{"podcast":{"title":"Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business","slug":"websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598","podcast_index_feed_id":6718598,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/websites-made-simple-successful-website-design-business/","website_url":"https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/823712d6-6b6b-4146-929a-95c2d4c90d1f/Websites-Made-Simple-artwork-July-26-update.jpg","author":"Holly Christie (Website Design Business Mentor)","episode_count":65,"summary":"Welcome to Websites Made Simple, a podcast helping you become more successful in your website design business. Most small website design business owners are working hard. Really hard. At the same time they feel like they’re winging it. And their online presence isn't helping them. This podcast is here to change that for you. Holly Christie is founder of website companies, This Demanding Life and Simply Sites. Holly will walk you through the common factors that are stopping you from making a success of your website design business, and how to overcome them, in a way that feels authentic to you. If you’d like to learn more about Holly and her work you can find her at: https://thisdemandinglife.com/ or connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollycchristie/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T10:21:06.660784+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598"},"episode":{"title":"How to sign off a website project properly: a free checklist","slug":"how-to-sign-off-a-website-project-properly-a-free-checklist","published_at":"2026-06-29T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598/how-to-sign-off-a-website-project-properly-a-free-checklist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598","url":"https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/podcast/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/376dc726-279d-4cf3-aa42-e4c7719c05fc.mp3","summary":"A messy sign-off leaves a messy memory — and it’s one of the easiest things to fix with the right checklist in place. Welcome to another episode of Websites Made Simple with me, Holly Christie. Check out: https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/sparks-group-mentoring/ It’s a supportive group mentoring session for website designers and developers to bring their questions, roadblocks, ideas, and “is it just me?” moments. In this episode, I’m walking you through my full website sign-off process — the checklist I use every single time to make sure projects end cleanly, clients are set up properly, and I can actually close the project and move on. We get into: Holly’s website “pack-down” checklist and why you need one Cookie notices, GDPR, and what to check before you go live Why you should run a Page Speed Insights report and screenshot it every time Setting up admin accounts (the step Holly has forgotten more than once) Website manuals: why every client should get one and how to create them Hooking up analytics, pixels, and code tracking before handover How to test on incognito browser and mobile before you call it done Getting written sign-off from your client — and the wording that matters Migration, SSL certificates, and enforcing HTTPS after moving a site Contact form testing, SMTP, and GDPR-compliant database saving How to organise client training and what Holly’s personalised video manuals look like Setting up client logins and making sure they know how to run WordPress updates Asking for reviews at exactly the right moment What is and is not your responsibility once a project is signed off If you want every project to end with a clean, confident handover — this one will help you build that process. Grab Holly’s sign-off checklist at https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/sign-o…","meta_description":"A messy sign-off leaves a messy memory — and it’s one of the easiest things to fix with the right checklist in place. Welcome to another episode of Websit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1225,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598/episodes/how-to-sign-off-a-website-project-properly-a-free-checklist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/websites-made-simple-how-to-have-a-successful-website-design-business-6718598/how-to-sign-off-a-website-project-properly-a-free-checklist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}