What is life like after transitioning from a part-time side gig to full-time freelancing or running your own agency? It requires systems and discipline and has a lot of new adjustments in store. This week we’ll share our experience and advice. Hosts...
Is it too late to start a Divi + WordPress business? Some people just finding Divi or WordPress may really enjoy building websites and may wonder if it’s too late to try to make a business out of Divi and WordPress because there are so many people doing it. They may...
On this week’s DC we’re discussing white label services and when/why you may want to incorporate them into your business. What exactly does this mean? An example would be if you decided you would like to offer social media marketing as part of your...
As you can see based on the definition we know a little about this 😉 Many of us technically are competitors but we’re friends first. Some of us still do collaborate on projects together, we still recommend each other’s products, and heck! we even started a podcast...
If you offer maintenance plans you’re already productizing your services so why not expand that model? Maybe you enjoy styling forms or getting creative with Woo store pages, or are a natural with Mailchimp. Why not package that service up with a nice little bow...
Are you thinking it’s time to grow your team but are unsure how to do it? Or where to hire? Today we’re discussing when and how to scale your team based on our own experiences. We’ve actually discussed this every year now (see episodes 22 and 79) and it’s worth a...
As 2018 comes to a close we thought we’d take a look back on some lessons we’ve learned, what we’ve achieved, what changes we went through (good and bad), what we’ve enjoyed most (and least!), and touch on our plans for the future and share any...
Email configuration can be confusing. How do you set it up? Should you have email accounts set up through your hosting or something like GSuite? Are non-domain email addresses frowned upon? So many questions regarding email when you’re starting out, and while...
How do you know when you’re ready to make your part-time side hustle your full-time career? Do you wait until you have a certain number of clients or certain amount of income coming in? What about security and stability? If you have a family to support it can be...
Most of us do remote work already, that’s one of the biggest advantages of our industry is to be able to work pretty much from anywhere, so long as you have a decent internet connection. A lot of us end up working with other people or companies so the dynamics...
How do you know when it’s time to bring on help? Are you satisfied always working alone? Are you bringing in more business than you can handle? If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions and are thinking of expanding your business and forming a team...
Competing with DIY website services — such as Squarespace, Weebly, Wix, etc. — might be something you’ve had to deal with, or may deal with at some point. A potential client might ask you why they should hire you to build a custom WordPress site, as...
