Ever had a client ask “How long would it take to get to the top of Google?”

Ah, I can see your head nodding along now.

As web designers, we can’t expect clients to understand how long SEO results can take. We know nothing will lead to instant results and due to all the variables, competition and goal of the client, it may take months to see results…but there are some quick wins that you can implement to help clients see progress fairly soon. By fairly soon, I mean less than a couple weeks or even a few days depending.

In this podcast chat, Barb Davids of compassdigitalstrategies.com sheds light on some of the proven strategies she’s seen and implements for quickest SEO wins including:

• How to tweak existing blog post page titles to see results
• The different between heading title and page title
• Why you DON’T want to change an existing URL
• How to mix in video and blogs to get quicker SEO wins
• Onsite tips and tricks you can implement on you or your client sites today for better rankings
• And a whole lot more

While SEO is ever-evolving and challenging in a landscape of algorithm changes and Ai, these best practice principles continue to stand the test of time and are all what I implement in my web presence.

If you get some quick SEO wins using any of these tactics, drop a comment and let us know what worked for you!Get all links and resources mentioned along with a full transcription at:

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Recurring revenue…the two most lovely words in web design (or any business for that matter.)

Having enough recurring income to cover my family's bills is what changed the game for me, it’s what helped get us through a 56 day NICU journey and it’s what ultimately led to me creating my first course on how to launch and sell website maintenance plans.

One of my students Marc Hyde went through that course back in 2021 and within three years, his maintenance plan is now over 30% of his business revenue. And he’s on track for well over 6-figures this year in 2024. Recurring revenue allowed him to grow his business to become profitable and stable enough to go full time and now support a wife and family of 8 kiddos.

Today, he’s on the podcast sharing exactly how he came into web design, built, launched and sold his maintenance plan to clients and now how he’s offering his new passion for SEO and marketing plans alongside his standard web design and maintenance plans.

We cover everything from:

• Having a people and results-first approach to sales
• How he launched and built up his recurring revenue through maintenance plans
• Where to draw the line between maintenance/support and growth plans
• How to build relationships with clients to retain them
• How to get better referrals from current clients and more

Marc is one of the most engaged members of my community Web Designer Pro™ and is a great example of every sense of the phrase. I hope you enjoy learning from him and take from his example of putting an emphasis on creating recurring revenue through better client relationships!

It all compounds to a stable, sustainable web business very quickly.

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In the early days as a web designer, it’s common to say “yes” to any project that comes your way just to make some money and build a portfolio. But it doesn’t take many “bad client experiences” before you’re ready to weed out those bad-fit clients.

But what makes a client bad-fit? Are they cheap? Do they not understand your value? Are they a bad personality fit? Are they super-intensive with communication and a drain on your mental bandwidth? All of the above?

If you seem to attract a lot of these folks, it’s because you don’t have a weed-out funnel (or filter in place. And that’s exactly what we cover in this podcast episode.

I was recently on Kady Sandel’s Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast sharing the ins and outs of my weed out funnel and I’m excited to share that conversation with you!

There’s no right or wrong way to filter out leads but I’m sharing, in depth, what worked for me and what works for hundreds of members of my community Web Designer Pro™.

We cover:

• How to identify bad fit leads from one email
• Whether or not you should have an in-depth contact form
• Overview of my “potential client page”
• How to know if a lead is questionable or qualified
• How to attract those high-paying, awesome clients

We also dig into how to stand out in an oversaturated market of web designers, nightmare client experiences that led to me being more stern about weeding people out and more!

Want my proven, weed out process for your business? I’ve packaged up my funneling framework for you!

Included is:

• Full video training (18:50)
• My potential client page (and examples of other real world potential client pages)
• Email template for questionable leads
• Email template for quality leads
  
  

Normally this is $47 but you can snag it now for only $7!

Use coupon code FUNNELCLIENT40 to activate your discount.

https://joshhall.co/product/web-design-client-funneling-framework/

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