Your website is the platform on which it all happens. It isn’t just something pretty for people to look at. It has to be set up for marketing, receive and route communications, answer questions, take payments, manage customer accounts, send automated emails and more.
My real specialty is in designing and building the platform for online business. This covers things like tools, design and making it all work together.
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4 Core Principles For Choosing Software and Plug-ins For Your Site
22 years of experience in using different software and plug-ins for my business resulted in these 4 important lessons. Perhaps they will save you some time.
Branding Guide: The Exact Components Of Branding, Personal Brand, And How To Determine Your’s
What is a brand, or a personal brand? How exactly do you create one in a purposeful way? This guide to branding will show you the exact components of a brand and give plain-English guidance on creating your own brand.
Is Your Online Business Protected Against The Unexpected? 6 Points Of Online Business Self-Reliance And Digital Sovereignty
Do you own and control the data, hardware and software that your online business relies on? This mini-workshop covers how to maintain digital sovereignty.
Building Your Online Business Platform: Taking Payments On Your WordPress Site Versus Third-Party Platforms
When you want to accept payments, is it best to use a third-party platform or build your own with Wordpress? Let’s compare… and look at some software combos that might work for you.
The 6 Core Pages Of Your Blog – And How To Tweak Them To 2X Your Conversions
In this post, I’m going to talk to you about how to tweak your blog for conversions. We’ll talk, specifically, about 6 important core pages and how to tweak each of them in order to double your conversions (or more).
Blog Layouts: Is YOUR Blog Designed According To These Conversion Blueprints?
In this post, I’m going to talk about the basic layout of your blog and I’m going to give you a few frameworks that you can use on your own blog to ensure people notice what you want them to see, thereby increasing the chances they’ll convert into a real subscriber and prospect for you.
Blog Design Audit Checklist
Use this checklist to evaluate your blog point by point… and find what’s good and what you could improve. Available for download free inside the Document Vault.
How To Securely Embed Videos On Your Membership Site And Ensure Protected Access
How can you securely embed videos on your membership site in a way which they cannot be stolen? How do you protect your videos?
Blog Bounce Rate: What Is It And How Do You Reduce Your Bounce Rate?
The bounce rate can often be a matter of concern for a lot of site owners. Is your’s too high? What is a normal bounce rate? What can you do about it?
Ultimate Guide To Blog Comments: Best Practices For Handling Comments On Your Blog In The Modern Era
Do blog comments positively affect your traffic? Are they worth having at all? And, if you do enable comments, what are the best practices?
The Challenge Of Converting From A Page Builder To Gutenberg Blocks For Your Whole Site
I recently finished converting my site from a page builder (Elementor) to Gutenberg blocks. Here’s how it went… and the results.
Page Builders Vs Gutenberg Blocks: Why I’m Switching Away From BuddyBoss To Kadence Theme
Which is better: Page builders or Gutenberg blocks? After a lot of hesitation, I’ve made my conclusion. And here’s why I’m about to make a theme switch…
How To Reduce WordPress Block Editor Bloat For A Faster Editor
The WordPress block editor was loading up a little slowly. Excess right-side panels and blocks I never used. Here’s how you can disable the right panels and blocks you’re not using in the block editor and streamline things for faster load time.
How To Organize Your WordPress Media Library Into Folders
A simple plugin that will enable you to organize your media library into folders, just like your computer. Nice!
How To Separate Your Email From Your Web Hosting (For Best Web Hosting)
Many high-performance web hosts (like Cloudways) don’t include email inbox hosting. Here’s how to separate your email from your hosting, so you can get the best hosting for both.
Awesome Support From ConvertKit. I Want To Acknowledge Them Publicly.
I just want to tell you how responsive ConvertKit support is. Thanks, guys.
How To Create Powerful Order Forms Simply (Without Needing A Shopping Cart)
Sometimes a shopping cart is just overkill. Here’s how to simply create powerful order forms for your products, services, or charitable donations.
Consumer Alert: Tricky and Pushy Marketing In The WordPress Economy
The marketing tactics being used in the Wordpress economy have evolved… and not all of it is good. Is the space being taken over by greed and too much centralization?
Premium Wordpress Themes & Plugins For Free: What is a Wordpress GPL Club? Are They Legit?
Getting Wordpress premium plugins and themes for free? Without paying for them? That’s the promise of the so-called “Wordpress GPL Clubs”. The question is…. are they legal? Is it OK to use them? What are the pros and cons? And, just what is the GPL license?
4 Core Principles For Choosing Software and Plug-ins For Your Site
22 years of experience in using different software and plug-ins for my business resulted in these 4 important lessons. Perhaps they will save you some time.
Plain English: Cloudways PHP Version Deprecation & EOL. What Do You Do?
Cloudways sent customers a notice about old versions of PHP that they will be no longer supporting. Here’s what to do about it if you got that email…
Best Web Hosting Setup for a Buddyboss Membership Site
Buddyboss hosting is a little bit different than a typical blog. Let’ go over various recommendations for hosting your Buddyboss membership site.
Is Your Website Annoying To Your Visitors?
So many websites in 2022 are highly annoying to visit due to all the popups, cookie notices and more. Is your site one of them?
Using Simply Schedule Appointments To Build A Powerful Scheduler Right Inside Wordpress (No Third Party Calendars!)
Here’s how I use Simply Schedule Appointments to build a robust scheduler right on my Wordpress site (and integrate with FluentCRM).
How To Easily Accept Crypto Payments On Your WooCommerce Site (Coinbase Commerce Versus Crypto.com)
I decided to test out two popular options to accept crypto payments on WooCommerce – Coinbase Commerce and Crypto.com Pay. Here’s how it went…
Thrive Automator Is Out Of Beta. And Here’s Why That Matters…
Thrive Automator is now out of beta. It is completely free. And, the way they’re doing it could be a game changer when it comes to automation within Wordpress.
Elementor Cloud: Worth A Look? And Why Are They Launching This?
Elementor Cloud is a new hosting offer from the Elementor folks. Is it worth a look? And… why did they even bother?
Thrive Themes Pricing Changes And Standalone Plugins Once Again Available
Thrive Themes has made some big pricing changes as well as reversed a previous decision they made. Here’s what’s up…
Thrive Apprentice 4 Review: Thrive Suite Just Grew Up
With the launch of Thrive Apprentice 4.0, Thrive Suite just took a leap into greater maturity as a more robust membership site platform. Let’s take a look…
How To Clean A Bloated WordPress Media Library
5 rules for how to properly manage your Wordpress Media Library… and some tools I used to shrink a 5GB library by about 45%!
How My Membership Site Is Built: The Tools & Plugins I Use To Power My Business
In this video, I’m going to take you behind the scenes and show you the exact tools and plugins that power this website. This is how my membership site is built.
Want Me To Build Your Platform For You?
I build sites all the time for my clients as part of my technical services. And if you have an existing WordPress-based membership site, I can jump in and take care of some needed fixes and enhancements for you. Whether I do it for you or you just want to talk to help choose between all the available tools and options, I’m here to help.