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Setting up typography, colors, button styles, backgrounds, form field styles etc. separately on each and every webpage can be such a tedious work. Consistency with
Last week I posted a simple question to the group… “What makes your favorite client your favorite client?” If you assumed people’s answers were all
People make WordPress websites for a variety of reasons: To start a cooking blog, to promote their small business, to review and rank every type
Since the release of its very first version in 2003, WordPress has surely and steadily snowballed into the content management system (CMS) tycoon we know
If you’ve heard the term Custom Post Types (or CPT’s) being used, but never fully understood them— then this is the show for you! Paul
Learn how to handle sharing plugin licenses with your clients & the one question you should ask.
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”.
Cloudflare improves your website’s overall loading speed with additional security and performance benefits. Amongst the many features of Cloudflare is the additional settings that let
Sometimes all it takes is a couple of comments, a little Googling, and a half hour to make a huge difference in recurring monthly income.
For a while now I’ve been struggling with having multiple products in my WooCommerce store, and adding customers for specific products to specific groups in
After one of the busiest and most stressful weeks of my life, I posted a status update on Facebook minutes before I turned out the
Where most processes go sideways isn’t lost somewhere in the weeds between step 3 and 33— it’s simply setting proper boundaries for the scope of
Matt and Kyle chat about what’s been happening in their respective businesses – this time around we’ll be talking about managing client expectations.
Kyle and Matt chat about the two topics we both bring to the table this week along with a post from inside The Admin Bar group.
Today we’re trying out a slightly different format! In this show Kyle and I discuss one thing what’s been happening in each of our businesses.
All three of us began our design careers focusing primarily on some form of flat graphic design, be it branding, t-shirt design, or print design, but found ourselves for one reason or another leaning further into web based design as our individual businesses grew… how come? Listen/watch to find out!
In this episode of The Admin Bar we’re talking about organization and quality of life improvements and what with having a bit more down time than usual, now might be a good time to start building better habits.
Nathan Ingram (coach, speaker, trainer, author, and agency owner) joins us to talk about the ‘Friday Email Strategy’ and how this simple, weekly email and drastically improve client communications and help give you your weekends back!
In this episode we cover why care plans are more about relationship building than anything else, whether or not you should require care plans, if you should charge monthly or annually, and how you can implement some easy client touch points to improve relationships with your customers.
I’m just wrapping up reading ‘Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business’ by Paul Jarvis. I gotta say— I’m
I don’t know about you, but it frustrates me to no end that my clients are getting tons of solicitations from scam companies preying on
In this episode, titled ‘WordPress in the Flesh’, we take a deep-dive into these events and talk about the benefits of attending events like this in person, what to expect, what you can gain, tips for speaking, and a whole lot more.
Not only do I firmly believe that putting your goals down on paper is important— I think that it has to become a habit to
Nathan Allotey shares his personal story and revelation of how calling himself a “freelancer” was giving people the wrong impression and how shedding the label immediately allowed him to stop competing with the Fiverr’s of the world.
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 intricacies
Back in October Dave started a thread in the group that said: “If you do not have a WordPress Meetup in your town, START ONE!” and the thread ended up being pure gold— with a ton of interest. Running his local WordPress meetup for the past two years has given Dave the label of “the WordPress guy” in his local community— and lead him to 6-figures in 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 stream
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 door.
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 head”,
Adam Hempenstall from Better Proposals stops by The Admin Bar to discuss the role proposals play in our business, plus about a million tips on ways to improve your proposals (and what you might be doing that’s killing them!).
Pre-built marketing funnels that generate leads for your agency and save you time.
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Andre Gagnon, creator of Project Huddle, stops by The Admin Bar to discuss how we can make soliciting feedback (and ultimately client communications) a breeze through his amazingly simple (yet powerful!) communication tool.
Kyle and Matt chat about a recent request from one of Kyle’s clients. They requested to be sent maintenance reports on a regular schedule. Is it worth spending the time setting them up and sending them out or is it a waste of time and energy that could be better spent elsewhere?
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 of
We’ve already determined the importance of recurring revenue (in the form of a maintenance plan) in your agency. But one consideration you need to have with any service you offer is how does it scale?
Newer agency owners and freelancers always seem to ask questions about how to get higher paying gigs. This typically leads them to ask questions like
Today’s guest, Jason Resnick, shares with us how we can adjust our processes to create moments in time that encourage more referrals from our customers in what we’re calling “Proactive Worth of Mouth Marketing”.
Jennifer Moss runs a small-town agency, and for years has dove into the challenges living and working in a small community can bring. How do you grow an agency with a limited pool of local clients? How important is your reputation? What steps has she taken to make her agency successful? Find out in this week’s episode!
A BOOK WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WORDPRESS PROFESSIONAL Written by author, speaker, and business coach, Nathan Ingram I was recently introduced to Nathan Ingram through
Christopher and Jenny Schell have created a truly unique brand in the often carbon copy web agency space. Their company, Design Rangers, has a instantly identifiable identity that helps differentiate them from other agencies, and attracts their ideal client.
What is the end game for your agency? Do you plan on your last days spend behind the keyboard? Moving on to something else “one day”? Or can you build the kind of agency people pay good money for?
Does the thought of building your first eCommerce site on WordPress give you some unease? I know the first time I installed WooCommerce I felt way out of my league. But really, it’s not too hard!
When you do something day in and day out, you forget that other people in the world may not know what you actually do. After
John White has taken the subscription model that has become completely normalized in today’s economy and turned it into an amazing source of recurring revenue for his web development company.
This weeks guest, Chantal Edouard-Betsy, had an agency just like the rest of us… doing a little bit of everything for everyone. Realizing the challenges that came along with that, she knew something needed to change. That’s when she launched ‘1 Day Webs’ and began building complete websites in just a day.
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 relationship
You might work a lot in a certain industry, market, or niche, but ultimately no two customers are alike. This is an important thing to
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, wait…
We are not normal. No entrepreneur really is. Taking on risk, putting it all on the line, leaving it up to ourselves, putting in long
Many of us rely on “local” business to keep us busy… but it’s a big world out there, and not everyone has that luxury. This week we’re talking to Davinder Singh Kainth who has been running a wildly successful agency for years- completely remote! Learn how he finds and works with clients from a distance.
A special week on The Admin Bar where Matt and Kyle look back at the biggest takeaways from the first 19 episodes (there has been some true gold!). AND we’re taking YOUR questions, so load them up and we’ll get through as many as possible!
We all understand how outsourcing can help our agency make better use of your time, increase revenue, and deliver better results… but finding reliable & trustworthy partners can be difficult. Our guest in Episode 18 (and TAB top-contributor) Chris Castillo has launched a new way you can find (and become) the right outsourcing partner.
Many of you have asked about how we set up our TAB live streams, so this week, Kyle and I have put together an overview of our process. From the very basics of setting OBS up, to creating the background slate, and finally adding video feeds and streaming to FB live, we’ve got you covered!
No matter if you work alone from your home, or are managing a growing team, achieving a healthy work-life balance is extremely difficult for the entrepreneur. This week we’ll be discussing our successes and failures in setting priorities, time management, and avoiding burnout.
This week, at a special time to accommodate our friends down under, we’re discussing the pros and cons of running a web agency in a
Heather Gray joins The Admin Bar to discuss accessibility standards within WordPress websites and how we can become better designers by making our websites accessible to folks of all abilities.
In this episode we talk email marketing and why it’s on the uptick! Join Pete Everitt and Dave Toomey as we dive into the do’s, dont’s, why’s and why not’s in the world of email.
In this episode of The Admin Bar we have the one and only Kim Doyal! We’ll be discussing content creating for creatives and agency owners, how and why to implement it and what kind of content produces great results for both current clients as well as prospects!
In this episode of The Admin Bar, we’re joined by Bret Phillips of Sideways8 to talk pricing strategy. Bret has given this talk at WordCamp and brings a ton of experience and value to the show on this topic!
This week we’re joined by Imogen Allen and Leanne Mitton. Working for yourself, by yourself can be a struggle. But these two have cracked the code on how to keep their businesses on track. Learn about how their accountability relationship is helping them achieve their goals and grow their business.
Not everyone hits their stride the first time out of the gate. Sometimes learning to pivot and course correct as your business and skill set evolve is just as important as pushing through rough patches. This week’s Admin Bar episode, we’re speaking with Liam Clisham of Five31, who’s done just this with his own career. We’ll learn where he started, what course corrections he’s made along the way, and where he finds his business now. It’s quite a story!
This week on The Admin Bar we’re joined by Walt Spence and Lee Jackson to discuss how to set your business up for future success
Woah! This episode was awesome! We’re joined this week with Dave Foy and Todd E. Jones to discuss the making of high performance marketing funnels
In this episode of The Admin Bar we’re talking with Chris Castillo and Paul Lacey about how they’ve decided to grow their agencies capabilities. One has hired in-house staff and the other has built out a strong list of people to outsource to. Find out why they’ve chosen the paths that they have and why it works for them!
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