267 episodes

The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guidance to help you build your dream web design business. All while having a good time doing it. Through interviews with seasoned web design business professionals and online entrepreneurs, solo coaching episodes with Josh and even case studies with his students, you’ll learn practical tips and strategies for web business building along with real-world advice and trends that are happening right now in the wild and wonderful world of web design. Subscribe if you’re ready to start or level up your web design business and for all show notes, links, full transcriptions for each episode, head to https://joshhall.co/podcast

Web Design Business with Josh Hall Josh Hall

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    • 5.0 • 88 Ratings

The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guidance to help you build your dream web design business. All while having a good time doing it. Through interviews with seasoned web design business professionals and online entrepreneurs, solo coaching episodes with Josh and even case studies with his students, you’ll learn practical tips and strategies for web business building along with real-world advice and trends that are happening right now in the wild and wonderful world of web design. Subscribe if you’re ready to start or level up your web design business and for all show notes, links, full transcriptions for each episode, head to https://joshhall.co/podcast

    265 - AI in Web Design...Friend or Foe? with Stephanie Hudson

    265 - AI in Web Design...Friend or Foe? with Stephanie Hudson

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/265

    • 1 hr 10 min
    264 - The Current State and Future of WordPress with Adam Preiser

    264 - The Current State and Future of WordPress with Adam Preiser

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/264

    • 1 hr 28 min
    263 - Handling Rejection & Negative Feedback in Business with Alexis Teichmiller

    263 - Handling Rejection & Negative Feedback in Business with Alexis Teichmiller

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/263

    • 1 hr 6 min
    262 - From Likes to Clients: How to Turn Social Media Engagement into Sales with James Barnard

    262 - From Likes to Clients: How to Turn Social Media Engagement into Sales with James Barnard

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/262

    • 1 hr 5 min
    261 - How to Gather Website Content Like a Pro (10 tips)

    261 - How to Gather Website Content Like a Pro (10 tips)

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/261

    • 30 min
    260 - Navigating Tough Times in Business with Shannon Mattern

    260 - Navigating Tough Times in Business with Shannon Mattern

    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

    Get all links, resources and show notes at:

    https://joshhall.co/260

    • 1 hr 9 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
88 Ratings

88 Ratings

TechSavvyScienceTeacher ,

A must listen for any new web designer

I’m branching into web design and don’t know much about the business side. Josh’s podcast is amazing and has helped me so much and given me so much advice. His podcast is amazing, that I can only imagine how great his courses must be. I’m can’t wait until I am able to enroll in some of them.

Slazenger14 ,

Awesome Podcast

Josh delivers an informative yet dynamic podcast episode every week. The topics he covers and guests he hosts are diverse but so informative for all entrepreneurs, not just limited to web designers.

AsYouWishWebsites ,

Great tips and lessons

I love listening to Josh, he’s got so many great ideas and spells them out clearly in a field where few things are clear when you’re first breaking in. Signed up for Web Designer Pro and it os SO WORTH IT! Already jumping in to the communities and getting so much help from Josh and the other members. Thank you Josh!

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