Web Design Business with Josh Hall Josh Hall

I recently did a live training on how to Scale Your Web Design Business for Brad Hussey’s web design community CreativeCrew.We did a live Q&A session afterward and had some amazing questions come in. Brad and I got to riff on scaling a web agency, the lessons learned from our experience, what we both may have done differently and what we felt worked really well.I’m pleased to share the entire Q&A portion with you here in this special edition episode of the podcast!We cover topics like...

One of the benefits of being a web designer is your option to build recurring revenue. As a WordPress web designer, I learned that one of the best ways to do this was to offer a hosting and maintenance plan. Or “care plan” as it’s more commonly referred to these days.For years, it was my assumption that if you use self-hosted platforms like SquareSpace, WixStudio, Webflow, Showit, etc then you can't offer care plans because there's no plugins to update or advanced security to monitor. Bu...

I’ve met a lot of 6 and 7-figure agency owners over the years and there’s always often a recurring theme…many are completely burned out, disgruntled OR they’ve sold or left the agency altogether.It’s probably the main reason I personally prefer the “small shop or studio” route as a solopreneur web designer with a lean and mean contractor team but at the same time, there’s value in truly creating a “business” in the form of an agency.But…are ALL agency owners burned out? No - despite meeting m...

I recently caught up with my friend Shannon Mattern, fellow web design business coach who has a group coaching program called The Web Designer Academy. We often talk off-the-record but decided to record our most recent catch up, an honest conversation about what’s working for web designers in 2024.Shannon and I are both in a unique position to be able to oversee many web designers, some early on in the journey making less than six figures and some who are established web biz owners running si...

Hey friends, Josh here popping in with a bonus episode sharing a mid-year update for both personal and business side of things.Together we'll cover:An update on my daughter's recovery (thank you for the thoughts, prayers and support!)Updates on the business side of things including: which courses I'll be revamping this Summer, what projects I'm working on thanking my VA Kam (who's moving on) after 3 1/2 years of awesome serviceand a look ahead at what I have planned for 2024Hop...

In this podcast, Jake expands on how a few key relationships (with no hard selling or cold pitching) has led to the growth of his 6-figure web agency which exclusively serves landscaping companies.In This Episode00:00 - Relationship-First Approach to Web Design Clients07:02 - Success Strategies for Small Agencies11:35 - Labor Allocation and Marketing Strategy17:03 - Client Acquisition Through Authenticity and SEO31:35 - Building Trust and Fostering Relationships43:04 - Template Emails and Age...