Running a Web Development Business: The Complete Guide

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Updated on Dec 28, 2021

Course overview

Provider: Udemy
Course type: Paid course
Level: All Levels
Duration: 20 hours
Lessons: 99 lessons
Certificate: Available on completion
Course author: Evan Kimbrell; Understand how development stacks work and pick which stack is ideal for you
Predict the timeline for starting your business
Decide between hiring in-house employees or contractors for your business
Decide between offering generalized or specialized web services
Choose a winning combination of traits that you want your business to convey
Understand the different types of contractors and where to find them
Effectively allocate your time
Assess the core components of successful web development firms
Find cheap and professional ways of creating an online presence
Select a name that's attractive and conveys your core messaging
Master the biggest platforms for contracting: Freelancer and Upwork
Use advanced search techniques to fill the gaps of your development work with contractors
Create and organize a professional and effective portfolio
Use a few uncommon techniques to grow your portfolio faster
Utilize 15 different strategies to attract potential clients
Create three different types of proposals and know when to use them
Use tools like Proposify and Nusii to create and streamline proposals
Strategically use ballpark estimates to close clients sooner
Manage clients effectively while using your time efficiently
Keep client retention rates high and minimize churn
Sniff out a client's budget before they tell you
Use advanced best practices to maintain your businesses growth
Recognize client red flags before you start working with them
Figure out the optimal pricing configuration for your rates
Handle client meetings in person
Gauge when clients are not likely to accept an estimate or proposal
Make long-term decisions about which clients to retain and which to lose
Integrate Asana into your workflow to increase transparency and efficiency
Manage a team of subcontractors online

Description

Learn how to start and grow a successful web development business. Get up & running and making sales in under a week.

Web development is one of the fastest growing online industries today. It's important for every business to have an online presence and that represents a huge opportunity for you. Whether you want to code or not, you can capitalize on the over 24 billion dollars of money spent per year on web development services. Whether you want to work part-time or full-time, you can create an awesome portfolio and an even better income taking on web development projects.

In this course, I'm going to show you how to jumpstart your business, grow it quickly, and manage your business like a professional - all from the comfort of your laptop.

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I'm Evan Kimbrell and I'm the founder of Sprintkick, a full service web & mobile application studio based out of San Francisco. Over the last 4 years I've personally overseen the launch of over 100 apps all the way from concept to deployment. I've grown my business 400% a year from one small client to 100+ clients. Today, we make apps for big name brands like Walmart, GNC, Dick's Sporting Goods, and other Fortune 500 companies.

I see too many people floundering to start or grow their web development business because they don't have the mentorship or the guidance to do it right. This course is my answer for all of you who have reached out for help. I've piled everything I know and everything that has made my business successful into this course. I created this course to teach you how you can hit the ground running with starting a web development business - even if you don't want to code.

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These are some of the questions this course will answer:

Where do I start and how do I know if I should do this?
How do I choose a niche or should I not specialize?
How should I make my portfolio and what is most effective?
How do I make professional proposals without spending tons of money?
How do I spend less time looking for clients and more time building websites?
How do I take on larger projects and make more money?
How do I find clients?
How do I keep clients from going to the competition?
Which clients are the most profitable and how do I find them?
How do I get clients to accept my estimates?
How did other companies get so successful with web development?
How do I charge more for my services?
How can I bring in development partners to offload my work?

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Why you should take this course:

Over 22+ hours of content and direct access to me, the instructor, as a guide and personal helper.

Learn step-by-step from someone who started and runs a very successful web development business.

Shorten your learning curve and protect yourself from making costly beginner mistakes.

Grow your business faster and with fewer hiccups along the way. See how the professionals do it.

A web development business can be run from anywhere at anytime. Join the international community of entrepreneurs who work when they want and how they want.

Learn how to tailor your business to your lifestyle. If you want to work part time and free yourself up from the full time grind, this course shows you how.

Included in this course:

Free contract documents such as an NDA, a customizable standard web contract, and an addendum contract for extra work. All of these documents cost me over $5,000, but are yours free as part of the course.