Is Your Website an Expense or a Revenue Generator? (Part 3)
In part 1 of this series, I covered the reasons why website development can seem so expensive. In part 2, I showed you a website design project that went wrong, where it went wrong, and how it was ultimately salvaged and made profitable. Now, in this final post, let's...
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Is Your Website an Expense or a Revenue Generator? (Part 2)
In part one, I talked about why web designers charge what they do for seemingly "simple" websites. That notion of "simple" probably comes from the idea that if I can type text and drag and drop images into a Word document, then how hard could building a website be?...
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Is Your Website an Expense or a Revenue Generator? (Part 1)
You may have wondered: Why do web designers charge so much for a "simple" website? You may have also believed that a website is an expense to be minimized, not an investment to be maximized. I get it. I've heard this sentiment dozens of times. It usually goes...
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How to Update Your WordPress Site Without Breaking It
How to Manually Update WordPress Create a staging site. Update one plugin on the staging site. Test the site for problems. If there are no problems, repeat steps 2-3 individually for the rest of the plugins. If there are problems, stop, troubleshoot, and fix if...
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How to Get Started with the WooCommerce Custom Thank You Page Plugin
Have you ever wondered when the best time to get a customer to buy from your eCommerce site again? How about when they have just completed a purchase? They have already found your products worthy of their attention—and their credit card—so the moment after purchase is...
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Shopping at the Mall Is Dead. Long Live Ecommerce!
The nostalgic days of the 80s and 90s mall experience are over. Online shopping has changed peoples’ expectations and decimated the foot traffic at physical retail spaces. Here’s what retailers can do to save their bottom line.
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Do You Really Need To Buy Hosting 5 Years In Advance? No, You Don’t.
Steer clear of tempting hosting plans that offer you deep discounts if only you’ll chain yourself to their hosting platform for 2, 3, or even 5 years.
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MySQL and WP-Cron Performance Effects in WordPress and WooCommerce
MySQL and WP-Cron performance effects are problems that can really haunt you. This case study shows reasons why the problems occur and how to resolve them.
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Divi Contact Form with Populated Country and Time Zone Drop Down Lists
I recently had a requirement to create a Divi contact form that collects the person's contact information. In June, ElegantThemes.com added some pretty neat conditional form handling to its flagship theme, Divi. I'm a fan of the Divi theme and its incredible...
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How We Restored a WordPress Site after a Hacking Incident
Have you ever wondered how people restore WordPress after a hack? WordPress is a great piece of content management system technology. It allows the average, non-technical person a chance at publishing anything quickly and cost-effectively. It's very popular for this...
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