Web Design Business with Josh Hall

How do you get clients when you don’t have a portfolio yet?? Josh shares his top tips for building your portfolio so you can start getting your first paying web design clients. In This Episode 00:02 - Building with no clients 03:49 - Use “Featured Work” 04:08 - 1) Offer to build for free 05:56 - Consider who’s looking 07:41 - Set constraints 10:08 - Have a deadline 11:13 - Get a testimonial 12:24...

Brad Hussey, web designer freelancer turned web design "productizer" and now coach, shares his tips and a specific action plan for how to scale your business by productizing your web design services. In This Episode 00:02 - Podcast prelude 04:41 - Greeting to Brad 07:58 - Come to Jesus moment 11:41 - Selling value 13:20 - Definition of productize 16:16 - Some examples 20:15 - Productized...

Author of children’s book “The Too Tall Giraffe,” Crissy Maier, shares her tips for booting imposter syndrome by finding and focusing on your superpower and what often makes you different. In This Episode 00:02 - Podcast prelude 03:59 - Welcome to Crissy 06:16 - Origin of her book 08:04 - Strength in weakness 10:01 - Finding superpower 14:43 - Negative to positive 18:58 - What brings a smile 20:46...

Josh shares his top 10 regrets from a decade of web design journey going from freelancer to solo-preneur to agency owner. In This Episode 00:02 - Prelude to regrets 02:44 - Josh on Instagram 03:38 - A Podcast review 04:34 - Full transcriptions 05:31 - 1) Not raising rates 08:46 - 2) Not joining network 10:14 - The real power 12:09 - 3) Always saying yes 14:39 - 4) Not focusing on SEO 16:35 - 5) No...

Professional copywriter and host of the Storytelling Secrets podcast, Jules Dan, shares his top tips and tricks for effective copywriting that we as web designers can apply to website copy, emails, social media posts and more! In This Episode 00:02 - Intro & announcements 04:02 - Greeting to Jules 05:34 - A little history 08:55 - Words sell a story 10:53 - Showcasing your values 12:02 - Make s...

Chief Marketing Officer of clean.io and digital security expert, Kathleen Booth, shares best practices and leading industry tips for keeping websites safe and protected from malvertising, Ecommerce revenue loss and standard website hacks. In This Episode 04:00 - Greeting to Kathleen 05:36 - What is cybersecurity 09:55 - Three code categories 13:55 - None 100% trustworthy 16:51 - Where you host is...

Josh shares his tips on how to handle and prepare for clients who want to take over and edit the website you designed after they’re live. In This Episode 00:46 - Triggering nightmares 05:06 - Have a backup 06:15 - 1) Proposal & Planning 06:58 - Who is editing 08:12 - Are they tech savvy 11:02 - Plan to train 12:23 - Account in proposal 14:34 - 2) Manage & fulfillment 14:55 - Access timelin...

Owner of DoubleStack.net and Web Business Mentor and Coach, Lee Blue, shares his expertise on landing higher projects and better web design clients through “Solution Based Marketing.” In This Episode 04:39 - Greetings to Lee 07:05 - Coaching hands-on 09:06 - Business strategy 13:55 - Reverse engineering 17:38 - Package skills upfront 20:39 - Distinct marketing 21:33 - Setting boundaries 22:46 - Bu...

CEO and Founder of Kanopi Studios, Anne Stefanyk shares her top sales strategies for web design freelancers and agencies. In This Episode 03:46 - Greeting to Anne 07:43 - Aware but not “in” 07:53 - Qualification process 10:24 - Most fundamental 12:12 - Tracking leads 14:17 - Existing network 17:53 - Creating prospects 18:25 - Using LinkedIn 23:01 - Authentically human 26:36 - Clear personas 31:28...

Josh shares his thoughts and experience on what to do when a client decides to hire a digital marketing or SEO agency to take over the website. In This Episode 01:59 - The “Do not’s” 02:55 - 1) Be offended 04:11 - 2) Caught off guard 04:51 - 3) Lose your cool 06:02 - 4) Close the door 07:05 - 5) Think it’s over 10:41 - From experience 13:22 - Big issues 15:53 - Solutions 17:04 - Warnings 18:34 - 1...

Founder of the Day Rate Mastery Program, Sarah Masci shares how offering Day Rates, opposed to Fixed or Hourly Retainers changed her business and life. In This Episode 03:32 - Welcome to Sarah 06:43 - Growing pains 10:05 - Beginning of Day Rate 12:48 - Billing premium 18:11 - Never promise 19:30 - Clients being available 22:02 - Start with a day 24:47 - Long projects or short 27:08 - Recurring inc...

Full time optometrist, part time web design business owner Richard Zimbalist shares how he runs a profitable web design side hustle alongside his full time job. In This Episode 04:04 - Greeting to Richard 04:47 - Uncommon path 12:50 - Gathering information 13:47 - Monthly subscription 15:20 - Template territory 18:29 - Niche audience concern 19:00 - Two seperate hustles 21:19 - Multi-services 23:5...

Josh shares a recent live coaching call taken from his Web Design Club which you can join today! Go to joshhall.co/120 for a special promo to join. In This Episode 01:43 - Struggle feedback 03:39 - Club testimony 06:00 - Breathe 06:50 - 1) Finding clients 08:30 - SEO tactics 12:12 - 2) Content marketing 15:01 - Authority building 16:40 - Being strategic 18:16 - 3) White labeling 23:00 - 4) Convert...

We take a deep dive into Website Strategy, what it is and how to implement it in our businesses with Digital/Web Strategist, owner and creative director at JackDawDigital.com, Adela Mei. In This Episode 01:26 - Talking strategy 04:47 - Greeting to Adela 07:10 - Digital strategy 09:14 - The Purpose 12:20 - Listening to clients 14:45 - Helping get clarity 18:13 - What will lack 21:56 - Choice to cha...

Josh’s personal Email and DNS Expert Amr Selim is back on the podcast this time to discuss email deliverability and how to get your emails from your website through to your email successfully! In This Episode 04:04 - Greeting to Amr 07:38 - Back in time 10:29 - Email deliverability 11:20 - Issue with WP 14:23 - Gmail or hosting 17:52 - Consider “neighbors” 18:35 - Dedicated IP 18:59 - What is VPS...

Founder and CEO of HawkeMedia.com (one of the fastest growing marketing consulting agencies in the U.S.) Erik Huberman, shares his insight on what’s working well with ads and 2021 and perhaps more importantly, what’s NOT! In This Episode 03:57 - Greeting to Erik 06:49 - 2021 landscape 10:40 - Luxury of organic 12:27 - Niche focus 14:25 - Thoughts on video 15:21 - Multiple communication 18:31 - Art...

Josh shares a top secret web design tip which helped him run his web design business…special hidden website pages. In This Episode 00:28 - Hidden pages secret 02:22 - Reasons to hide pages 04:11 - Sharing top five 04:29 - #1 Getting Started page 06:14 - What need to start 07:07 - What communication 07:40 - Content collection 07:50 - Explain the process 09:02 - Wrapping up, going live 11:02 - #2 Mo...

Marketing Strategist of StoryWebCreative.com and host of the Public Safety Innovators Podcast, Adam Wills, shares how to leverage your background when starting and running a web design business, especially if it’s from an unrelated field. In This Episode 00:03 - Imposter syndrome 05:07 - Greeting to Adam 07:43 - Rebranding story 10:46 - Law enforcement 14:05 - Pivoting to design 16:52 - Feeling aw...

Business coach and host of The Cubical to CEO Podcast Ellen Yin shares her tips, secrets and invaluable experience with helping people leave a corporate job and becoming their own CEO. In This Episode 01:45 - Some co-opetition 05:12 - Greeting to Ellen 08:15 - The best students 10:56 - Why now is good 12:06 - Stable and secure?? 14:20 - Thoughts of “times” 17:42 - Is entrepreneur for all 19:00 - I...

Web design coach at BreakIntoWeb and Professional Agency Creative Director John Wooten shares his 5 step process for presenting website designs to clients . In This Episode 03:48 - Greeting to John 06:23 - Process importance 09:58 - Customer first mentality 11:11 - New design fears 12:48 - Josh’s lightbulb moment 14:41 - John’s lightbulb 15:59 - Start with strategy 17:30 - Questionnaire 20.18 - Do...

Creator and founder of Freelancing. School Jay Clouse is back on the podcast to discuss the landscape of freelancing in 2021 and how web designers are in a unique position to freelance successfully now more than ever before. In This Episode 03:55 - Greeting to Jay 07:38 - Three strategies 12:16 - Marketplace platforms 15:50 - Where to find clients 17:25 - Network variety 20:55 - Hierarchy to netwo...

Josh shares his top tips, tricks and secrets to creating an online course sales page that converts! He highlights 12 keys that should be included in all course sales pages based off his experience having numerous online courses. This is content taken from a lesson from his new course Creating and Selling an Online Course With LearnDash which is available now! In This Episode 01:36 - Make it your o...

Web design and marketing agency owner, business coach and partner at BreakIntoWeb, Kelly Diekmann, shares her proven strategy for mapping out a successful business plan after working with many web designers who are serious about building a successful web design business. In This Episode 04:30 - Greeting to Kelly 08:52 - #1 Make a plan 09:15 - Business plan evolution 10:36 - Doing it wrong 13:59 -...

We dive into a recurring income based, subscription web design business model with web design entrepreneur Steve Shramm! In This Episode 04:28 - Greeting to Steve 07:48 - How recurring started 11:06 - Keeping owners active 13:36 - A recording session 16:30 - Musicians to websites 18:15 - Evolution and lessons 21:03 - Pricing breakdown 24:36 - Playing the long game 27:12 - Devil’s advocate 29:44 -...

Co-founder of online community platform Circle.so, Andy Guttormsen, shares tips, tricks and secrets of building a successful online community and asks Josh questions about his experience with building a high-touch, high-value premium community and a Student Center through Circle. In This Episode 00:20 - Josh’s intro 03:40 - Welcome to Andy 06:25 - How Circle started 08:31 - Course creator input 09...