Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Josh answers questions about digital marketing strategies and best practices for creating courses, launching a podcast and building an online membership.

In This Episode

0:02 – Digital Strategy Q&A for Webpreneurs
11:41 – Podcasting
23:29 – Creating and Growing a Course
26:46 – Launching Online Courses
30:00 – Membership Success
36:48 – Community Scaling Resources
49:47 – Building a Community
53:40 – Digital Business Strategy Tips and Resources

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https://joshhall.co/268

Course curriculum designer and client success coordinator of The Web Designer Academy Erica Nash shares her tips and proven strategies for not taking client results (both good and bad) personally.

In This Episode

00:00 - Detaching Emotionally From Client Feedback
07:26 - Diversifying Results
22:58 - Measuring and Sharing Business Results
37:19 - Web Design Pricing
43:50 - Managing Client Opinion
48:05 - Navigating Feedback in Business
54:47 - Refunds in Course Creation
1:05:40 - Celebrating Students

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https://joshhall.co/267

Agency owner and web design business educator John Saunders shares his insight on building and scaling a 7-figure web and design studio and how you can do it effectively in today’s landscape.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - Greeting to John
05:54 - Time to pivot
08:37 - Niche clarity
11:23 - Partnerships
14:30 - WebFlow hosting
16:38 - Benefit to being small
21:51 - “Where” doesn’t matter
24:24 - Building a network
25:53 - Using socials
28:07 - Scaling & living by SOP’s
36:04 - Know your strengths
41:03 - Touchpoint weed-out
45:23 - Premium deliverables
50:36 - Dealing with scope creep
55:30 - Course creator
1:00:24 - John’s new book
1:05:05 - Final thoughts

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https://joshhall.co/266

Stephanie Hudson of FocusWP.co and Bertha.ai shares her insight on how AI is impacting web design right now and whether or not it’s a friend to web designers or a foe that’ll take us all over terminator style one website at a time.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:48 - Greeting to Steph
04:53 - Will ai replace builders
10:11 - Learn from the past
17:12 - ai coaching
19:07 - Creating in ai
29:38 - Machine ethics
33:11 - ai concerns
35:02 - Tools for ai
45:36 - Ways to try it out
53:03 - A security solution 
59:13 - Simplified explanation
1:02:48 - How to humanize

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https://joshhall.co/265

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