Web Design Business with Josh Hall

I’m excited and a half to welcome back to the podcast, WordPress agency legend Troy Dean who shares exactly how you can offer growth plans anywhere from 2k to 10k+ per month for your clients. As the founder of AgencyMavericks.com Troy and his team oversee hundreds of agencies of all sizes with a core focus on growth plans and paid discovery so he knows what’s working TODAY, what rates people are charging and what services get results for clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Building Recurring Income With Growth Plans 04:17 - Importance of Recurring Revenue Plans 10:44 - Fractional Digital Strategist Business Model 19:35 - Digital Strategy and Paid Discovery Process 22:38 - Website Design Strategy and Planning 32:54 - 'Recurring Revenue Strategies for Web Designers 42:33 - Effective Agency Growth Strategies 54:14 - Implementing Growth Plans in Your Business Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/324 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Kady Sandel, founder of Aventive Academy and host of the Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast is back on the show sharing some incredible insight on how to get past the 100k annual revenue mark with your web design business. If 6-figs is the goal, honestly don’t miss this one. In This Episode 00:00 - Achieving Six Figures in Web Design 04:22 - Navigating Six Figure Income Expectations 09:25 - Raising Rates and Business Growth 13:57 - Building a Six-Figure Web Design Business 26:19 - Effective Pricing Strategies for Web Designers 38:14 - Growing a Design Business 50:27 - Scaling and Success in Entrepreneurship 57:37 - Show Growth and Gratitude Message Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/323 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Josh shares a recent Q&A session sharing insight and honest thoughts on the TheAdminBar 2024 WordPress Professional Survey Results. This is a good look at what is working (and what isn’t) in web design today regardless if you’re a WordPress user or not. In This Episode 01:01 - Web Design Business Survey Insights 16:32 - Shifts in Web Design Trends 22:08 - Web Design Income and Success Strategies 27:50 - Building Recurring Revenue With Strategy Calls 34:13 - Web Design Builder Trends 39:55 - The Importance of Web Design Niches 50:53 - Scaling Your Business for Growth 55:42 - Survey Results and Web Design Community Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co./322 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

If you’re a graphic designer who’s capped at a revenue level, it might be time to transition to web and luckily, there are so many ways to do it in a way that works for you. I hope my journey helps give you a proven path to follow 🙂 In This Episode 01:01 - Graphic Design to Web Design Transition 13:44 - Challenges and Opportunities in Web Design 23:19 - Digital Marketing Strategies for Graphic Designers 32:52 - Expanding Roles in Graphic Design 39:21 - Web Design and Branding Similarities 50:36 - Pricing and Challenges in Web Design 56:52 - Challenges and Solutions in Web Design 1:01:00 - The Impact of AI in Design 1:10:33 - Web Design Horror Stories 1:17:21 - Exploring Web Design and Community-Building Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/321 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Ran Segall, founder of Flux-Academy.com shares his insights on how to craft the right offers today as a beginning web designer and how to package up your services in a way that builds your web business sustainably in 2024 and beyond. In This Episode 00:00 - Web Design Services and Referral Partners 05:26 - Webflow and Trends 18:12 - Web Design Challenges 30:02 - Building Community and Partnerships for Success 36:05 - Transitioning From Courses to Community 49:59 - Web Design and AI Cooperation 53:39 - Webflow and Flux Academy Discussion Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/320 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

If you're a web designer who's serious about starting or building your web design biz, I'm guessing there are some glaring challenges and struggles you're going through. And if you feel alone in those struggles...you're not. There are so many common challenges I hear from web designers who are serious about starting, building and growing their web design business which we're going to solve here in this special coaching Q&A session. Alexia, an early-stage web designer who has been stuck starting her web design business while combating analytics paralysis, finally took the leap to join my community Web Designer Pro™ and she graciously allowed me to repurpose a recent coaching chat for you! We cover: ✅ How to decide what services to offer ✅ How to decide what website platform to use ✅ How break out of the content consuming cycle and actually get stuff done ✅ What pricing model and rates to start off with ✅ How to overcome the dreaded imposter syndrome and more Again, a big thanks to Alexia for sending in these questions and allowing us to take this publicly because I know she's not alone. I hope this helped you out as well! If you'd like some more help with getting your web design business off the ground, more free resources are ready for you at: 👉 https://joshhall.co/build In This Episode: 00:00 - Introduction & what we're going to cover 01:23 - What services to offer 07:43 - Which website platform to use 14:43 - How to go from content to action 21:33 - Pricing and pricing model 28:15 - Overcoming imposter syndrome Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/319 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Kyle Prinsloo, founder of freelancerfam.com, a private (and free) discord community for web design freelancers shares how he started as a freelance web designer with a “value ladder” approach to getting clients. In This Episode 00:00 -Introduction 07:32 - Web Design Journey 12:51 - Learning the Basics 17:38 - Being in a Community 22:13 - Clients around the World 27:41 - Platform Transition 31:43 - Create Recurring Income 38:39 - Doing What you Enjoy 44:58 - Value Ladder of Knowledge 47:53 - Pricing with Different Platforms 56:59 - Giving it Time to Build Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/318 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Copywriter & Brand Messaging Strategist Sarah Guilliot shares how to create client case studies to make more and easily attract new web design clients based off of client stories and results. In This Episode 00:00 - Creating Effective Web Design Case Studies 04:51 - Uncovering the Power of Case Studies 08:17 - Effective Case Studies for SEO 13:46 - Creating Effective Case Studies 25:01 - Improving Business Results With Real Numbers 31:00 - The Power of Casual Conversations 35:44 - Benefits of Case Study Interviews 44:10 - Maximizing for Marketing Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/317 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Brad Hussey of the Creative Crew Community shares how you as a web designer can create content that attracts the right type of customers for you. In This Episode 00:00 - Content Creation Strategies 10:42 - Thought Leadership 17:13 - Amplifying Through Interview Series 30:46 - Building a Business on Rented Ground 37:10 - Tool-Specific Content 52:20 - Evolution of Web Design Tools 1:04:30 - Building a Community Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/316 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

This is a replay of the live Q&A Josh held for Web Designer Pro™ members on Scaling a Web Design Biz In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:10 - Starting with Finances 10:15 - Raise Rates to Scale 15:00 - Testing New Waters 19:36 - Clients Pay for Quality 26:48 - Go MAD with SOP 32:40 - Password Sharing 35:20 - Team Communication 41:03 - Project Management 49:21 - Giving Team Access 52:46 - Tools to Use 1:00:06 - Finding Good Help 1:05:04 - Pro’s for Hire 1:10:23 - Josh’s Professional Dev. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/315 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Co-founder of Circle.so Andy Guttormsen is back on the podcast sharing his insights on what’s working well for the top engaged and profitable communities and membership sites today. In This Episode 00:00 - Online Community and Membership Trends 05:06 - Evolution of Online Memberships and Communities 19:46 - Community Experiences and Engagement 25:05 - Building Engaging Community Experiences 35:29 - Building a Valuable Community for Success 44:08 - Building and Moderating Online Communities 50:54 - Customer Support Through Web Design Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/314 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Lindsay Halsey of Pathfinder SEO is one of the industry leaders for teaching web designers SEO and how to package up and sell SEO services. She’s on the forefront of the latest SEO trends including Google's new Generative Search Experience which is essentially Google AI. In this episode, she’s sharing everything she knows to help you prepare for both your website and as a potential new offer for your clients when Google rolls out the new experience! In This Episode 00:00 - AI Search and SEO Opportunities 05:20 - AI Impact on SEO 17:58 - Search Updates 28:23 - Evolution of SEO 37:51 - Generative AI and Google Search Console 46:25 - SEO Efforts With Question-Based Content 54:28 - Web Designer Pro Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/313 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Founder of swyftsites.com (websites for online coaches) Jason Gracia is back on the podcast pulling the curtain back on exactly how he built a 7-figure, completely productized web design service that gets his clients results. In This Episode 00:00 - Productizing Web Design 05:50 - Building a Successful Service 19:25 - Proven Website System for Coaches 27:47 - Business Strategy in Design 39:17 - Content Collection and Website Development Process 49:37 - Efficient Website Building and Client Acquisition 55:53 - Maximizing Partnerships for Business Growth 1:03:17 - Coaching Program and Tracking Client Success 1:06:18 - Seven Year Itch Principle for Entrepreneurs 1:13:13 - Productizing Your Business Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/312 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Web designer for non-profit organizations and accessibility expert Andrea Shirey shares the ins and outs of how much opportunity there is for web designers who build websites for nonprofits and busts many myths about nonprofits like them not having money to invest in websites and marketing. In This Episode 00:00 - Web Design Opportunities for Nonprofits 07:01 - Nonprofits vs. Small Businesses 16:34 - Managing Boundaries and Decision Making 27:29 - Grant Funding and Website Services 31:07 - Maximizing Corporate Donations 41:31 - Designing Accessible Websites and Educating Designers 51:52 - Opportunities 57:53 - Course Offer for Web Designers Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/311 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

CEO of Smart Passive Income and Pat Flynn’s biz partner Matt Gartland is back on the podcast to help you cast a vision for your business and help you identify what you really want to create as a web designer…a job, business or potentially an exit. In This Episode 01:43 - Create a Vision for Web Design 13:36 - Understanding Mission, Vision, and Goals 24:29 - Incubators and Small Business Growth 30:56 - Pivoting a Business Model 34:41 - Sunsetting Services and Pursuing New Business 42:16 - Apple's iPod and Web Designer Evolution 45:56 - Measuring Lifetime Value and Future Planning Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/310 Grab my brand new (completely free) training to help you start and build your web design business at: 👉 joshhall.co/build Perfect for early-stage web designers who need help with offers, pricing, getting clients and filling the gaps to build professional websites. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Josh shares how he scaled his web design studio with a small, remote team after being left with no other option while having 23 projects on his plate all at once. He also shares how his experience with scaling changed his mindset and gave him freedom, time and mental bandwidth back. In This Episode 00:02 - Scaling Your Web Design Business 12:17 - Scaling Through Delegation 20:43 - Scaling and Hiring for Growth 27:00 - Benefits 35:39 - Pursue Passion Projects 42:18 - Scale Your Way Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/309 Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Josh shares a hidden gem of how to land more web design clients and stand out from the crowd of other web designers by implementing a “founders note” on the homepage of your website. In This Episode 00:02 - Founder's Note 05:36 - How to do a Founder's Note 08:02 - Listing Specialties 11:11 - InTransit Studios 14:47 - Content Creation 21:00 - Boost Your Website and Get Coaching 24:36 - Join Pro, Increase Website Pricing Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/308 Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Founder and CEO of Magnfi.com, Doug Dibert, is back on the podcast to share how web designers can utilize video marketing (in a way that works best for you) to grow your web biz in 2024 and beyond. In This Episode 00:00 - Video Marketing for Web Design Businesses 04:10 - The Power of Video Marketing 13:53 - Video for Web Designers 23:15 - Consistency 35:28 - Optimizing for Local Search 43:42 - The Future of AI in Video 52:54 - Video Marketing Tips and Magnify Services Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/307 Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Jennifer Alford of jennylainedesigns.com, one of the most active members in Web Designer Pro™, shares how she’s crafted a business that is attracting passion and purpose driven business owners to her and has laid the foundation for a business that she loves showing up for week after week. In This Episode 00:00 - Attracting Ideal Clients by Niche Personality 04:12 - Business Growth and Learning Platforms 14:12 - Evolving as a Business Owner 27:08 - Paid Discovery Calls 32:17 - Niching by Personality Type 44:13 - Authenticity and Connection in Business 49:07 - Embracing Authenticity and Connecting With Clients 55:43 - Entrepreneurship, Vision, and Serving Communities 1:02:23 - Collaborative Business Community Building 1:09:43 - Web Designer Pro Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/306 Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro

Josh shares a personal message as we end 2023 and a look ahead at what’s in store for 2024 in the way of courses, content, coaching and more. Join Web Designer Pro™ before we hit the 250 member cap! https://joshhall.co/pro