Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Founder of Content Snare and one of my favorite people in the Web Design realm, Jimmy Rose is back on the podcast. This time to share what his company has learned about how to market and target to a new, unexpected, niche without bailing on their current customer base. In short, they've learned how to go niche without going fully niche. Great for you as web designers if you want to do the sam...

Josh shares his top 5 tips for dealing with imposter syndrome for web designers specifically. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - What were you thinking 04:59 - Wikipedia definition 07:49 - 1) No one’s an expert 09:49 - 2) Be the best to clients 11:07 - Know your competition 12:58 - 3) More than you think 14:20 - Coaching community 15:18 - 4) Stay in your lane 16:24 - Examples 20:32 - 5)...

Host of The Brand Strategy Podcast and coach, Bonnie Bakhtiari, shares her counter-intuitive thoughts on what’s truly holding most entrepreneurs back from hitting 6-figures and more importantly, how to bust those limiting mindsets. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:36 - Greeting to Bonnie 08:03 - Work life integration 11:12 - Productivity is priority 13:25 - Working towards a goal 18:49 - Mi...

Host of The Fiercely Visible CEO podcast and entrepreneurial coach Steph Warton shares her proven tactics for getting referrals and new clients organically without feeling pressured to pursue ads or paid marketing. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:04 - Greeting & apology 06:31 - Super Multi Passion 10:08 - Others advocating for you 12:23 - It changes the dynamic 14:52 - Funneling ideas...

Host of The Self-Made Web Designer Podcast, Chris Misterek, joins Josh for a coaching session to get some advice on his challenges with building his brand, doing freelance and working a full-time job. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:45 - Coaching call kickoff 07:00 - Divided attention 09:16 - Practical & emotional work 12:13 - Weighing the options 14:41 - Courses 18:00 - Designing temp...

CEO of UK based Shopify Plus Agency Velstar, Daniel Sheard, shares his insight about the incredible opportunities available for web designers in the world of eCommerce. 00:00 - Introduction 04:43 - Greeting to Daniel 09:34 - Honeymoon history 13:26 - A Shopify revolution 19:37 - Future of eCommerce 22:18 - Opportunity for designers 26:39 - How to offer eCommerce 32:28 - UX focus 36:17 - Credit car...

Author of the book “The Dropout Millionaire,” Brian Will, shares his lessons learned and experience on the difference between being self-employed and being a true business owner. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:51 - Greeting to Brian 06:22 - Successes and failures 10:32 - Plethora of opportunity 14:29 - You must decide 17:40 - It’s about what you want 18:27 - Dangers 22:11 - More value, le...

Josh shares about his recent transition to using Canva and the lessons learned in swallowing “designer pride” by using templates to speed designs up. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:11 - Ill placed Canva view 03:31 - Why view changed 06:01 - #1 Design matters 08:20 - Importance of thumbnails 12:23 - #2 Using a template 14:30 - Save your brain 16:05 - #3 Saving time 17:26 - #4 Custom 18:14...

Social media director at Sprout Connectors and established business entrepreneur, Lisa Staff, shares her top lessons learned on keeping purpose and connection alive in business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:37 - Greeting to Lisa 09:46 - Happiest entrepreneurs 13:22 - How to balance the load 16:01 - Collect & connect people 21:55 - Be authentic 25:45 - It’s not speed dating 29:01 - K...

Typography enthusiast Oliver Schöndorfer of PimpMyType.com shares his top tips for better web typography so that you can get better website conversion through better typography. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:37 - Greeting to Oliver 06:41 - Typography is design 12:00 - What is a word image 15:36 - Feeling and function 17:43 - Categories for decision 25:18 - Who is the text for 28:51 - Thr...

Josh shares his proven formula (don’t let that word scare you, it’s simple!) for figuring out your hourly rate as a web designer. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:31 - Fear of “Formula” 02:40 - Steps to the formula 04:31 - Formula walk-through 06:54 - Things to consider 08:23 - Gross and net income 09:49 - Hourly rates 10:19 - Retainer pricing 11:43 - Formula recap 13:01 - A challenge to in...

Mompreneur web designer Jennifer Ellsworth shares her top tips for balancing life as a work-from-home mom while also managing designing websites and building her online web design business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:45 - Greeting to Jennifer 06:22 - Take the energy from 9-5 09:18 - Interesting points 11:31 - A list of challenges 13:30 - Budgeting time 15:09 - Willpower to say “no” 17...

Host of The After-Hours Entrepreneur Podcast, Mark Savant, shares his top tips, strategies and advice for building your side hustle while working a full-time job and working…after hours! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:00 - Greeting to Mark 06:01 - What’s in a name 10:57 - Applying your after-hours 13:31 - Lean into what works 19:11 - Find great people 21:29 - Outsource & automate 24:4...

The founders of Termageddon (the go to software for auto-updating website privacy policies), Hans and Donata, join us for this breaking news episode to shed some light on what the heck is going on with Google, Privacy, the lawsuits with the European Union and Google Analytics and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:03 - Greeting to Hans & Donata 04:23 - What is Termageddon 07:10 - Cu...

SquareSpace based web design coach, Paige Brunton, shares her tips and tactics for creating a content marketing strategy that fits your personality type so that you actually learn to ENJOY marketing your business! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:21 - Greeting to Paige 07:03 - A degree in recreation 10:22 - How blogging got clients 16:59 - Using what you know 21:08 - The many choices of mar...

Web design agency owner and webpreneur Danny Ferry of Empowered Creative, shares his 5-step process for building confidence in sales with clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 05:07 - Greeting to Danny 07:27 - Adding marketing consultation 11:14 - Career change pre-pandemic 17:13 - Success in door-to-door sales 19:08 - 1) Always ask for referrals 22:01 - 2) Have good conversation 30:46 - 3...

Josh shares how he nearly doubled his student base in 2021 and challenges you to implement the same 3 tactics in your business to get more clients and keep them coming back. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:46 - Phase 1 - Warm them up 04:10 - How to bring the value 08:07 - Do what works 09:14 - Phase 2 - First impressions 10:40 - Create likability 14:53 - Thorough follow up 18:07 - Phase 3...

Founder and CEO of Convertica.org, Kurt Philips, shares his top tips for getting better website conversions and how to sell conversion/results-based services to clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:11 - Greeting to Kurt 05:40 - How a hard drive evolved 10:58 - Why is conversion important 14:13 - Which site converts better? 17:29 - What does conversion mean 19:01 - Creating the goal 20:...

Lisa Williams, owner of husband-and-wife team web design business JoLiDesignSolutions.com, shares her top lessons learned and experiences with how they run their “spouse and business partner” web design business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:54 - Greeting to Lisa 06:30 - The business story 16:36 - The car crash catalyst 20:34 - Client relationships 26:26 - Benefits of an IT spouse 32:10...

Josh shares 7 strategies you can implement right now to get better SEO results for you and your clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:24 - 1) Follow SEO tree 07:14 - 2) Separate Service Pages 09:49 - 3) Appease Google 12:53 - 4) Love the Linking 18:16 - 5) Longtail keyword/phrase 23:44 - 6) Answer as snippets 26:15 - 7) Increase time on site 28:59 - Recap Get all links, resources and sh...

Author of the book “Link Building Mastery” and link building agency owner, Julian Goldie, shares his top tips as an SEO industry expert on Google Algorithm Updates and how to keep your SEO strategy up to date. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:06 - Greeting to Julian 06:16 - What algorithms change 08:12 - Updates from 2021 13:42 - Blackhat and whitehat 18:28 - Google list of guidelines 20:56...

UK based freelance web designer Jamila Jones shares the top lessons learned from the first year of starting and building her web design business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:54 - Greeting to Jamila 09:05 - Start with personal network 12:45 - Charging right away 16:39 - Discover what works 18:43 - Research in the slow times 20:14 - Superpowers 23:40 - Invest in yourself 27:50 - Increase...

In this special lookback episode, Josh shares the top 10 moments of the podcast from 2021. These are all quick clips from the podcast interviews. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:21 - Crissy Maier - Combating Imposter Syndrome - Ep 130 05:53 - Wes McDowell - Social Media vs Websites - Ep 137 08:15 - Anne Stefanyk - Connect, Converse, Convert - Ep 124 13:57 - Bob McElligott - Getting Better...

CEO of AgencyMavericks.com, Troy Dean, joins us to kick off the New Year with some honest thoughts of how to scale your web design business and whether or not it’s the right move for you! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:15 - Greeting to Troy 04:40 - Why a rebrand 08:45 - When do you scale 12:52 - Preferring gratitude 16:23 - Decision to stay small 18:11 - Quantifiable case studies 20:28 -...

Josh pulls back the curtain and gives you a behind the scenes look at his podcast covering processes, tools, interview tips, how he gets guests and more! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:38 - How to get guests 05:47 - Getting bigger names 15:06 - Which tools to use 18:58 - Adding a team 22:44 - Techniques to interview 29:01 - Monetization 32:39 - ATS - Average Time Spent 34:43 - Featuring c...