Web Design Business with Josh Hall
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
Episodes
I'm away with my family for vacation this week but, aside from skimming back through the podcast catalog, here are some recommendations check out this week!
Curated podcast playlists, head to:
Recap of our first ever WDP CON in person conference:
*** special offer to join Pro with 50% OFF your first month ***
Free training - 10-step action plan for starting your web design busines...
A full recap and look-back with takeaways, lessons learned (and a breakdown of expenses) of the amazing weekend that was…Web Designer Pro’s first in person event conference WDP CON 2025!!
Go to the full post with pictures, video embeds and more here:
https://webdesignerpro.com/wdpcon2025
Watch the highlight reel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKg3eMUEA_E
Here's a walk through of one of my real world, paid 15k web design proposals. I walk you through what I included, how I structured it and the 3 keys I recommend that every web design proposal have.
This audio is taken from a recent video I posted on my YouTube channel so I highly recommend checking out the video version if you'd like to see all the visuals!
Here's the replay from the most recent live Q&A that was held on my YouTube channel!
Special offer extended to you as a podcast listener 👇
Use code MAY50 to get 50% off your first month of Web Designer Pro, either for the courses or community tier. This offer expires at the end of May 2025.
In this one, we covered:
- How to point a new site to an existing URL
- Designing for web vs print vs vehicle wr...
Recently, my friend Shannon Mattern interviewed me on her The Profitable Web Designer podcast all about what's working well for web designers killing it in 2025.
She's kindly offered to let me repurpose the whole convo for you!
It's a bit of a 2-parter with part 1 being all about becoming more than just a web designer for clients, but a growth partner for bigger MRR (monthly recurring revenue)
Part 2 covers more of wha...
Having a ton of maintenance plan clients is awesome - especially for the recurring revenue. But with ongoing support clients come with ongoing support requests.
Managing this with a dozen or so clients is pretty easy. And as we all know – not all clients ping you every month with requests. But once you get to 30, 40, 50, 100 + maintenance plan clients, you’ve got to have a system for support.
That’s why I’m pumped...
Do you remember your first year in business as a web designer? Are you there now?
One thing is common for all of us in the first year…it’s a rollercoaster of highs and lows, ups and downs, incredible days and perhaps dreadful days. But if you can survive that first year, chances are you’re going to make it.
I’m so excited to bring onto the podcast Megan Fletcher who just crossed her first year official year in bus...
Jump into Web Designer Pro™ for your first month at 50% off with code APRIL50 at webdesignerpro.com. This special offer expires at the end of April 2025, so don't miss your chance to access all courses and join our thriving community!
In this Q&A session, we dive deep into what's working right now in the web design industry, answering listener questions on topics from SEO to networking strategies, CRM systems, and leve...
Josh here popping in with a special bonus episode on my thoughts on Ai for web designers. This was taken from a recent panel discussion about Ai on the Small Business Sweet Spot podcast.
For the full episode and to hear other opinions on the good and bad of Ai for small businesses in 2025, check it out at:
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ByyAcRHME1WiPNvrt0dqz?si=7c07b8e44dfe4673
Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...
Web designers do a lot more than just web design…
It’s not uncommon for us to be graphic and brand designers, photographers, strategists, copywriters, etc…
So, should we call ourselves more than just a web designer?
Award winning branding and design studio founder Jacob Cass, who’s worked with Disney, Nintendo and Jerry Seinfeld, has done it all and has some invaluable experience and perspective to share ...
There’s nothing better than talking to a web designer who’s enjoying their work, loving their clients, making good money and who’s just all around thriving.
And that’s why I’m pumped to share this recent convo I had with Kristin Adkins of Crash Design Co who’s found a suite niche by becoming the trusted “web designer for speakers”
Kristin was on the podcast (ep 143) when she had just gone full time and I thought ...
I'm doing a first for my business in 2025...sharing quarterly recaps and income reports!
In this first-ever quarterly income report, we'll get into how we achieved $115,655 in revenue with over $88,000 in profit while building Web Designer Pro to $346,459 in annual recurring revenue.
Highlights include:
• Moving course sales pages from joshhallco to webdesignerprocom, including transferring all course reviews using...
The social media video and reel game is a hard one to play (and win) when it comes to landing clients. Every platform is beyond saturated, the competition is only growing and unless you’re getting quality leads fairly quick, it can be difficult to stick with.
But as Roberto Blake has recently been quoted in saying:
”While there may be saturation in a market, there’s not a saturation of “quality.”
This cou...
Ok web designer – tell me if this sounds familiar…
You sign on a new client for a website project!
But then, they send you their atrocious logo…
Now what?
- Do you design the website based on their terrible logo/existing brand?
- Do you try to upsell an unexpected logo/brand package?
- Do you pause the website project and tell them to hire a new logo designer first?
Broc (named “Broccoli” by my daughter Annie) is our new Ai assistant in Web Designer Pro™ and it's available now as a part of your membership to Pro!
▶️ Watch the video walkthru of Broc here
It'll help you find lessons, resources, posts, threads, members, past calls, etc. It pulls from strictly from Web Designer Pro™ source material so everything you’re getting is straight from Pro.
And apart from using it to help you find r...
They say business is like a roller coaster…ups and downs and highs and lows…and “they” couldn’t be more right.
My guest in this chat, friend of the podcast, king of the Subscription Web Design model and founding member of Web Designer Pro Steve Schramm can also confirm.
Recently, he shared a thoughtful, transparent and inspirational post in Pro about how he rebounded from a tough situation when he had over 6k+ in ...
My wife and I recently celebrated our 10 Year Anniversary 🎉
Here are 10 lessons I've learned in balancing marriage and entreprenership.
To get my upcoming newsletter entry diving into these in more detail, sign up for my weekly email here
Web designers often have similar dreams…
Build a sustainable, freedom-based, lifestyle business.
Build a healthy, awesome client base.
Grow Monthly Recurring Revenue month after month.
Do it all while enjoying the journey.
My guest in this podcast episode has achieved all of this and more which is why I’m excited to share my conversation with Web Designer Pro™ member Cami MacNamara who’s...
If you’re nervous, anxious, jittery or just plain distraught before sales calls or meetings…you’re not alone. I honestly can’t believe this isn’t talked about more. After all – you pour your heart and soul into building awesome websites and refining your craft but in order to get paid for that hard work…you gotta sell!
Luckily, there are many things you can do to build confidence and calm before a sales meeting. And that’s...
Trusting your gut…it usually pays off, maybe not on the books, but personally.
But following your intuition is not always easy. Especially if sales are down, confidence is low, etc. You may have no idea where your intuition is leading you.
So to help with this topic, I’m here to share my recent convo with business coach and mentor Alyssa Williamson who has some SOLID advice and principles for leading your business...
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