Web Design Business with Josh Hall

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...

Josh’s SEO keyword research expert and website editor Michelle Bourbonniere shares her secret tips for how to do keyword research for free! In This Episode 03:44 - Greeting to Michelle 07:09 - Keyword research 08:16 - Why it’s important 10:36 - Short tail or long tail 12:37 - Short tail examples 15:39 - Local keywords 19:28 - Keyword strategy 21:03 - Free research tools 23:32 - Example 26:18 - Ben...

Full time white-label web designer and developer Christian van’t Hof shares how he took his side-hustle of doing web design for agencies abroad full time. In This Episode 03:59 - Greeting to Christian 05:06 - Netherlands to Brazil 08:35 - Starting design 09:31 - Working internationally 12:58 - Creating trust 14:35 - Give before receiving 18:09 - Start with one connect 20:35 - Building from network...

Josh shares about his brand new Student Center and why he’s decided to remove his course support groups off of Facebook. In This Episode 01:08 - Value and announcement 01:42 - Fanboy excitement 03:22 - Future interviews 04:06 - New student center 04:41 - Problems of social media 05:39 - Engagement is down 07:04 - Distractions 08:11 - No ownership on SM 09:03 - Why the move to Circle 10:10 - What i...

Voice of the Columbus Blue Jackets and NHL play by play broadcaster Bob McElligott shares his tips, tricks and secrets for getting better on camera and at communication which is key for web designers to grow their businesses as well as working with clients. In This Episode 04:33 - Welcome to Bob 11:27 - Bob’s backstory 19:20 - Emulating the good 20:24 - A confident mascot 22:37 - Tips on camera 27...

Josh shares the pros and cons for offering lower-end, template style websites to clients with budgets under $1,500 to help you decide whether you want to explore the option in your web design business or not. In This Episode  01:15 - Market for templates 03:39 - Two examples 06:06 - Biggest pro 07:37 - Adding upsells 08:47 - Building relationships 09:34 - Adding clients faster 10:27 - Easier to sc...

Digital nomad and freelance web designer Suzanne Black shares how she runs her web design business while traveling Europe and running her web design business out of her decked out sprinter van. In This Episode 03:43 - Welcome to Suzanne 05:46 - A little background 09:17 - Wi-fi and a laptop 11:40 - Experience to niche 14:23 - Traveling 15:21 - Pivoting out of need 18:42 - 100% word of mouth 20:12...

Author of the book “Work Less Make More,” James Schramko shares how to practically, through challenges and tactical examples, how to work less and make more in your businesses. In This Episode 05:01 - Greeting to James 07:27 - Some history 10:15 - Helping others 12:20 - Being a seasoned vet 15:54 - Getting stuck on tools 17:46 - Moving the needle 20:25 - Task inventory 21:34 - Time equals money 23...

World-class entrepreneur, podcast host and author Pat Flynn is our special guest for episode 100 of the podcast and in this interview, he shares invaluable tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur. In This Episode 02:25 - How to be successful 04:50 - Greeting to Pat 06:17 - Pat’s story 16:23 - Letting go of the ladder 18:01 - Feeling lonely 19:53 - Letting go of "supposed to" 23:0...

Josh shares 7 tips for how to attract better web design clients which will, among other benefits, free you up to do the type of work you love to do with people who value your services and who are the type of clients you want to work with for the long haul! 02:12 - Announcements 05:11 - Dating advice 07:25 - Personality type 08:29 - Learn to say “No” 09:25 - 1) Starts with you 12:01 - 2) Weeding ou...

Web designer and agency owner Leo Rees-Evans shares how going through a recent traumatic life experience is helping him reshape his mentality about business and how he’s turning an obstacle into an opportunity. In This Episode 05:04 - Greeting to Leo 07:48 - Leo’s story 12:44 - Being individual 16:03 - Perspective 18:26 - Family productivity 25:50 - Changing mindset 27:44 - Bringing value 30:14 -...

Josh challenges web designers to add these 7 elements to their website homepage which will help increase conversions and get website users to take action on the site. In This Episode 00:46 - Homepage hone in 03:07 - 1) Clear headline 08:53 - 2) Call to action 11:35 - 3) Who, what, why 17:35 - 4) Link to main pages 20:50 - 5) Engaging graphics 22:49 - 6) Social proof 24:40 - 7) Footer grabber 27:10...

CEO of UX and Design agency AMSD.co, Avani Miriyala, is right back on the podcast to share how to scale a 6-figure design business. In This Episode 03:25 - Greeting to Avani 05:39 - Micro or Macro level 08:41 - When to scale 12:19 - Listing your tasks 14:27 - Evaluating tasks 20:35 - Benefit of evaluation 23:07 - Mindset on higher level 24:07 - Fear of hiring 29:59 - You’re not alone 31:31 - Small...

Josh shares practical tips for how to choose the best online community for you to join as a web designer or web design business owner. In This Episode 01:30 - Value of Community 03:03 - Different types 03:35 - Facebook Groups 04:08 - Forums 05:51 - Paid memberships 08:00 - 1) Relevance 10:34 - 2) Like minded 14:09 - 3) Better to give 16:06 - 4) Watch the leaders 17:31 - 5) Trust your gut 18:42 - J...

Founder of SavvyHippo.com, marketing guru and web designer Jason Gracia, is back on the podcast to discuss one of the hottest topics in web design, going niche. Jason shares how he pivoted his business to focus on one industry and how going niche helped him build a successful, sustainable and consistent web design/marketing business. In This Episode 02:00 - Successfully niche 04:33 - Greeting to J...