Incorporating Project Management Tasks into Your Project Estimate
Someone asked me recently what percentage of time (and pricing) should be allocated to ongoing project management tasks when devising a website development estimate. This is a tough question to answer for two reasons: Not
Using the Google Streak CRM
It’s finally time to put away that Rolodex/notepad combo—Google Streak has got you covered. And Cami Macnamara is going to be the one to tell you all about it. Cami is the founder, brains, beauty,
What’s Different About a Website Redesign Project?
Effective and responsive sites inspire confidence. The inverse is also true. Have you ever driven past a house being remodeled and thought, “Ew, do those people have any idea what they’re doing?” You might not
Helping Your Clients Succeed with Google My Business
Creating a well-functioning site is fundamental to your agency’s goals—but it’s only half the battle. Why? Because a functioning site is only as functional as it is visible. There are many tools to help us
Five Days of Focus – A Plan for Process Improvement in 2021
This is our final episode of our Five Days of Focus 2021 – highlighting Project Management essentials. You want to earn more money and make your clients happier. Hell, we all do! But you might
Five Days of Focus – Why Approval Doesn’t Matter
This is Day 2 of our Five Days of Focus 2021 – highlighting Project Management essentials. This week has been all about the art of the perfect proposal, and we’re well on the way to
Five Days of Focus – How Using a Content-First Development Approach Saves Money
Day 3 of our 5 Days of focus 2020. Okay, so you’ve got your proposal equipped with your master services agreement, and you’re starting to set clear expectations with your clients. You’re almost ready to
Five Days of Focus – How to Define your WordPress Project Scope
This is Day 2 of our Five Days of Focus preparing for 2021 – highlighting Project Management essentials. In our heart of hearts, everyone’s a little bit of a people-pleaser. We love to see the people
Five Days of Focus – Proposals, Contracts, and MSAs
We’re getting ready for 2021 with Five Days of Focus on Project Management essentials. This is Day 1. Our topic du jour? How to use your proposal, contract, and/or Master Services Agreement to set proper
Making Your New Year’s Resolutions an Agency Improvement Project
Everyone loves making New Year’s resolutions, only to be disappointed by February when they haven’t stuck. Whether it’s losing weight, dropping a bad habit, or starting a new venture, it’s tough to maintain our new
Where Core Web Vitals Fit in Your SEO Strategy with Mike Gburski
The party never stops with our Can We Talk members! This week we had the opportunity to hear from Michael “Mike” Gburski, founder of JadeFire Development. Mike’s a truly wonderful soul who focuses primarily on
Helping Your Client Find their Website Identity with Imogen Allen
If I asked you to describe what your client’s agency does, would you be able to do it in a way that convinces me to buy what they’re selling? (I’d hope so; it’s typically what
Using Technical Web Audits to Generate Leads
When was the last time you heard about a new way for your agency to earn money, generate new leads, and flex your knowledge and skills? Today might be that day! This week we had
Using Mockup Tools with Virtual Assistants and Clients
It’s always great when we get to learn something new from an inspiring agency owner! Never stop learning, right? In this episode of “Can We Talk About Your WordPress Projects?” (originally recorded in Nov 2020),
Breaking Down the Pre-Proposal Process
Does practice make perfect? No, not always. But having a solid pre-propoaal process leads to practical, consistent quality in your early client interactions, which spells out good news for your clients, and for you. When
How our 6 Productivity Principles Apply to ANY Project
If you’ve ever had a project that seems absolutely unconquerable, you can join the club. There are some projects and sites that seem to get more complicated as they go along. Maybe you’ve started developing
Essential Project Management Processes Every Agency Needs
If you’ve been following me for any time at all, you know I talk about the Six Productivity Principles for WordPress Project Success – ALL. THE. TIME. But they changed my life. That’s so trite
Content-First Development: A Comprehensive Guide
If you’ve signed up for any of my freebies or the WP Project Manager’s Academy, then you know that I ask this question a lot. “What are you struggling with most?” Far and away the
How to Convince Your WordPress Client Not to Provide Their Own Content
Those of you who have taken my free mini-training on The Six Productivity Principles for WordPress Project Success know that one of those principles is: Get the Right Resources Involved. And that is the principle
Who ARE you? WordPress Designer, Developer, Consultant, or Analyst?
The Case for Better WordPress Titles I recently referred to a highly technically-savvy WordPress practitioner as a “WordPress Developer” and was quickly corrected that he was not a developer, because he did not write code
4 Best Practices Successful WordPress Providers Use to Get Content from the Client on Time
All you have to do is pose a question in a WordPress Facebook group or other WordPress-focused forum regarding getting content from the client. Chances are you will get a litany of responses that clearly
Why We Need a WordPress Website Development Methodology
At first, I wasn’t sure if I should call this thing that I think we need a website development framework or a methodology so I looked up the terms. As it turns out, technically, a
Why We Use a 2-Step WordPress Project Proposal Approach
It is a “given” that all WordPress practitioners will complete an estimate at the beginning of a project. The problem is, in many cases, the initial estimate is also the final estimate. Estimating should not
New Proposal Section to Control WordPress Project Scope Creep
When creating a Project Proposal or any other place where you are defining the WordPress Project Scope for the client, most WordPress Practitioners will include what is IN scope and what is OUT of scope.