Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business15 Juni

Stop Tech Shaming: What Actually Matters in a Website Build

If you’ve ever been made to feel that your tech stack is wrong, or that using a page builder makes you less of a “real” developer, this episode is here to give you a reality check.

Welcome to another episode of Websites Made Simple with me, Holly Christie.

In this episode, I’m talking about tech stacks, tech shaming, and why the platform you build on matters a whole lot less than what you’re actually delivering.

We get into:

What we’re actually being hired to deliver — and why the tools are irrelevant
Why client ease of use should drive every tech decision you make
The difference between a proper handover and abandoning your client at the door
Why locked-down websites cause problems for everyone, including you
How imposter syndrome fuels tech shaming in the web design industry
Why personality and trust win clients over tech stack every single time
The disappearing developer problem and how to be the designer clients return to

If you’ve been tech shamed, or you’ve been second-guessing your tools, this will help you refocus on what actually builds a sustainable web design business.

Check out my mentoring group offer:

https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/sparks-group-mentoring/ It’s a supportive group mentoring session for website designers and developers to bring their questions, roadblocks, ideas, and “is it just me?” moments.

Come and find out more at https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk or email me at hello@websitesmadesimple.co.uk

Skip to the good bits:

00:00 What really matters about your tech stack

00:36 Welcome to Websites Made Simple

00:50 Holly’s experience of tech shaming on LinkedIn

01:50 Sparks Group Mentoring explained

02:36 It’s not about the platform — it’s about the results

03:41 Why client ease of use should come first

04:24 Page builders, locked-down sites, and client access

05:26 Clients should always be able to access their own website

06:25 The disappearing developer problem

07:11 How to sign off a website properly

07:48 Client training, Zoom handovers, and user manuals

08:24 Building for two people: your client and their visitors

09:11 Why tech shaming is really just imposter syndrome

10:03 Why clients choose you for personality, not tools

11:30 “In 20 years, I’ve never gone back to the same designer twice — until now”

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(70)

Website Designers: The Only Thing Stopping You Earning More Is You

If you're busier than ever, marketing harder than ever, and still turning over the same money year after year, it's usually not because you need a new skill.It's because the thing holding your web des...

21 Sep 17min

Why Web Design Stopped Being Fun (And How to Get It Back)

If you've started to fall out of love with web design, it's usually not the design that's the problem.It's the invoices, the contract wording, the awkward client emails, and all the other bits that cr...

7 Sep 13min

Website Designers - Your Clients Could Be Getting Sued Over This

If accessibility has never really come up in your work, it isn’t because you’re careless — it’s because almost nobody teaches it. Not the courses, not the diplomas, and definitely not the platforms we...

24 Aug 29min

The Website Manual Hack That Ends "How Do I Log In" Forever!

If your clients keep coming back with “How do I log in?” and “How do I change an image?”, it isn’t because they’re difficult.It’s because nobody ever handed them a manual for the thing you just built ...

10 Aug 18min

Want to build a sustainable website design business? Here's how.

If you’re overworked, underpaid, and doing every single part of your web design business alone, the problem usually isn’t your skills.It’s that no one ever showed you how to build the business around ...

27 Juli 24min

You're Not Doing Web Design Wrong — You Just Weren't Told This

Nobody handed most of us a manual for this.Web design is a self-taught industry, so we all arrive from different angles, with different tools, and it's far too easy to decide you're "doing it wrong" t...

13 Juli 20min

How to sign off a website project properly: a free checklist

A messy sign-off leaves a messy memory — and it’s one of the easiest things to fix with the right checklist in place.Welcome to another episode of Websites Made Simple with me, Holly Christie.Check ou...

29 Juni 20min