Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Josh shares a personal message as we end 2023 and a look ahead at what’s in store for 2024 in the way of courses, content, coaching and more.

CEO of eatmywords.com Alexandra Watkins (whose claim to fame is naming Wendy’s Baconator) along with other notable brands shares how you as a web designer can create a brand, theme and name for your business that stands out and passes the “smile and scratch” test. In This Episode 00:00 - Naming Your Business and Brand 13:28 - Brand Themes and Multiple Asset Management 22:44 - Naming Brands and Nic...

Co-host of the WPBuilds Podcast and of the uber popular Page Builder Summit, Nathan Wrigley, shares his enthusiasm and hopefulness for the much maligned WordPress Block Editor. In This Episode 00:00 - Future of WordPress Block Editor 03:32 - Changes and Evolution of Web Design 12:01 - The Popularity of Web Design Platforms 18:27 - WordPress Block's Excitement and Future 31:37 - WordPress Tool...

Josh shares his strategies for sending personalized welcome videos for both web design students and to clients as a web designer and how game-changing they’ll be for your web design business as well. In This Episode 00:02 - Web Design Business Growth With Videos 07:57 - Using Personal Welcome Videos 13:36 - The Power of Welcome Videos Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co...

Julia Taylor of GeekPack.com shares how she’s secured over 300k in grant funding for her business over the last year and a half and how you as a web designer can explore getting grants for your business no matter if you’re just starting out or already established! In This Episode 00:00 - Exploring Grants for Web Design Businesses 04:01 - Exploring Grants for Business Growth 15:30 - Understanding G...

For the big 300 milestone, Josh hosts the first ever “Web Designer Roundtable” on the podcast featuring  Kyle Van Duesen of theadminbar.com Shannon Matter of webdesigneracademy.com and Chris Badgett of lifterlms.com In This Episode 00:50 - Web Design Trends and Perspectives 13:24 - Experience and Age in Web Design 17:39 - Exploring WordPress and Web Design Options 24:39 - Websites in a Changing Te...

This episode is a recent conversation between Josh and Steve Shramm pulled from The Subscription Web Design podcast. In This Episode 0 0:50 - The Evolution of Web Design Careers 0 8:10 - Choosing the Right Web Design Tools 13:05 - Choose a Business Model for Freedom 26:18 - Niche Market for Web Design and Digital Marketing 34:37 - Web Design Services for Business Growth 47:30 - The Importance of M...

Canadian based freelance web designer, founder and owner of sandfire.ca, Sandy Burns shares the ins and outs of her 10 year journey so far in web design including how she almost gave it all up, what tool kept her in the game, battled cancer while keeping her business afloat and how she reluctantly but inevitably fell in love with scaling her agency with a small remote team. In This Episode 00:00 -...

Web design educator Dave Foy (the go to 101 resource for learning the Bricks WordPress Page Builder) shares his insight on how Bricks stacks up next to other page builders like Divi and Elementor and gives his perspective on the pros and cons of where WordPress is headed. In This Episode 00:00 - The Battle of WordPress Page Builders 05:15 - Page Builders 09:51 - WordPress Community Debate and Divi...

Josh pulls the curtain back on launching his new weekly web designer newsletter “Web Biz Weekly™” and shares more about why now is the time for a newsletter (for both entrepreneurs and web designers) and what to expect moving forward. In This Episode 01:03 - Launching a Newsletter 10:13 - Introducing Web Biz Weekly Newsletter 19:30 - Launching This Sunday Get all links, resources and show notes at...

Co host of the uber popular Page Builder Summit and freelance web designer Anchen le Roux shares how she built her web design business primarily online while despising “selling” websites. In This Episode 00:00 - Selling Without Sleazy Tactics 06:53 - Choosing a Local or International URL 10:35 - Building an Online Client Network 18:38 - Build Authority, Get Clients Without Sales 29:50 - Web Design...

Jen Ellsworth of clickcharisma.com is back on the podcast to share what’s working for her in offering marketing services along with web design and branding for her clients. More importantly, how she manages it all without burning out. In This Episode 00:00 - Web Design and Marketing Services 05:18 - Web Design Services and Branding Evolution 16:51 - Website and Branding in Marketing 20:00 - Compar...

Josh shares 10 proven strategies that are working right now in 2023 with boosting revenue and landing more web design projects with current clients vs constantly having to find new clients. In This Episode 1:16 - Boost Revenue in Web Design Strategies 12:43 - Maximizing Engagement and Revenue 20:23 - Build and Maintain Client Relationships 26:30 - Strategy Suggestions Get all links, resources and...

CEO of SmartPricingTable.com Joe Ardeeser joins the podcast to share how he, as a former digital agency owner, productized, templatized and streamlined his proposal process to be able to scale and become more profitable in his web design agency. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 0 0:0 5 - Greeting to Joe 0 4:37 - Transitioning From Freelancer to Agency Owner 11:53 - Scaling and Productizing Pro...

Content Strategist Abby Wood of thecontentlab.ie shares her insight to whether or not AI has alleviated the need for human copywriters for website copy, content marketing and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 0 5:06 - Welcome to Abby 12:26 - The Importance of Authenticity in Branding 16:39 - Positive & Negative of AI on Copywriting 20:09 - Human Motivations 29:25 - The Rise of Newslet...

Josh shares his top tips and insight on getting through his most challenging year in business. In This Episode 01:16 - Surviving Tough Season in Business 13:50 - Challenges and Lessons Learned in 2023 26:04 - Double Down on What's Working 38:27 - Client Care and Recognizing Business Success 48:10 - Web Design Pro and Scaling Promotion Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshha...

Josh shares his top 10 lessons learned after recently crossing 7-figures (1 million dollars) in sales with education, coaching and community building via joshhall.co In This Episode 03:38 - Marketing with one channel for discovery and one for relationship  07:21 - Listen to your customers and provide solutions they’re looking for (if it’s in your scope) 11:19 - Put an emphasis on recurring income...

Elizabeth McCravy is back on the podcast to share her insight on the decision to close her membership despite having over 170 members join and how that actually helped grow her business and reduced her personal bandwidth overwhelm. In This Episode 00:05 - Pivot or Quit in Business 04:48 - Pivoting or Quitting 16:21 - Membership Offering Challenges and Changes 21:21 - Managing Business and Personal...

Josh share’s his proven, client-loving framework for organizing your services so that clients understand what you do and how you’ll help them. Best part is, no matter what or how many services you offer, they can fit into these 3 categories! In This Episode 00:02 - Organizing Web Design Services 11:10 - Building, Supporting, and Growing Websites 23:11 - Categorizing Services for Web Designers 32:0...

CEO of Kickstart Accounting DANIELLE Hayden is back on the podcast, this time to share tips and strategies on what to do if your business is in a bit of a decline. In This Episode 00:00 - Solutions for Declining Business Revenue 07:11 - Money Mindset and Long-Term Profitability 15:07 - Understanding Spending Habits and Financial Mindset 26:33 - Measuring Success and Setting Intentions 34:26 - Set...

Web design agency owner and fellow web design business coach Tristan Parker joins the show to talk shop about web design in general, selling websites nowadays, how to differentiate yourself as a designer and much more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 00:05 - Web Design Business Podcast 06:04 - Web Design Coaching and Business Insights 09:21 - Web Designers 21:53 - Booking Call Processes and S...

Josh uncovers 7 common strategies and trends that successful web designers are doing today to make at least 6-figures per year consistently. In This Episode 01:39 - Building a Successful Web Design Business 04:45 -  Offering a complete web design experience  09:15 -  Recurring income channels  12:21 -  Upselling to existing clients  14:58 -  Marketing with 1-2 primary channels  18:40 -  Referral p...

Presentation and speaking skills coach Marianna Swallow shares tactical, actionable strategies that you can use today to get better at managing your nerves during web design presentations or sales meetings. In This Episode 0 0:00 - Overcoming Nervousness in Public Speaking 0 5:05 - The Importance of Public Speaking 15:12 - Importance of Nervousness in Public Speaking 19:17 - Manage Nerves in Publi...

Fellow web design educator Kevin Geary (creator of automatic.css and frames for WordPress) is on the show to share his perspective on where WordPress is headed, the role of page builders moving forward, CSS class first design for scalability and more. In This Episode  00:00 - The Future of WordPress  11:15 - Comparing Page Builders for Web Design  18:14 - Discussion on Web Design Approaches  29:47...

Josh recaps WordCamp US 2023 and shares takeaways from the first Web Designer Pro in person meetup, thoughts on Matt Mullenweg’s keynote talk on the future of WordPress, the latest on Ai in web design, Accessibility, what’s going on with Divi and much more! In This Episode 0 0:02 - Recapping WordCamp 2023 and Hot Topics  11:24 - Imposter Syndrome and Accessibility Evolution  18:59 - Divi's Co...