Web Design Business with Josh Hall

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477

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Aug 2026

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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

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September 7, 20261 hr 13 min

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 to a freedom-first web biz owner in just a few short years. Marc pulls the curtain back in this episode about what he did to get to the 6 and multi-6-figure revenue range, how his focus on recurring revenue through support and growth plans changed the game for him, how he’s grown a small support team to free him up and why he felt my coaching inside Web Designer Pro was what he needed to help him, quote “bust through the next ceiling” in his business. What an honor to be a part of his journey to this point…and we’re just getting started! Head to the show notes to get all the links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/440 Get 2 Free Termageddon Licenses Protect client sites with auto-updating privacy policies. Get 2 Termageddon licenses free for life. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

August 31, 20261 hr 2 min

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 announcement of Divi 5, which was a complete, modern rebuild . Many others and I, who were early adopters (I started using it in September 2024 ), have had to show patience, persistence, and perseverance through the many updates, bug fixes, UX and builder changes. Many Divi designers didn’t last through the transition and abandoned the Divi ship for other WordPress page builder alternatives…, but like me, many Divi designers have grown to embrace and even love the new Divi 5 experience, for many reasons. One of those designers is my good friend Ania Romanska with Divi Lover. In this episode, we dug into our experience with transitioning from Divi 4 to Divi 5, what we love about it, what we’re excited about, and what we’re still frustrated with/hoping they address soon. And speaking of Ania, she is one of THE BEST Divi designers I know and has a real knack for not only designing websites, but creating a “Design System” that you can replicate and build on site after site after site after site, making website builds faster, more efficient, and more fun. She’s hosting the next Divi 5 Design System Workshop Sept 7th-9th, 2026! The value you get for only $97 is absolutely wild, but as a listener of the show, you can use my code JOSHHALL at checkout for 30% OFF! Only $67 to learn how to master Divi 5 with a complete, workable design system that you can use over and over again. Head to joshhall.co/workshop to secure your seat Again, use coupon code JOSHHALL at checkout for 30% off. P.S. I’ll be there learning right beside you because I’m taking this workshop as well as promoting it! I know Divi 5 pretty well but have not kept up with the recent updates so I’m excited to learn from someone who may know Divi 5 better than anyone I know. Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/439

August 24, 202617 min

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 video at: https://youtu.be/Z-kTkGKld7w Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/438

August 17, 202630 min

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 hard-earned and human-first designs, then using AI to manipulate them into generic slop. That’s what led us to recently kick off this community challenge, and in this episode, I’ll walk you through the AI Policy starter template that we came up with so you can use it for your web design business! It’s below. Completely free, on me. Again, please do not copy and paste it verbatim…use it as a starting point and add your own flare without using AI, ideally!! Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/437

August 10, 20261 hr 11 min

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 reason. A calming voice of optimisim and hope. And for me, that’s Chris Badgett. CEO of Lifter LMS. Hands down the best LMS for WordPress. And I’m pumped to have him back on the podcast today to talk all things landscape change (and future) with courses and online education. Yes I’m an online course creator but I’m also an online course taker and so many online courses have changed my life so I’m very protective of the A-Z, results-based experience but I’m also a realist and I know learning behavior is changing with AI. But as always, after a chat with Chris, I feel better. I hope you will too 🙂 Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/436

August 6, 20262 min

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 process, make it your own and speed up your website builds, take on more clients, be more profitable and enjoy life more as a web designer :) All for only $47. Crazy steal of a deal here, friends! Josh P.S. you can use this challenge to improve your process for website in a day, website in a week or fully custom builds!

August 3, 20261 hr 22 min

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 armor…but I failed. She really does have the most thorough, well-thought-out, and proven process for building websites in a day. And in this episode, she’s back on to tell us the ins and outs of how she’s built over 500 websites in a day using this process. Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/435

July 28, 20261 min

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 that are working TODAY for Web Designer Pros killing it in 2026. Save my seat →

July 27, 202646 min

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 recipe of growing monthly recurring revenue and results-based for years to come. That’s exactly what Web Designer Pro member Shane Vigeant of tonewoodmarketing.com has discovered, because even though he’s building up his web design business on the side, it’s growing so much that he’s seen the light of going full-time in the near future. Especially at this rate. That’s exactly what we discussed on a recent coaching call inside Pro that Shane was kind enough to allow me to repurpose for you here! It’s a great convo to tune into if you want to know what’s working today for a web designer early in the journey with a focus on AI search + local SEO. Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/434 P.S. Our resident SEO/Copy expert Michelle Bourbonniere also joins this one halfway through! P.S.S. joshhall.co/workshop to register for my free, upcoming “What’s Working Now (in web design)” workshop happening Thursday, July 30th ! P.S.S.S. webdesignerpro.com/coaching to lock in the current rate before we move to an application-only model Aug 3

July 20, 202645 min

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 changes, expanding on why now is the time and to hear directly from a handful of Coaching Tier members on how my personal coaching has helped their businesses. In short, Coaching Tier Changes (Mon Aug 3) Open/Closed Model - we’ll move to opening the coaching tier every quarter Application - we’ll have a new application process to apply for coaching Annual Only - new billing cycle is annual-only with a new price-point of $2,999/yr which includes a 1:1 60min coaching call with me Member Cap - we’ll move back to having a cap at 150 coaching tier members due to my personal bandwidth and capacity (at 103 currently) Join here to lock in the current Coaching Tier rate →