It seems like almost every other day I’m reminded why our tagline “web developers that don’t suck” came about in the first place. Recently we took over a business’ website that had been hacked. Their business relied extremely heavily on AdWords (90%), and because of the malware, Google had suspended their ads. Overnight they went … Read more
It doesn’t make a lot of sense. How can you possibly spend a 3 week period doing less than half the work you normally would and come out the other side with a better business? Turns out the reason is pretty simple. Before this trip to the USA, I was probably the most stressed I’ve … Read more
If you’ve got people already coming to your website but not getting the number of leads/sales you need, you’ve good a couple of options. Go find some more traffic Optimise your website to convert better Traffic can be pretty expensive. Increasing conversions can be very cheap. That makes the latter a great place to start. … Read more
Boy does web hosting come up a LOT. “Which hosting company should I use?” “My website is super slow and I need a new host” “Can I spend $4 a month and get a good host?” Site speed is absolutely critical in attracting people to your site and more importantly – keeping them there. It … Read more
This question comes up a lot. Mostly people will ask about some theme from ThemeForest. I’ll usually call a spade a spade, so will tell them what I think. Then comes the inevitable “What’s wrong with ThemeForest?” Ok, first up… not ALL themes on TF are bad. But the percentage of bad ones is high … Read more
In March this year I travelled to the Philippines for Chris Ducker’s Tropical Think Tank. If you had have asked me how it was 2 weeks after the event my response would have been something like… OMG OMG OMG I wanna go back! Let’s go back! Can we go back now?! Which is pretty unlike … Read more
Last week I was chatting with a potential new client about coming on board with our On Demand Web Guy service. They were totally sold on the concept but there was one obstacle. The boss had told my contact to outsource. “Try Upwork” was the advice. Possibly the worst outsourcing advice ever. But this is … Read more
We’ve all got a website. It is the main pillar by which we gain new business online, and gives potential clients a way to get to know us better. Websites vary in so many ways depending on what industry you are in and what you want the website to achieve. However there are a few … Read more
The Ask Formula is so hot right now. That’s because it is crazy effective at finding out what your clients really want. It allows you to segment your client base into “buckets” with distinct demographics and interests so you can deliver the right information to them. As you know, the more value you can give … Read more