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 the work: how to price it, structure it, and share the load so it actually lasts.

In this episode I mention my Sparks mentoring community. You can join here: https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/sparks-group-mentoring/

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

In this episode, I’m talking about how to build a sustainable web design business, one that pays you properly, doesn’t burn you out, and works for you and your clients, whatever stage of your career you’re at.

We get into:

How undercharging and “building a portfolio for free” quietly stalls your business

Why collaboration, not competition, with designers, copywriters and SEO specialists grows your income

Why every website project really starts with copy and brand, not the build

How to work out your offer and review it so it keeps working for you

Why going limited and separating your finances protects you through feast and famine months

Why the money from a website build is business income, not your salary

Where to outsource so you stop overworking and stop burning out

Why you have to step off the tools and spend time working ON your business

How to spot the money gap between what you charge and what you actually want to earn

Why a mentor is the single biggest lever for growing your business

If you want a business that earns well, runs smoothly, and doesn’t leave you exhausted, this one’s for you.

Come and find out more at https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk

Email me at hello@websitesmadesimple.co.uk

Chapters (So you can skip to the relevant bits):

00:00 Building a web design business that lasts

00:20 The undercharging trap

01:31 Collaborate, don’t compete

03:41 Why copy and brand come before the build

05:49 Inside Sparks Group mentoring

06:53 Work out your offer, and review it often

08:35 Go limited and separate your finances

10:24 Website payments are income, not your salary

11:13 Outsource what isn’t worth your hourly rate

14:15 Work ON your business, not just in it

18:54 Mind the money gap

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