Why Web Design Stopped Being Fun (And How to Get It Back)

If you've started to fall out of love with web design, it's usually not the design that's the problem.

It's the invoices, the contract wording, the awkward client emails, and all the other bits that crept in and took over your week. Let's fix that.

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

In this episode, I'm talking about how to work out which parts of your web design business you actually love, how to hand over the parts you don't, and why that usually costs a lot less than you think.

We get into:

Why getting stuck “in the weeds” makes good designers fall out of love with the work

How to identify the parts of the business you genuinely enjoy

Why not every web designer loves designing, and why that's completely fine

How designers and developers work brilliantly hand in hand

What to do if you're a techie who struggles with the design side

Why outsourcing makes you money rather than costing you money

Whether you're selling the website, or selling you as the person who builds it

How to bring team members onto a project without the client feeling dropped

Why there's a hard ceiling on how many websites you can build in a year

The five income streams I run, and the freelance team behind them

How to map what you love, what you don't, and what you could delegate

If you're busy but no longer enjoying it, this one will help you get the good bits back.

Come and find out more at https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk or email me at [email protected]

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Skip to the good bits:

00:00 How to do more of what you love

00:38 When you fall out of love with web design

01:40 Work out which parts you actually love

02:25 Not every designer loves designing

02:53 Why designers and developers need each other

03:44 What to do if design isn't your strength

05:22 Outsourcing is how you make more money

06:28 “But I don't charge enough to outsource”

06:54 Are you selling the website, or selling you?

07:49 Bringing in your team without losing the client

09:40 The ceiling on building websites alone

10:00 Holly's five income streams

10:43 The freelance team behind the business

11:51 Map what you love, delegate the rest

12:29 Where to find Holly