What to say to clients who insist on self-hosting
Web developers know that self hosting undermines website care plans and puts sites at risk. Here’s what to say to get clients to trust you with hosting.
Matthew Sebert
Easily Grab Photos from Word Docs
This is a trick I find myself using pretty often when clients send me copy in a Word doc that also contains the images that they want to use. Grabbing the photos …
Building a Minimal Client Dashboard in WordPress
I recently decided to build my own minimal dashboard for the clients on my care plan for added value. In the past I’ve shared access to my Google Analytics with clients, but …
A Friendly Reminder About Domains
This post was born from a horror story, but don’t worry; there’s a happy ending. It was only a few days ago that I was minding my own business jumping into client …
How to Find New Web Design Clients
While we don’t claim to know all the answers, Kyle and I have had some incredibly smart guests on our podcast and I’ve gathered together each one of these here (in no particular order) in this post along with the major takeaways from each episode if a TLDR fits your busy schedule a bit better.
ADA Compliance | Basics
ADA Compliance is a loaded topic. There’s a lot that can go into making sure a website is accessible and as of writing this there’s no “real” documentation out there that states “This is what you need to do to be compliant”.
cPanel to Cloudways WordPress Website Migration
I saw a couple of posts recently in the group wondering what the process is like when you’re migrating a site that’s hosted on a cPanel over to a host like Cloudways. …
How Termageddon Helps Me Win Clients
When I first started speaking with Hans and Donata, the fantastic folks behind Termageddon, my mind was racing with all the ways that I could easily (and affordably) use their service to …
A Small Book with a BIG Impact
Over ten years ago I sat down on my back patio, the summer sun beating down on me and cracked open the pages of How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing …
Maintaining Client Relationships when They’ve Gone “Silent”
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, and probably again in the future…again. For those of you who are developing websites and offering care plans: what do you do when …
