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

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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…

January 10, 2020

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Want to charge more for websites? Here’s a start.

When we offer to “design” or “build” a website for potential customers, we’re using a pretty generic term that doesn’t actually articulate all the…

December 20, 2019

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38+ Services to Increase Your Website Care Plan Recurring Revenue

Recurring revenue is what helps me sleep like a baby at night. Getting to the point in my business where I had a reliable…

December 12, 2019

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Using Elementor’s Request Parameters for a Personalized Thank You Page

Back when Elementor released the request parameters feature to Elementor Pro, I picked up a little trick that I get comments on all-the-time. It’s…

December 12, 2019

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Pre & Post-Launch Checklist for Successful Website Go-Live’s

When it’s finally time for go-live, I don’t know about you, but I get anxious just to get a project complete and out the…

December 8, 2019

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How My Business Will Succeed in 2020

This post (and worksheet) are for those of you out there who aren’t super into planning. The ones who “have it all in your…

December 4, 2019

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New Website UX & UI

If you’re reading this and you’ve been to our website before, you might be noticing things look a little different around here. The truth…

December 1, 2019

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A Solopreneur’s Guide: Course Review

It took just a little over 48 hours for me to make my way through the entire “A Soloprenuer’s Guide” course by Jim Galiano….

November 16, 2019

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A Unique Way to Say “Thanks”

Ever since we had Jason Resneck on the show a while back talking about “pro-active word of mouth marketing” I’ve been putting a lot…

November 6, 2019

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Quit Asking Prospects What They Want Their Website to Look Like.

Newer agency owners and freelancers always seem to ask questions about how to get higher paying gigs. This typically leads them to ask questions…

October 2, 2019

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New Funnel Pack Released: Once again, pure brilliance!

The folks over at Funnel Packs just released the latest in their family of pre-built funnels for your digital agency: The Reviews Funnel Pack…

September 27, 2019

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Three Reasons Your Customers Don’t Buy Care Plans (ain’t none of them price)

I’ve yet to find a single agency or freelancer that has both success and longevity without some form of monthly recurring revenue (MRR). It’s…

September 21, 2019

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Book Review: Dealing with Problem Clients

A BOOK WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WORDPRESS PROFESSIONAL Written by author, speaker, and business coach, Nathan Ingram I was recently introduced to Nathan Ingram…

September 17, 2019

How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul

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…

September 16, 2019

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The Top 5 Funnel Packs Every Agency Should Have

Funnel Packs From the moment I took No Fear Funnels (an amazing course by Dave Foy) I’ve been hooked on funnels. It combines the…

August 21, 2019

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The Slow Demise of Surveillance Advertising

Usually, the advertisements that I see are fairly innocuous – here’s some moisturizer full of cancer causing chemicals, some fast fashion jeans that a…

May 29, 2019

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What is a White Label Partner, how does it benefit my agency and how do I chose one?

When you do something day in and day out, you forget that other people in the world may not know what you actually do….

May 27, 2019

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The Easiest Way to Sell More Marketing Funnels

Today is a good day, folks! It’s Funnel Pack Friday, and this is one I’ve been waiting for… and it DOES NOT disappoint! The…

May 24, 2019

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5 Ways to Re-Purpose Funnel Packs

It’s no secret, Pete and I are both huge fans of Funnel Packs. The core offering is already of tremendous value– but what if…

May 23, 2019

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How to Over Deliver Every Time You Launch a Client Website

There’s a natural cycle you and your client go through during the life of your project. It’s actually not all that different than any…

April 11, 2019

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Knowing What Your Client Values Makes You More Valuable

You might work a lot in a certain industry, market, or niche, but ultimately no two customers are alike. This is an important thing…

April 8, 2019

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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…

April 4, 2019

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The 1 Year Anniversary (of a HUGE mistake)

They say mistakes are like assholes, everyone’s got one but no one likes to talk about it. Well… today I am going to. Wait,…

April 2, 2019