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Oops, I did it again. Rather, oops it happened again. This is not just a veiled reference to years gone by where Brittany Spears was in her heyday as one of the most famous pop singers. Oops, you got another cryptic lead through your website. You mean to make some changes to keep that from happening. Maybe yours look like the one I got earlier this month where the person submitting the message was, “I want a website.” Over the Continue reading the post...

“It’s not a mistake. They don’t make mistakes. They don’t do random. There’s always an objective. Always a target.” Nicky Parsons, Bourne Supremacy Do you have an objective when it comes to onboarding clients? Are you like Jason Bourne as Nicky Parsons describes him? The scary part could be that your client is handling your onboarding. Don’t let that happen. Have an agenda for your onboarding. Onboarding is a term that comes from human resources. The initial idea was to Continue reading the post...

“Now, boys, to make a proper Irish coffee, the last step is crucial, so pay attention to this. You have to ladle the cream over the back of the spoon, so it doesn’t just plop in and muddy the coffee and the whiskey.” With these words, Frank Reagan, the Irish Catholic New York Police Commissioner in the hit show Blue Bloods, shows his grandchildren how to make a good Irish Coffee. The Irish are colorful, green it would seem. What Continue reading the post...

This is one of our proudest days! It’s been less than a month since we celebrated our third anniversary on Wordpress.org and today we are celebrating 1000 5 star reviews on WordPress.org! To put that in perspective: Jetpack has 869 5 star reviews Akismet has 650 5 star reviews All in One SEO Pack has 395 5 star reviews Contact Form 7 has 1,037 5 star reviews (we’ll catch them 😉 ) All those plugins have over 3 million active Continue reading the post...

Note: In our last post, we looked at a letter written to a fictional person, Freelancer Fred. This is the second part of our advice to the WordPress freelancer. This sentence from the last post applies: “Today, I am going to share a letter I am writing to Freelancer Fred, fictional of course. You may have to put on your imagination cap.” Dear Freelancer Fred, Last time I wrote about some basic things to help improve your freelancer career. I Continue reading the post...

Writing letters have become a lost art. When is the last time you have written someone a letter, especially using your own handwriting? There is something about that task, writing letters, where you spend time writing what you think, what you feel, and taking the time to communicate your message. Today we fire off emails, text messages and other quickly worded messages on social media and the like. The result is, I think, the world seems angrier. We are more impulsive Continue reading the post...

Last few months, MainWP Development team has been working on improvements for the MainWP Client Reports extension. The majority of implemented improvements have been based on feedback that we have been collecting from our user. Since the new version contains a lot of updates, we recommend creating a database backup of your MainWP Dashboard before updating the MainWP Client Reports extension. What’s New Merged Single Site Reports and Global Reports No more difference between reports generated for a single site and multiple Continue reading the post...

See if this sounds familiar. You get a call about a website. You are excited. The “lead” wants a proposal within the next 48 hours. Everything comes to a stop. No client work, no work on your own business, and you jump into action. You and your team (or dog or cat) start putting together a top-notch proposal. You sort through options for using a template for a proposal. You make sure to have a killer scope, features, and all Continue reading the post...

What does coffee, WordPress heroes, nightmare clients and value pricing have to do with each other? The common thread here is WordPress. The common thread is also podcasts. In our first ever WordPress Podcast Roundup, we recap four recent WordPress podcasts touching on those motley crew of subjects. Nightmare Clients and Growing Your Business with Erin Flynn WPCP: 136 https://thewpchick.com/nightmare-clients-and-growing-your-business-with-erin-flynn-wpcp-136/ Kim Doyal is the WordPress Chick we all love. In this episode, she has Erin Flynn, a young developer who Continue reading the post...

Meeting her for the first time, at the local Starbucks, I could tell that she knew her stuff. She agreed to meet with me for a free consultation and it was one of the best hours I have ever spent. I forged a friendship with Samantha that has lasted since then and have gained a wealth of knowledge. I was trying to make my way in business and Samantha, turns out, is one of the top independent marketing consultants and Continue reading the post...