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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Oct 12, 2020 • 1h 3min
063 - Video Marketing Tips for Web Designers with David Kilkelly
Founder of RemoteVideoTeam.com, David Kilkelly, shares some invaluable video marketing tips that we can implement into our web design businesses to help grow our business and make better connections with our clients. We also cover a lot of strategies for getting better on camera and how to get started with video.In This Episode00:28 - Video is King04:06 - Greeting David08:27 - Visual, engaging12:27 - Outside comfort zone19:53 - Power in editing26:48 - YouTube search engine29:14 - Social media snack33:42 - Scheduling posts37:42 - LinkedIn thoughts41:52 - YouTube thoughts44:30 - Marketing funnel52:01 - Editing tools55:57 - Showing personality58:09 - Best clients Get all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/063
Oct 8, 2020 • 35min
062 - 10 Traps Web Designers Should Avoid
Josh outlines the most common traps that most web designers fall into and more importantly, why you should avoid them!In This Episode:01:10 - Featured podcast review02:46 - The “trade work” trap08:11 - The “exposure” trap10:27 - The “little now and percentage as we grow” trap12:57 - The “outside your offering” trap15:42 - The “friend/family” trap19:04 - The “comparison” trap22:05 - The “eggs in one basket” trap24:53 - The “shiny new tools” trap28:25 - The “growth” trap30:15 - The “can’t say no” trapGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/062
Oct 5, 2020 • 1h 25min
061 - How to Create Long-lasting Websites (and clients) with Anne Stefanyk
CEO of Kanopi.com, a web design agency of nearly 50 fully distributed teams, Anne Stefanyk shares her experience with building an agency that's based around creating long-lasting websites and clients which is key for longevity in web design.In This Episode03:39 - Greeting Anne05:27 - Focus on building relationships07:24 - Maintenance is the beginning 11:38 - What matters most14:10 - Not working with crusty stuff15:08 - Tips for redesigning19:00 - Initial benchmarks22:07 - Full site lifecycle23:21 - Customer decision journey 27:40 - Website more a flywheel29:05 - Change the client mindset 32:19 - Tracking CRM tools36:19 - Leading back to your site34:22 - Minimize to maximize46:52 - Building to sustain53:08 - Hive network56:58 - Rewards of hiring out1:04:22 - The breaking point1:17:09 - Failure is learningGet all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/061
Oct 1, 2020 • 29min
060 - Are Wix and Squarespace a Threat to Wordpress Web Design?
With DIY website builders becoming more and more popular, the question is; are they a threat to designers doing custom Wordpress websites? Josh think's not and here's why.In This Episode:01:30 - Shoutout to podcast reviews 04:03 - Ever a time to use?05:28 - Owning your space08:04 - No control09:50 - Expensive upgrades12:25 - Limited add-ons13:56 - Customization issues15:30 - Designer nightmare17:14 - Terrible for SEO18:55 - Moving means recreating21:03 - No support, lack of community24:20 - Rare time that it works27:33 - Final thoughtsGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/060
Sep 28, 2020 • 1h 20min
059 - 8 Keys To A Highly Effective Website with Wes McDowell
Web strategist and host of The Profitable Website podcast, Wes McDowell, shares 8 keys to creating a highly effective website. In layman's terms, how to make sure your website actually converts traffic to leads or paying customers.In This Episode03:12 - Welcome to Wes04:42 - Web designer to strategist09:33 - Capitalize on content15:50 - Use pics in a post17:05 - Benefit of videos21:02 - Why “three”24:44 - Tips to avoid the “cheese”26:42 - Deep level of content28:42 - Planning content31:36 - Homepage direction36:52 - Longer content42:32 - Readability50:57 - What to do with content58:04 - Showing expertise1:02:06 - Quantity over Quality1:04:04 - Social media help1:08:53 - Linking benefits1:16:31 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/059
Sep 24, 2020 • 26min
058 - Tips For Being A Work-From-Home Entrepreneur with Jane Martinito
Jane Martinito, my first Filipino guest and a colleague of mine, share both of our experiences with how to work from from home and stay productive as parents.In This Episode03:20 - Welcome to Jane05:06 - A career shifter06:50 - Schedule at home07:42 - Full focus on work10:01 - Quick wrap of day11:09 - Everyone is wired differently14:55 - Have a plan if internet is bad17:53 - Using time blocks19:12 - You are the boss21:45 - Power of deadlines23:20 - LinkedIn Optimization trainingGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/058
Sep 21, 2020 • 1h 3min
057 - Collecting Content From Your Web Design Clients
Founder of ContentSnare.com, James Rose, walks us through how to effectively and efficiently collect content from web design clients which we all know, if not done correctly, can be one of the most frustrating and draining aspects of web design.In This Episode3:48 - Welcome to James6:02 - Love saving time9:35 - Why clients stall11:11 - Manage expectations12:32 - Empathy for the client14:55 - Making it easy for clients19:19 - Break it into bits23:44 - Written content assistance29:25 - Image size issues35:27 - Communication is key37:27 - Deadlines need to be communicated42:43 - Reminders are easy47:00 - It’s about momentum50:09 - Don’t be a 24/7 designer51:09 - Worst case scenarios54:00 - Tool recommendations1:00:12 - James’ final thoughtsGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/057
Sep 17, 2020 • 38min
056 - How I Landed my Top 15 Web Design Clients
"How do I get web design clients?" It's the most common question I get and I've talked about this a lot recently so I thought I'd switch it up and walk you though, practically, how I landed my top 15 web design clients!In this episode, you'll see how all the strategies I've been talking about (like utilizing your personal network, professional networks, local and national SEO tactics, collaborating with colleagues, etc) brought me my top clients!Get the show notes and full transcription at:https://joshhall.co/056
Sep 14, 2020 • 1h 19min
055 - Optimizing your Website Content for Better SEO with Michelle Bourbonniere
If you're looking to get better SEO rankings, the best, quickest and most affordable place to start is to optimize your website content. To help us understand how to do this both practically and methodically, I've brought in me and my web design agency's SEO Specialist Michelle Bourbonniere to shed some light on best SEO practices and how we optimize our website content for better SEO.Best part is, you can utilize all these strategies for you AND your client sites and even turn everything you learned in this episode into recurring income services and packages for your web design business.A quick reminder, if this all seems a little advanced, I cover the basics of SEO in episode 052 to help prep you for this one.Get the show notes and full transcription at:http://joshhall.co/055
Sep 10, 2020 • 41min
054 - The Basics of SEO for Web Designers
SEO can feel like a shady, scary, confusing and daunting place. Luckily, all you need to know are a few important fundamentals and have a solid foundation for the basics to feel better about SEO.In this episode, I'm going to dish out the basics of SEO for web designers so you can feel confident with SEO and make a big impact with organic rankings for both you and your clients.I'm intentionally going over the basics in this episode to help prep us for the next episode which dives into SEO in a little more detail and complexity. But just like most other subjects in web design, once you know the basics, you can do just about anything from there!https://joshhall.co/054
