342 - From $0 to $7k MRR (in One Year) through Local SEO with Sam Sarsten

Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Web designers often ask me “how long will it take to get to 6-figures in my web design business?” And it's a tough question to answer. There are a lot of variables to how fast you can build your web design business. Your background, your time availability, your area of focus or expertise, your aversion to risk, work ethic, etc are all factors.
But I can tell you, there are folks who go from zero to 6-figures in less than a year.
One of those folks is Sam Sarsten, a member of my Web Designer Pro community who joined BEFORE he even had a paying client and in less than a year, is closing in on 6-figures with (as of August 2024) $7,197.00 in monthly recurring revenue. And that’s just monthly MRR, not including one off web design projects and hourly work.
If you’re curious about what he did to get to this level so fast, you’re in luck because Sam is on the podcast sharing exactly what he did!
We cover:

• What in the world Sam was thinking when he quit his day job with 0 paying clients
• How Sam began to get web design clients and instant cash flow
• How he fell in love with one area of web design (Local SEO) and made that his primary service
• How he sells SEO services to build recurring income
• Sam’s plans (and challenges) with such quick growth

One of my favorite aspects of Sam is that he’s an open book. We talk numbers, real sales data, and proven strategies that work in this one.
Sam has consistently been one of the most engaged members of Web Designer Pro and has quickly become the “go to Pro” for Local SEO which has not only been a huge help to his business but also for our community as he recently did a full expert training on How to Rank Websites Locally which you can now watch on my YouTube channel!
Even if you’re not yet a member of Pro, we want to give you some hot tips for local SEO because, as Sam has shown, it can really help you build your recurring revenue and be a great addition to your web design business.
Sam just launched a sub-community of Web Designer Pro “Local SEO Academy” which you can check out now at https://localseoacademy.co/josh which is a great additional place for you who are interested in diving deeper into local SEO!
We cover a lot of the fundamentals and most important SEO strategies for web designers in Pro but since that’s not our primary focus, I’m so excited to have partnered up with Sam who is diving deeper into it. And quite frankly, who better to learn local SEO from than the man who went from $0-$7k+ in MRR in one year??
Get all the show notes, and view a full transcription of our podcast chat now at joshhall.co/342

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Fejezetek

1. Building a Six-Figure Web Design Business (00:00:00)

2. Building a Web Design Business (00:08:24)

3. Navigating Client Relationships and Marketing (00:17:51)

4. Discovering Local SEO Success (00:29:27)

5. Creating Successful SEO Client Relationships (00:35:03)

6. Pricing Strategy in SEO Services (00:40:31)

7. Evolving Business Offers for Growth (00:48:51)

8. Scaling a Web Design Business (00:56:39)

9. Reflecting on Entrepreneurial Growth and Success (01:04:16)

10. Launching Local SEO Academy (01:16:46)

11. Local SEO Success Story (01:24:10)