Josh dishes out important tips for when you're quoting Ecommerce projects. These 10 tips are questions you should ask your clients before preparing your quote and can also be used as line items in your quote for a more accurate proposal which will help you cover your web designer butt and save you time and cost in the long run. Get all links and resources mentioned (and a special discount to Josh's Divi/WooCommerce Beginners Course) at: https://joshhall.co/032 Get my entire suite of co...
Apr 13, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here are Josh's Top 6 Tips for successfully and effectively taking an online course. Right now, e-learning is more popular than ever as we're all in quarantine so the time to take an online course is now. However, you want to make sure you get the most out of the course and that you don't waste your time and money. Here's the biggest tips that help me take an online course! Get the show notes and watch the video at: http://joshhall.co/031 Get my entire suite of courses in the...
Apr 08, 2020•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest Augustine “Mak” who is an online entrepreneur, professional YouTuber and Elegant Themes content creator, shares with us the importance of owning your content which you can do with WordPress opposed to using other platforms like Wix or SquareSpace. Connect with Mak and get all the links and resources mentioned in the episode at: https://joshhall.co/030 Subscribe to the podcast on: Apple/iTunes - https://apple.co/36wnnc3 Google Play - http://bit.ly/32c5EmD Stitcher - http://bit.ly/2QM0sUh...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh dishes out his top 10 lessons learned in being self employed for over a decade. This episode is taken from a video I put out last year with my top 10 lessons learned in 10 years of self employment. As I revisited the video, I wanted to put this into the podcast because all of these tips are 100% still relevant and timeless lessons that I still stand by today. Since this month actually marks my 11th year of being self employed, I also dish out and additional 11th tip as well :) Get the show ...
Apr 01, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how to boost sales for your business by using a proven story framework called “Story Brand.” My guest Adam Wills is not only a student of mine with a growing freelance web design business but is also a certified Story Brand Coach who helps his clients with not only building new sites but with their messaging, content, conversions, sales funnels and more and you can too! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/028 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = ...
Mar 30, 2020•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here are 7 Tips for Staying Productive (& Sane) while Working From Home . A lot of people coming from the corporate or wider ranging business community come into web design and want to work from home to “escape the 9 to 5.” But the reality is, they’re actually entering the 24/7 which can be a very dangerous place. Here are my top tips for working from home! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/027 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get cour...
Mar 25, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melissa Love (who is one of the original Child Theme creators in the Divi Community) shares with us some super impactful information from a recent webinar she published on Self Employed Survival Strategies. All of which you can apply to your business and also repurpose to share with your clients! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/026 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get ev...
Mar 23, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here are 5 things you can do (as a web designer) during the coronavirus crisis to help your web designer business, your family and your clients. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/025 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & do...
Mar 17, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Life as a web designer can be lonely. When you work from home but even if you work at an agency or in a co-working spot, it's still often you and your screen. These days it's great to have the option for local meetups and events but those are sporadic and let's face it, not all web designers want to go to a large gathering of other real humans :) This is why it's so important for web designers to have a good support network and community online. In this episode, my guest Keeg...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and freelance web designer Eric Dingler has had an incredible journey in taking his business from $0 to 6-figures in one year. In this episode we get to hear about the steps he took to fast track his success and what you can do to expedite your journey as well! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/023 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching wi...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Website translation specialist Tanya Quintieri talks to us about how hosting an event, either on or offline can boost your business, grow your network and elevate your status as an authority! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:20 - Greeting to Tanya 11:05 - Maintain multiple business 15:42 - Doing a Niche summit 19:28 - Be an events coordinator 22:39 - Summit plan in 6 months 25:00 - Quality engagement 28:04 - Brainstorming 33:01 - Deciding who to host 35:16 - Feedback 37:08 - Investment of...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Darrel Wilson , someone who you've likely seen when Googling any tutorials on WordPress or Divi, has a YouTube channel that at the time of posting this podcast episode has over 167,000 subscribers and over 17 million views. We get into how he went from being a freelance web designer and working a regular job to starting his endeavor to create WordPress training videos on YouTube. It was fascinating hearing how it blew up and how his life, both personally and professionally has changed with ...
Feb 24, 2020•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adela Mei, one of my students, has grown her freelance web design business significantly over the last year. In this episode we dive into 5 big tips that have helped her grow her business along with getting into a wide ranging conversation involving copyrighting, marketing, the power of community, benefits of premium vs free content and so much more. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/020 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all c...
Feb 17, 2020•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares how his band experience as a metal drummer helped him in many ways when starting a web design agency. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/019 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & downgrade available ***...
Feb 10, 2020•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guest John Wooten (Superfly, Artillery Media, Break Into Web) talks with us about some of the wonderful options for us web designers to create Recurring Revenue. We dish out strategies on maintenance plans, lessons learned with building recurring income, real numbers, other strategies and other options for recurring business models that you can apply to your business RIGHT NOW! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/018 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier ...
Feb 03, 2020•2 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Terrified of public speaking or presenting in front of a group? Do you turn into a completely different person when a camera and light is on you? You're not alone and luckily, there are some easy/practical things you can do RIGHT NOW to get better. For this episode, I've brought in my colleague Renee Vidor (Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur) who is an amazing public speaker to help us out. Get all the show notes, resources and links at: https://joshhall.co/017 Get my entire suite of c...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast My trusted financial advisor and colleague Juli Damopoulos shares with us how to plan, prepare and save for retirement as web design freelancers! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/016 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & d...
Jan 19, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Geno Quiroz (the Godfather of free Divi Tutorials) shares with us about successfully White Labeling Your Web Design Services. Not familiar with the term? We talk all about what it is and why you might want to consider it in this episode! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/015 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $1...
Jan 12, 2020•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh's top 10 reasons why if you're thinking about starting your web design business, the time is NOW! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/014 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & downgrade available ***...
Jan 05, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jimmy Rose of Content Snare and the Agency Highway Podcast talks to us about how to create more free time in business and in personal life through automation. We get an inside peak into what Jimmy has done to create more free time than ever in his businesses and more importantly, you'll learn how to create automation in your web design businesses via free or paid tools along with simple methods and strategies that you can apply to your web design business to start getting time back RIGHT NO...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Doug Dibert of Magnfi.com (the video testimonial capture tool that I use) did something that many people are interested in doing or at least learning about…selling your business. More specifically for us web designers, selling a “service” based business. If you’re thinking about one day selling your business or are just curious about what goes into it, this is your episode! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/012 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $4...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh provides 7 keys to effectively running your web design business or agency. These are taken from Josh's Web Design Business Course. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/011 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & downgr...
Dec 15, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh gives 5 ways to combat and overcome imposter syndrome. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/010 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coaching with me in the Coaching Tier = $199/mo Join today (in the tier that works for you) at: webdesignerpro.com *** upgrade & downgrade available ***...
Dec 08, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this interview Alex Rogers of AlexIsSocial.com, a Social Media Marketing/Advertising Agency based in Columbus Ohio, talks about becoming an entrepreneur as a parent. Or "parent-preneur" as the cool kids call it. Alex and I actually went to high school together and lost touch for well over a decade but when I found out left his corporate job to start his own business (while having kids and a family to feed), I was super intrigued to hear his story and the mindset it took to make that...
Dec 01, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stephanie Hudson of FocusWP.co talks to us about the benefits and power of focusing on your strengths. As you’ll find out in this fascinating conversation, knowing yourself and being self-aware of your strengths can lead to so many amazing benefits and opportunities in business and in life, particularly with partnerships and working with colleagues and a team. Perhaps more importantly, knowing the areas you’re not as strong in or as well suited for will help you find someone who compliments you ...
Nov 24, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Freelance writer and blogger Randy A Brown, talks about his story going from a manufacturing engineer to starting his own freelance writing business at the age of 46. We cover so many amazing topics in this episode including his mindset and the reasons he left the corporate world to enjoy a home based business, to how to make money blogging and writing online, to what you need in order to make a big leap of faith when going full time with your business and more. Get all links, resources and show...
Nov 20, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast World traveler and digital nomad Noëlle Steegs tells us about her experience traveling through Europe, South Africa and many exotic locations while running her freelance web design business. We cover many practical topics including traveling tips, gear, the benefit of getting connected with nomadic online communities as well as safety tips for traveling and more! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:30 - Nomad progression 10:50 - Meeting like-minded people 14:39 - Benefits of being a minimali...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Dominic de Souza of TheDiviAwards.com talks to us about the most important lessons learned with creating a passion based business/project as well as some incredibly useful marketing strategies that you can apply to your website content and copy to help increase engagement in your brand. If you have a side passion project or are thinking about starting one, this episode will give you some great insight on how to properly set it up for success! Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://j...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elegant Themes content manager Nathan B. Weller gives us peak behind the curtain as to what they’ve done to help make the Elegant Themes blog a behemoth in the Wordpress blogosphere. He also lets us in on what their content marketing strategy looks like and provides some real practical tactics and strategies that you can apply to your business if you have a blog or do content for clients. Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/004 Get my entire suite of courses in the Co...
Nov 10, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ania Romańska of DiviLover.com tells her story on how she started her business, began working from home and launched a product based site, all while building her family and now balancing web design life as a Mom of 5 children. Enjoy! Connect with Ania and get all the links and resources mentioned in the episode at: https://joshhall.co/003 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $49/mo Get courses + all community features in the Community Tier = $99/mo Get everything + direct coachin...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast