Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Agency owner and web design business educator John Saunders shares his insight on building and scaling a 7-figure web and design studio and how you can do it effectively in today’s landscape. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:45 - Greeting to John 05:54 - Time to pivot 08:37 - Niche clarity 11:23 - Partnerships 14:30 - WebFlow hosting 16:38 - Benefit to being small 21:51 - “Where” doesn’t ma...

Stephanie Hudson of FocusWP.co and Bertha.ai shares her insight on how AI is impacting web design right now and whether or not it’s a friend to web designers or a foe that’ll take us all over terminator style one website at a time. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:48 - Greeting to Steph 04:53 - Will ai replace builders 10:11 - Learn from the past 17:12 - ai coaching 19:07 - Creating in ai 2...

Adam Prieser of one of the largest WordPress tutorial brands online (WPCrafter.com) shares his insight and perspective on where WordPress is in the website market and where it’s heading; the good and the bad. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:17 - Greeting to Adam 08:40 - Where is WP going 14:01 - How to choose tools 17:56 - Financial situations 21:53 - WP post 2020 26:31 - Open source proje...

Partnerships Manager at Circle.so, life coach and entrepreneur Alexis Teichmiller shares her tips and strategies for learning how to overcome rejection, negative reviews, feedback and managing emotional boundaries in business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:40 - Greeting to Alexis 08:40 - Urgent matrix 10:13 - Boundaries 12:19 - Emotional attachment 15:45 - Rejection reflection 19:21 - Fe...

Logo Designer and Content Creator James Barnard shares how he grew his social media audience to hundreds of thousands of followers and how he uses his social channels to land logo design clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:45 - Greeting to James 06:34 - Social media success 10:19 - Toying w/price points 12:51 - Why freelance worked 17:24 - Starting with logos 20:11 - Leads from social...

Josh shares his top 10 proven strategies for collecting content for web design projects. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:35 - Big three E’s Education 03:59 - 1) Where and when 08:37 - 2) Tools for images & media 09:45 - 3) How to send Expectations 10:56 - 4) Client ownership 12:20 - 5) Repercussion 14:41 - 6) Deadline Empowerment 16:55 - 7) Organize a project 18:41 - 8) Phase the proje...

Shannon Mattern of The Web Designer Academy shares her insight on how to navigate tough times in business, both when new web design projects are sparse and when things get tough on other sides of the business, sharing openly about a huge challenge she’s currently facing with her payment processing platform. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:07 - Greeting to Shannon 05:15 - Challenges of busi...

Hans Skillrud of Termageddon shares his insights and what he’s learned on how to sell without being “salesy” In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:34 - Greeting to Hans 04:48 - First selling experience 10:11 - Tighten up the sell 12:57 - Education through Groupon 17:52 - Be transparent 28:07 - Keeping a balance 33:32 - Use client verbiage 36:52 - Niching 42:35 - Match the energy 51:25 - Personal...

Josh shares 3 keys for helping you choose the right website builder for your web design business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - The builder Do you like the tool itself (even if you are a beginner)?  Do you enjoy being in it, find it user friendly, like the UX, have fun and see yourself growing with it over the years. Does it suit your need for empowering clients (ie client access, e...

Web Design Professional April Ray shares how she offers and sells email marketing to her web design clients and what’s involved with her plans, how she manages them and more! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:44 - Greeting to April 06:25 - Have three offers 14:02 - Email practicality 18:35 - Social media posting 23:21 - Different strategies 26:46 - Setting expectations 29:22 - When to sell e...

Dean Jones of WPML.org, one of the leading multilingual plugins for WordPress, shares best practices for translation services on websites from optimizing personally, using AI and multilingual tools. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:32 - Greeting to Dean 05:29 - Partners more than ads 09:00 - Sites that need translation 13:52 - Localization 18:09 - Cultural nuances 21:04 - Research 24:54 - A...

Josh shares the second phase of his journey exploring how he went from agency owner to full time course creator. In This Episode 03:42 - Fall 2019 started the podcast (formerly Josh Hall Web Design Show) 05:23 - Spring 2020 completed suite of web design courses 07:55 - Summer 2020 sold In Transit Studios to Eric (view josh.intransit studios.com) for my freelancer example site 15:15 - Fall 2020 lau...

Lawyer/web designer Ann Koppuzha of powerhouse-legal.com shares her insight on the legal side of web design including what web designers need to know and have in place with contracts, copyrights, tax setups and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:52 - Greeting to Ann 05:09 - Being a unicorn 07:32 - Starting out 12:39 - Good rule to remember 15:41 - Contracts 23:51 - Two sections 29:50 -...

Networking coach, personal friend of Josh and author of the new book “Networking Essentials for Success” Chris Borja shares his proven framework for making networking easy, fun and doable for even the world’s most introverted introvert. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:04 - Greeting to Chris 06:28 - Current landscape 10:53 - Networking tip 15:32 - Helping others 18:10 - Personal development...

Josh shares some insight on how web designers can utilize YouTube to get clients and repurpose video content for client training. This is a clip taken from a recent weekly coaching session in Web Designer Pro™ In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - Getting going 03:06 - Pixels to profit 04:25 - Making content 05:59 - Have a plan 07:24 - Regretting YouTube 08:44 - Different playlists 09:43 -...

Owner of YourAgencyAuthority.com Melissa Morris shares her top tips for creating systems and operations that will help you save time, reduce overwhelm and enjoy your business day to day. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:21 - Greeting to Melissa 05:16 - Accidental mismatch 08:48 - Intentional SOP’s 11:44 - Stress is a systems problem 15:12 - Map the workflow first 21:37 - SOP’s are different...

Author of “Profit First”, the recent hit “Fix This Next” and a slew of other entrepreneurial business books, Mike Michalowicz shares his insight on how too many sales can potentially be a bad thing, standing out as an imposter, the challenges for accidental entrepreneurs and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:12 - Greeting to Mike 05:39 - Some challenges 07:52 - Perspective of success 0...

CEO and Founder of GeekPack.com Julia Taylor sheds light on the growing movement of “friendly web developers” and shares how she sees the industry narrative towards developers, which isn’t typically nice, changing with this new movement. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:34 - Greeting to Julia 05:07 - Original struggles 08:00 - Reason for community 11:27 - WordPress and code 13:36 - Knowing...

Josh shares a behind the scenes look into what went into rebranding the Web Design Club to Web Designer Pro™ and pulls the lessons learned from revamping a strong existing online community. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - The 3 reasons 02:43 - 1) Why the change 09:20 - 2) Original Plan 13:27 - 3) Rebranding 15:16 - How to trademark 19:00 - The 3 big C’s 21:58 - Direct coaching 23:44 -...

“Think like a creative… Act like a CEO.” Mat Casner of freelanceceo.com shares how to become a successful web design solopreneur and how he built his business up while living in a rural location. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Greeting to Mat 07:43 - Utilizing the network 10:17 - The secret “sauce” 15:48 - Cultivate relationships 20:17 - Retention first 24:19 - Lessons learned 28:47...

Sarah Oates of Endure Web Studios and the Divi Chat Podcast shares her top lessons learned after a full decade of building and growing her web design business from a side hustle to full time endeavor. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:04 - Greeting to Sarah 04:10 - In the beginning 10:04 - Choosing a name 15:06 - Intentional web designing 20:12 - Starting a business 22:13 - First services 24...

Founder of CDBaby, TED Speaker and Author of “Hell Yeah or No” Derek Sivers shares his always provoking counter intuitive thoughts on positioning, brevity, musician entrepreneurs and much more in this wide-ranging conversation. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:28 - Greeting to Derek 06:28 - Musicians in business 11:02 - Power in the niche 18:54 - NIN technique 28:01 - Staying niche focused...

Josh explores the 4 types of common web designer paths to see which one you are now and which one is right for you. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:56 - 1) Freelance 06:50 - Pros & cons 11:06 - 2) Solopreneur 13:38 - Pros & cons 17:56 - 3) Business Owner 20:33 - Pros & cons 22:59 - 4) Webpreneur 26:20 - Pros & cons 28:56 - Recap Get all links, resources and show notes at: h...

Keynote speaker and professional communication coach Karen Laos In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:03 - Greeting to Karen 05:24 - Marketing yourself 07:30 - First tip 12:33 - Communication concepts  18:34 - Timeframes 23:12 - Listen don’t pitch 29:12 - Create clarity 31:40 - Curse of knowledge 33:48 - Trust factor importance 38:47 - Have warmth 45:04 - Listen to yourself 48:40 - Don’t fill th...

Acting and performance coach for entrepreneurs Tom O’Brien shares how to gain confidence and clarity in sales, calls, coming across like “you” on camera, in your marketing and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:54 - Greeting to Tom 04:29 - What is performance 08:14 - In your own way 10:14 - An imaginary friend 13:25 - Overcome challenges 18:48 - Having confidence 20:28 - Belief into tru...