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 projects
32:51 - Who calls the WP shots
37:01 - Current products
40:31 - What you don’t know
43:42 - Harder but no worries
45:42 - How to stand out
53:35 - Where to find the data
59:07 - Divi thoughts
1:06:17 - Polarizing views
1:17:30 - Old school resources
1:20:03 - Future speculations

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https://joshhall.co/264

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 - Feedback tool
24:53 - Different comfort levels
29:36 - Shifting your mindset
34:23 - Better inner narrative
39:28 - Community feedback
48:53 - Weigh it differently
57:50 - Ego control
1:01:01 - Favorite boundary

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https://joshhall.co/263

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 media
24:16 - Pricing on site
29:53 - Video evolution
34:03 - How you appear to clients
37:30 - Adding YouTube
41:25 - How to get them to stay
45:40 - Repurpose
48:40 - What to talk about
53:12 - Different tools to use
58:22 - Building confidence
1:01:08 - Bulk recording

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https://joshhall.co/262

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 project
19:33 - 9) Use a tool
24:34 - 10) BONUS TIP
26:37 - Recap

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https://joshhall.co/261

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 business
09:09 - Navigate the failures
11:00 - Skills and strategy
15:31 - Seasons of muscle building
19:17 - Having courage
22:33 - Be proactive
29:32 - Be creative
32:31 - Give then ask
36:33 - Don’t be a commodity
44:04 - Check your stripe account!
56:55 - Leaders go first
1:03:13 - Don’t victim blame

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https://joshhall.co/260

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 - Personality perspective
56:40 - How to say no
1:07:40 - Working together

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https://joshhall.co/259

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, etc)

06:27 - The community

• Does it have a supportive community?
• Is the community behind it large enough and helpful enough to help when you get stuck, want to partner up for scaling or hiring, have resources for training?

11:22 - The company

• Do you trust the company behind it?
• Is the company that built and runs the platform established, trusted and empowering to their customers? 
• Do you trust that they'll be there for the long haul?

16:55 - Recap

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https://joshhall.co/258

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 email
40:55 - Pricing email
49:33 - Email & SEO
53:04 - Scaling with superpowers
1:00:40 - How to start email sales

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https://joshhall.co/257

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 - AI & WPML plug-in
29:16 - Why not Google
36:25 - How many languages
43:02 - Human translator
47:10 - Recent success story
49:11 - Currencies
53:39 - Future plans

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https://joshhall.co/256

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 launched my web design community (formerly Web Design Club)
17:22 - Winter 2021 launched the student center/deleted facebook groups
19:11 - Spring 2021 launched a (minor dud) course
22:22 - Summer 2021 started my instagram
24:12 - Fall 2021 maintenance course 2.0
25:03 - Refined and supported courses
25:12 - Grew the club
27:52 - Spring 2022 rebranded the podcast
29:39 - Went through wild family season
32:20 - Winter 2022 sold Divi Web Designers FB group
33:57 - Winter 2023 rebranded the club to Web Designer Pro

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https://joshhall.co/255