Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Josh gives practical tips for how you can finish off the year strong and effectively plan the start of the new year.

In This Episode

02:05 - Feature review shoutout
05:46 - 1) Top of Mind W/Clients
11:10 - 2) Keep income strong
13:55 - 3) Plant money seeds
17:40 - 4) Learn from year
22:07 - 5) Plan intentionally 
27:21 - Recap!

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/080

Josh interviews business advisor, consultant and coach Patrick Dichter who, after working with all types of businesses and industries in 2020, shares with us which businesses and personality types are thriving during COVID.

In This Episode

04:19 - Greeting to Patrick
06:27 - Some business impact
10:49 - Don’t do nothing
11:03 - Partner over vendor
14:47 - Proactive not reactive
16:12 - Comfortable with Zoom
21:23 - Virtual transaction
21:58 - Adding procedures
23:00 - Membership and forum
26:13 - Marketing ideas
29:24 - Share knowledge
33:07 - Things to watch out for
39:16 - Industries doing well
42:20 - Personality traits
47:15 - Planning for red zone
52:28 - Recapping
53:38 - Ride the wave!

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/079

Josh covers why growth can often be misleading, overrated and costly and empowers those of you who want to stay small with how to practically do so.

In This Episode

03:40 - Feature review shoutout
04:55 - No discouragement!
05:45 - Problems with growth
08:28 - Personality differences
09:43 - Growth expenses
12:11 - Implement “Small”
17:11 - Prioritizing systems
23:30 - Build community
25:28 - Focus on current clients
27:16 - Master your craft
30:48 - Getting Josh’s help

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/078

Host of The Self Made Web Designer Podcast, Chris Misterek shares how he doubled his income with a web design side hustle and how that propelled him to go into web design full time.

In This Episode

03:58 - Greeting to Chris
05:32 - Variety of design
12:45 - Where to start
17:59 - Starting to teach
20:19 - Side hustle & job
27:46 - Have confidence
32:24 - The rate dance
37:44 - Portfolio bulking
41:58 - Undersell yourself
46:38 - Client searching
56:20 - Internal conflict
1:03:04 - Changing mindset
1:04:47 - Go for it

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/077

Josh shares his thoughts on having a personal brand vs business name for your web design business and gives you some tips to help you decide depending on your long term goals!

In This Episode

01:56 - Featured review shoutout
05:29 - Pros for Personal
11:43 - Cons for Personal
20:57 - Pros for Business name
23:39 - Cons for Business
28:17 - How to choose
31:18 - Final thoughts

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/076

Co-founder of FocusWP, Stephanie Hudson, shares her insight of running a website maintenance plan from the technical perspective. Her and Josh cover tools and processes for running website maintenance or "care" plans to help empower you to do the same

In This Episode

03:07 - Greeting to Stephanie
05:25 - Need of Maintenance
09:50 - Tools for Maintenance
15:57 - Why it’s important
21:01 - Migrating
23:40 - When to update
28:42 - Caution on updates
36:12 - Categorize updates
39:41 - Security levels
44:49 - Costs of security
51:09 - Maintenance reports
58:22 - Keeping connected
1:01:12 - Recapping
1:02:10 - Stephanie’s thoughts

Get all links, resources and show notes at: 

https://joshhall.co/075

Josh dives into why Staying Power is more important than Starting Power and guides you through 10 steps on how to build longevity for you and your business.

In This Episode

01:49 - Featured Podcast Shoutout
07:50 - Have a mission
10:29 - Make commitment
15:03 - Be ok with failure
17:38 - Expect challenges
19:42 - Build routines
23:02 - Enjoy mundane
26:07 - Challenge yourself
27:39 - Celebrate wins
28:56 - Red flags mean change
31:06 - Find good community

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/074

Josh interviews his agency's top white label referral partner, Kirby Hasseman, CEO of Hasseman and uncovers what marketing agencies are looking for when hiring whitelabel web design partners.

In This Episode

04:06 - Greeting to Kirby
08:08 - Trusted partnership
12:58 - Communication is key
17:48 - Be a marketing student
21:30 - Sense of intent
23:40 - Transitioning into it
28:27 - Feeling the change
30:35 - Determining pricing
34:18 - Creating 20 year client
36:24 - Secondary services
39:53 - Offering extras slowly
45:23 - Upsell opportunities
48:09 - Pick one lane first
50:09 - Don’t want to? Don’t!
52:10 - Kirby’s final thoughts

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/073

Josh gives you a peek into his 5-phase, web design process for planning, building and launching a website effectively.

In This Episode

02:51 - Featured review
04:16 - Diving in
05:00 - 1) Planning
15:13 - 2) Layout/design
21:04 - 3) Revisions
27:03 - 4) Revise/Optimize
33:17 - 5) Empower/launch
38:41 - Recapping

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/072

Josh interviews Chris Badgett, Founder and CEO of LifterLMS which is one of the most popular learning management systems for Wordpress about his journey from living on an Alaskan glacier running Sled Dog tours to becoming an entrepreneur and building LifterLMS.

In This Episode

03:58 - Greeting to Chris
06:21 - Lobster history
10:36 - Learning & adapting
13:59 - Being content
15:16 - Searching a mentor
17:07 - Be good with people
20:17 - LifterLMS evolution
25:48 - Money making niche
28:00 - Room in education
31:49 - Trying new things
33:31 - Fulfilling feeling
36:10 - Visionary creator
38:19 - Building a team
43:23 - Common language
45:22 - Respect the other role
48:20 - Respect the client
55:10 - Keeping the “fire”
1:03:19 - Where to find Chris

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/071