Best Start Here Web Development Podcasts (2025)

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370 - Presenting with Confidence with Smart Passive Income’s Voiceover Guy John Melley 1:29:54

23h ago1:29:54

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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 thing…

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How to Land Your First Three Web Design Clients 7:23

5d ago7:23

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I'll share a step-by-step strategy that helped me secure my first three web design clients without needing a portfolio, website, or cold calling. The key approach is leveraging personal connections through my 'First 100 Framework.' I'll explain how to list potential contacts, what to say during outreach, handle different types of responses, and tip…

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369 - Following your Intuition in Business with Alyssa Williamson 1:01:56

8d ago1:01:56

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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…

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Takeaways from my Convo with Chris Do (BONUS) 23:19

12d ago23:19

23:19

Listen to my full interview with Chris Do (ep 368) When you join Web Designer Pro™ (on any tier) you'll get instant access to the new private audio course feeds for: Web Design Business Course Maintenance Plan Course Scale Your Way Course Join Web Designer Pro™ and enjoy instant access to these courses in audio format along with the full courses in…

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Career Change at 36: From Worship Pastor to Web Designer 9:08

12d ago9:08

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I get personal on this one and share my story. It was a struggle to leave full time ministry but looking back I think it was the right decision. Check out the episodes web page! https://selfmadewebdesigner.com/how-to-make-a-career-change-in-your-30s-my-personal-story/ 📄 My Complete Web Design Project Process: https://youtu.be/T5JglDcd54A 🏁 If I Sta…

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368 - Pricing Your Design Services with Chris Do 57:25

15d ago57:25

57:25

I teased about this recently on my social media and got a HUGE response which tells me…you’re pumped to see Chris Do on The Web Design Business Podcast and I’m pumped to share our full conversation with you! Chris is known for helping web designers charge their worth, price value over time, get higher-paying clients, how to negotiate during a sales…

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How to Offer Paid Discovery (Audio Training) with Shannon Mattern (BONUS) 1:17:40

19d ago1:17:40

1:17:40

This was a recent live guest expert training held in my community Web Designer Pro™. To get all the resources mentioned, along with the links, slides and access to the extended Q&A session, you can get it as a member of Pro! In this training, Shannon Mattern covers how to offer paid discovery and more specifically, how and when to add it into your …

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Web Design Process for High Ticket Clients 12:47

19d ago12:47

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If you're building websites for clients without a clear, repeatable process, it's only a matter of time before things go south in a bad way. Here's my exact process for high ticket web design clients. Resources Mentioned: 📄 Free Project Process Template: https://selfmadewebdesigner.com/trello-template 🙋🏼‍♂️ Free Client Questionnaire https://selfmad…

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367 - Building an Online Community (for Your Web Design Clients) with Carol Dunlop 1:04:26

22d ago1:04:26

1:04:26

As a web designer, you may eventually get to a point (or maybe you’re there now) where you want to connect, support and continue to empower your clients in one place. One way to do that is by offering a customer membership or community. It’s a great way to build MRR, stay top of mind, create powerful customer relationships, partnerships, etc. I get…

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10 Years of Web Design Experience in Just 7 Minutes! 7:28

25d ago7:28

7:28

In just 7 minutes, I'll share over 10 years of web design expertise, focusing on three core principles: layout, color, and typography. I'll explain the importance of visual hierarchy over the outdated F-pattern, show you the 60-30-10 rule for picking color palettes, and highlight the significance of readability in typography. I'll also provide insi…

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366 - 50% Marketing - 50% Services with James Barnard 1:15:40

29d ago1:15:40

1:15:40

Ever wondered how to have time to market your business while still having time to get design projects done? Well, there’s no magic formula and striking the balance between the two is tricky. But a great example of someone doing this well is my dude from down under, word-class logo designer James Barnard. James follows a simple 50/50 approach. Meani…

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If I Had to Start Web Design Over in 2025...I'd Do This 13:50

1M ago13:50

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Will AI take over web design? Should I learn to code? Is there too much competition for me to have a chance? I answer all those questions as I lay out 5 things I'd do differently if I was starting over with web design in 2025. You get all the juicy details of the mistakes I made along the way and the importance of adapting to changes in the industr…

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365 - How to Create Landing Pages (that actually convert) with Alisha Conlin-Hurd 1:04:58

1M ago1:04:58

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Building landing pages or sales pages that convert isn’t rocket science. But there is some science to it. Most of which is proven and can be learned from (and implemented) into your own sales pages very quickly. So, let’s cut right to the chase on how to create high-converting landing/sales pages with an expert who’s been around the block MANY time…

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I Burned Out & Quit Everything. Here's My Recovery Story 16:36

1M ago16:36

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Episode Web Page Web Designer Starter Kit Course Here are some links to the equipment I use for my podcast and videos. These are affiliate links. Clicking on these will help me keep the channel and podcast running Camera - Panasonic Lumix G7 https://selfmadewebdesigner.com/camera Lens - Samyang 12mm F2 https://selfmadewebdesigner.com/lens Audio Int…

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364 - Managing ADHD as a Web Designer with Rob Chaplin 1:16:34

1M ago1:16:34

1:16:34

An unexpected topic of conversation I’ve consistently had over the last couple years when coaching members of my community Web Designer Pro privately is around managing ADHD and running a web design business. When thinking about ADHD, I’m probably not alone in immediately jumping to the visual of the wild 7 year old kid who can’t sit down in class.…

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363 - Scaling A Web Design Business (from owner and contractor point of view) with Sandy Burns and Alexis Myers 1:14:42

2M ago1:14:42

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Many web designers don’t want to scale. I get it - because I had that mindset too. I never wanted to be an agency with overhead, payroll, extra stress from managing people, etc. But the good news is, especially nowadays, you can scale a web design business your way. In a low-stress, low-pressure way that works for you no matter where your business …

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362 - Change Your Money Story - Change Your Business with Austin Church 1:15:29

2M ago1:15:29

1:15:29

Let’s talk about money. How’d that make you feel? Nervous? Icky? Excited? Opportunistic? Weird? The very thought of money brings a variety of emotions depending on how you feel about it. And I firmly believe how you feel about money today all goes back to your money story – and every one of us has a money story largely based on how we were raised. …

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361 - Email and Content Marketing for Web Designers in 2025 with Michelle Martello 1:18:20

2M ago1:18:20

1:18:20

No better way to kick off the year than to plan some new marketing strategies to get more leads and convert more clients, right? I honestly believe email marketing – along with some focused forms of content marketing – will be a HUGE differentiator for web designers who choose to go this route. Which is why I’m a big proponent and supporter of it. …

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360 - From 125k Down to Best Year Yet...My Business Rebound 44:47

2M ago44:47

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Happy New Year friends! I wanted to kick off 2025 with a special episode of the podcast to share what I learned from having two down revenue years (125k down from 2022-2023) to having the best revenue year yet in 2024! This episode is broken down into 2 main parts: What caused my business to have two down revenue years How I rebounded to having the…

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359 - My 5 Step Annual Goal Setting Framework 24:43

2M ago24:43

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For the last episode of the year, I think it’s only fitting to look ahead and share some goal setting tips for 2025! In this episode, I’m sharing a lesson from my Web Design Business Course on my 5 step, annual goal setting framework. We’ll dive into: Setting an achievable revenue goal Separating Net vs Gross Rocks, Stones & Boulders goals Pricing …

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358 - My Top 10 Christmas Movies 31:04

3M ago31:04

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Since this is Christmas week, we’re going to take a break from talking about business and dive into a much more important subject…Christmas movies. I’ll break down my top 10, what I love about them, why some have remained in the top 10 and why some newer ones have made it and I’ll even give you a bonus which has an incredible business lesson that I…

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357 - My 2025 SEO Strategy Consult with Michelle Bourbonniere 1:28:37

3M ago1:28:37

1:28:37

I’m in a bit of an SEO pickle… Since 2017 I’ve built up all my resources - including this podcast - on my personal brand site joshhhall.co but now that my main product (my web designer membership Web Designer Pro™) is on webdesignerpro.com I feel I’m entering new SEO territory. In short, what content should stay at my personal brand at joshhall.co …

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356 - Productizing Website Design (as a course) with Whitney Bateson 1:17:56

3M ago1:17:56

1:17:56

At some point, most web designers dream of moving from lengthy, time-intensive, custom web design projects to a more “productized” or “templatized” web design service. Something that clients can purchase, that has clear boundaries, constraints and limitations. There are a lot of ways to go about productizing your offers - and one way - is to frame …

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355 - Introvert Friendly Sales Strategies with Michelle Warner 1:06:11

3M ago1:06:11

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If you’re on the shallow or deep end of the “introvert spectrum” spectrum, I’m guessing the sales part of web design is your least favorite part of the job, right? For some, going to in person networking, business meetups, chamber of commerce events or even calls can be energizing but for others, it’s draining. It is, however, part of being a web b…

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354 - Solo Web Design Agency Model with Payton Smith 1:00:43

4M ago1:00:43

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Ah…the tug and pull between wanting to avoid being a burned out agency owner but also not being a stressed out, overwhelmed freelancer… Surely there’s a happy medium between the two? Good news, there is. My whole web business education model is focused around this hybrid approach to having a business that runs like a true business/agency but having…

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353 - Personalized Copy = More Web Design Sales with Emily Aborn 1:04:19

4M ago1:04:19

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Copy, written by a human, with its flaws, oddities, and personally lived experience beats out corporate, stale, or AI-generated content every time. From home pages to service pages, to lead generators, blog posts, email sequences, and sales posts…the more personal and genuine you come across, the more it’ll stand out in today’s AI slop world. To he…

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352 - Web Designer Pro™ 2.0 (tiers) is live! 🎉 50:19

4M ago50:19

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Josh here with big news! Web Designer Pro™ 2.0 (tiered model) is live now!! 🎉 Up to this point, Pro has been one membership tier which gave full access to all of my web design courses, the amazing community and coaching with me directly with a member cap of 250 active members. We're closing in on capacity but the exciting news is...we now have two …

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351 - 5 Year Podcast Anniversary (AMA with Josh) 2:02:54

4M ago2:02:54

2:02:54

The Web Design Business Podcast turns 5 today!!! 🎉 What a ride it’s been so far (and I have no plans on slowing down.) For this special milestone, I polled my community Web Designer Pro™ for questions and they delivered, asking some GREAT conversation starters. So in this special, 5 year anniversary podcast episode, I’m dishing out the longest AMA …

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350 - How to Launch a Web Design Business (and Get Clients Fast) with Alexia Lynn 1:28:48

4M ago1:28:48

1:28:48

I don’t know about you…but I didn’t officially “launch” my web design business when I got started. I just kind of fumbled through starting my freelance journey. But if I were starting today, I would put much more effort and emphasis on creating an official “business launch.” Now to the big question…how do you launch a web business successfully? i.e…

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349 - Is WordPress for Old People? with Mark Szymanski 1:05:47

5M ago1:05:47

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Let’s get real and share exactly how it is…WordPress is not the tool of choice for most web designers getting into the game today. It may be where most end up, because WordPress is the most popular, customizable, and only open-source platform online but as a starting point, it’s not where most new web designers are starting. Drag and drop platforms…

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348 - How to Offer (and Sell) Conversion Rate Optimization with Leigh Scott 1:08:43

5M ago1:08:43

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Clients don’t really want a pretty website…they want a 24/7 sales machine. You work hard creating beautiful designs that are built solid and have intentional messaging and copy…but how do you know all that work is paying off for your client? How do you measure results? How do you keep your clients coming back for ongoing work over and over again? W…

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347 - If I started today, how I would get web design clients (5 ways) 30:53

5M ago30:53

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I recently published a newsletter sharing 5 ways I would get clients if I were starting out in web design today in 2024. It got a lot of great feedback from both early-stage web designers and established web designers looking for a revenue boost alike - so I decided to expand on these 5 strategies as a full podcast! We’ll dive into each of these st…

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346 - Landing $7,500 Website Projects (in the first year of business) with Ben Forred 1:28:16

5M ago1:28:16

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If you’re an established web designer, think back to your first year in business. What was your highest paid project? Aside from some exceptions, I’m guessing it was in the low-thousands…or hundreds. Well, Ben Forred, a web designer who’s still in his first year of business, building it as a side hustle alongside full-time corporate employment rece…

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345 - Accessibility for eCommerce Websites with Bet Hannon 1:01:07

6M ago1:01:07

1:01:07

It’s been a little while since we’ve talked about accessibility on the podcast and one area we haven’t covered at all to this point is specifically how to make accessible eCommerce websites. Everything is more complex with eCommerce sites and accessibility, while complex even at the basic level, gets even trickier. So, to help understand all of thi…

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344 - Life/Work Balance (running a web agency without sacrificing your family) with Oscar Quesada 1:06:05

6M ago1:06:05

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You’ve heard of work/life balance…but what about life/work balance? What if, instead of prioritizing our work and living life around that, we set our calendars, schedules, and weekly routines to have our work revolve around our ideal week? As freedom based lifestyle web designers, that’s exactly the option we have available to us But it takes a pro…

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343 - Are you easily referable? How to make it easy for web design clients to refer you 32:40

6M ago32:40

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I’ve noticed a common thread among web designers who always seem to have no trouble getting clients - they’re easily ‘referable’ 🤝 It might be a niche, it might be a skillset, it might be something they're known for but in all cases, they’re easily referred to. For example, here are some Web Designer Pro members who fit the “easily referred” bill: …

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342 - From $0 to $7k MRR (in One Year) through Local SEO with Sam Sarsten 1:28:09

6M ago1:28:09

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Web designers often ask me “how long will it take to get to 6-figures in my web design business?” And it's a tough question to answer. There are a lot of variables to how fast you can build your web design business. Your background, your time availability, your area of focus or expertise, your aversion to risk, work ethic, etc are all factors. But …

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341 - How to Avoid Burnout by Protecting Your Time with Andrew Hartman 1:03:03

7M ago1:03:03

1:03:03

What’s the most terrifying phrase that hovers in the back of all our minds as a web designer and web business owner? Well, aside from “email down” it’s likely “burnout.” You may have seen a fellow web designer go through this or experienced it yourself. And the harsh reality is, burnout is where all roads can lead if we’re not careful. The onslaugh…

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340 - A Web Designer Pro Coaching Call (revenue boost strategies, support plans vs growth plans, sales tips and more) 1:16:03

7M ago1:16:03

1:16:03

We’re doing a first for the podcast on this episode…I’m featuring a recent Web Designer Pro coaching call! If you didn’t know, in my web design community Web Designer Pro, I host a live coaching call every week. These coaching calls typically include: Member website reviews Member hot seats 10-15 min coaching sessions) And AMA (ask me anything) tim…

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339 - Starting and Scaling a Web Design Business Today (my interview from the Agency Growth Podcast) 1:55:00

7M ago1:55:00

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I was recently interviewed on the EverBros Agency Growth Podcast about my journey in fumbling through starting and scaling a web design agency. It was a really good, casual chat with tons of important topics for web designers (early stage and established alike) so THE BROS were kind enough to let me repurpose our chat here for you! Don’t let the na…

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338 - How Mike Generated $208,000 from his BNI Networking Group in One Year 1:14:34

7M ago1:14:34

1:14:34

In person networking and referral groups remain to this day the best way to start getting clients, get more clients by expanding your network and get better clients by way of referrals. There are a lot of different ways to get clients in person and virtually, and I’ve done many but if I were starting as a web designer today, my FIRST priority would…

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337 - Quick SEO Win Strategies with Barb Davids 59:09

8M ago59:09

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Ever had a client ask “How long would it take to get to the top of Google?” Ah, I can see your head nodding along now. As web designers, we can’t expect clients to understand how long SEO results can take. We know nothing will lead to instant results and due to all the variables, competition and goal of the client, it may take months to see results…

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336 - Building Recurring Revenue through Maintenance and Growth Plans with Marc Hyde 1:18:14

8M ago1:18:14

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Recurring revenue…the two most lovely words in web design (or any business for that matter.) Having enough recurring income to cover my family's bills is what changed the game for me, it’s what helped get us through a 56 day NICU journey and it’s what ultimately led to me creating my first course on how to launch and sell website maintenance plans.…

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335 - Weeding Out Bad Fit Clients (my interview with Kady Sandel) 59:54

8M ago59:54

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In the early days as a web designer, it’s common to say “yes” to any project that comes your way just to make some money and build a portfolio. But it doesn’t take many “bad client experiences” before you’re ready to weed out those bad-fit clients. But what makes a client bad-fit? Are they cheap? Do they not understand your value? Are they a bad pe…

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334 - Selling Website Privacy Policies with Hans Skillrud of Termageddon 57:28

8M ago57:28

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Ah privacy policies…your favorite aspect of web design, right? Yeah me neither but day by day, it’s an aspect of websites that becomes more and more important with new privacy laws being passed in the states along with other countries, even outside the EU with regards to GDPR compliance. So, to help us make sense of where things are at with website…

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333 - How Your Web Design Business can "Go Green" with Adela Mei 57:49

8M ago57:49

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This is probably ignorance on my part but my eyebrow always went crooked when I heard digital agencies, hosting companies, saas products, or any online entrepreneur talking about how they’re a “green” company. It’s not like we’re a manufacturing company or chemical plant with waste and pollutants. We work on a computer at home…so how can we “go gre…

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332 - Q&A with Josh and Brad Hussey on Scaling Your Web Design Business 49:06

9M ago49:06

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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 work…

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331 - How to Sell Website Care Plans (if you're not using WordPress) with Eleanor Mayrhofer 56:09

9M ago56:09

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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 Square…

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330 - Lessons from a 7-Figure Agency Owner (who's not burned out) with Greg Merrilees 1:04:26

9M ago1:04:26

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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 …

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329 - An Honest Conversation with Shannon Mattern on What's Working for Web Designers in 2024 1:11:49

9M ago1:11:49

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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 …

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