How to Get Great Website Design for Under $5000
A great website design is essential for any business. It can be the difference between making a sale and losing a customer. A good website design will make your business look professional and trustworthy. This blog post will discuss how to get a great website design for under $5000. Example of Great Website Design Under […]
What Makes A Great Project Manager?
A recent study by the Project Management Institute (PMI) found that while 89% of organizations believe that project management is critical to their success, only 1/3 of them are satisfied with the quality of their projects. As a result, many businesses are looking to improve their project management capabilities. But where do you start? One […]
Grow Your Agency With Freelancer Collaboration
As practitioners in the professional custom WordPress design services industry, intense competition can lead many to compete on price or become a one-stop-shop. Unfortunately, neither option is sustainable for your company’s long-term survival -instead, try freelancer collaboration. Extend Your Services With Freelancer Collaboration They say there are riches in niches, meaning that a WordPress development agency should focus […]
How Proactive Communication Can Improve Your Next Project and Your Bottom Line
I have a quick confession – I hate working with building contractors because they don’t employ proactive communication. In my experience of getting some flood damage fixed, I’ve dealt with l contractors missing deadlines, frequent lateness, little to no proactive client communication on the progress, etc. I’ve had to become my own project manager to ensure I […]
Enable Success with a Kickoff Meeting
The start of the first project with a new client can feel like a blind date. Everyone is tribal, and no one wants to let their guard down. Kickoff meetings are the icebreaker that should get all assumptions out of the way and open the door for stakeholders to become team members. These meetings should have senior representation from the […]
Things To Do Before Starting A Website
There are numerous things you really want to learn before starting a website. It’s almost cliche to say every business needs a website. Unless you have significant brand recognition, you have a trust defect with your potential customers. More established competitors in search results may even have paid ad campaigns, and you need something online […]
Working Effectively As A Distributed Team
A type of magic happens when a group of intelligent, creative, and innovative people are placed in a room to solve a problem. For example, every agency employs a war room dedicated to developing a new pitch or marketing campaign. Anyone in the distributed team can contribute ideas, references, questions, etc. Close collaboration leads to […]
What To Do With Abandoned WordPress Plugins?
It goes without saying that we shouldn’t be using abandoned WordPress plugins, especially for mission-critical tasks. For any number of reasons that formerly dependable plugin (assuming WordPress) has reached its end of life. Typical examples are: – The developer can no longer maintain their passion project. – The plugin is unprofitable – The plugin is […]
Content vs Functionality Site Updates
Some website updates are simple – involving only a limited number of edits, while other modifications are technical in focus. The agency should communicate a release plan to the client in either scenario to set the proper expectations in content optimization. Content vs. Functionality If a request consists of editing copy, updating images, etc., it’s a […]
Choosing between buying or bulding a WordPress theme
Looking back on recent WordPress projects, they fall into two tiers – fully custom sites vs. customizing a premium theme—the similarities in wording masks two vastly different ways of building a website. WordPress customizing a theme is attractive for those with smaller budgets because you get a fully realized site for around $59. However, like […]
