Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Canadian based freelance web designer, founder and owner of sandfire.ca, Sandy Burns shares the ins and outs of her 10 year journey so far in web design including how she almost gave it all up, what tool kept her in the game, battled cancer while keeping her business afloat and how she reluctantly but inevitably fell in love with scaling her agency with a small remote team.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:11 - Sandy's Journey
12:29 - Discovering the Power of Divi
16:42 - Divi's Impact
24:13 - Business Growth and Strategic Partnerships
29:23 - Network and Scale
36:21 - Scaling a Business
48:23 - Scaling's Impact on Growth
1:00:03 - Managing Clients During Health Crisis
1:07:54 - Scaling Business Through Cancer
1:16:20 - Journey Through Cancer and Business Growth
1:21:01 - Journey of Growth and Inspiration

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https://joshhall.co/298

Web design educator Dave Foy (the go to 101 resource for learning the Bricks WordPress Page Builder) shares his insight on how Bricks stacks up next to other page builders like Divi and Elementor and gives his perspective on the pros and cons of where WordPress is headed.

In This Episode

00:00 - The Battle of WordPress Page Builders
05:15 - Page Builders
09:51 - WordPress Community Debate and Division
22:13 - Comparing Page Builder Options
35:32 - Progression to Bricks and Teaching Methods
40:20 - Teaching Web Design With Bricks
51:29 - Webflow vs WordPress

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https://joshhall.co/297

Josh pulls the curtain back on launching his new weekly web designer newsletter “Web Biz Weekly™” and shares more about why now is the time for a newsletter (for both entrepreneurs and web designers) and what to expect moving forward.

In This Episode

01:03 - Launching a Newsletter
10:13 - Introducing Web Biz Weekly Newsletter
19:30 - Launching This Sunday


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https://joshhall.co/296

Co host of the uber popular Page Builder Summit and freelance web designer Anchen le Roux shares how she built her web design business primarily online while despising “selling” websites.

In This Episode

00:00 - Selling Without Sleazy Tactics
06:53 - Choosing a Local or International URL
10:35 - Building an Online Client Network
18:38 - Build Authority, Get Clients Without Sales
29:50 - Web Design Maintenance Strategies
39:55 - Networking and Finding Clients Through Meetups
46:22 - Marketing With Newsletters
55:46 - Utilizing Network and Building Relationships
1:03:12 - Marketing Strategies for Web Designers

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https://joshhall.co/295

Jen Ellsworth of clickcharisma.com is back on the podcast to share what’s working for her in offering marketing services along with web design and branding for her clients. More importantly, how she manages it all without burning out.

In This Episode

00:00 - Web Design and Marketing Services
05:18 - Web Design Services and Branding Evolution
16:51 - Website and Branding in Marketing
20:00 - Comparing Website Options
32:11 - Expanding Services, Planning for Future
38:51 - Content Creation Challenges and Client Retention
46:28 - Expanding Services and Scaling Business
55:20 - Grow Your Business With Web Designer

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https://joshhall.co/294

Josh shares 10 proven strategies that are working right now in 2023 with boosting revenue and landing more web design projects with current clients vs constantly having to find new clients.

In This Episode

1:16 - Boost Revenue in Web Design Strategies
12:43 - Maximizing Engagement and Revenue
20:23 - Build and Maintain Client Relationships
26:30 - Strategy Suggestions

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https://joshhall.co/293

CEO of SmartPricingTable.com Joe Ardeeser joins the podcast to share how he, as a former digital agency owner, productized, templatized and streamlined his proposal process to be able to scale and become more profitable in his web design agency.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
00:05 - Greeting to Joe
04:37 - Transitioning From Freelancer to Agency Owner
11:53 - Scaling and Productizing Proposals in Business
20:18 - The Value of Productizing Web Design
28:26 - Creating Effective Proposals With Clear Scope
35:02 - Efficient Proposal Creation for Agencies
38:18 - Simplistic vs Complex Proposals
49:19 - Options and Upselling in Proposal Process
55:06 - Optimize Proposals, Add Value With Options

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https://joshhall.co/292

Content Strategist Abby Wood of thecontentlab.ie shares her insight to whether or not AI has alleviated the need for human copywriters for website copy, content marketing and more.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
05:06 - Welcome to Abby
12:26 - The Importance of Authenticity in Branding
16:39 - Positive & Negative of AI on Copywriting
20:09 - Human Motivations
29:25 - The Rise of Newsletters
34:37 - Building or Establishing Trust
36:49 - CTA Link Color
38:01 - Social Media Strategies and Content
44:15 - Landing Page Length
46:24 - Strategy in Content
50:20 - Balancing Content Creativity
53:38 - Final Thoughts on AI 

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https://joshhall.co/291

Josh shares his top tips and insight on getting through his most challenging year in business.

In This Episode

01:16 - Surviving Tough Season in Business
13:50 - Challenges and Lessons Learned in 2023
26:04 - Double Down on What's Working
38:27 - Client Care and Recognizing Business Success
48:10 - Web Design Pro and Scaling Promotion

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https://joshhall.co/290

Josh shares his top 10 lessons learned after recently crossing 7-figures (1 million dollars) in sales with education, coaching and community building via joshhall.co

In This Episode

03:38 - Marketing with one channel for discovery and one for relationship 
07:21 - Listen to your customers and provide solutions they’re looking for (if it’s in your scope)
11:19 - Put an emphasis on recurring income
16:39 - Offer a higher tier product (for those who want it)
21:19 - Delegating is a needle mover
23:26 - Do the things that no one else does (like personal videos)
27:23 - The small things make the biggest difference
30:50 - Quarterly goals in pen, annual goals in pencil
32:36 - If something works, keep doing it
36:10 - Don’t expect to stay at a certain level just because you got there

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https://joshhall.co/289