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Morning routines, air-tight calendar blocks, calls at 5pm, hustle and grind culture…all very doable. Unless you have kids.. That is, if you want to be a fully present parent > a hustling entrepreneur. We’re getting into that in this conversation with my good friend Kady Sandel who’s been on the podcast before and even did a training inside my Web Designer Pro community talking about niching, pr...

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This is a first – and a very special guest for the podcast because it’s an interview with one of my best web design clients! Gary Sigrist, founder and CEO of Safeguard Risk Solutions hired me back in 2012 to do branding, graphic and web design for his new company. What he didn’t know at that time was that I was very green and new to the industry. Fast forward to 2026, his company is STILL a client...

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Imagine getting handed a project of sifting, sorting and organizing over 10,000 emails 😮 As a web design business owner, that probably sounds like a nightmare. But there are people in the world who actually enjoy this type of work. And for creatives, they are a DREAM to partner up with and hire. This is the story of how Jess Lindgren began working with online-entrepreneur legend Pat Flynn. He was...

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A special interview here for a few reasons: This one is in-person so it has a completely different feel, dynamic and I have to admit, I LOVED it. Definitely inspiring me to do more in-person interviews with local colleagues. My guest (Web Designer Pro member Andy Milligan) just took his agency to 200k+ in revenue in 2025 from 30k in 2024. So massive growth, however, it came at a cost. We dig into...

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I think there’s a misunderstanding of the term “solopreneuer” in that, when you think about that term, you probably think about being “alone.” At least I did. Until this conversation. I had a light bulb moment in this chat with Maggie Patterson, author of the book “Staying Solo” with this very idea that you can be a solopreneur while not being an alonepreneur. Some of the happiest, most balanced a...

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I’m not gonna lie…I needed this chat. In an era where there’s so much emphasis on growth plans (like SEO, CRO, Email Marketing, Ads, Social, etc), it’s easy to second-guess yourself or just abandon web design completely if you prefer to just build awesome websites and support that work. Well good news, just offering high-converting web design + hosting and maintenance plans is still a VERY VIABLE...

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Building a web design business has it’s challenges. Building it on the side while working a 9-5 has an added set of complexities and challenges. But after coaching hundreds of members in Web Designer Pro over the past 5 years, I’ve seen many members go from part time to full time and absolutely soar when they take that leap. But getting there is the hard part. How do you create time to learn, impl...

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In our 2025 in-person Web Designer Pro Conference, Sam Sarsten (the Local SEO King inside Pro) presented for us live, sharing his top lessons learned in building his MRR primarily through SEO Growth Plans. In this special edition podcast, I’m giving you access to the full replay + Q&A sessions (which has been reserved for Pro members to this point.) I hope this helps you seriously consider, or...

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The landscape of website builders has evolved so much since I got started in 2010 and you know what else has evolved? Web designers.  Building high-converting, well-designed professional websites is still at the core of most web designer studios and agencies but the landscape is evolving now to where, in my experience, clients are relying on web designers to help make sense of the scattered online...

This is a deeper dive into how and why I've changed my mind on offering a Website In A Day service. It's all thanks to Bailey Collins blowing my mind last year after digging into how she sold 400+ (now over 500) website in a day packages back on episode #387 Straight up, I recommend and fully back her Design Day Blueprint Course Use code JOSH10 for 10% OFF and when you use my link, you&a...