Web Design Business with Josh Hall
Josh Hall
The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guidance to help you build your dream web design business. All while having a good time doing it. Through interviews with seasoned web design business professionals and online entrepreneurs, solo coaching episodes with Josh and even case studies with his students, you’ll learn practical tips and strategies for web business building along with real-world advice and trends that are happening right now in the wild and wonderful world of web design. Subscribe if you’re ready to start or level up your web design business and for all show notes, links, full transcriptions for each episode, head to https://joshhall.co/podcast
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Nov 16, 2020 • 54min
073 - How to Whitelabel Web Design Services Successfully with Kirby Hasseman
Josh interviews his agency's top white label referral partner, Kirby Hasseman, CEO of Hasseman and uncovers what marketing agencies are looking for when hiring whitelabel web design partners.In This Episode04:06 - Greeting to Kirby08:08 - Trusted partnership12:58 - Communication is key17:48 - Be a marketing student21:30 - Sense of intent23:40 - Transitioning into it28:27 - Feeling the change30:35 - Determining pricing34:18 - Creating 20 year client36:24 - Secondary services39:53 - Offering extras slowly45:23 - Upsell opportunities48:09 - Pick one lane first50:09 - Don’t want to? Don’t!52:10 - Kirby’s final thoughtsGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/073
Nov 12, 2020 • 42min
072 - A peek into my (5 Phase) Web Design Process
Josh gives you a peek into his 5-phase, web design process for planning, building and launching a website effectively.In This Episode02:51 - Featured review04:16 - Diving in05:00 - 1) Planning15:13 - 2) Layout/design21:04 - 3) Revisions27:03 - 4) Revise/Optimize33:17 - 5) Empower/launch38:41 - RecappingGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/072
Nov 9, 2020 • 1h 6min
071 - From Dog Sled Runner to CEO of LifterLMS with Chris Badgett
Josh interviews Chris Badgett, Founder and CEO of LifterLMS which is one of the most popular learning management systems for Wordpress about his journey from living on an Alaskan glacier running Sled Dog tours to becoming an entrepreneur and building LifterLMS.In This Episode03:58 - Greeting to Chris06:21 - Lobster history10:36 - Learning & adapting13:59 - Being content15:16 - Searching a mentor17:07 - Be good with people20:17 - LifterLMS evolution25:48 - Money making niche28:00 - Room in education31:49 - Trying new things33:31 - Fulfilling feeling36:10 - Visionary creator38:19 - Building a team43:23 - Common language45:22 - Respect the other role48:20 - Respect the client55:10 - Keeping the “fire”1:03:19 - Where to find ChrisGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/071
Nov 5, 2020 • 34min
070 - Can you really make a good living doing web design?
Explore the booming potential of a web design career in today's market. Common fears about oversaturation are dispelled, revealing new opportunities for growth. Learn why quality trumps quantity in building a successful portfolio. Discover how hard work and a bit of luck can lead to a rewarding income stream. Personal experiences provide insight into the evolving tools and community connections that make web design a viable profession now more than ever.
Nov 1, 2020 • 55min
069 - What's Behind a Successful Membership Site with Karen Beattie
Senior Content Manager of Pat Flynn's brand Smart Passive Income, Karen Beattie, shares with us what they learned with planning, building and running their successful membership at SPI Pro.In This Episode03:26 - Greeting to Karen06:22 - Different reasons10:11 - Bring tribe together13:36 - Launch Plan15:14 - Why paid not free19:20 - Purposeful 23:46 - Platform decision30:58 - Setting up 34:38 - Active members41:10 - Pricing 43:59 - Maintaining is work52:29 - Final thoughtsGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/069
Oct 29, 2020 • 33min
068 - How to Speed Up Your Website Designs (9 Tips)
Josh teaches you how to speed up your website design process through 9 tips from his experience with building websites for clients for a decade.In This Episode02:15 - Featured podcast review03:24 - Plan before you build06:15 - Start with staging site08:40 - Set global styles11:14 - Save, reuse layouts14:58 - Save coding snippets18:07 - Limit new tricks19:58 - Make a deadline23:25 - Get in a flow state27:01 - Follow a process30:34 - Recap of tipsGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/068
Oct 26, 2020 • 1h 3min
067 - Becoming Confident in Sales when Starting Out with Jay Clouse
Creator of the Freelancing School Jay Clouse has a mission of helping people start and build their freelancing business. One of the hardest areas of doing so is finding the confidence (in your services and in yourself) to be able to sell when you're just starting out. But in this episode, Jay dishes out practical advice, strategies and tips that you can implement right now to help!In This Episode03:32 - Greeting to Jay04:25 - Being a “Creator”07:14 - Changing a work style09:35 - Creating confidence 12:12 - Anyone can advocate14:33 - Realistic expectations16:37 - Reinforcing yourself18:57 - Small celebrations25:29 - Comfort in certainty27:29 - Action steps32:12 - Pricing tell a story34:26 - Everyone listen!37:17 - Investment not cost41:47 - Exciting start45:15 - Opportunity cost49:34 - Qualified definition55:16 - Seasonal coaching56:30 - Forming habits1:00:12 - Capacity advantageGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/067
Oct 22, 2020 • 45min
066 - My Web Design Agency Turns 10! Top Lessons Learned
This month, October 2020, my web design agency In Transit Studios turns 10!It's been an amazing decade of lessons learned, experience gained and amazing relationships formed and in this episode, I wanted to highlight the top 10 "most important" lessons I learned in the decade of starting, building, running and eventually selling my web design agency.There are countless other tips and important lessons learned but if I were to sit down with an inspiring agency owner and dish out my top 10, these are it.I hope they help you in your journey whether you're just getting started or have been at it for a while!In This Episode02:22 - Featured Podcast Review03:31 - Naming the company 07:21 - 1) Constant learning11:36 - 2) Market and innovate15:00 - 3) Choose your “Why”18:24 - 4) Caring for clients22:13 - 5) Value relationships26:52 - 6) Share knowledge30:32 - 7) Invest in your business33:01 - 8) Your strengths36:30 - 9) Ignore nay-sayers40:16 - 10) Enjoy the mundaneGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/066
Oct 19, 2020 • 60min
065 - How to Make Your Business More Profitable with Danielle Hayden
Author of The Profit Planner book series and Co-owner of Kickstart Accounting, Danielle Hayden, shares with us some practical steps and strategies on how we can make our web design businesses more profitable. I.e. making sure we're actually MAKING money in our business, not LOOSING it.In This Episode:03:25 - Greeting to Danielle04:16 - Promise to keep fun07:30 - Why Profit is important09:42 - Fulfill your goals10:40 - Pricing13:59 - Charging more17:41 - Watch the numbers21:44 - When to review22:31 - Weekly review25:29 - Monthly review27:51 - Days to review30:39 - Setting goals35:05 - Time blocking37:49 - P&L41:12 - Getting help44:31 - Saving three months47:57 - Planning ahead54:39 - Start now57:22 - Don’t hide from itGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/065
Oct 15, 2020 • 30min
064 - How to Choose the Right Tools for Your Business
Choosing the right tools for your business is an important decision. In web design, our tools are the foundation of our business and will be where we "live" for years to come. In this episode, I'm dishing out 10 tips for helping you decide which tools will be best for YOU and worth investing in and adding to your toolbox.In This Episode01:16 - Featured podcast review04:29 - Know needs first06:07 - Company research08:16 - Community values10:10 - Real world examples12:03 - Talk to someone14:18 - Fit the budget 16:46 - Shiny tool syndrome19:58 - Replacing other tools22:07 - “Like” being inside it25:48 - Trust your gut26:56 - RecapGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/064
