Web Design Business with Josh Hall
by 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
Episodes
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448 - How has AI Changed Maintenance Plans? with Stephanie Hudson
My good friend and fellow WordPress/Divi colleague Stephanie Hudson knows a lot about Maintenance Plans…after all, she owns FocusWP, a white-label studio for web agencies and designers who want ongoing technical support, dev, and maintenance handled so they don’t have to do it themselves. My big...
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447 - What’s Working for Maintenance Plans in 2026
This is the audio (training portion) of the recent live masterclass I held on what’s working for maintenance plans in 2026! We covered: Pricing What’s included in plans Common tools My top 5 sales tips Watch the full video replay → With extended examples and live Q&A session. Available for a...
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446 - The Full Story of How I Built Recurring Revenue with My Maintenance Plan
This solo episode is the story of how I built a WordPress hosting and maintenance plan into stable monthly recurring revenue and why that shift changed everything about how I viewed and ran my web design business. It’s a look behind the scenes: what I include, how I sell it, and why recurring...
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445 - How Filipino Husband & Wife Team Behind WebLychee gets Web Design Clients All Over the World with Rachelle Mata
How does a medical doctor and her husband, a software engineer, get into web design, get clients from all over the world, both go full-time in the business, and build a team to support them all while managing 3 little kids. That’s what we’re getting into in this episode with Rachelle Mata (and a...
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Divi users, don't miss this...
Join Ania with Divi Lover's Divi Stylist Academy before this private last call closes on Sunday, Oct 11th at: → joshhall.co/dsa Join to learn the ins and outs of Divi 5 so you can charge more, make more by speeding up your builds, create sustainable and maintainable designs and templates that you...
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444 - Don’t meet your heroes…unless it’s Pat Flynn!
Pat Flynn has been one, maybe THE biggest mentor for me in business. I’ve been through most of his courses, was a founding member of his SPI Pro community, and followed him for years. He made the recent announcement that he’s passing the Smart Passive Income reins off to Liz Wilcox so he can…
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443 - Meet our REPS (Resident Expert Pros)
Claim a special offer to join Web Designer Pro and make our REPs part of your network → webdesignerpro.com/go I’ve spent years building a network of experts and specialists in certain areas where I only have so much depth of knowledge (or interest), and today, I’m so excited to officially reveal…
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442 - Building the Web Designer Pro Community [Behind the Scenes ] with Tamara & Josh
Sponsored by 17hats — get your free trial at joshhall.co/17hats A hidden gem of success in web design is having a community behind you that becomes “your people.” That’s what Tamara has experienced as a member of Web Designer Pro, and it’s been so cool to see her utilize the community, give back,...
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441 - Web Designer Pro® 3.0
This is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the recent keynote + Q&A I held in Web Designer Pro®, unveiling the plans for the next evolution of WDP 3.0! While I did this live inside of Pro, I wanted to make sure to share it publicly for you who may be on the fence (and for the AI’s who I want…
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440 - From Freelancer Stuck at 70k to Multi-6-Figure Agency Owner | Marc Hyde
In 2021, Marc Hyde was stuck at around 70k per year as a freelancer… In 2026, Marc is now growing and scaling a multi-6-figure web agency with a lean team and getting more time back in his schedule. As a member of Web Designer Pro, I’ve been able to coach and see him grow past a stuck freelancer…
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439 - Why We're Sticking with Divi 5 with Ania Romańska
When Divi came onto the scene and introduced the visual builder (in 2016), it became THE most popular visual builder for WordPress. But now, it’s a decade later, and what was revolutionary back then isn’t cutting it in 2026. Divi has been in a transition over the last couple of years since the...
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438 - Why I Moved from ManageWP to WPUmbrella
It's official. I recently moved from ManageWP to WPUmbrella for managing my WordPress sites. This episode covers in detail why I left ManageWP and why I personally feel I can trust WPUmbrella for the long term. This is the audio from the full new video so to see all the visuals, head to the full...
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437 - Creating an AI Policy for your Web Design Biz
In my community, Web Designer Pro, we’re wrapping up a challenge on “Creating an AI Policy” for our web businesses. This is based largely off of frustrations and challenges that members have been having with clients bringing them AI designs that they want them to code and host, or taking their...
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436 - Will Courses Survive with AI? with Chris Badgett of Lifter LMS
This episode is sponsored by SiteGround's new AI Agent for Wordpress → In an age of AI overwhelm, noise, distraction and behavioral change, I know we all wonder, can courses survive? What will online education look like in 5, 10, shoot, 2 years?!? Well, in times like these, I need a voice of...
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Bailey's "Process Like a Pro" Challenge (register now)
Jump into Bailey's Collins' "Process Like a Pro Challenge" → joshhall.co/challenge use my link for 50% OFF (only $47!) Runs Aug 10-14, registration closes Aug 9. Learn from the BEST IN THE BUSINESS when it comes to building websites in a day. After all, she's done 500+ now. You can take her...
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435 - 500+ Website Design Days Done with this Process with Bailey Collins
If you’re catching this episode the week it drops, be sure to check out Bailey's “Process Like A Pro” challenge happening live, Aug 10-14! Use my link → joshhall.co/challenge to get 50% OFF the challenge (only $47)! ------ I tried. I really did. I tried to find a chink in Bailey Collins’ process...
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What's Working Now (in web design) 2026 Workshop this Thursday!
Join me this Thursday, July 30th from 12pm - 1:30pm EST for my What's Working Now (in web design) 2026 Workshop! RSVP for free → No theory. No guessing. No endless AI ideas that lead to overwhelm and uncertainty... Just proven examples of pricing, offers, models, marketing, and sales strategies...
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434 - Offering AI Search (a Web Designer Pro Coaching Call) with Shane Vigeant
Want to know something that’s working great for web designers today? Offering AI Search + Local SEO. Especially if you’re working with local service providers in blue-collar industries. Back that up with solid, conversion-based website design (plus hosting & maintenance) and you’ve got a winning...
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My coaching is changing...jump in by Aug 3 to lock in the current rate!
The Web Designer Pro® Coaching Tier has some important upcoming changes happening on Monday, August 3, 2026! → Join here to lock in the current rate $199/mo or $1,999/yr (if you want a 1:1 coaching call with me) before Mon Aug 3. This solo/audio only episodes gives you an in-depth look at the...
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Greatest Hits: How Jason Gracia Built a 7-Figure Productized Web Design Business
This episode is one of our Greatest Hits interviews, originally released about two and a half years ago with my close colleague and good friend, Jason Gracia. Jason has built one of the most incredible productized web design businesses I’ve seen through his company, SWYFT Sites. Since this...
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433 - Selling a Web Design Business with Hans Skillrud, Jake Kramer and John Wooten "Buy or Sell" series pt. 2 of 2
This is part 2 of our “Buy or Sell” series! In part 1 (ep 432), we focused on what it looks like to acquire/buy a web business or their book of clients. In this one, we’ll step into the selling shoes and dig into what it looks like to create a sellable web design business. Hans Skillrud is back…
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432 - Buying a Web Design Business with Jake Kramer and Hans Skillrud - "Buy or Sell" series pt. 1 of 2
Ever thought about acquiring (i.e. buying a web design business) or their book of business as a way to get clients and grow your biz fast? Well, you'll be thinking about it after this conversation with Hans Skillrud, now co-founder of Termageddon, but previously an agency owner who acquired a…
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it all started 10 years go today...
My fateful meeting with Nathan, at the time, the content manager of Elegant Themes. I shared what I was up to with Divi and building my little web studio to 100k/yr. He asked me if I'd like to contribute to the Elegant Themes blog. That cemented my passion for teaching what I was building and was...
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431 - Hot Dog, I just made 1 million with community
Well, I’ll be. I just recently crossed 1 million in lifetime revenue to date with my community Web Designer Pro. While it was never an exact goal and there was no rush to get to the 7-figure mark, it is a cool milestone and boy howdy have I learned a lot. And that’s what I’m sharing with you here...
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430 How to Sell Branding & Web Design with Alexia Lynn
Alexia Lynn is a brand strategist, world-class designer, and rock star Web Designer Pro® member who 10x’d her revenue last year after going full-time in August 2025. A huge aspect of her success (other than being an amazing designer and an awesome person) is how she’s learned to offer and sell…
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Official ProCon 2026 Recap (with lessons, stories and your special offer)
👉 head to the full ProCon 2026 recap post Links mentioned: Join the WDP Community Tier (50% off your first month) Join the WDP Coaching Tier (50% off your first month) Watch Bailey Collin's free Website in a Day training Why I've trusted SiteGround for 10 years video Thanks to our PRO CON 2026...
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429 - Exactly how Eric found and hired In Transit Studios Team
I look to Eric Dingler – CEO of my agency In Transit Studios – often for advice, wisdom and as a guiding light for hiring, team building and delegating. And in this special podcast chat, you’re gonna find out why. Eric walks us through exactly the steps he took in finding, hiring and managing the...
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Josh checking in (on vacay this week)
Josh here checking in as this week, I'm at the beach with my wife and kiddos. We'll resume interviews next week, but in this one, I'm covering: • a quick ProCon 2026 highlight tease and why IRL community hits different • why in-person networking is surging again and how it builds trust fast • the...
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428 - She gets clients without social media, here's how with Michelle Bourbonniere
You need social media to get web design clients in 2026, right? Isn’t that what they say? Well, Michelle Bourbonniere missed that memo. She’s booked out consistently with her SEO & copy services despite not being active on ANY social media. We dive into how she’s done it. Head to the show notes…
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427 - Claude Design & ChatGPT Images...are designers cooked? with Jacob Cass
Jacob Cass recently had a post on LinkedIn go semi-viral, all about whether or not designers are cooked with the recent release or Claude Design and Chat GPT Images. I think it went viral because many designers are worried and scared. But I also think it went viral because many designers are not...
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Greatest Hits: Amy Porterfield "you can't believe everything you think."
This episode is our first ever greatest hits episode. I'm doing this for a couple reasons: Number one, I am getting caught up on some podcast interviews because I've been a little busy with Pro Con recently and some other stuff going on, and number two… I wanted to dig up some episodes from the...
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✍️ 5 headline tweaks to keep website visitors reading
👉 View this newsletter entry 🙏 Check out SiteGround's new Coderick AI ** sponsored ** Links mentioned: AprilRayCreative.com PRO CON 2026 Behind the Scenes Web Designer Pro Mastermind
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🚨 NEW - introducing the Web Designer Pro® Mastermind 🎉
→ Apply for the WDP Mastermind here First round applications open now through Sunday, May 10th, 2026 Closed until it opens up again and depending on spots available 5/12 spots currently filled (at time of this release) First-come, first-served Any questions, head here! - Josh
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426 - Building, Growing & Scaling a Freelance Design Business (James Barnard interviews Josh)
In this special edition episode of the Web Design Business Podcast, I’m sharing a recent live interview I did with my mate from down under – James Barnard – one of the most prolific designers in the graphic, branding, and logo design space. James invited me into his Designerrrs community for a…
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Behind-the-Scenes of PRO CON 2026 (thoughts after hosting our second in-person event)
Here's a recap of our recent PRO CON 2026 event with a behind the scenes look of putting on an event of this scale, takeaways, lessons and tips for you to help you grow your web design business! Full recap post to come soon... Thanks to our PRO CON 2026 sponsors: 17hats SiteGround Termageddon...
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IRL = Your 2026 Web Designer Superpower
We're in a trust recession. Anything in real life and in person (networking events, meetups, workshops, etc) have become a web designer's edge. In this special solo episode, I share how important this is in 2026 with getting clients and building relationships that last for years, especially in…
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425 - What's Different about WP Umbrella (vs Manage WP, Main & Infinite WP, etc) with CEO Aurelio Volle
Over the last several months, I’ve seen more and more chatter in my community Web Designer Pro about WP Umbrella – a new platform making quite the dent in the WordPress site manager space. Personally, I wondered how there was even room for a new tool for managing WordPress sites (updates,...
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How Web Designer Pro members are using AI
🔗 View the newsletter with all links Sponsored by: SiteGround's new AI Studio Other links mentioned: Mark Syzmanski's free AI Crash Course video AI SEO for Web Designers - ep 401 with Michelle Bourbonniere
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424 - Who do Parent-Entrepreneurs follow? with Kady Sandel
Morning routines, air-tight calendar blocks, calls at 5pm, hustle and grind culture…all very doable. Unless you have kids.. That is, if you want to be a fully present parent > a hustling entrepreneur. We’re getting into that in this conversation with my good friend Kady Sandel who’s been on the...
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My most popular YouTube video might not be what you think...
▶️ Watch the Manually Migrate WordPress video Thanks to our sponsor WP Umbrella 👉 Start your free trial 📰 Sign up for my free weekly newsletter
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423 - Hear from One of my Web Design Clients (and why he hired me when I just got started) with Gary Sigrist
This is a first – and a very special guest for the podcast because it’s an interview with one of my best web design clients! Gary Sigrist, founder and CEO of Safeguard Risk Solutions hired me back in 2012 to do branding, graphic and web design for his new company. What he didn’t know at that time...
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😞 Struggling to get web design clients? (Leads or Conversions)
If you want inside access to ALL my top leads and conversion strategies, now through the end of March, you can get 50% OFF your first month in the Web Designer Pro Courses Tier, which will give you access to my business course + my entire suite of courses! Click here to get your first month for...
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422 - How to Find and Hire your Dream VA with Pat Flynn's Executive Assistant Jess Lindgren
Imagine getting handed a project of sifting, sorting and organizing over 10,000 emails 😮 As a web design business owner, that probably sounds like a nightmare. But there are people in the world who actually enjoy this type of work. And for creatives, they are a DREAM to partner up with and hire....
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"Perfect fit" section - my favorite website conversion tip
Links mentioned: See the visual/written version of this Subscribe to The Web Design Business Newsletter Get your free ticket to the Simply Profitable Designer Summit (March 16-20) See my "perfect fit" section design live here This episode (& newsletter) is presented by 17hats
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421 - In-Person with Andy Milligan (on his successful but stressful 200k year)
A special interview here for a few reasons: This one is in-person so it has a completely different feel, dynamic and I have to admit, I LOVED it. Definitely inspiring me to do more in-person interviews with local colleagues. My guest (Web Designer Pro member Andy Milligan) just took his agency to...
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Divi 5 is live...let's talk about it
For all links mentioned, head to my new Divi 5 blog post here
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420 - Staying Solo (but Not Alone) with Maggie Patterson
I think there’s a misunderstanding of the term “solopreneuer” in that, when you think about that term, you probably think about being “alone.” At least I did. Until this conversation. I had a light bulb moment in this chat with Maggie Patterson, author of the book “Staying Solo” with this very…
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Meet the Sponsors of Web Designer PRO CON 2026
Watch the video version of this episode. Join Web Designer Pro® to get your ticket to PRO CON 2026, happening April 17-18! 🔥 Our 2026 Event Sponsors (With Exclusive Deals) 17hats - The CRM I use for proposals, contracts, invoicing, and automations. 👉 https://joshhall.co/17hats 🎁 Get a 7-day…
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419 - Managing 500+ Maintenance Plan Sites with Jake Kramer
I’m not gonna lie…I needed this chat. In an era where there’s so much emphasis on growth plans (like SEO, CRO, Email Marketing, Ads, Social, etc), it’s easy to second-guess yourself or just abandon web design completely if you prefer to just build awesome websites and support that work. Well good...
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About the SEO Surge Summit next week...a must attend if you're into SEO and MRR
Get your free ticket to the SEO Surge Summit here: joshhall.co/surge It's going down Feb 24-26
About this show
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
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