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Robin is the Head of Technology Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., where he leads a 50-banker team spanning 12 tech verticals. He has 30+ years of investment banking experience advising high-growth technology companies on M&A and capital raising.Topics:AI in Investment BankingTech Market OutlookStrategically Hiring Senior TalentBuilding a Collaborative Culture...and so much more.Top TakeawaysGrowth opportunities are increasingly coming from venture-backed targets. Most of the M&A activity Robin's team is seeing isn't traditional buyouts but portcos making strategic acquisitions to build out their existing platforms. Oppenheimer's recent sale of Kentik to PE-backed Infoblox is one example. For sponsors, it's a reason to look beyond the traditional add-on universe when building their M&A pipelines.The best use of AI may be capacity creation rather than headcount reduction. Oppenheimer is using an internal analytics tool to offload model-building, SEC data pulls, and other repetitive work. Robin sees the payoff not as needing fewer bankers, but as giving the existing team more capacity to process transactions and spend time with clients. The practical opportunity is to identify where AI can remove execution bottlenecks, then deliberately reinvest that capacity rather than treating efficiency as the end goal.High-stakes moments are built through low-stakes repetition. Robin learned that lesson rowing at Harvard, where months of repetitive training came down to a handful of six-minute races. Dealmaking requires the same discipline: keep doing the work when the payoff is distant, so you're ready when the moment that matters arrives.About Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is a full-service investment bank and wealth manager. Robin leads its technology investment banking group, with about 50 bankers across 12 verticals, from semiconductors and enterprise software to defense tech and aerospace. The team has advised on transactions including Backblaze's 2021 IPO, Corvex's $33M data-center financing, and Gilat's ~$157.5M acquisition of Comtech's satellite and space communications segment.Investors & Operators is brought to you by 51 Labs51 Labs is a marketing agency for the lower middle market. We offer full-service digital marketing for PE, portfolio companies, IB, VC, hedge funds.Brand Identity, Marketing Strategy, Marketing & AGM Video, LinkedIn Strategy & Execution, Web Design & Development, CRM Support & more400+ videos100+ projects#1 content creator on LinkedIn in the lower middle market

Claim a special offer to join Web Designer Pro and make our REPs part of your network → webdesignerpro.com/goI'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 my core inner expert circle in the form of…REPS! (Resident Expert Pros)These are folks who have been in Pro since day one and have expertise in areas that complement my courses and main areas of teaching inside Pro.Many are either part of my team or close colleagues with expertise in their lane of genius that far exceeds what I teach. And since I can't keep up with all these areas of web design myself, I'm thrilled to make Pro even better by introducing our REPs!!

The best design in healthcare is the kind you never notice. When it works, a patient feels safe before a clinician says a word. When it doesn't, trust wears away one small friction point at a time.Jamie sits down with Mallory Phillips, creative director at Your Health. She led the creation of the company's logo and now helps shape how its teams learn. Mallory trained in advertising design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and she argues that design is far bigger than logos and brochures. It covers forms, instructions, onboarding, the words staff choose, and the moment a clinician steps into a patient's home.In this episode:Why patient experience rarely fails because of one big mistake, and how a hundred small friction points do the damage insteadHow in-home care flips the rules: you're a guest in someone's home, so trust has to be earned differentlyWhat Chick-fil-A's "my pleasure" and Airbnb's "home away from home" can teach healthcareThe science of readable design, and why a confusing door handle is the designer's failure, not the user'sThe story inside the Your Health logo, from a handwritten signature to a plus sign that puts the patient at the centerIf you've ever wondered why some care feels personal and some feels like paperwork, this conversation answers it. You'll also come away noticing the small details that make people feel seen. www.YourHealth.Org

Get our free course to help women web designers stop undercharging and overdelivering and create a consistent, full-time income. Web Design Templates, Courses or Clients? Why You Don't Have To Choose with Olga Dorovskykh from Applet Studio Olga Kolgusheva, known professionally as Olga Dorovskykh, is the founder of Applet Studio, a Squarespace template shop and design studio she runs with her husband Roman. In this episode, Olga breaks down how she juggles templates, courses, and custom client work all at once, the real numbers behind growing a profitable template shop, and what she's seeing right now as AI reshapes SEO, affiliate marketing, and how web designers get found online. In This Episode: Why Olga refuses to pick just one business model, and how templates, courses, and client work support each other The real numbers behind growing a template shop, including her 100 blog post breaking point How her templates became a direct source of custom client leads What happened when AI started eating her blog traffic and affiliate income in 2025 Why commercial landing pages are outperforming blog posts for AI visibility How EAT signals across other platforms are changing web designer visibility Why service-based web design isn't going anywhere, even as AI gets better Resources Mentioned: Applet Studio Free Digital Strategy Workshop Web Designer Academy Package Matrix™ Method Related Episodes: Episode 191: How To Choose the Right Web Design Business Model Episode 114: How to Sell Squarespace Templates with Kate Scott Episode 184: Answer Engine Optimization: Your Next Revenue Stream As a Web Designer Olga Kolgusheva (Olga Dorovskykh) is a former journalist turned Squarespace designer and the founder of Applet Studio. Website: applet.studio. Instagram: @applet.studio. Shannon Mattern is a Pricing Strategist, creator of the Package Matrix™ Method, and the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she helps experienced women web designers book higher-paying web design projects, charge more with confidence, run projects without overworking and burnout and break through to their next level of income and freedom. For Web Designers: webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers, Consultants & Agencies: shannonmattern.com Instagram: @profitablewebdesigner | @shannonlmattern

In dieser Episode spreche ich mit Aylin Wiech, Webdesignerin und VA, die einen unerwarteten Weg in die Selbstständigkeit gegangen ist. Nach gesundheitlichen Herausforderungen musste sie ihren bisherigen Job aufgeben – und entdeckte über meinen Podcast die virtuelle Assistenz. Heute arbeitet sie remote, reist, und kombiniert ihre Leidenschaften: Technik, Kreativität und Abenteuer.Was fasziniert: Aylin zeigt, wie man sich neu orientiert, die richtige Dienstleistung findet und in der VA Mastermind wirklich vorankommen kann.

In dieser Folge sprechen wir über unsere Rückkehr nach einer Pause, unser neues Webdesign und Toms geplantes KI-Labor mit lokaler Hardware. Außerdem geht es um einen Theaterbesuch in Hamburg, einen selbst bestimmten und zubereiteten Riesenbovist sowie den IG-Nobelpreis mit mehreren ungewöhnlichen Studien. Zum Schluss besprechen wir synthetisches Eis, den EU-AI-Act, Cookie-Banner und weitere kurze Themen wie warmblütige Tyrannosaurier und den neuen X-Chat-Messenger.

Sponsored by 17hats — get your free trial at joshhall.co/17hatsA 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, and surround herself with a support system that has been key to her business growth and success.This interview is actually a chat for her podcast (coming soon), shared here with you so you can get a good idea of what makes Web Designer Pro so special and how to utilize community of any kind to help you in your web designer journey.Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/44217hats Free Trial + Josh Hall TemplatesStart a free 7-day trial and get Josh's quote, contract & invoice templates added to your account.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Die deutsche Sprache wird zur Programmiersprache: Mit KI-Tools wie Claude Code entwickelt Joël Kaczmarek als Laie in einer Woche eine komplette, mehrsprachige Website – und erlebt, wie Fachrollen im Softwarebereich neu gedacht werden. Hamid Hosseini, KI-Berater mit MIT-Hintergrund, zeigt, warum Plan-Mode und klare Kommunikation der Schlüssel sind, wie Multi-Agent-Setups funktionieren und wo die echten Grenzen liegen. Für alle, die den Umbruch spüren und echte Selbstwirksamkeit suchen. Du erfährst... ...wie Vibe-Coding die deutsche Sprache zur Programmiersprache transformiert. ...welche Tools Claude Code und Vercel für effizientes KI-gestütztes Programmieren bieten. ...wie Unternehmen mit KI-Entwicklung neue Applikationen effizient managen können. __________________________ ||||| PERSONEN |||||

Have you ever hit a major goal only to immediately move the goalposts and feel like you are still falling short? Same here, friend! And that's why in this episode, we explore how to break free from the trap of perfectionism and measure your progress by how far you have come rather than an elusive ideal. Today we're joined by brand strategist, designer, and host of Grown From Within Podcast, Melissa Heckel - who brings over 16 years of entrepreneurial experience running Branch Creative Co. - joins us to share her raw, relatable journey through burnout, business lows, and the mindset shift that changed everything. Get ready to ditch the endless hustle, embrace your wins, and cultivate true contentment in both your business and personal life!Connect with Melissa: Branch Creative Co. | @branchcreativeco | LinkedIn | Facebook | Grown From Within Podcast---Connect with Kate: mskatehouse.com | the live by design blueprint | @mskatehouse | mastermind | courses | speaking | FREE overcoming overwhelm masterclass

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 to have the most up-to-date info about Pro) to encourage you to jump in before some of these changes roll out through the rest of 2026.Head to webdesignerpro.com/go for a special, limited-time offer to jump in!Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/441

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Vern Davenport is a Partner at QHP Capital with 35+ years of experience building and transforming healthcare technology and services businesses. Vern is the author of Accelerating Growth, which lays out QHP's approach to scaling companies through its Management System.Allison Crumpler is the former VP of People & Culture at Catalyst Clinical Research. A professional Certified Coach with 15+ years of experience in clinical research, Allison focuses on leadership development, organizational culture, and employee engagement.Topics:Why Culture Drives PerformanceTurning Values Into BehaviorsHow to Kill Watermelon MetricsScaling Culture Across a Portfolio...and so much more.Top TakeawaysValues become culture through repetition. Operationalizing values means defining the behaviors behind them, teaching them, and reinforcing them in practice. Allison calls it the “Mr. Miyagi” approach: repeat those behaviors over and over, even when they feel obvious. That repetition is what embeds them into the organization and gives managers and employees a shared language for accountability.Measure culture with leading indicators, not just engagement surveys. Allison shares a few of the metrics Catalyst used to measure culture beyond traditional engagement and turnover data. They called them “Key Culture Indicators”: employee referrals, town hall attendance and time to hire. Put a target against each indicator, review it alongside operating KPIs, and set a more ambitious target once the current one is consistently achieved.Make the financials visible so everyone knows how they contribute. An individual contributor in a 1,000-person company can't see how they move EBITDA, so they disengage. Catalyst shared key company metrics across the organization, then helped teams understand how their own work affected sales, customer satisfaction and financial performance. Transparency turned "just doing my job" into "we win or lose together."About QHPQHP Capital is a private equity firm focused on middle-market life sciences and pharma services businesses. With $4.5B+ in AUM, QHP combines decades of sector experience with an operator-led approach to investing. Across its portfolio, the firm implements its proprietary Management System to build stronger leadership teams, operating infrastructure and commercial capabilities and support long-term, independent growth.About Catalyst Clinical ResearchCatalyst Clinical Research is a technology-enabled clinical research organization (CRO) specializing in oncology and providing clinical development services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies globally.Investors & Operators is brought to you by 51 Labs51 Labs is a marketing agency for the lower middle market. We offer full-service digital marketing for PE, portfolio companies, IB, VC, hedge funds.Brand Identity, Marketing Strategy, Marketing & AGM Video, LinkedIn Strategy & Execution, Web Design & Development, CRM Support & more400+ videos100+ projects#1 content creator on LinkedIn in the lower middle market

Get our free course to help women web designers stop undercharging and overdelivering and create a consistent, full-time income at https://webdesigneracademy.com/freecourse Episode 211: Why Your Web Design Business Systems Keep Failing with Diana Wei Fang Systems architect Diana Wei Fang, founder of The Finer Points, joins Shannon to explain why buying another tool never fixes a business problem, how to standardize your systems without losing what makes you different, and why she believes small businesses built to last are the key to real systemic change. In This Episode: Why so many creatives struggle with invoicing and follow-up, and why it has nothing to do with talent The real reason tool-hopping between platforms like Honeybook, Dubsado, and Notion never solves the underlying problem How to standardize your systems without losing what makes your business yours Why the average small business lifespan dropped from 91 years in 1919 to just 14 years today What AI can (and can't) do for your business systems How Diana built The Finer Points from scratch for under $500 Resources Mentioned: The Finer Points: https://thefinerpoints.co HoneyBook: https://www.honeybook.com Web Designer Academy: https://webdesigneracademy.com/web-designer-academy-program-reg/ Related Episodes: Episode 185: How To Scale a Web Design Business with Sarah Noked of OBM School: https://webdesigneracademy.com/how-to-scale-a-web-design-business-with-sarah-noked-of-obm-school/  Episode 177: Why Doing It All Yourself Is Slowing Down Your Web Design Business with Bailey Collins: https://webdesigneracademy.com/why-doing-it-all-yourself-is-slowing-down-your-web-design-business/  Episode 98: Finding Your Biz Besties with Katie Lynn + Laura Grace of Mushaboom Studio: https://webdesigneracademy.com/finding-your-biz-besties-with-katie-lynn-laura-grace-of-mushaboom-studio/ Diana Wei Fang is the founder of The Finer Points, a systems and process architecture studio helping purpose-driven entrepreneurs build businesses that last. Website: https://thefinerpoints.co | Instagram: https://instagram.com/thefinerpoints | LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thefinerpoints Shannon Mattern is a Pricing Strategist, creator of The Package Matrix™ Method and the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she helps experienced women web designers book higher-paying web design projects, charge more with confidence, run projects without overworking and burnout and break through to their next level of income and freedom. For Web Designers: https://webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers, Consultants & Agencies: https://shannonmattern.com Instagram: @profitablewebdesigner | @shannonlmattern

Fünf Tage nach dem Start von GPT-6 alias Astra wird es Zeit für einen Praxischeck: Hat OpenAI tatsächlich die „Ära der AGI“ eingeläutet – oder vor allem den Rückstand auf Anthropic aufgeholt? Jakob Steinschaden, Mitgründer von Trending Topics, und Clemens Wasner, Gründer von enlite und Vorsitzender von AI Austria, diskutieren beeindruckende Kreativprojekte, eigene Tests und überraschende Verschiebungen in den KI-Rankings.Von einem spielbaren Videogame über einen aufwendigen digitalen Nachbau des Apple Park bis zur automatisierten Podcast-Nachbearbeitung: Besonders bei kreativen Aufgaben zeigt sich, was mit den neuen KI-Werkzeugen möglich wird. Jakob hat außerdem ChatGPT und Claude mit demselben Prompt ein Startup-Bewertungsportal bauen lassen. Welcher Entwurf überzeugt mehr?Die Themen der Folge:AGI oder großes Marketing? Warum die Ankündigungen von OpenAI und Nvidia mehr versprechen, als der Begriff „AGI“ eindeutig hergibt.Games, 3D und Videoschnitt: Welche neuen Möglichkeiten die Verbindung von Bildgenerierung, Coding und Kreativsoftware eröffnet – und warum ein Apple-Park-Projekt für rund 16.000 Dollar trotzdem günstig sein kann.ChatGPT vs. Claude im Praxistest: Zwei Entwürfe für „FounderHaven“, ein Prompt – und die Frage, ob OpenAI beim Webdesign aufgeholt hat.Vibe Coding und seine Grenzen: Warum eine generierte Webseite noch kein Startup ist und welchen Mehrwert Plattformen wie Lovable und Replit weiterhin bieten.Von Platz fünf auf Platz eins: Wie Änderungen am Intelligence Index von Artificial Analysis das Ranking von GPT-6 verschieben – und warum Zeitpunkt und Transparenz der Anpassungen Fragen aufwerfen.Was kommt als Nächstes? Erwartungen an OpenAIs Developer Day, mögliche Hardware-Neuigkeiten und die nächste Modellgeneration von Anthropic.

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/440Get 2 Free Termageddon LicensesProtect 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.

Grab our free course to help women web designers stop undercharging and overdelivering and create a consistent, full-time income: https://webdesigneracademy.com/freecourse Market Your Web Design Business Without Social Media with Jana Osofsky This week I'm joined by Jana Osofsky, a content strategist and Pinterest educator for coaches and service providers, and the creator of High Leverage Content. Jana built her entire marketing system around a capsule blog, a focused library of 12 to 20 blog posts that cover everything her audience needs to know before they're ready to buy, and used it to get her marketing down to one day a month while raising her prices from $600 to $4,000 a project. In This Episode: How Jana built a capsule blog library of 12 to 20 posts and used it to get booked out Why raising her prices every time she booked three projects took her from $600 to $4,000 a project What the specificity spectrum is and how to get specific in your content without a narrow niche Why AI-sounding content is costing service providers trust with clients right now The three-prong visibility strategy for becoming social media optional Why Shannon is expanding the Package Matrix™ Method beyond web designers Resources Mentioned: Jana's free training: The 6 Secrets to Signing Clients with a High-Converting Capsule Blog Jana's Website: Jana O. Media. Related Episodes:  Episode 150: Podcast Guesting for Web Designers with Jenn Zellers Episode 137: Trust Over Traffic with Meg Casebolt Episode 183: Pricing Strategy Inside The Package Matrix™ Framework. Jana Osofsky is a marketing expert, content strategist, and Pinterest educator for coaches and service providers, and the creator of High Leverage Content. Find her at janaomedia.com or on Threads @janaomedia. Shannon Mattern is a Pricing Strategist, creator of The Package Matrix™ Method and the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she helps experienced women web designers book higher-paying web design projects, charge more with confidence, run projects without overworking and burnout and break through to their next level of income and freedom. For Web Designers: webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers, Consultants & Agencies: shannonmattern.com Instagram: @profitablewebdesigner

Send us a message.madebyalex.onlineLast episode of "season" 3! We start with a Squarespace redesign that's been sitting untouched for over a year and end up on the case for building a site from scratch. Alex walks through his history with web design, from MySpace CSS to Adobe Portfolio to a few hundred dollars a year for templates that never did what he wanted, and what changed once LLMs made a custom build possible for someone who isn't a developer.From there we get into the IndieWeb, Neocities, owning your distribution, and the thousand-true-fans idea. We talk about deleting Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter, why Instagram and YouTube stay on as the only two funnels for now, and what happens to your creative range when everything you encounter comes through a recommendation engine. That turns into effective creative entropy, a term Alex coins mid-conversation, and a deck-of-cards argument about the odds of getting to an original idea.We finish on what's actually being built: print layouts for every story and essay, marginalia, contact sheets, a guest-curated gallery that rotates every couple of weeks, postcards and a newspaper at cost. Also what's left out on purpose. No SEO, no paid ads, no Google Analytics, no Google-hosted fonts, no metadata on the photos, and AI crawlers blocked. The site is a place to visit and leave, not a place to get stuck. -AiSupport the show If you enjoyed this episode, please consider giving us a rating and/or a review. We appreciate and try to read all of them. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode. Links To Everything: Video Version of The Podcast: https://geni.us/StudioSessionsYT Matt's YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/MatthewOBrienYT Matt's 2nd Channel: https://geni.us/PhotoVideosYT Alex's YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/AlexCarterYT Matt's Instagram: https://geni.us/MatthewIG Alex's Instagram: https://geni.us/AlexIG 

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 seatAgain, 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

Chris has Jacob Miller on the show, who is building a tool called DiffUI. The big idea is that it uses a diffusion model to do prompt-to-website design rather than an LLM, because image-based models are more interesting and creative. So stay there for a while, producing really detailed visual mockups and plans, then head to the LLM. Time Jumps

Grab our High-Converting Web Design Proposal Template and start confidently charging a lot more for custom web design projects, without hustling, overworking, or losing all your clients: https://webdesigneracademy.com/proposal #208 - Why Web Designers Need to Think Like Conversion Strategists, Not Just Designers, with Cathy Olson I sat down with Cathy Olson, co-founder of Funnel Gorgeous and FG Funnels, to talk about the thing that actually separates a web designer charging a thousand dollars from one charging fifty thousand dollars for the same skill set, and it comes down to understanding the psychology behind why design sells and being able to explain it. Cathy spent years running a high end web design studio before she discovered sales funnels and completely shifted how she thought about her work. In this episode we get into why explaining the "why" behind your design decisions builds trust and lets you charge more, what a sales page can teach you about conversion psychology even if you never build a funnel, why she thinks AI is actually good news for designers willing to level up, and what it took for her to walk away from a business community that turned on her when she made a decision that was right for her company. What you'll learn...  Why explaining your design decisions is the difference between a $1,000 website and a $50,000 one  How to study a sales page like a masterclass in conversion psychology  Why testimonials work as trust buffers and what an offer stack is really doing for a buyer  How Cathy uses AI inside her own business without losing what makes her work valuable  Why the courage to walk away from what isn't working almost always opens up something better Resources mentioned...  FG Society, Cathy's membership community for marketers and designers, starting at $67 a month  Cathy's new solo Instagram account for conversion design tips: @cathyfunnels Funnel Gorgeous on Instagram Related episodes...  Episode 180: The Truth About Pricing with Melina Palmer of The Brainy Business Podcast, https://webdesigneracademy.com/180  Episode 189: How To Price Custom Web Design Projects with Shannon Mattern, https://webdesigneracademy.com/189  Episode 202: Is AI Ruining Web Design? (Or Making It Better?) with Diane Whiddon, https://webdesigneracademy.com/202 About Cathy Olson: Cathy is the co-founder of Funnel Gorgeous and FG Funnels, where she and her business partner Julie Chenell help online business owners build profitable, ethical marketing funnels. Website: funnelgorgeous.com | Instagram: @cathyfunnels About Shannon Mattern: Shannon Mattern is a Pricing Strategist, creator of The Package Matrix™ Method and the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she helps experienced women web designers book higher-paying web design projects, charge more with confidence, run projects without overworking and burnout and break through to their next level of income and freedom. For Web Designers: webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers, Consultants & Agencies: shannonmattern.com Instagram: @profitablewebdesigner

John Block is the Co-Founder and CEO of Unity Partners. He launched the firm in 2022 after nearly a decade as a Partner at HGGC, where he sat on the boards of more than ten services and software companies. A St. Louis native, John is a self-described grinder who runs most mornings and throws an annual paella party for the whole team.Topics:Employee Purpose PlansNarrowing a Five-Year PlanBuy-and-Build vs. Slap-and-Sell IntegrationThe 1% Better Model in Diligence and Ops...and so much more.Top TakeawaysBig five-year goals require a narrow year-one plan. Unity maps a five-year "passion for excellence" plan, usually five goals across growth, tech, and market positioning. Before the investment closes, Unity works with the leadership team to choose the 2–3 priorities that matter most in year one. Three priorities beat five because a founder chasing everything at once accomplishes nothing well. As John puts it, they got "manic about getting focused" after learning the hard way.Employee equity only works with an ownership culture behind it. Unity ties its employee ownership plans to a clear return objective, then communicates progress openly along the way. For companies without a defined exit, John suggests adapting the same model around a three-year revenue or earnings goal with a bonus pool accrued against it. Repeatability comes from a consistent framework, not an identical playbook. John describes Unity's model as closer to building custom homes than identical row houses: there is a common blueprint and framework, but execution changes by company. The practical implication is to standardize the process for building the plan without assuming every portfolio company needs the same plan.About Unity PartnersUnity Partners is a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on the lower middle market. The firm makes control investments in large, fragmented services industries, essential and recurring businesses across both field- and office-based services. Since launching in 2022, Unity has built eight platforms and invests out of a fund of roughly $330M. Its philosophy runs on the idea of “Building Better Together.”Investors & Operators is brought to you by 51 Labs51 Labs is a marketing agency for the lower middle market. We offer full-service digital marketing for PE, portfolio companies, IB, VC, hedge funds.Brand Identity, Marketing Strategy, Marketing & AGM Video, LinkedIn Strategy & Execution, Web Design & Development, Growth Support & more400+ videos100+ projects#1 content creator on LinkedIn in the lower middle market

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

Brandon Fix is a Division General Manager at Renuity Home, where he leads one of the company's largest operating divisions. A former U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Officer, he brings a systems-driven approach to leadership, translating military decision-making, operational discipline, and team development into managing complex businesses and P&Ls.Topics:Why Special Ops Make Elite OperatorsThe Military-to-P&L Mental ModelBuilding a Sales Org That ScalesWhat Servant Leadership Means...and so much more.Top TakeawaysGreat operators see people behind every line item. Brandon doesn't treat a P&L as a spreadsheet to optimize. According to his military-to-P&L mental model, marketing is intelligence, sales are the first team into the field, operations deliver the mission, and support functions enable execution. When conversion drops, he looks at sales leadership before the sales report. When marketing underperforms, he asks whether the team has the right intelligence. Financial performance to him is the outcome of how well those teams are led.At scale, your biggest lever is talent. As Brandon's organization grew to a 1,000-person, $350M division, he couldn't be everywhere at once. His job shifted from solving problems to making sure the right leaders were solving them. That meant hiring leaders who can operate independently, coaching them well, and making tough people decisions before small leadership gaps become big operational problems.Don't just build skills, learn to communicate them. Brandon believes his military experience gave him the leadership skills to run a business. But earning that opportunity required learning the language of finance, operations, and private equity so employers could connect his experience to the role. His advice: learn to translate your experience into the language of the role you're pursuing.About Renuity HomeRenuity Home is one of the largest home improvement platforms in the U.S., providing replacement windows, doors, bathrooms, kitchens, garages, closets, and other remodeling services through a family of national and regional brands. The company operates across 40 states, employs 1,000+ people, and has served over 300,000 homeowners, making it a notable example of building scale through acquisitions while preserving strong local operating brands.Investors & Operators is brought to you by 51 Labs51 Labs is a marketing agency for the lower middle market. We offer full-service digital marketing for PE, portfolio companies, IB, VC, hedge funds.Brand Identity, Marketing Strategy, Marketing & AGM Video, LinkedIn Strategy & Execution, Web Design & Development, Growth Support & more400+ videos100+ projects#1 content creator on LinkedIn in the lower middle market

Text a question to Victoria!Have you been told you need to “build trust” with your audience, but you're left wondering what that practically means? Want a peek behind the curtain of BrandWell's hiring process and what it's like to work with us—both as a team member, and as a client? Ariana Ramstad is the founder of My Media House, an upscale marketing and PR agency in Virginia Beach. She builds household names and gets your brand noticed, remembered, and booked. She also runs the socials and email marketing efforts for BrandWell!In this episode, Victoria and Ariana have a candid conversation about her experience working with BrandWell as a member of the team and as a website design client. They talk about both sides of the hiring process and cover the importance of building trust on social media—and what that looks like in practice.If you're feeling stuck with your social media strategy, or you're just a little nosey about what it's like to work with BrandWell, this episode gives you a full behind-the-scenes look. Whether you're out on a solo walk or tackling the pile of dishes in the sink, this episode will leave you with some fresh ways to build trust with your audience, insight into whether or not to build in public, and motivation to make social media a priority.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Watch The Video on YouTubeConnect With Ariana on InstagramFollow My Media House on InstagramVisit My Media House's NEW WebsiteWork With BrandWell For show notes, head to www.thebrandingbusinessschool.com/thepodcast/Show notes for episodes 1-91 can be found at www.brandwelldesigns.com/thepodcast/Follow BrandWell on Instagram. Follow The Branding Business School on Instagram.Save on your first year of Honeybook using this link! Save 50% off your first year of Flodesk using this link! Get $30 off your first month of Nuuly using this link!Get up to $150 off your first box of Factor Meals using this link!

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.If you're catching this episode the week it drops, be sure to check out her “Process Like A Pro” challenge happening live, Aug 10-14! Use my link joshhall.co/challenge to get 50% OFF the challenge (only $47)!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

Grab our High-Converting Proposal Template and learn what to include (and what to leave out) to turn more of your proposals into higher-paying clients: https://webdesigneracademy.com/template Have you ever thought, I just need more clients, I just need to book more projects, and then I'll be okay? But here's the thing - you have real costs associated with running your web design business, and it's not just your time - and if your pricing doesn't cover ALL of your costs, booking more clients doesn't fix your problems - it just means you lose more money faster. That's the conversation fractional CFO and host of the Pivot to Profit podcast Pam Jordan and I had on the podcast just a couple days ago. We also talk about money trauma - where it comes from, how it's influencing your pricing decisions, and what it takes to break through your subconscious pricing ceiling. Pam is the founder of Pivot Business Group and host of the Pivot to Profit podcast, and she has spent 10 years helping entrepreneurs actually understand their finances after watching a multi-million dollar company go through bankruptcy early in her career.  In this episode, she breaks down why "money in the bank" isn't the same as a profitable business, what your P&L and balance sheet are actually telling you, and why doing more work at your current prices could be making things worse, not better.  Shannon also pulls back the curtain on the Package Matrix™ Method and how it helps web designers charge two to three times more than they ever thought possible... even when their own nervous system is working against them. What You'll Learn: - Why bank balance accounting is one of the most dangerous habits a service provider can have - The 3-part pricing formula (target profit + direct costs + overhead) that shows what you actually need to charge - Why it's a pricing problem, not a volume problem, when your business can't get ahead - The money trauma patterns that create an income ceiling - and how to start breaking through them - How the Package Matrix "benevolent bait and switch" gets web designers to close projects at 2-3x their old prices Key Timestamps: [03:01] The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make with their numbers [07:13] What profitable pricing actually looks like for service providers [10:34] The 3-part pricing formula [21:39] It's not a volume problem. It's a pricing problem. [22:34] Money trauma: where it starts and how to work through it [27:01] The Package Matrix and the benevolent bait and switch Resources Mentioned: Pivot Business Group: https://pivotbusinessgroup.com Pam Jordan's website: https://pamjordan.com Pivot to Profit Podcast: https://pamjordan.com/podcast Related Episodes: Episode 189: How To Price Custom Web Design Projects - https://webdesigneracademy.com/how-to-price-custom-web-design-projects-with-shannon-mattern/ Episode 168: Confident Pricing and Overcoming Mind Trash with Jen Davis - https://webdesigneracademy.com/confident-pricing-overcoming-mind-trash-with-jen-davis-of-better-the-brand-designer-podcast/ Episode 102: Six-Figure Pricing and Money Mindset with Austin L. Church - https://webdesigneracademy.com/six-figure-pricing-and-money-mindset-with-austin-l-church/ About Pam Jordan Pam Jordan is the founder of Pivot Business Group, host of the Pivot to Profit podcast, and a fractional CFO who helps entrepreneurs understand their numbers, increase their profitability, reduce their taxes, and grow their wealth. After watching a multi-million dollar company go through bankruptcy court early in her career, Pam spent the last decade building a team of bookkeepers, CFOs, and tax strategists who support entrepreneurs at every stage - from cleaning up messy books to implementing tax strategy to forward-looking CFO advisory.  Pivot Business Group: https://pivotbusinessgroup.com Pam Jordan's website: https://pamjordan.com Pivot to Profit Podcast: https://www.pamjordan.com/podcast About Shannon Mattern Shannon Mattern is a pricing strategist, creator of the Package Matrix™ and the founder of the Web Designer Academy, where she helps experienced women web designers package, price, and sell their services so they can build profitable, sustainable businesses without burnout. Website: webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers: https://shannonmattern.com IG: @profitablewebdesigner YouTube: @profitablewebdesigner LinkedIn: shannonmattern

Text a question to Victoria!Does the thought of having kids while growing your business feel intimidating? Or perhaps you are a mom and business owner who struggles with comparison because everyone else seems to “have it all together”. Either way, you'll feel seen, heard, and encouraged during this solo episode where Victoria opens up an honest conversation about motherhood, entrepreneurship, and what her life actually looks like behind the scenes.Victoria answers some burning questions her community asked on Instagram about her daily routine, prioritizing health, building a flexible business, and more. This episode is a coffee chat, heart-to-heart and a reminder that we're all just doing our best. Whether you're catching up on laundry or out for a morning jog, this episode will remind you to embrace the season you're in and remember that no one is perfect.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Work With BrandWell DesignsFor show notes, head to www.thebrandingbusinessschool.com/thepodcast/Show notes for episodes 1-91 can be found at www.brandwelldesigns.com/thepodcast/Follow BrandWell on Instagram. Follow The Branding Business School on Instagram.Save on your first year of Honeybook using this link! Save 50% off your first year of Flodesk using this link! Get $30 off your first month of Nuuly using this link!Get up to $150 off your first box of Factor Meals using this link!

Grab our High-Converting Proposal Template and learn what to include (and what to leave out) to turn more of your proposals into higher-paying clients: https://webdesigneracademy.com/template Have you ever thought, I just need more clients, I just need to book more projects, and then I'll be okay? But here's the thing - you have real costs associated with running your web design business, and it's not just your time - and if your pricing doesn't cover ALL of your costs, booking more clients doesn't fix your problems - it just means you lose more money faster. That's the conversation fractional CFO and host of the Pivot to Profit podcast Pam Jordan and I had on the podcast just a couple days ago. We also talk about money trauma - where it comes from, how it's influencing your pricing decisions, and what it takes to break through your subconscious pricing ceiling. Pam is the founder of Pivot Business Group and host of the Pivot to Profit podcast, and she has spent 10 years helping entrepreneurs actually understand their finances after watching a multi-million dollar company go through bankruptcy early in her career.  In this episode, she breaks down why "money in the bank" isn't the same as a profitable business, what your P&L and balance sheet are actually telling you, and why doing more work at your current prices could be making things worse, not better.  Shannon also pulls back the curtain on the Package Matrix™ Method and how it helps web designers charge two to three times more than they ever thought possible... even when their own nervous system is working against them. What You'll Learn: - Why bank balance accounting is one of the most dangerous habits a service provider can have - The 3-part pricing formula (target profit + direct costs + overhead) that shows what you actually need to charge - Why it's a pricing problem, not a volume problem, when your business can't get ahead - The money trauma patterns that create an income ceiling - and how to start breaking through them - How the Package Matrix "benevolent bait and switch" gets web designers to close projects at 2-3x their old prices Key Timestamps: [03:01] The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make with their numbers [07:13] What profitable pricing actually looks like for service providers [10:34] The 3-part pricing formula [21:39] It's not a volume problem. It's a pricing problem. [22:34] Money trauma: where it starts and how to work through it [27:01] The Package Matrix and the benevolent bait and switch Resources Mentioned: Pivot Business Group: https://pivotbusinessgroup.com Pam Jordan's website: https://pamjordan.com Pivot to Profit Podcast: https://pamjordan.com/podcast Related Episodes: Episode 189: How To Price Custom Web Design Projects - https://webdesigneracademy.com/how-to-price-custom-web-design-projects-with-shannon-mattern/ Episode 168: Confident Pricing and Overcoming Mind Trash with Jen Davis - https://webdesigneracademy.com/confident-pricing-overcoming-mind-trash-with-jen-davis-of-better-the-brand-designer-podcast/ Episode 102: Six-Figure Pricing and Money Mindset with Austin L. Church - https://webdesigneracademy.com/six-figure-pricing-and-money-mindset-with-austin-l-church/ About Pam Jordan Pam Jordan is the founder of Pivot Business Group, host of the Pivot to Profit podcast, and a fractional CFO who helps entrepreneurs understand their numbers, increase their profitability, reduce their taxes, and grow their wealth. After watching a multi-million dollar company go through bankruptcy court early in her career, Pam spent the last decade building a team of bookkeepers, CFOs, and tax strategists who support entrepreneurs at every stage - from cleaning up messy books to implementing tax strategy to forward-looking CFO advisory.  Pivot Business Group: https://pivotbusinessgroup.com Pam Jordan's website: https://pamjordan.com Pivot to Profit Podcast: https://www.pamjordan.com/podcast About Shannon Mattern Shannon Mattern is a pricing strategist, creator of the Package Matrix™ and the founder of the Web Designer Academy, where she helps experienced women web designers package, price, and sell their services so they can build profitable, sustainable businesses without burnout. Website: webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers: https://shannonmattern.com IG: @profitablewebdesigner YouTube: @profitablewebdesigner LinkedIn: shannonmattern

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 → 

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/434P.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

Grab our High-Converting Proposal Template and learn what to include (and what to leave out) to turn more of your proposals into higher-paying clients: https://webdesigneracademy.com/template What to Do When Web Design Proposals Go Silent In this replay of our June 2026 live Q&A, I answer four real questions from web designers on some of the most common business challenges that come up again and again. We cover why proposals stall after discovery calls (and what to actually say in your follow-up), how to apply the Package Matrix Method to VIP day and sprint-based offers, how to bring in subcontractors without it becoming a client issue, and how to position the value of a website when local business clients want you to do everything. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why proposals go silent after great discovery calls and the follow-up framework that actually moves people to a decision How to incentivize a decision without pressure-selling or closing on the call How to apply Package Matrix thinking to sprint and VIP day offers when your deliverables don't change How to handle subcontracting and outsourcing when clients expect you to do all the work How to position a conversion-focused website to local business clients who want it all The leaky bucket analogy that shifts clients from cost-based thinking to value-based thinking KEY TIMESTAMPS [00:00] - Welcome and overview [05:30] - Q1: Proposals stalling after discovery calls (Sonya) [25:30] - Q2: Package Matrix for VIP days and sprints (Jess) [44:00] - Q3: Outsourcing and subcontracting (Alyssa) [52:00] - Q4: Selling a website to local business clients (Kristin) RESOURCES MENTIONED Web Designer Academy: https://webdesigneracademy.com Next Level Mastermind: https://webdesigneracademy.com/next-level-mastermind The Package Matrix™ Method: https://shannonmattern.com/package-matrix-method/ RELATED EPISODES Episode 198: How to Make More with Less Web Design Clients - https://webdesigneracademy.com/how-to-make-more-with-less-web-design-clients/ Episode 194: The Daily Habit for Building a Full Web Design Client Pipeline with Julia Taylor - https://webdesigneracademy.com/the-daily-habit-for-building-a-full-web-design-client-pipeline-with-julia-taylor/ Episode 193: Stop Waiting for Referrals and Get Booked Out with Sarah Noel Block of Tiny Marketing - https://webdesigneracademy.com/stop-waiting-for-referrals-and-get-booked-out-with-sarah-noel-block-of-tiny-marketing/ About Shannon Mattern: Shannon Mattern is a Pricing Strategist, creator of The Package Matrix™ Method,  and the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she helps experienced women web designers book higher-paying web design projects, charge more with confidence, run projects without overworking and burnout and break through to their next level of income and freedom. For Web Designers: https://webdesigneracademy.com For Service Providers, Consultants & Agencies: https://shannonmattern.com Instagram: @profitablewebdesigner | @shannonlmattern

What if you could turn a rough idea, a handful of inspiration images, or even a back-of-the-napkin sketch into a professional design or promotional video—in seconds rather than days?Today's AI design tools can help you create mood boards, photorealistic rooms, 3D objects, architectural visuals, marketing assets, product advertisements, and videos without mastering a long list of complicated creative platforms.The key is to stop treating AI as a one-off image generator. Instead, build repeatable workflows that move from inspiration to finished asset—while dramatically reducing the time, cost, and manual effort involved.In this episode of the Leveraging AI Podcast, Isar Meitis walks through practical AI-powered design workflows that can be applied far beyond interior design.Whether you need visuals for a website, presentation, brochure, proposal, product campaign, architectural project, or social media post, these methods can help you create more options and move from concept to execution faster.In this session, you'll discover:The difference between free 2D-to-3D tools and more detailed paid alternatives.How to move a 3D asset into tools such as SketchUp and create a photorealistic render.How to transform a collection of inspiration images into a professional mood board with ChatGPT.How to preserve a room's layout while changing its furniture, lighting, materials, and atmosphere.How Figma Weave can turn a manual creative process into a repeatable visual workflow.How to place products realistically into new environments with the correct angle, lighting, and shadows.How AI can generate multiple advertising concepts for the same product automatically.How these workflows can support web design, architecture, brochures, proposals, presentations, product marketing, and other business needs.About Leveraging AIThe Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/eventsIf you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Text a question to Victoria!If you've ever been curious about lip filler and the world of medical aesthetics, then this episode is for you! Lisa Campbell is a nurse practitioner and the Founder of Unveil Aesthetics, an aesthetics and wellness practice based out of Wilmington, Delaware. She specializes in cosmetic injectables, Botox filler, bio stimulators, and more.In this episode, Victoria and Lisa discuss her journey from spending 10 years as a nurse to eventually opening her own aesthetics practice. They talk about medical aesthetics as a field of medicine, rebranding and shifting into a premium brand, advice for new business owners, being a forever student, and how every unique experience you have helps you build the skillset to run your business. Lisa also answers your burning questions on skincare and trendy wellness topics with a fun "do it or ditch it" rapid fire.Whether you work in aesthetics or are simply curious about health and wellness practices (including red light therapy and salmon sperm facials), this conversation is for you. Pour yourself a sparkling water or big mug of coffee, and enjoy this fun girl chat episode with Lisa.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Watch the Episode on YouTubeBook With Unveil Medical AestheticsConnect With Lisa on InstagramWork With BrandWell DesignsFor show notes, head to www.thebrandingbusinessschool.com/thepodcast/Show notes for episodes 1-91 can be found at www.brandwelldesigns.com/thepodcast/Follow BrandWell on Instagram. Follow The Branding Business School on Instagram.Save on your first year of Honeybook using this link! Save 50% off your first year of Flodesk using this link! Get $30 off your first month of Nuuly using this link!Get up to $150 off your first box of Factor Meals using this link!

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 conversation first aired, he has sold the same core website more than 700 times and generated nearly $2.5 million through the system he created.He's also shared this model inside Web Designer Pro and recently presented his $2 million sales system at one of our ProCon events. This original interview was the conversation that first introduced his system to the world, which is why I wanted to bring it back as one of our Greatest Hits.And the timing couldn't be better.Jason is hosting a completely free Million-Dollar Website Workshop on Thursday, July 16 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern, where he'll pull back the curtain and walk you through the entire system behind SWYFT Sites.I'm a proud partner of Jason's, and this model has helped so many web designers move away from being stuck in daily production and step into the role of business owner.This is especially helpful if:You're tired of being the person doing every part of every website projectYou already serve a specific niche—or want to choose oneWebsites are only one part of a broader marketing or digital agencyYou want to build a productized wing of your existing servicesYou're looking for a more scalable and repeatable business modelJason's approach is one of the best examples of how to turn web design into a systemized offer that can be sold and delivered repeatedly without reinventing every project.In this one, we cover:How Jason built a seven-figure productized web design businessHow SWYFT Sites sells the same proven website system repeatedlyWhy choosing a niche made the model possibleHow he moved from custom projects into a scalable serviceThe systems behind selling and delivering websites at volumeHow productization can help you step out of daily fulfillmentWhy this model works for both web designers and broader agenciesHow Jason generated nearly $2.5 million from one core systemThe difference between owning the business and being the web designerHow to create a productized division without changing your entire companyThis was originally Episode 312, so head to the original show notes for all links and resources mentioned, along with the full transcription at joshhall.co/312.

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 on and has experience selling his agency in order to go full-time with Termageddon. Jake and John Wooten are building one of the most “sellable” agencies I've seen and have a wealth of experience with creating a productized/systematized web agency.Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/433

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 large book of business, which helped catapult his agency's growth and revenue.We also have Jake Kramer with Artillery Media, who, on the podcast recently, shared that they're in the web business acquisition game, having just purchased a book of business from a web design freelancer. This is part 1 of 2 of our "Buy or Sell" series. Next episode, we'll focus on selling a web design business and what it takes to make your web design business "sellable" one day.Show notes and all links mentioned at joshhall.co/432