Web Design Business with Josh Hall

My guest Augustine “Mak” who is an online entrepreneur, professional YouTuber and Elegant Themes content creator, shares with us the importance of owning your content which you can do with WordPress opposed to using other platforms like Wix or SquareSpace.

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https://joshhall.co/030

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Josh dishes out his top 10 lessons learned in being self employed for over a decade. This episode is taken from a video I put out last year with my top 10 lessons learned in 10 years of self employment. As I revisited the video, I wanted to put this into the podcast because all of these tips are 100% still relevant and timeless lessons that I still stand by today. Since this month actually marks my 11th year of being self employed, I also dish out and additional 11th tip as well :)

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http://joshhall.co/029

Learn how to boost sales for your business by using a proven story framework called “Story Brand.” My guest Adam Wills is not only a student of mine with a growing freelance web design business but is also a certified Story Brand Coach who helps his clients with not only building new sites but with their messaging, content, conversions, sales funnels and more and you can too!

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 https://joshhall.co/028

Here are 7 Tips for Staying Productive (& Sane) while Working From Home. A lot of people coming from the corporate or wider ranging business community come into web design and want to work from home to “escape the 9 to 5.” But the reality is, they’re actually entering the 24/7 which can be a very dangerous place. Here are my top tips for working from home!

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 https://joshhall.co/027

Melissa Love (who is one of the original Child Theme creators in the Divi Community) shares with us some super impactful information from a recent webinar she published on Self Employed Survival Strategies. All of which you can apply to your business and also repurpose to share with your clients!

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 https://joshhall.co/026

Here are 5 things you can do (as a web designer) during the coronavirus crisis to help your web designer business, your family and your clients.
 
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 https://joshhall.co/025

Life as a web designer can be lonely. When you work from home but even if you work at an agency or in a co-working spot, it's still often you and your screen. These days it's great to have the option for local meetups and events but those are sporadic and let's face it, not all web designers want to go to a large gathering of other real humans :) This is why it's so important for web designers to have a good support network and community online. In this episode, my guest Keegan Lanier of TheDiviAddicts podcast and I welcome you to our online community!
 
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 https://joshhall.co/024

Pastor and freelance web designer Eric Dingler has had an incredible journey in taking his business from $0 to 6-figures in one year. In this episode we get to hear about the steps he took to fast track his success and what you can do to expedite your journey as well!
 
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 https://joshhall.co/023

Website translation specialist Tanya Quintieri talks to us about how hosting an event, either on or offline can boost your business, grow your network and elevate your status as an authority!

In This Episode
 00:00 - Introduction
04:20 - Greeting to Tanya
11:05 - Maintain multiple business
15:42 - Doing a Niche summit
19:28 - Be an events coordinator
22:39 - Summit plan in 6 months
25:00 - Quality engagement
28:04 - Brainstorming
33:01 - Deciding who to host
35:16 - Feedback 
37:08 - Investment of time
39:39 - Build community
43:11 - When hosting comes naturally
46:00 - Networking benefit
47:57 - Build trust
51:23 - Saved on academy
53:41 - Time limit
54:27 - Follow-up after summit
57:58 - Remember the connector
1:00:28 - Final thoughts 
 
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 https://joshhall.co/022

Darrel Wilson, someone who you've likely seen when Googling any tutorials on WordPress or Divi, has a YouTube channel that at the time of posting this podcast episode has over 167,000 subscribers and over 17 million views. We get into how he went from being a freelance web designer and working a regular job to starting his endeavor to create WordPress training videos on YouTube. It was fascinating hearing how it blew up and how his life, both personally and professionally has changed with his massive YouTube success.

In This Episode
00:00 - Introduction
03:42 - Greeting to Darryl
05:03 - Path to YouTuber
10:01 - Web Design journey
17:18 - Need for Divi video
20:41 - Teach not showoff
23:39 - Long game mentality
25:49 - Keeping dated videos
27:24 - Better than Google
29:26 - Making money
34:46 - How to monetize
37:59 - Deciding to do YouTube
40:45 - Dating & Divi
45:38 - Prioritizing
47:45 - Video during up times 
52:59 - It shows attitude
57:07 - Travel opportunities
1:02:14 - Maturing in finances
1:08:03 - Adapting to success
1:12:41 - Positive reinforcement
1:17:14 - Josh’s thoughts on Divi
1:24:16 - Darryl’s thoughts
1:31:52 - Equipment used for video
 
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https://joshhall.co/021