Podcast Episodes
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EP74 – Facebooks Ads
If you're interested in learning about the benefits of running Facebook ads for your business, what kind of data you can get from them, how to go about starting your first Facebook ad, or any of the above then you're in for a treat! This week on the podcast we give...
EP73 – Jetpack & Divi
Jetpack is a robust plugin that comes with a lot of features. Today we discuss our individual experience with it, and whether or not we recommend using those features. Hosts Present: David Blackmon - Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Tammy Grant - Sunflower...
EP72 – Divi vs DIY Website Services, Like Weebly & Wix
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 opposed to doing...
EP71 – Which Browsers We Use for What and Why
There are quite a few browsers out there nowadays, probably some you've never even heard of! This week we discuss the most popular and most widely used browsers, and which are our favorites for what and why. Hosts Present: Terry Hale - Mizagorn Ink / FB / @mizagorn...
EP70 – Divi White Label Work
White label work... what is it? Should you be doing it? How do you get into it? There are several pros and cons, and lots of questions come up, so we're sharing our experiences with how we started doing it and how it's paid off. Hosts Present: Jerry Simmons - Fervent...
EP69 – GDPR Compliance and What It Means For You
If you develop, design, or maintain a website then you've probably heard of the upcoming GDPR privacy requirements that will affect websites globally beginning May 25, 2018. Today we're discussing GDPR compliance, what it means for us and our businesses, and hopefully...
EP68 – What to Look for When Choosing Hosting
So many hosting questions come up along the web development journey. Should you host client’s sites for them? Should you use reseller hosting? What company should you host with? Are some really better than others and are all the good ones expensive? All pretty common...
EP67 – What Programming Languages Should You Learn… CSS, PHP?
Sprichst du CSS? Habla usted JavaScript? Você fala PHP? This week’s topic is coding languages for web development. What languages should you learn to get into WordPress development (e.g. CSS, JS, frontend vs backend languages). We all have different skill levels in...
EP66 – Ways to Build a Recurring Revenue Stream
On today's show we talk recurring revenue (aka passive income)!! Who doesn’t want money steadily coming in, right? We’ll talk about ways we’ve made it happen for us and hopefully spark some ideas of how you can do it for your web design business. Hosts Present: Cory...
EP65 – How to Build and Grow an Email List and Why
Are you trying to grow your email list? Are you wondering if you even need an email list to grow your business, or how to go about starting with email marketing if you're new to it? That's what we'll be talking about this week so be sure to watch! Hosts Present: David...
EP64 – Client Contracts, Terms & Conditions and Other Legal Stuff
The sometimes not-so-fun side of business is dealing with the "paperwork". Contracts, terms and conditions, privacy policies, disclaimers, etc. -- it can be overwhelming knowing what you should or shouldn't be using, and where do you find these documents if you're...
EP63 – Designing for Conversion
At some point in your web design career you may have felt like it can be really easy to “over-design”. How do you know when your design is simple enough not to confuse users, yet creative enough to keep them on the site, and ultimately, convert them into a customer?...
EP62 – Our First Look at Gutenberg
If you do anything involving WordPress chances are you've heard of Gutenberg by now. It's the new WordPress publishing experience (that's in beta at the time of this posting) and today we discuss our experience with it so far, and what we think it means for the future...
EP61 – Setting Up Email for Your Web Clients
Setting up email accounts for your web clients can be one of the more confusing areas of web design. Should you use the hosting account or a separate cloud service? How do you know which service to choose? Today we'll discuss how we set up email accounts for our...
EP60 – How We Handle Support for Divi Products
If you sell products online then your sales may reach a point where you need to hire help to handle customer support. And then if you decide to do that what tools are out there to help you with this? Today we discuss that, what tools and services we use to handle...
EP59 – 2018 Goals and What’s Next for Divi Chat
Happy new year and welcome 2018!! Today we discuss what's on the agenda for the new year for our businesses and for Divi Chat. Hosts Present: David Blackmon - Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall - JoshHall.co / FB Tim Strifler - Divi Life / FB /...
EP58 – 2017 End of the Year Recap
Today we have year in review-type chat and talk about what happened in 2017 with Divi, WordPress, our businesses, stuff like that... super casual 🙂 Hosts Present: David Blackmon - Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall - JoshHall.co / FB Tim Strifler -...
EP57 – Designing Landing Pages & Longform Sales Pages with Divi
Landing pages and longform sales pages are a great conversion tool for any business, and they absolutely can be created in Divi. This week we discuss some characteristics of successful landing pages, some dos and don'ts we've learned over the years, and go over some...