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The little town where I live is having a festival this weekend. You know those American festivals, full of food (something on a stick), music, art, and just lots of laughter and fun. The only thing is, the name of the festival in this town is just a little unusual. You see, the name of the festival is Toad Suck Daze. Yes, there is a story about Toad Suck, where it comes from. The legend, the story, is explained by Continue reading the post...

Have you used the MainWP Client Reports feature? In this article, we are going to give you the information you need to get started using the client report feature to update your customers. As we started with the article, the following are links you will want to bookmark. Additionally, I leaned heavily on information from Joshua Vandercar, his article, and his sample report. Thanks, Joshua for the help! Resources: Client Report Tokens Create Report Available Client Report Tokens Typewheel Stylish Continue reading the post...

GDPR. That’s all people seem to be talking about. I guess the promise of hefty fines will create all kinds of emotions. So, where does that leave WordPress professionals? It is definitely something we should take note of for our clients. One UK developer said he had field almost a dozen calls in a week from clients wanting to know more. Obviously, since the GDPR is a new law for the European Union, it has more urgency for European developers, Continue reading the post...

Ever forget about someone? I have. It’s kind of weird when someone comes to mind, and I realize I hadn’t thought about them in years. Frankly, it can be embarrassing. Keeping in touch with clients is vital to an ongoing business. Often we use emails, text, social media and many other ways to keep in touch in a much more informal way, but if we aren’t careful, we can fail to keep clients abreast of the work we are doing Continue reading the post...

Ever since I started listening to WordPress podcasts, one of my favorites is the WP Builds Podcast. David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley do a fantastic job of covering regular WordPress topics and having great guests on the show. WP Builds Podcast also does a great job of helping us learn the stories about various WordPress professionals. The guys are also MainWP users. Recently, they hosted a webinar on how they use MainWP. This month’s Q&A is with Nathan Wrigley and Continue reading the post...

So, you have your WordPress site care business launched and you are growing confident each day with your process. You have several clients who are helping you generate a nice recurring revenue. Now, you are wondering how you can add more value to your clients and add more income to your revenue. Today, we are going to go over a few ways you can add value with additional services and products for your WordPress site care business. WordPress Site Care Continue reading the post...

In this month’s podcast roundup, we look a building your email list with WP Blab, running an independent business with the Matt Report, and we listen to Jason Resnick talk about automation on the Office Hours podcast. Saddle up my friends, it’s another podcast roundup. Giddyup. April Podcast Roundup WP Blab WPblab EP97 – WordPress Plugins – Building Your Mailing List Episode 97 of The WPBlab includes hosts Bridget Willard and Jason Tucker as they interview MailChimp email marketing expert Continue reading the post...

Mark Watney may have said it best, only he wasn’t talking about WordPress Site Care, he was talking about surviving on Mars. Watney, played by actor Matt Damon, is a NASA astronaut in the movie The Martian. Actually, he was botanist on a mission to Mars to see what could and could not grow on the planet. Through an incredible series of mishaps, he was stranded on Mars when his crew had to make an emergency evacuation. They presumed he Continue reading the post...

In this month’s WordPress Roundup, we are taking a look at Gutenberg, GDPR, Theme Frameworks and learning more about Thin Content from Yoast. Buckle up! Let’s ride. April 2018 WordPress Roundup My Gutenberg Experience Thus Far – WP Tavern Are you ready for Gutenberg? One of the most anticipated new features for WordPress, Gutenberg is set to be released around or after WordPress 5. Jeff Chandler of WP Tavern recently posted an article about his experience with Gutenberg to date. Continue reading the post...

If you are looking for easy money, then hop on down to Easy Street, where you can hang out with Miss Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily (remember Annie?). It didn’t work out so well for them. You remember, they tried to scam Daddy Warbucks’s out of the reward by pretending to be Annie’s missing parents? Every business is hard. My friends who run the coffee shop work long hours, but they love their job. My office building neighbor runs a lawn care Continue reading the post...