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’ the moment a louder voice tells you their way is the only way

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

In this episode I’m talking directly to designers and developers in their first few years, sharing the practices that helped me build confidence, better websites and a stronger business, without pretending there’s one ‘right’ way to do it.

We get into:

* How investing properly in your setup (themes, insurance, compliant contracts) slowly builds your confidence
* Why “spend money to make money” applies to web design more than you think
* Picking one area to go all in on each year, from accessibility to SEO
* Building a rigid onboarding process so content arrives before the build starts
* Getting known for one or two things instead of being “just another designer”
* Why staying in your lane beats watching the competition
* Collecting reviews properly (and actually following them up)
* Why a mentor pays dividends long before you feel you can “afford” one

If you liked this episode you may like to join my Sparks Group Mentoring – where website designers, developers, SEO specialists and Copywriters meet online each week to be mentored and collaborate.

In this episode I mention my lovely podcast producer, Neal Veglio at Podknows. Click on his name if you’d like to learn more about him.

Skip to the good bits:

00:00 Who this episode is for
00:33 Web design is a self-taught industry (and tech shaming)
02:02 Invest in your web design business
05:57 Pick one area to master each year
08:54 Get your onboarding right — content up front
11:29 Marketing yourself and the know, like, trust factor
12:17 Get known for one or two things
14:36 Stay in your lane, ignore the competition
15:59 Collect reviews and actually use them
17:17 Why you should get a mentor