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 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
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
