Five Days of Focus – Why Approval Doesn’t Matter
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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 developing the way you lay down the goods with your projects and clients. As a quick refresher, let’s look at…

Five Days of Focus – How Using a Content-First Development Approach Saves Money
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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 party down in WordPress Town—or so you think.  We’ve talked about setting expectations through clear agency-client communication (and, spoiler alert:…

Essential Project Management Processes Every Agency Needs
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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 these days but in this case, it’s true. These principles changed everything about the way I do any kind of…

Content-First Development: A Comprehensive Guide
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Content-First Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Many people think if they are a solo provider, that they don’t have a team. This is wrong for 2 reasons. First, you always have a team because it’s you and the client. And secondly, it’s really more about roles than it is about people because you’re filling multiple roles on your project, whether you realize it or not. And by sharing that with the client in a non-confrontive way, you give them an understanding of everything that’s involved in building a website, and they tend to respect the work that you do a little more.

How to Convince Your WordPress Client Not to Provide Their Own Content

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 at hand here. WHO is the right resource for content-related activities and tasks. Sometimes… who am I kidding, MOST of…

4 Best Practices Successful WordPress Providers Use to Get Content from the Client on Time
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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 indicate this a large and common problem for both WordPress agencies and independent consultants. The answer to this problem can…