How To Start a Web Design Business | Building Your Website

Today, I show you how to build a professional website to get your web design business off the ground. Every web design business needs their own website to showcase their work and have a way of potential clients to contact them.

I provide you with a free template to build your website for your web design business. This is the first episode in a series in which I show you how to start your own web design business from scratch using WordPress

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00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:34 – Why do you need a website for your web design business?
00:01:38 – The ready made template you will use
00:06:53 – Purchasing hosting for your web design business:
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00:10:18 – Registering domain name
00:12:28 – Installing WordPress on your domain
00:14:30 – Installing an SSL certificate
00:15:40 – Installing the FREE template: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCEsDN8D9o5Hknc9ebw1x6iEDA2JCb2U/view?usp=sharing
00:20:00 – Setting yourself up as administrator
00:20:32 – Creating a professional email address for your web design business
00:24:08 – Changing the name & tagline of your site
00:25:28 – Creating a logo for your web design business (FREE Template)
00:30:02 – Updating your privacy policy & terms of service
00:32:01 – Connecting your contact form to your professional email address
00:32:54 – Connecting PayPal & Stripe to accept payments for web review services
00:36:05 – If you don’t want to offer website reviews as a service
00:37:43 – Setting up the booking plugin for website consulting & booking client meetings: https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/36082/112350?link=1462
00:46:44 – Adding featured images to display your websites: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gofullpage-full-page-scre/fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl?hl=en
00:51:14 – Change prices on your site

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