Getting content from the client can at times seem impossible. Meet James Rose the brains behind Content Snare https://contentsnare.com/ . James shares his Agency journey, as well as tips for getting everything you need to make a site live. Takeaways: Get your processes right. Be it the right tool you are using. Get others involved in those processes so that nothing is missed. Recommended Post: Click here Plugins: ThriveLeads: Click here Bloom: Click here Recommended Blog Plugins: Click here Conn...
Mar 06, 2017•48 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Meet David Abrams, co-founder of Demio. He and his team have launched a new SaaS product and his journey from agency to product is fascinating. Top tips include how to grow an audience even during development. Enjoy! Plugin Tip: Pretty links: Click here Connect with David: Website: Click here Personal Twitter: Click here Twitter: Click here Facebook Page: Click here Facebook: Click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transfo...
Feb 20, 2017•53 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Meet Nate Wright from Theme of The Crop (https://themeofthecrop.com/). Learn how he grew an audience for his new theme. Brilliant story of how he went from being a journalist to WordPress Developer & Designer. His niche? Restaurants... I like food so this is good. Connect with Nate: Website: Click here Facebook: Click here Facebook Page: Click here Twitter: Click here Github: Click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Tra...
Feb 13, 2017•46 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Meet Chantal, of 1 Day Webs. She builds outstanding websites for her clients in JUST ONE DAY! Learn how she gets leads, her processes for delivering a site in just one day and be impacted by the lessons she has learned along the way. Connect with Chantal: Website: Click here Facebook: Click here Facebook Page: Click here Email: Click here Plugins: Beaver Builder: Click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live ...
Feb 06, 2017•44 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Meet Curtis, WordPress Developer and Business Coach and family man. He also runs the Smart Business Show Podcast. Learn how he created a process to make his work life less hectic, so he could spend more time with those he loves. Lee's takeaway: Know what you like to do, know what you want to be, and aim towards it. The result? You'll be very, very deliberate about your decisions, deliberate about the clients you're taking on, about the work you're doing. Transcript and Email Template: Head on ov...
Jan 30, 2017•47 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Get ready for Part Two. Kim Doyal is a long time friend, mentor and legend. I had the privilege of catching up with Kim for two hours over the Christmas season, this is the second half of that conversation. Kim shares lessons she has learned along the journey, as well as sharing exciting ideas she has for the future. Check out Kim's podcast here , it is an essential podcast on our team's playlist. Connect with Kim over on the Twitter-sphere here . --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change i...
Jan 23, 2017•49 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Kim Doyal is a long time friend, mentor and legend. I had the privilege of catching up with Kim for two hours over the Christmas season, and the next two episodes are the end result of that. Kim shares lessons she has learned along the journey, as well as sharing exciting ideas she has for the future. Check out Kim's podcast here , it is an essential podcast on our team's playlist. Connect with Kim over on the Twitter-sphere here . --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business?...
Jan 16, 2017•51 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Adam was born to be an entrepreneur. From the age of 12 he's been creating opportunities and generating income. There came a point however just a few short years ago where Adam recognised the value of going Digital. He wanted more time with the family, a better lifestyle, a comfortable living. Enjoy as we unpack his story, and get inspired to chart your own path. Connect With Adam WP Crafter: Click here Corporate Site: Click here Youtube: Click here Twitter: Click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want...
Jan 09, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Insights into WP Engine from David Vogelpohl, their Vice President of Web Strategy. David has a rich history in agency life and shares his journey from agency owner, to VP of one of the world's most exciting WordPress hosting platforms. Visit WP Engine here Get your discounts during web week here . For the WP Engine Developer Program click here . Connect with David Twitter - @davidvmc WordPress Plugin Recommendation Pretty Link - click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your ...
Dec 19, 2016•50 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Learn ways you can monetise your site and your client websites. Lee unpacks five core ways to generate income online and shares awesome WordPress solutions to help you get started. Head on over to http://leejacksondev.com/episode55 to download our full guide with links for all the options discussed in this podcast. We made it all pretty and printable. Booya! WordPress Plugins Mentioned Pretty Link plugin Pay Per view Plugin Leaky Paywall Ad Rotate S2 Member Plugin Buddypress Plugin Membership 2 ...
Dec 12, 2016•35 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Meet David, Freelancer, nomad and massive Beaver Builder fan. An ex UK Civil Servant who turned his back on a safe pension to travel the world, frolic on beaches and make use of 10 years of tinkering with WP. Plugin Recommendations Beaver Builder - click here WP Types - click here Plugin organiser - click here Resources Pro Beaver - click here Beaver Brains - click here Beyond Beaver - click here Connect with David Website - davidwaumsley.com YouTube - click here --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to ma...
Dec 05, 2016•48 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Learn what we include in our contracts, and how you can quickly create your own contracts for your WordPress website builds. This is our journey, and is not to be considered legal advice, but to help encourage you, and empower you to easily put together your own legal framework that will protect you, your business and your clients. Resources There is a lot of talking and a lot of notes below.... so if you time bound here are the resources I mention: Contract Killer - https://gist.github.com/mich...
Nov 27, 2016•41 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Learn epic content creation strategy and how you can help your clients get their sites online quicker as a result. Dave Toomey drops amazing advice, tells us his web agency journey, and also introduces his new white-label content service. Get your free white-labelled guide to the importance of content and more here . Connect with Dave: Website - http://agencyscribes.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/agencyscribes --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in...
Nov 21, 2016•51 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Learn how we create WordPress websites from the client's initial ideas, right through to making the site live. We take you through: The Briefing Process How we take the brief, reverse brief and quote. And also that all important deposit. Wireframing Getting the layout agreed before we get into Photoshop. Check out Google Slides or Moqups Design Designs and amend rounds based on the wireframes. Code The order in which we code and why. QA/Testing Testing, what we test and who tests first. Training...
Nov 14, 2016•36 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Lee grills Brian Jackson from Kinsta all about WordPress hosting from the perspective of a web agency. OH an it is our 50th full episode! Boom :) Recommended themes/plugins My Theme Shop Recommended theme resource. Well coded, lightweight had has used https://mythemeshop.com/ WP Subscribe Pro https://mythemeshop.com/plugins/wp-subscribe-pro/ Beaver Builder (Lee's recommendation... again) http://leejacksondev.com/beaverbuilder Easy Digital Downloads Can be used as a good alternative for E-commerc...
Nov 07, 2016•50 min•Season 7Ep. 2
It's the last episode of the Halloween 2016 Season... Here goes: Membership sites are an amazing way generate income based on your or your client's expertise. With WordPress being such a powerful content machine, it makes sense to let it drive your membership area. We share some great tools to get you started, and stay tuned for our first in a series of pretty BIG and exciting news! Restrict Content Pro https://restrictcontentpro.com/ WooCommerce Membership https://woocommerce.com/products/wooco...
Oct 31, 2016•18 min
Meet Richard Bland of https://www.bhambrabland.co.uk/ . He is a Wordpress expert, designer & developer and web & email consultant to SMB's. Listen to how he learnt to go with his gut, and also be able to say the word NO when needed. Action today: Find your passion. Simplify your offering and become the master of it. Resources: Chris Coyier: http://chriscoyier.net/ Plugins: GeneratePress: https://generatepress.com/ iThemes: https://ithemes.com/ Ninja Forms: https://ninjaforms.com/ CodePen...
Oct 31, 2016•43 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Here is how to collaborate on theme and plugin projects ensuring you have a good change tracked copy. Find out other benefits you might not have thought of, and check out the awesome github updater plugin we share! Lee also has a bit of an argument with himself. Github - https://github.com/ Bit Bucket - https:// bitbucket.org Github Updater - https://github.com/afragen/github-updater --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transforma...
Oct 30, 2016•11 min
Learn why you should be updating your site, and how to update it the best way. We also unpack documentation and great tools to help you along the way. Automatic Update Config Use wisely, listen to the podcast first - https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates Easy Updates Manager - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/ WPBoom - http://www.wpboom.com/ WP Curve - http://leejacksondev.com/wpcurve --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real ch...
Oct 29, 2016•11 min
Whether build the site from scratch or with a template, it is essential you check your WordPress website works on multiple devices. So with so many out there, what should you be testing and how!? Let us share how we do it... Blisk - https://blisk.io/ BrowserStack - https://www.browserstack.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Da...
Oct 28, 2016•11 min
You might not be making the most of the Media section inside of WordPress. Learn top tips, little known features, SEO tricks and cool tools to help you manage information easily. Add From Server - https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/ WP Media Folder - https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baad...
Oct 27, 2016•12 min
Social media used right on your WordPress website can help increase your audience as well as raise your credibility. Here are ideas for social sharing, and content showcasing. AddToAny - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/ Monarch - https://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/monarch/ Feed Them Social - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/feed-them-social/ WordPress Social Stream - https://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-social-stream/2201708 --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in...
Oct 26, 2016•12 min
Starting a podcast need not cost a tonne of money, nor need it be difficult. Not starting a podcast is a marketing stream you are totally missing out on! Here is why you should podcast, and how to get going with WordPress. Blubrry PowerPress - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/ Simple Podcast Press - http://leejacksondev.com/spp Smart Podcast Player - https://smartpodcastplayer.com/ Libsyn - https://www.libsyn.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Joi...
Oct 25, 2016•13 min
Learn all about Project Management from Dan Connors of ( http://danconnors.com/ ). He shares valuable content on how to get more involved in your projects, and also manage clients expectations. Action today: Outsource your weaknesses to others. Focus on your gut feeling, if something feels wrong take a look and fix it, don't wait to face the consequences. Project Management Software Discussed: Microsoft Project: https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Project-Professional-2016 iTask ...
Oct 24, 2016•36 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Why let Facebook own your community when you can build and control your own. We unpack tools to help you build, grown and monetise your own community on your WordPress websites. BuddyPress - https://buddypress.org/ BBPress - https://bbpress.org/ PeepSo - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/peepso-core/ Membership Pro 2 - https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/membership/ WooCommerce Membership - https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/ Subscriptions - https://woocommerce.com/produc...
Oct 24, 2016•11 min
Building WordPress websites on cheap reseller hosting can be needlessly slow. Here is how to build multiple WordPress websites on your computer or on a computer in the office that you can all collaborate on. No more internet latency! Woo! XAMMP - https://www.apachefriends.org/add-ons.html AMPPS - http://www.ampps.com/demo Presmattic - Thanks to Stephen Greer in the Facebook Group for suggesting this for Mac Users: https://pressmatic.io/ Dynamic DNS - http://dyn.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to...
Oct 23, 2016•11 min
WooCommerce is one of the leading e-commerce solutions for WordPress. It can seem overwhelming at times. Here are some amazing secrets that will make working with WooCommerce a dream come true. WooCommerce https://woocommerce.com/ Extensions https://woocommerce.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions/ GPLDL http://gpldl.com Remember it is OK for them to distribute open source code BUT, we ALWAYS recommend you buy a licence so you can get updates when you decide you are going to use a plugin ...
Oct 22, 2016•10 min
Let's bust the myth about WordPress security and show you how to protect your or your client websites today. In this tipisode we arm you with the answer to the “WordPress is insecure” moan, and we share the tools to help protect you. Force Strong Password - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/force-strong-passwords/ Bruteprotect - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/bruteprotect/ All-in-one WordPress Security - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/ iThemes - ht...
Oct 21, 2016•14 min
Solving email deliverability in WordPress can be a pain. Why does it happen? Why do the emails always end up in spam? Not receiving notifications from Form submissions? Let's solve this for you. WP Mail SMTP - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ Send Grid - https://sendgrid.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dav...
Oct 20, 2016•10 min
Choosing a WordPress Theme is a minefield. What are the warning signs that it is going to be more trouble that it is worth? How do you decide on which theme or framework to commit to? Let's unpack that for you. Genesis The Genesis Framework - http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/ Beaver Builder They include an awesome starter theme that is SUPER flexible especially when pared with Beaver Tunnels http://leejacksondev.com/beaverbuilder http://leejacksondev.com/beavertunnels We talked about som...
Oct 19, 2016•13 min
