Starting, Running and Growing a Web Design Business
What you'll learn
- Start implementing our roadmap to grow your 6-figure website design business and work from anywhere
- Set up a new business with a great domain name
- Know exactly what your web design business website should contain
- Understand the niche, audience and goals for your business
- Know all the best ways to get new clients
- Learn how to run a web design business either part or full time
- Find out how to set up systems and processes so that you can remove yourself from the business
Requirements
- nothing
Description
Running a web design business is an amazing entrepreneurial springboard to other opportunities.
Both of us, Zach Swinehart and Rob Cubbon, started web design businesses and successfully removed ourselves from the day-to-day running of the business and built teams. This has enabled us to scale our revenues to over six-figures each. We both travel while working on our lifestyle businesses.
But it wasn't always easy! We've both had challenges along the way and therefore we will talk about every stage of the web design business: setting up, getting clients, running and, eventually, growing.
Firstly we explain how you can start your business:
- how to think of a name and domain name for your business
- how to set up a business’s finances
- action steps for building or improving your website
- how to differentiate and determine your niche
- and setting business goals for the future
Then we give you great ideas about finding clients:
- long term strategies like blogging and building online authority as well as networking to get clients
- How to incentivize word-of-mouth referrals
- We’re also going to give you some quick win ideas so you can get clients now!
- Craig’s List
- BNI
- Cold calling
- purchasing leads
- and what to say on the sales call
With those clients safely in the bag, we go on to how to successfully run the business:
- how to map out and clarify the project scope
- how to simplify the dialog with the client to minimize problems
- we have sample proposals, contracts and invoices for you to download and instructions on how to proceed through the project and how to ensure you're paid properly and on time
Finally we’ll talk about growing the business:
- How you can pivot the web design business to earn more passive income through digital product sales.
- And how you can outsource and remove yourself from the business so that you can scale the business and do less of the work yourself so you are free to live the amazing lifestyle that we enjoy.
As you can see, this course gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the exact strategies Zach and Rob have employed to build fantastic lifestyle businesses. So what are you waiting for? Come join us!!
Who this course is for:
- For anyone who wishes to start a business (web design is NOT taught in the course)
- For anyone who is currently running a web design business who wants more clients, better work practices and wants to scale their business
Course content
- Preview04:08
Instructors
![Rob Cubbon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 1,505 Reviews
- 91,083 Students
- 14 Courses
I have over 25 years experience in graphic design, web design and marketing. I have run my own business since 2005.
I am an Amazon bestselling author of seven books, bestselling Udemy instructor and all-round good guy who wants success for you and your business.
Being your own boss is an incredibly liberating experience but it can be difficult as well. There never seems to be enough time for what we want to do.
I'm driven to help people experience the positive side of entrepreneurship, not the negative.
I also build brands, create websites and run marketing campaigns for my clients.
My mission statement: I want to help and inspire people to build sustainable online businesses, earn passive income and experience greater freedom and happiness in their lives.
- 4.1 Instructor Rating
- 170 Reviews
- 1,453 Students
- 1 Course
As a Junior in High School, Zach built his first website in Microsoft Frontpage in 2007 for the heavy metal band he drummed for.
In 2008 he decided to open up his website business, and in 2009 he dropped out after his Freshman year of college to pursue the business full-time.
He spent the next couple years constantly broke and learning lessons the hard way before eventually getting burnt out and decided to get a job as a web developer while running his business on the side.
Having some distance from the business (and a steady job to pay the bills) afforded him the opportunity to rework his business model from the ground up. In June of 2014, two years after getting the job, he handed in his resignation and went back to running his business full-time -- only this time it was on his terms.
He now finds himself the lucky owner of a 6-figure web shop that he feels proud to call his own, and has been traveling the world almost non-stop since July of 2015, only having to work a handful of hours per week, thanks to the freedom that a great business model and an even better team has afforded him.