Running a WordPress Business Articles

The answer to the question, “How can I expand my freelance or design business” is pretty simple. Start offering SEO services to clients.

What separates great agency websites from boring or mediocre ones? It’s all about design, tone, and copy. Let’s look at some tips and examples from some of our favorite agency sites to see what we…

Being your own boss is great, but it’s not all 4 p.m. happy hours and working in your pajamas. Managing your business as a WordPress freelancer requires dedication and hard work. To help you build…

Deciding what to charge for a website can be one of the most stressful and frustrating parts of creating a proposal. We can’t do the math for you, but we can help you replace guesswork…

Winning new business can be challenging, which is one of many reasons why we love helping web agencies generate recurring revenue. Everyone knows selling to existing customers is easier than finding new ones. That works…

Securing a new client is a great success for any design business. Amongst all the excitement of a new creative endeavor, it’s easy to forget just how many things there are to organize at this…

There has never been a better time to start and run a freelancing business from home. With the significant changes in how companies utilize their employees, more companies will be outsourcing to freelancers in the…

When I was younger – and even today – I was obsessed with the Nintendo game Mario Bros.  And, by obsessed, I mean I would replay level after level to ensure I collected every possible…

One of the most considerable impacts of Covid-19 is changes to remote working trends. Before the pandemic, only about five percent of white-collar employees worked primarily from home. Yet, we can expect that number to…

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reshaped entire industries. As businesses look to streamline costs while remaining competitive, it is likely they will look to outsource marketing – especially technical aspects of marketing such as website…

Are you hosting all of your WordPress websites on different hosts? We’ve just got one question: why? Is it because you got a ‘special deal’ once? Is it because your different developers prefer different solutions?…

Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is the lifeblood of any subscription-based business, and that includes marketing agencies and freelancers. No matter what you do for your clients, SEO, web design, or advertising, MRR is crucial to…

A few months ago, I proposed a crazy idea to my husband, Mark. “What if we became digital nomads and traveled the country?” To my surprise, he didn’t have many objections to leaving our little…

If you thought starting your business was hard, wait until you try growing it. Between searching for new prospects and trying to keep the customers you already have, when can you actually make your business…

One of the biggest changes in the hosting space over the past decade has been the introduction of fully managed WordPress hosting. 10 years ago if you wanted to host your WordPress site, your only…

One of the best things about WordPress is that it’s open source. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can get online and begin using it. Heck, with enough coding knowledge and drive, they…

In part one of our series, we looked at two different strategies for obtaining more backlinks to your website. This week, we’re going to look at three new strategies that can help improve backlinks, the…

When it comes to starting your WordPress business, it’s fairly easy to start out with word of mouth. But if you don’t have new customers constantly coming in, you need to have monthly recurring revenue…

So you or your agency builds WordPress websites. That’s awesome. Thanks for being part of the economic ecosystem that has built over 31% of the web! But you have issues with your client. The client…

In WordPress world today, every web developer, designer and marketer is looking to get into the SEO game. But, where should you even start? With so many tools and tips out there, it can be…

In the WordPress and agency space, there is a certain topic that is increasingly on everyone’s mind: SEO (search engine optimization). While my friends in the web community are stellar visual designers and web developers,…