[Step 1] Niche Web Design Agency Blueprint - How To Build A Website
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker shares his blueprint for launching a successful web design agency from scratch, aiming to reach a $250,000 annual income within the first year. The tutorial covers essential steps: choosing the right software, setting up hosting with SiteGround, and building the first website using WordPress. The speaker emphasizes learning through experience by offering free web design services to gain practical skills and build a portfolio. He also discusses leveraging personal networks to find clients and the importance of consultation and strategy in web design projects.
Takeaways
- 😀 The speaker is creating a course to teach beginners how to start a web design agency and potentially earn up to $250,000 in the first year.
- 🚀 The course will cover everything from software to use, setting up hosting, and building the first website, aiming to shortcut the learning process.
- 💻 The recommended hosting platform is SiteGround, which is praised for its ease of use, affordability, and quick setup.
- 🌐 SiteGround offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and a referral link is provided for an extended trial period.
- 💬 The speaker encourages using affiliate links for software recommendations, but emphasizes that the primary goal is to help learners get started quickly.
- 🏗️ The first step in the course involves learning how to use WordPress, with a recommendation to use Elementor for website building due to its ease of use and free availability.
- 📈 The speaker shares their personal journey of selling their first website for $750 and now selling them for $7,500, emphasizing the importance of niching down in the market.
- 📚 The course includes a step-by-step guide on how to build a website, starting from a temporary domain and eventually launching it on a custom domain.
- 🤝 The speaker advises finding a 'free client' to build a website for, as a way to gain experience and accountability in the process.
- 📞 Consultation is a crucial part of the process, where the speaker emphasizes the importance of gathering information from the client and understanding their business needs.
- 🌐 Domain registration is recommended through Google Domains for its affordability and to avoid hidden costs in the future.
- 🔗 The final step involves launching the client's website by pointing the domain's DNS records to the hosting server's IP address.
Q & A
What is the main goal of the Niche web design agency blueprint course?
-The main goal of the course is to teach beginners how to start a website design agency from scratch and potentially reach an income of $250,000 in the first year, as the instructor has done.
What is the target audience for this course?
-The target audience is individuals who have no prior knowledge or experience in website design and wish to start their own web design agency.
What does the course cover in terms of software and initial setup?
-The course covers what software to use, how to set up hosting, and how to build the first website. It guides the learner through the process quickly to get them from where they are to where they want to be in the shortest time possible.
Why does the instructor recommend SiteGround for hosting?
-The instructor recommends SiteGround because it is easy to use, affordable starting at $3.99 a month, and offers a 30-day money-back guarantee with an additional 3 months free if using the instructor's referral link.
What is the instructor's advice on domain registration?
-The instructor suggests registering domains on domains.google.com because they are cheaper and avoid the issue of high renewal costs that can occur with some hosting providers who offer a free domain.
How does the instructor suggest finding the first client for the course participant's portfolio?
-The instructor suggests leveraging one's existing network, including friends and family, by posting on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, and offering to do the first website design for free to gain experience.
What is the importance of the consultation process with the first client?
-The consultation process is crucial as it helps the learner understand the client's business, needs, and expectations. It also sets the stage for creating a strategy and proposal for the website design project.
What is the recommended approach to building the first website for a client?
-The recommended approach is to use a platform like Elementor on SiteGround, keep the functionality basic, and focus on creating a brochure-style website that meets the client's requirements.
How does the instructor suggest handling the domain and hosting for the client's live website?
-The instructor explains that after building the website on SiteGround, one should change the primary domain to the client's domain, and then update the DNS records on the domain registrar's site to point to the IP address of the SiteGround server.
What is the instructor's strategy for scaling up after building the first few websites?
-The instructor's strategy involves niching down and selling websites for higher prices after gaining experience, then building a team to handle website construction while focusing on sales, branding, and bringing in new business.
What type of tutorial does the instructor recommend for learning how to build a website using WordPress?
-The instructor recommends Elementor as it is user-friendly, free, and there are many tutorials available online that can guide a beginner through the process of building a website from start to finish.
Outlines
🚀 Starting a Web Design Agency from Scratch
The speaker introduces a course on establishing a web design agency as a beginner, aiming to reach a revenue of $250,000 in the first year, based on their personal experience. The course will provide all necessary tools and guidance, including software recommendations, hosting setup, and building the first website. It emphasizes rapid learning through taking shortcuts and encourages embracing challenges for those with a strong heart. The speaker shares their own success story, running a full-fledged web design agency and generating significant revenue in a short period. They also mention the use of affiliate links for software without any personal gain, aiming to help learners progress quickly.
🛠 Setting Up Hosting and Building the First Website
The speaker details the process of setting up a website using SiteGround as the hosting platform, highlighting its ease of use and affordability. They guide through the steps of selecting a plan, registering a domain, and setting up a WordPress website. The speaker also discusses the benefits of using temporary domains during the development phase and the option to switch to a custom domain later. They share their personal strategy for selling websites, starting with a niche and gradually increasing prices, and emphasize the importance of learning web design to sell services effectively. The tutorial ends with a recommendation to learn WordPress using Elementor, a free and user-friendly page builder.
🤝 Finding and Consulting Your First 'Free' Client
The speaker suggests leveraging one's existing network to find a client willing to have a website designed for free in exchange for gaining experience. They recommend using social media platforms to announce this offer and emphasize the importance of stepping out of comfort zones to grow the business. The consultation process involves booking a call with the potential client to understand their business and website requirements. The speaker advises against speaking too much about oneself and instead focuses on gathering information to create a tailored strategy for the client's website. They also mention the possibility of providing a proposal during the call and setting a timeline for website delivery.
🌐 Launching the Client's Website with a Custom Domain
The speaker explains how to make a client's website live by changing the primary domain on the SiteGround hosting account and updating the DNS records on the domain registrar's platform. They demonstrate how to find the site's IP address and create an A record that points the client's domain to this IP. The process ensures that the website is accessible under the client's chosen domain name. The speaker concludes by encouraging the learner to start selling websites after gaining experience from building one or two sites, making the process of selling much easier with practical knowledge.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Niche web design agency
💡Software
💡Hosting
💡First website
💡Elementor
💡Consultation
💡Proposal
💡Free client
💡Revenue
💡Domain
💡IP Address
Highlights
Introduction to a course on starting a web design agency from scratch targeting a potential revenue of $250,000 in the first year.
Course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of web design.
The course will provide all necessary tools and steps to quickly establish a web design agency.
Emphasis on not being for the faint-hearted due to the aggressive approach of taking shortcuts.
The importance of learning through the process despite the fast-paced nature of the course.
Personal testimony of the course creator's success, running a full-fledged web design agency.
The course will cover software selection, hosting setup, and building the first website.
Recommendation of SiteGround for hosting due to its ease of use and affordability.
Advantage of SiteGround's quick setup and one-click WordPress installation.
Discussion on domain registration strategies and the benefits of using domains.google.com.
Step-by-step guide on setting up a new website on SiteGround using a temporary domain.
Introduction to Elementor as a recommended tool for building websites with WordPress.
The strategy of building a website for a client for free to gain experience and accountability.
Leveraging personal networks to find a 'free client' as a marketing strategy.
The consultation process with a client, emphasizing the importance of gathering information and not speaking about oneself.
Building the first website based on client consultation and using it as a learning experience.
Instructions on how to go live with a client's website by changing the primary domain and updating DNS records.
Encouragement to repeat the process to gain more experience before moving on to selling websites.
Transcripts
hey guys welcome to my Niche web design
agency blueprint guys I'm busy making a
course on how to actually start a
website design agency from nothing for
beginners and take it to potentially 250
000 in the first year because that's
what I've done so I want to shortcut you
all the way through so I'm going to give
you everything you're going to need
um to do that and I'm just gonna YOLO
straight through this so you'll see
we'll kind of figure it out as we go but
um yeah this is for someone that knows
nothing about website design is what
this first step is going to be about
it's going to be about what software to
use how to set up your hosting and how
to build your first website so it's
going to take you through all of the
stuff really really really quickly and
get you from where you want to from
where you are right now to where you
want to be in as short a time as
possible one thing that I'm going to say
for this course is that it's definitely
not for the week of heart because
because of the shortcuts you're going to
take it means that you're going to put
yourself out there quite a bit but
you're going to learn a lot through the
process so keep that in mind there's a
slow way to do things slow and steady
and safe but with this one you jump
straight into the deep end and we can
start charging for your websites
immediately on step two okay here we go
before I get started and jump into it I
just want to show you the numbers
because I you know I've done it myself
and I now run a full-fledged website
design agency in Niche website design
agency which makes the most amount of
money so we can see year-to-date and
we've only really been in business for
like a year and a few months
um here we go so we only really started
around November right now it's December
so if I say year to date I've done about
200 000 pounds that's like 250 000
somewhere near that so yeah I've done it
you can do it I'll show you exactly how
I've done it this is the step-by-step
let's start with step one
all right let's start with step one what
software to use and how to use it so
right now I am using siteground
here we go so I personally use
siteground I found it super easy you can
literally deploy your website like this
and it's really really really really
cheap it starts at 3.99 a month so if
you buy a year up front it's only fifty
dollars for the entire year so this is a
really really really good
um deal because it's just so easy and
you also get a 30 day money back
guarantee I can give you an extra 30 day
three months on the house if you use my
link I really don't mind if you use my
link I honestly don't care I just want
you to get there as quick as possible so
um I might drop some affiliate links
just to the softwares that I use but um
yeah you don't even have to click them I
really don't care I use this software so
that's why I don't mind dropping you the
links also you get some stuff for free
okay bang There we go so this is the
referral link I'll I'll share this
document in the description of this
video so that you can actually click
these links and you know do everything
you need to do but uh let's do this
first so now I clicked on the link and
I'm heading over to siteground then what
we do is we view plans right once I view
plans then we go to Startup we click get
plan you can see it's a massive discount
it's always super duper cheap and then
we say get plan is what we want to do
boom click it plan now this is where you
want to register a domain personally I
like to register my domains on
domains.google.com they're cheaper
they're like 10 bucks a month you'll see
if you get a free domain with any other
website hosting provider they usually
screw you because then the second year
is really expensive that's why
domains.google is the best which you can
literally find at
domains.google.com but if you're brand
new into this and you don't really know
how to set up domains then maybe just
you know take the hit and buy a domain
over here or you know you could say I
already have a domain this part doesn't
really matter too much you could just
say use your future domain say I already
have a domain you could say this is
mydomain.com or you know potentially
whatever the agency name is you want to
use for your agency
then you just hit proceed and once
you've done that you you just complete
the checkout you complete this whole
thing and you put in your car details
and you complete the checkout so it's
going to believe for 47 which is
actually 57 including the tax bang bang
and then once you've done that you will
then have a siteground account that you
can you know create a instant WordPress
website on so I'm going to log into my
siteground real quick and show you how
to do that
okay so I've just logged into my
siteground let's click websites
um this is where it will show all of
your websites so these are these are my
websites that are currently in
development you can see that I have a
ton I've got like two servers what you
want to do is you want to click new
website you'll select the plan that
you've selected so I'm just going to
select one of these let's go yeah this
one's good and then
um you know what you can do is you don't
even have to use an existing or a new
domain you can say temporary domain so
we like to work on temporary domains
while we're building the website then we
don't need to buy the domain we can
always just buy the domain later and
literally with one click make the
website go live on the new domain so we
will then hit continue we'll select
start a new website like this we'll use
WordPress you'll put in your username
and password over there let me do this
right now
Okay cool so I've done that bang and now
we're going to get started
so you don't have to you don't have to
buy this thing don't click add it
doesn't really matter just hit finish
um cool let's go
so now we're just gonna wait two minutes
for the for it to complete the website
creation previously guys what you what
you used to have to do and I did this
back in the day is you would buy a
hosting then you would take WordPress
and you would put it on the the hostings
server and then you would point the
domain to that server to that file then
you would navigate to the WordPress file
manually in the browser and then you
would go to the WordPress file then you
would set up WordPress manually this
shortcuts the entire process and it
creates the WordPress for you and then
it instantly logs you in so you can just
go to the temporary domain and log in or
log into your siteground account and one
click login to your website
while that goes goes ahead and loads I
just want to explain to you real quick
how I managed to get to this point where
we made 200 000
um well you know honestly
we I sold my first website for like 750
right so um you know now I sell my
websites for seven thousand five hundred
dollars so it's literally ten times more
and it's because I've niched down but
the first step is to learn how to do
website design once you know how to do
website design I'm going to teach you
how to sell the website design for money
and then what I'm going to teach you to
do is once you've sold one I'm gonna
teach you how to Niche down and then
start selling them for more and more and
more and then once you've done that I'm
going to show you how to build a team so
that they can build the websites for you
and all you need to do is sell and build
brand and figure out how to bring new
business in through different ads or
whatever you want to do but that's
honestly how I've done it I'm not even
running any ads it's all just coming
through me because I'm in a niche
cool we're still waiting for this thing
to load
okay bang so it's loaded so you can view
your website which will just take you to
the temporary domain just like this
you'll see bang that's literally just
the default installation of Wordpress
it's ugly it doesn't look good you can
also just log into the back end
um you can actually log into your
website so with that one click now it's
going to log me in as an admin
so you will see that this is what
WordPress looks like once you've logged
into a brand new fresh install of
Wordpress
and bang we've made it so now we've
logged into your website
um as simple as that uh here we go so
now we've got a WordPress website
installed and ready to go now it's all
about learning how to actually use
WordPress
okay so personally I would recommend
Elementor and I found the perfect
tutorial for you
this this seems to be the best tutorial
um you know I actually I personally use
Divi the Divi theme but um I think
Elementor isn't it's it's easier and
it's also free so you can just go ahead
and use this he will show you how to do
everything
um from the point that I just got you to
so from this point he's going to show
you how to actually build the website
um you know and you know build a
completely new website using the themes
using the drag and drop and actually be
able so by the end of this video you
will have you will be able to build your
own website cool so please watch this
video follow along learn from it and
then when you're ready just continue
watching this video
okay and you're back so now you've
learned how to use uh the WordPress
um you know Elementor page builder you
should have been you should have been
able to install it select the theme
build your own website
um if you wanted to that now you know
how to do it so what we're going to do
now is we're going to get you to build
your first website now what I really
really recommend in this case is to
build a website for a client for free so
instead of building it for yourself
build it for a client because now you're
going to be held accountable for
completing it and you'll also get some
experience Consulting so this is what
we're going to do
step one what we want to do is we want
to find a free client guys the way that
we do this is the following
okay so we want to find a free client
this is the easiest thing to get and
this is how you're going to like this is
how you're going to make a lot of money
a lot quicker by working for free so
let's find a free client the first thing
that you want to do is leverage your
current Circle what a lot of people are
afraid to do and that's why I say this
is a bit of a daring course what a lot
of people are afraid to do is they're
they're afraid to burn their list
they're afraid to like disappoint the
people that you know know them already
but that's what's going to kick-start
you into you know learning how to do
this you just really need to put your
yourself out there so let's leverage
your friends and family so go on to
Instagram post the story you know speak
on your story make a make a visual post
using the text say hey
um I just did a website design course
and I'd like to do my first website
design for a business for free 100 free
there's no catch I'm just looking for
experience message me if you're
interested right so post this on
Facebook post this on your Instagram get
your mom to post it on Facebook book go
into different Facebook groups in your
local area post it there also you know
what really works well is if you're
willing to jump on the camera on selfie
mode step outside if you don't like the
way that it looks in your house you know
and if your if your selfie mode is a bad
quality camera use your actual camera on
the front and turn it pointing to you
and make a video like that outside it
will look really really good and it's
also going to be an opportunity for you
to step outside of your element and you
know to be uncomfortable for a second
because that's what you need to do to
make this business grow now I promise
you someone's going to reach out to you
and say hey yes make a website for me
and that's when we move on to step two
okay cool now we're on the consultation
part now you've got someone that wants
you to make a website for them for free
now we need to consult them this is
super easy but a lot of people get it
wrong what you want to do is you want to
meet with them either on phone call or
on a zoom say cool yes let's jump on
let's jump on a zoom like right now
let's jump on the phone call right now
let's jump on a zoom a little later
today or you can't make later today
let's jump on the zoom tomorrow but book
that zoom in there's no excuses get on
that Zoom introduce yourself tell them
why you're doing this
um and then the number one lesson is
don't speak about yourself this isn't
you know when you sell the website and
you're doing it in the two core close
even though this is free this is still a
two core close because we're going to do
the consultation then the proposal and
the proposal is basically just the
strategy what you want to do is you want
to find out as much information from
them as possible so before you even jump
into what website are you looking for
say you know for me to be able to help
you better I'm gonna need to understand
your business is it okay if I ask you a
few questions they're going to say yes
of course then ask them the juicy
questions you know ask them about their
business what is their business how does
it work how long have they been doing
business how much money have they made
in the last year and then why do they
need a website they will answer all
these questions say great thank you so
much for your information what I'd like
to do now is I would like to you know
start figuring out what kind of website
you're looking for so that I can then go
home and strategize and put a strategy
together and then present that to you
before I build it so could you please
give me an idea of what you're looking
for
now at this point they will have let you
know um you know what they're looking
for they're looking for a home page to
display some information take the notes
down write everything down if you even
can record the call that works really
great too especially if you're selling
High ticket you really want to be
recording the call so you can watch the
recording and go back and then you know
really do your research properly and do
a proper strategy especially when you do
the proposal but in this case we can
just write it down as we go along and
then if you feel confident based on
everything that they've said immediately
you can just give them the proposal on
the call say hey okay give me one to two
weeks to build this website for you you
know if you're feeling audacious you can
honestly do this website in a week but
um say hey give me one to two weeks to
build this website for you and then I'll
get back to you on and then give them a
date and then at that point you you
build the website on Elementor on
siteground right as I've shown you as
you've learned in the tutorial and
according to what they're looking for
don't go crazy with functionality keep
it basic keep it a brochure website but
then then after two weeks then you you
show it to them and you say hey here
here you go here is your website do you
like it and then um you know they'll say
yes or no there might be some revisions
but there you go you will have then
consulted your first client you'll have
found a free client consulted your first
client done a proposal and then also
done the build for your website so it's
really that simple we don't have to over
complicate the process that's how we're
going to get the ball rolling really
really quick so leverage your your
network start becoming that guy it's
okay you're not going to be the website
guy forever but you're on a mission to
figure out how to make money online and
website design makes a lot of money
online
um there we go that's step one okay last
thing that I wanted to mention is that
if you're if you have you know
um
done the website and you're ready to go
live with the client's website this is
this is what we can do let me show you
how to get that domain live real quick
I'm just going to log in
okay boom I've logged in I've clicked
websites now I'm gonna then I'll see the
website then you can just go change
primary domain and then you can just put
the new domain in there like and you'll
say your client's website.com and then
your clients clients website.com and
then hit confirm and then what you're
going to need to do is just go to The
Domain wherever the domain is hosted and
point the a records to the IP address of
this domain let me show you what I mean
by that so I'm actually just going to go
ahead and click confirm so now I've
confirmed it right and now I'm going to
head over to like domains.google but
truly buying a domain anywhere is the
same you just want to go to the DNS
records let me show you what I mean
Okay so domains.google
cool now it says the domain is ready
we've just changed the the domain like
that so now we can hit websites and we
can actually go to the site tools to the
back end of this website so that we can
get the IP address so we know what IP
address to point this website to
okay here we go so um here we go this is
this is the backend dashboard there we
go I just reloaded the page this is the
backend dashboard we'll see when we
scroll down it shows sites IP there we
go so that's the site's IP address just
like that you want to copy that
okay and then let's just go ahead and
manage any of the domains like digital
mastery.agency is a domain that I have
for one of my first web design agencies
before I started to Niche down so then
we go over to DNS right I head over to
DNS just like this
right once I'm a DNS I can see all the
DNS records so I want to manage the DNS
records so what you'll do in this case
is you'll create a new record and then
you'll just say it's an A type record
and then you put the IP address in over
there and over here you don't even have
to put anything you can just hit save so
that will then add that a record so that
domain will then point to that website
server and so it will everything will
work fine as long as the domain that
you've selected matches up on the
siteground account like if it's your
client's website.com and the domain
you're trying to edit is your
clientswebsite.com and you point it to
that it will work perfectly fine so
there we go then you then you refresh
the page on your clientswebsite.com and
then it will actually load the the
website that you have directly on
siteground it's that simple
cool so at this point you will then have
you know you understand what software to
use and how to use it where to host the
website and how to host it and how to
build it and launch your first website
perfect that's great you can actually go
ahead and keep doing that once or twice
um you know to learn some more but I
think at this point once you've built
one website let's start selling websites
and it's going to be a lot easier now
that you've actually already built one
so I'll see you in step two thank you
very much
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