Running a Web Development Business: The Complete Guide

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Evan Kimbrell

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1 - Introduction 39 minutes

1 - Course Overview.mp4

08:34

2 - How-to-join-the-student-Slack-group.pdf

2 - Join our community on Slack.html

2 - Link to the Slack group.txt

3 - The Sprintkick story.mp4

04:58

4 - Seven reasons to start a web development business.mp4

11:11

5 - How to add development services to an already existing business.mp4

05:27

6 - Who this course is for.mp4

07:39

8 - Review sheets resources all in one PDF.html

8 - Running-a-web-development-business-Review-sheets-resources.pdf

2 - The Essentials 47 minutes

9 - Understanding the development stack.mp4

09:15

10 - How to pick a stack.mp4

03:38

11 - The startup timeline.mp4

10:05

12 - How does this work as a programmer non programmer.mp4

05:20

13 - How do development firms typically work.mp4

04:29

14 - Build yourself or subcontract.mp4

05:22

15 - Inhouse hiring or outofhouse.mp4

08:27

3 - Planning your strategy 40 minutes

17 - Good Fast Cheap.mp4

06:23

18 - Planning for the grind.mp4

11:06

19 - To niche or not to niche.mp4

08:46

20 - Types of subcontractors.mp4

09:25

21 - Incountry or outofcountry.mp4

04:44

4 - Setting up your presence 76 minutes

23 - Focus on 8020 solutions for web presence.mp4

04:30

24 - Looking at other studios Part 1.mp4

11:24

25 - Looking at other studios Part 2.mp4

11:57

26 - Finding a template on TemplateMonster.mp4

18:03

27 - Finding a template on themeforest.mp4

09:43

28 - Selecting a name.mp4

14:09

29 - Advanced Upgrading your presence with custom design.mp4

05:58

5 - Finding subcontractors 74 minutes

31 - Where to find subcontractors.mp4

07:41

32 - What makes a good long term partner.mp4

03:52

33 - Intro to Elance Part 1.mp4

19:32

34 - Intro to Elance Part 2.mp4

02:44

35 - Intro to UpWork Part 1.mp4

19:38

36 - Intro to UpWork Part 2.mp4

05:51

37 - Intro to Freelancer.mp4

08:59

38 - Finding freelancers elsewhere.mp4

05:38

6 - Building a portfolio 22 minutes

40 - Building portfolios upfront.mp4

05:55

41 - Use these tricks to grow your portfolio faster.mp4

04:38

42 - Thoughts about portfolios.mp4

03:56

43 - Buying testimonials and case studies with catchafire.mp4

07:42

7 - Getting clients 72 minutes

45 - Strategy Email scrape and blast.mp4

11:44

46 - Strategy Offer adjacent services to those trying to hire in house.mp4

11:46

47 - Strategy Discount offers to groups.mp4

11:02

48 - Strategy Use your affiliations.mp4

04:11

49 - Strategy Tag your work.mp4

05:01

50 - Strategy Selling things that require maintenance.mp4

03:15

51 - Strategy This sucks let me fix it.mp4

04:47

52 - Strategy The perpetual discount.mp4

04:13

53 - Strategy Build something and give it away.mp4

06:58

54 - Strategy Making tutorials strategy.mp4

08:39

8 - Building proposals 84 minutes

56 - Types of proposals.mp4

15:03

57 - Components of proposals.mp4

19:17

58 - Types of estimates.mp4

04:36

59 - Our technique in depth costs of everything.mp4

07:32

60 - Going over tools for improving your proposals.mp4

17:55

61 - How much do you customize.mp4

07:49

62 - Ballpark estimates versus exacto.mp4

05:57

63 - Strategy Introduce ideas and see if they stick.mp4

05:10

9 - Managing clients 60 minutes

65 - How to keep the right amount of distance.mp4

08:38

66 - Confidence is key.mp4

08:35

67 - Just enough jargon.mp4

08:12

68 - Sniffing out their budget.mp4

12:40

69 - Speed is important with clients.mp4

06:28

70 - Is the client always right.mp4

07:30

71 - Dont talk about problems say whats happening.mp4

02:20

72 - Do you deliver whats good or what the client likes.mp4

05:14

10 - Best practices 105 minutes

74 - Under promise over deliver.mp4

10:12

75 - What is agile Should I use it.mp4

08:12

76 - Client budgets and what difference they make.mp4

04:38

77 - Web presence clients arent worth it.mp4

05:14

78 - Price per project price per hour.mp4

08:01

79 - Should you worry about competition.mp4

04:37

80 - Hedging your launch date.mp4

04:06

81 - Beautiful design makes beautiful development.mp4

05:48

82 - Running without contracts.mp4

06:47

83 - Red flags for bad clients.mp4

10:04

84 - Rich clients versus successful clients.mp4

03:43

85 - Tell when youre getting fizzled.mp4

08:00

86 - Dont quote off the top of your head.mp4

04:24

87 - Meeting in person.mp4

09:51

88 - Is there a benefit to delivering early.mp4

02:42

89 - Repeat customers are the best.mp4

03:38

90 - Avoid assumers.mp4

05:03

11 - Internal management is crucial 45 minutes

92 - Intro to Asana Part 1.mp4

12:41

93 - Intro to Asana Part 2.mp4

10:02

94 - Making Asana work for you.mp4

13:50

95 - Turning Asana inside out.mp4

08:09

12 - Free documents and resources

97 - NDA-standard.pdf

98 - Development-Work-Agreement-Template.docx

98 - Development-Work-Agreement-Template.pdf

13 - Bonus Section

99 - Bonus Lecture.html

Description

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

What You'll Learn?

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

Who is this for?

Web developers who want to learn how to expand their skills into a business.

Non-technical entrepreneurs who want to start a business building web applications.

Established freelancers who want to add development services to their offered services.

Marketing, strategy, and SEO consultants who want to expand their business and offer more to their clients.

What You Need to Know?

No pre-requisites necessary.

Programming experience is helpful but not necessary.

More details

Description
Web development is one of the fastest growing online industries today.Â It's important for every business to have an online presence and that represents a huge opportunity for you.Â 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 createÂ an awesome portfolio and anÂ 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 fromÂ oneÂ 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.Â I've piled everything I know and everything that has made my business successful into this course.Â 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 timeÂ 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 atÂ anytime. Join the international community of entrepreneurs who work when they want andÂ 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.
FreeÂ access to any course updates including case studies, projects, and collaborative discussions.
Learn on the go. All course lectures are free to download and view anywhere even without anÂ internet connection.
Section summaries to help you review and re-learn lecture points easily and quickly.
Who this course is for:
Web developers who want to learn how to expand their skills into a business.
Non-technical entrepreneurs who want to start a business building web applications.
Established freelancers who want to add development services to their offered services.
Marketing, strategy, and SEO consultants who want to expand their business and offer more to their clients.

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Hi, I'm Evan Kimbrell. Thanks for checking out my course. **My courses have been featured in Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessInsider, BuzzFeed, Mashable, TheNextWeb, The Daily Beast, & Techcrunch** Currently, I'm the Founder and Director of Sprintkick, a full-service, referral-only digital agency based out of San Francisco. Over the past four years I've overseen the development and launch of over 100 web and mobile apps. Clients range from two-man bootstrapping startups to multibillion dollar Fortune 100s like Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, and GNC. Prior to Sprintkick I worked as a VC for a new firm called Juvo Capital, based out of L.A. I spearheaded the firm's expansion into Silicon Valley and into the Consumer Web tech category. In the long long ago, I was a co-founder for an educational software startup called ScholarPRO that raised a ton of money and then spectacularly blew up (in the bad way). Before it exploded like the Death Star, I went through five tech incubators (yes, five): Tech Stars, Excelerate Labs, MassChallenge, Babson Venture Program, and Sparkseed. Hope you enjoy my courses!

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