Web Design Business with Josh Hall

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...

Katie Lake of StudioLagoDesign.com shares exactly what she did in order to get a swarm of web design clients fast after starting 2023 with a dry pipeline of leads to being fully booked out by Summer time. In This Episode 0:02 - From Scarcity to Success 4:49 - Transitioning From Scarce to Swamped 14:23 - Marketing Strategy and Sales Power 24:01 - Business Cards 30:20 - Content Creation Strategies f...

Josh reflects on 6 years of joshhall.co and answers questions fielded from colleague and web designer attorney Ann Kopphuza. In This Episode 0:02 - Building a Web Design Business Reflection 12:16 - Evolution of Josh Hall.co 17:22 - Building Online Courses 26:31 - Web Design Business Advice and Plans 40:02 - Past Experience and Future Approaches 47:18 - Web Design Subscription and Recurring Income...

Business consultant Jessica Lackey shares her top tips for dealing with growing pains as your business grows and lays out how you can practically scale small and one little step at a time if you want to avoid becoming a big web agency. In This Episode 0:00 - Navigating Growth Stages in Your Business 3:52 - Choosing the Path to Business Growth 17:53 - Accounting and Scaling Tips for Business 26:11...

Josh shares how to turn things around if your year has been less than a 5 (out of 10) or what to do to continue to make the year amazing if you’re over a 5 (out of 10) In This Episode 01:08 - Maximize Web Design Business in 2023 04:06 - Encouragement 06:32 - Five and Under 08:17 - Switching Gears and Doubling Down 11:10 - Over Five 18:34 - The World Needs You Get all links, resources and show note...

Founder of TheAdminBar.com (and the #1 WordPress community on Facebook) Kyle Van Deusen is finally on the show to share what works for him for pricing and estimating web design projects. In This Episode 00:00 - Pricing and Estimating Web Design Projects 05:25 - Web Design Pathways and Options 09:14 - Pricing Challenges in Web Design 13:47 - Determining Pricing Ranges and Finding Comfort 16:23 - Ni...

Leigh Ann Dillon of hilltopwebsolutions.com (a student of Josh’s and member in Web Designer Pro™) shares how she built her web design business up after building websites for friends through networking, how she’s raised her rates and solidified her services over time and what she’s doing right now to get higher conversion rates on her proposals. In This Episode 00:00 - Success in Web Design Busines...

Josh makes web design marketing easy by sharing a simple framework on choosing a Major marketing channel, a Minor marketing channel and one or two Elective marketing channels that work for you, your personality and your business. In This Episode 0:02 - Choosing the Best Web Design Marketing 2:44 - What is Marketing 5:12 - Framework 8:55 - Have a Minor Channel 13:18 - Marketing Strategies Discussio...

Kirby Hassemen of hassemanmarketing.com shares his proven TARGET framework for reaching, attracting and landing the best fit clients for your web design business. In This Episode 0:00 - Treating Social Media Like Real Life 4:15 - Knowing Your Target Market's Importance 14:25 - Identifying Metrics for Ideal Customer Avatar 18:04 - Maximizing Marketing Strategies 27:55 - Building Reach and Prov...

Sara Dunn of SaraDoesSEO.com shares her proven and top strategies (that are working today) for getting better rankings for both local SEO and general search results. In This Episode  0:00 - Deep Dive Into Local SEO 4:01 - Wedding Industry SEO and Web Design 10:06 - SEO and Web Design for Conversion 16:53 - Basics and Social Media Platforms 28:57 - Local Strategies and Client Expectations 38:54 - O...

Josh shares his proven framework for funneling web design leads and filtering out “bad fit” client leads. In This Episode 0:02 - Filtering and Funneling Web Design Leads 3:18 - Lead Categories 4:42 - Questionable Lead Strategy 8:51 - Qualified Lead Proposal 10:26 - Differentiating Between 10:47 - Package Pricing 13:03 - Investment Mindset 17:25 - Quick Recap Get all links, resources and show notes...

CEO of In Transit Studios, Eric Dingler, is back on the podcast, this time sharing what’s worked for him in getting more web design leads…at least 16 leads per month to be exact. And how he’s converted at least 4 per month. In This Episode 0:00 - Strategies for Generating Web Design Leads 6:47 - Measuring and Nurturing Sales Leads 15:10 - Retention for Studios 29:17 - Networking Importance 38:22 -...

In part 2 of a Q&A with Josh about digital marketing and strategy, Josh answers general online marketing questions, shares tips, insights and resources on selling and launching courses, building memberships and online community and marketing with a podcast. In This Episode 0:02 - Digital Strategy and Marketing Tips 6:47 - Social Media and Email Strategy 11:31 - Future of Digital Courses 17:08...

Josh answers questions about digital marketing strategies and best practices for creating courses, launching a podcast and building an online membership. In This Episode 0:02 – Digital Strategy Q&A for Webpreneurs 11:41 – Podcasting 23:29 – Creating and Growing a Course 26:46 – Launching Online Courses 30:00 – Membership Success 36:48 – Community Scaling Resources 49:47 – Building a Community...

Course curriculum designer and client success coordinator of The Web Designer Academy Erica Nash shares her tips and proven strategies for not taking client results (both good and bad) personally. In This Episode 00:00 - Detaching Emotionally From Client Feedback 07:26 - Diversifying Results 22:58 - Measuring and Sharing Business Results 37:19 - Web Design Pricing 43:50 - Managing Client Opinion 4...