Josh shares an in-depth look at how to offer website strategy as a service covering what it is, what it includes, how to offer it and how to charge for it. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:51 - Figuring it out 08:21 - Josh’s pro tip 10:27 - What is strategy 12:34 - Having a good CTA 14:02 - Service provider not friend 15:56 - Different customer types 18:27 - Work in phases 20:23 - What are the deliverables 24:43 - Email strategy differences 31:33 - How should you offer 35:20 - Deciding on...
Sep 01, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In honor of the 5 year anniversary of JOSHHALL.co, Josh shares 5 of his most important lessons learned and reflects on the journey so far. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:50 - If you have a hustle 05:20 - Bonus tip to start 06:34 - Important “C” word 11:05 - Future goals 13:10 - 1) Consistency wins 17:09 - 2) Vibe attracts your tribe 22:22 - 3) The enemy of progress 25:05 - A challenge is issued 28:59 - 4) Write plans in pencil 32:21 - Change is common at #7 35:11 - 5) Having momentum 40...
Aug 29, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Divi legend, agency owner and white-label expert Geno Quiroz is back on the podcast, this time to open up about his recent personal journey on health and work-life balance. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:53 - Greeting to Geno 10:18 - A wake-up call 13:00 - Priority shift 16:55 - Have a morning routine 22:51 - An impossible goal 24:40 - More about relationships 27:17 - Learning from others 32:02 - Work life schedule 38:39 - Proper hustle timeline 42:26 - Disguised as the hustle 46:56 - W...
Aug 22, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares what’s included in websites that go generally between 5-10k so that you can build a 6-figure web design business without selling social media, ads and other digital marketing services. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 05:58 - Don’t do it all 08:31 - The trick to it 10:49 - 1) Strong conversion 12:30 - Design tip 14:04 - 2) Website strategy 18:05 - 3) Good messaging 20:47 - 4) SEO foundation 23:49 - 5) Show results 28:08 - Recap Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://...
Aug 18, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sarah Newland of KeyboardSmash shares her top tips for making an amazing client experience and strong pipeline of clients by organizing the processes, sequences and operations in your web design business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:10 - Greeting to Sarah 08:03 - Diversify or simplify 12:17 - Wasting money on shiny 15:19 - Learn self-awareness 19:58 - Advocating software 21:13 - Monitor the pipeline 24:31 - Filtering clients 26:39 - Tracking always 28:46 - Follow-up importance 31:14 ...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Palmer, the founder of Bertha.ai, an AI based tool for helping web designers with copy and content on websites, joins the show to share his insight on where AI is in web design today and the role it looks to play in the future for web designers. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:51 - Greeting to Andrew 04:12 - Birth of Bertha 07:35 - Pain point for Bertha 09:38 - Helping clients 11:14 - Killing the copywriter 16:05 - A Quick Win 17:54 - What is the AI role 22:03 - How it thinks 25:1...
Aug 08, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares his thoughts on whether or not you NEED to be on social media to get web design clients these days. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Do you need socials 06:19 - LinkedIn 10:34 - 1) Utilize Blogging 13:02 - 2) Educate 14:14 - 3) Network in person 16:44 - 4) Build an email list 19:08 - 5) Get referrals 20:40 - Bonus - YouTube Tips to being ON Socials 22:52 - 1) Start small 24:41 - 2) Create SOP’s 25:43 - 3) Hire it out 27:17 - 4) Types of content 28:22 - 5) Be personable Ge...
Aug 04, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast We hear from Nick Monaghan, one of Josh’s students, who took his web design business to 6-figures fast but did it in a very messy way. Nick shares openly about the things he did right but more importantly the things he did wrong in his first year of business so that you can take the lessons and apply them to taking your business to 100k or more per year in a not-so-messy way. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:47 - Greeting to Nick 04:42 - Photographer to design 09:44 - Use your strengths 1...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast In part 2 of our mini series on Selling SEO, co-founder of Pathfinder SEO Lindsay Halsey joins us to share the ins and outs of how to sell SEO as a recurring revenue stream and how to scale up to monthly retainers that are billed at several thousand dollars per month. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:31 - Greeting to Lindsay 06:13 - Perfect world start 09:45 - Know the scenario 10:33 - Helping designers sell 14:43 - Packaging 15:59 - Audit or Assessment 18:38 - SEO foundation 22:33 - When...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lead innovator at respona.com Farzad Rashidi joins us in part 1 of this mini SEO series to help you decide if SEO is a service you want to pursue as a part of your web design suite of services and if so, how to do it successfully. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:34 - Greeting to Farzad 07:55 - Customer journey 12:21 - What is the main driver 17:58 - Backwards building 19:42 - Allocation of resources 23:24 - Too much content 25:11 - Quality is not a plus 29:21 - Whole process 31:46 - Farz...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares his top 3 tips for transitioning from brand strategy and graphic design services to web design becoming your main service. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:34 - The reason why 02:09 - 1) Secondary Service 05:22 - Make it premium 08:00 - Don’t advertise 09:52 - 2) Phase it out 11:57 - Put limitations 12:18 - Time constraints 13:57 - Partner with others 15:23 - 3) Remove completely 16:10 - Alert clients 16:39 - An upsell opportunity 18:09 - Referrals 21:24 - Final recap 22:19 - ...
Jul 21, 2022•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Web designer business coach Shannon Mattern is on the podcast to share her thoughts on web design pricing and the mindset of raising rates confidently, pricing so you can have a profitable business, weeding out cheap clients and much more. In This Episode 00:00 - introduction 03:43 - Greeting to Shannon 07:36 - Self-taught to burn-out 13:08 - Business coach advice 16:06 - Mindset shift 18:45 - Charge for experience 20:51 - Faster = more profitable 25:20 - Helping others 28:22 - Golden handcuffs ...
Jul 18, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast CEO of Smart Passive Income, Matt Gartland, joins us for this special 200th episode of the podcast to share about what he sees is working well in their business right now and where online business is heading from 2022 and beyond. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:24 - Greeting to Matt 05:17 - Glimpse of past/present 08:45 - Collaboration 12:27 - New York Times 13:55 - Business side focus 16:23 - Prioritizing content 17:43 - Retention 20:04 - Subscription model 23:06 - Hybrid subscription 2...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares his thoughts on why the podcast title is changing and what to expect with the show and upcoming courses and programs moving forward! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:06 - Reason for pivoting 04:02 - Future changes 05:17 - Plans and goals 06:41 - Owning a niche 07:46 - Backstory to Josh Hall 11:04 - Grow your business 13:22 - Goal to be the top 15:22 - Attracting more than niche 18:47 - Something new coming 21:54 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at: http...
Jul 07, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Founder of DayRateMastery™ Sarah Masci is back on the podcast, this time to share some invaluable tips and lessons learned for the identity change you experience when transitioning your business or yourself into a new role in your business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:35 - Greeting to Sarah 05:51 - Evolution to “Coach” 10:14 - Being concise 12:38 - Helpful but focused 14:06 - Repackaging options 17:20 - Transition to day rate 23:52 - Confident mindset 26:26 - Change in a name 29:50 -...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author and business coach Robbie Swale shares tips on how to keep momentum going when you’re at low points. Whether you’re stuck on a project or feel like giving up on your business entirely. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:30 - Greeting to Robbie 10:19 - What prompted the book 11:32 - Next level of success 12:33 - Accidentally on purpose 15:00 - Helps grow & learn 16:48 - Using what you have 20:18 - Practice 23:19 - Creative procrastination 25:47 - Planned expectation 28:54 - Batchi...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares 7 practical tips and advice from what he learned in recently taking nearly a full month off from his business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:34 - 1) Organizing email 06:38 - 2) Team communication 11:39 - 3) Client communication 13:57 - 4) Account for time 17:06 - 5) Feeling disconnected 19:16 - 6) Schedule intentionally 22:28 - 7) Recurring income 23:40 - Coach and mentor 26:04 - Recap Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/196 Get my entire suite o...
Jun 23, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, Jenny Blake is on the podcast to share how to get “free time” back in both your personal and professional life while still growing a profitable online business. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 02:56 - Welcome to Jenny 07:34 - Backstory with Pat Flynn 11:52 - Not about working less 13:50 - TIme becomes a verb 15:10 - Friction and flow 16:30 - Aligned, design, assign 18:21 - What gives you energy 19:20 - Copy should disgust people 23...
Jun 20, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Web design agency owner, brand strategist and marketer Damian Vallelonga shares how his agency implements a “content and copywriting first approach” to building websites. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:11 - Greeting to Damian 05:09 - Graphic evolution 06:50 - Words are key 11:12 - More value 16:28 - Showcase services 18:27 - Clarify client needs 23:23 - Convincing the pushback 23:57 - Marry design to content 26:11 - Big copy mistake 28:13 - Be a translator 29:54 - Easily understandable ...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Oliver Schöndorfer of PimpMyType.com is venturing into the online course realm but has a lot of questions about how to package up his knowledge and expertise into a course (or courses) and how to sell them consistently. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 05:20 - Update of Oliver 06:56 - Finding value 09:07 - Free tips to course 13:40 - A trial run 17:29 - Too many cooks 19:32 - Breaking it down 21:54 - Fighting perfectionism 25:42 - Result confidence 30:21 - Learn early then adjust 32:43 - Mor...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Dubsado Queen and Business Operations Consultant Charlotte Isaac is on the podcast to share how to make room in your business for the inevitable, unexpected surprises that life will bring. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:25 - Greeting to Charlotte 07:17 - Zero in on focus 11:10 - Unexpected happens 14:11 - Being prepared 16:01 - Set reactionary time 18:15 - Pay yourself 20:40 - Rate percentage 22:15 - Have client boundaries 24:59 - Plan ahead just in case 27:39 - Schedule CEO days 31...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Director of WordPress at Cloudways Hosting, Robert Jacobi, shares a basic understanding of cloud hosting, how it differs from shared hosting along with the basics of CDN’s, site speed and more. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:33 - Greeting to Robert 08:32 - Joomla to WP 10:48 - WP owns 50% internet 13:01 - Retrofit hosting 15:54 - What is cloud hosting 19:50 - Apartment complex 23:54 - Where is the “Cloud” 26:25 - Hosting on steroids 28:43 - Portable containers 31:56 - Redundant data glo...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast A friend of Josh’s from high school is considering a career change and wonders if web design is a good career to get into nowadays. He sent 15 great questions over that we address one at a time in this special, Q&A episode! In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 01:58 - Don’t have to be savvy 03:44 - Three web design options 07:21 - 1) Education needed 11:06 - 2) Average pay 14:59 - 3) Being tech savvy 20:22 - 4) Favorite part 23:33 - 5) Least favorite 26:51 - 6) Who to work for 28:07 - 7) Wou...
May 26, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Founder of The Founding Moms online community and host of the podcast “Why Are We Shouting?!?,” Jill Salzman is on the podcast to talk about customer retention and how to keep customers coming back. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:36 - Greeting to Jill 08:27 - Branding transparency 11:09 - In it for the journey 12:34 - Jill’s first “adult” company 15:26 - Finding the answers 19:05 - Being an expert 23:08 - Community nurturing 24:59 - Natural retention 27:17 - Beginning of relationships 3...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Seasoned web design professional and webpreneur Brad Hussey is back on the podcast, this time to share his proven process for saving time in onboarding web design clients. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:46 - Greeting to Brad 09:00 - Letting all clients go 12:15 - Starting over 14:31 - Necessity to productize 16:45 - SOP hang-ups 19:25 - Boundaries for creatives 30:00 - Process effort = results 33:30 - Pick a day & full pay 34:47 - Trello over Basecamp 36:37 - Scripted video 37:36 - ...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a recent call inside my Web Design Club Coaching Community , one of my students, Nick Monaghan of Monaghan Media Group , shared how he landed his first 10k project. Instead of simply outlining my top tips based on our chat, I’m letting you in on the entire session so you can hear exactly how he did it! Followed by my top 7 takeaways from what Nick learned and did right in this situation. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:37 - How networking paid off 06:41 - Being self-aware 07:29 - Util...
May 12, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Professional freelance web designer and founder of Good Cheer Web Design, Kayla Walters, shares her top tips for getting clients through social media and more specifically, through groups, DM’s and other tactile strategies that are working well right now in web design. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 05:06 - Greeting to Kayla 06:52 - Know who is searching 09:56 - Explaining specifics 12:47 - Adapting to niche 16:09 - Transparent funneling 17:47 - Casual personalization 21:14 - 15 minutes of...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Multi-million dollar course creator and host of the top ranked podcast Online Marketing Made Easy, Amy Porterfield, shares her top strategies, tips and lessons learned on how to last as an online entrepreneur. From working in corporate with mega brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, she shares openly about her journey from leaving the corporate world to pursue freedom as an online entrepreneur. Not only do we get into all the highs and lows of her journey, but mos...
May 02, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh shares his thoughts on if you need to get a college degree to be successful in web design. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 03:30 - Personal story 06:05 - For certain industries 07:27 - Colleges keeping up 09:05 - Online courses 10:38 - Being asked to teach 14:16 - Employee or entrepreneur 16:07 - Staying out of debt 17:59 - Course suggestions 21:33 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/184 Get my entire suite of courses in the Courses Tier = $...
Apr 28, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author of the book "Company of One" and Co-founder of Fathom Analytics shares the ins and outs of their privacy focused analytics software that's GDPR compliant. I have officially moved to Fathom and recommend it as a solid Google Analytics alternative that's GDPR compliant. Go to JOSHHALL.co/FATHOM to start a free trial. In This Episode: 00:00 - Introduction 04:22 - Greeting to Paul 07:47 - The process to Fathom 10:59 - Two birds with one stone 15:48 - Simplicity and speed 1...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
