Julia Taylor of GeekPack.com shares how she’s secured over 300k in grant funding for her business over the last year and a half and how you as a web designer can explore getting grants for your business no matter if you’re just starting out or already established!

In This Episode

00:00 - Exploring Grants for Web Design Businesses
04:01 - Exploring Grants for Business Growth
15:30 - Understanding Grants for Small Business Owners
29:36 - Grant Applications and Business Networking
40:09 - Grant Funding Impact on Businesses
52:45 - Imposter Syndrome and the Grant Game
1:02:05 - Exploring Grants for Business Funding


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For the big 300 milestone, Josh hosts the first ever “Web Designer Roundtable” on the podcast featuring 

Kyle Van Duesen of theadminbar.com
Shannon Matter of webdesigneracademy.com

and Chris Badgett of lifterlms.com

In This Episode

00:50 - Web Design Trends and Perspectives
13:24 - Experience and Age in Web Design
17:39 - Exploring WordPress and Web Design Options
24:39 - Websites in a Changing Technological Landscape
32:42 - Niche Selection and Solving Business Problems
37:56 - Teaching Expertise Through Niche Power
47:55 - Excitement in Web Design and AI
52:39 - The Changing Landscape of Web Design
 

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This episode is a recent conversation between Josh and Steve Shramm pulled from The Subscription Web Design podcast.

In This Episode

00:50 - The Evolution of Web Design Careers
08:10 - Choosing the Right Web Design Tools
13:05 - Choose a Business Model for Freedom
26:18 - Niche Market for Web Design and Digital Marketing
34:37 - Web Design Services for Business Growth
47:30 - The Importance of Marketing Agency Communication
51:57 - Scaling Web Design Business Investment

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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