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Our latest musings covering a wide range of agency related topics and strategy to help push your business forward.

How To Write Accessible Website Copy

One of the most overlooked aspects of accessibility is website copy. It’s not just the design, layout, & features of your website, the copy has to be accessible too. …

June 8, 2022

The Best Free Tools & Resources for Agencies

A crowdsourced database of the best free online tools, utilities, & resources for website designers and developers….

June 5, 2022

Questions To Ask a Contractor Before Hiring Them

If you’re hiring a freelancer or contractor for your project, fit is everything. Get the right freelancer for the job with these thought-provoking questions….

April 18, 2022

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2022 WordPress Agency Survey

In March 2022, we put together an anonymous survey for all of our community members to ask them questions about their revenue, and various…

April 8, 2022

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What do web agencies use for the H1 on their home page?

A few weeks back I was talking to one of my buddies in the group who was workshopping different ideas for the H1 of…

April 1, 2022

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Education Over Sales

This post is an excerpt from our newsletter, The Friday Chaser. Subscribe and get content like this (plus a recap of everything happening inside…

March 25, 2022

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My Tech Stack for Block-Based Websites

A list of the tools I’m using to develop lightning-fast block-based websites….

March 25, 2022

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How to Configure Perfmatters for Better Performance

A quick reference guide on how to configure the Perfmatters plugin…

March 5, 2022

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Informing Clients You’re Moving to Fathom

Email scripts you can use to inform your clients about moving to Fathom Analytics…

March 3, 2022

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Things Your Copywriter Wishes You Knew

Just like web developers and digital agencies, copywriters often run into two different types of clients: the good clients and the bad clients.  Now…

March 1, 2022

Why every web agency should consider dropping Google Analytics

In a consciousness-shift that even your grandma seems to be vaguely aware of, internet users are waking up to the fact that using Google isn’t free. You’re just paying for the service with something other than money: your data….

March 1, 2022

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No One Likes a Perfect Person

As business owners we put a lot of pressure on ourselves… Oftentimes, so much pressure that it paralyzes us from taking action. I’m sure…

February 25, 2022

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Create a Hover Card with GenerateBlocks

In this tutorial, I’m going to provide you with the step by step instructions and the CSS needed to create a simple hover card…

February 20, 2022

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Two Ways to Expand

If you’re getting overwhelmed with work, and needing to expand capacity, there are two routes most agencies take; hiring direct or hiring a white…

February 18, 2022

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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….

February 17, 2022

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Create a Sticky Sidebar with GenerateBlocks

In this video I do a quick walkthrough on how to create a sticky sidebar using GenerateBlocks. While it does take a couple lines…

February 17, 2022

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How Do You Do It?

During a TABLE call this week, we got off on the topic of creating a “our process” type page for our agency website… And…

February 11, 2022

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They’re Asking for Referrals

If you’ve ever worried that a disproportionate number of your leads come from referrals, then you’re not alone. I think most agencies feel this…

February 4, 2022

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Do you need a degree to be a web designer?

Do you even need a college degree to work as a web developer or designer? Well, that depends on the type of career you’re planning….

February 2, 2022

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My Trick to Avoid Overwhelm

I get overwhelmed pretty easily — especially at work. It’s always been this way for me… Probably a combination of my high-strung personality and…

January 28, 2022

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One-on-One Training from the TextExpander Team

If you’ve not used TextExpander before, it’s a simple productivity app (for Windows or Mac) that allows you to set up keyboard shortcuts that…

January 25, 2022

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33% of American’s did what? ????

I read a stat this week that was pretty shocking — it said that over 33% of Americans started a side hustle since the…

January 21, 2022

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Debugging Your Design

When we have our “developer hat” on, it’s natural to debug problems step by step. If something isn’t working, we quickly make a mental…

January 14, 2022

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Running Your Own Race

This week I saw a tweet by Mike Oliver that stopped my scrolling pretty quickly… “Maybe someone besides myself needs to hear this. Don’t…

January 7, 2022