WordPress powers about 39% of all websites on Earth. Naturally, many people want to hire experienced WordPress developers. Some of the folks looking for WordPress developers are agencies, who need a developer on staff. Others are enterprise level businesses, who rely on their in-house web development team to keep their website up-to-date. Some are small […]
How To Find A Quality WordPress Developer
Get Your Web Developer Involved From The Beginning
Every day, there are thousands of businesses preparing to launch. Almost every single one of them will need a website to market their offerings to the world. But, many business owners will try to skip one of the most important steps in this process, which is hiring a web developer. There are a few reasons […]
Do Image Sliders Work For Web Conversions?
Sliders and image carousels are a ubiquitous feature on millions of websites. However numerous studies suggest that image carousels are ineffective at conversions. A 2013 Notre Dame study showed only 1% of participants clicked on auto-forwarding slides, and of those that did click, 84% clicked the first slide. This means the chance of any subsequent […]
Good Ideas Still Have To Be Sold
“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them.” — Steve Jobs, 1989 “We believe that customers are smart, and want objects which are well thought through.” — Steve Jobs, 2006 There’s a few perspectives surrounding the statement, “People don’t know what they need until you show it […]
Ideas Are Worthless, Execution Is Everything
A “million-dollar idea” isn’t worth a dime if it isn’t planned, built, marketed, and run correctly. Is it shocking to hear that? Ideas are as plentiful as drops of water in the ocean. Most ideas are never brought to life and die in darkness, never being realized. This is why we say, “Execution is everything.” […]
What Is A Domain Name?
Domain names are the human-readable web addresses. Just like a regular street address takes you to a physical location, domain names take you to the website they are associated with. Every website resides on a server somewhere in the world. The default address for each website is a series of four numbers, called an IP […]
Why Bundling WordPress Plugins In Themes is Risky
There’s a huge problem with the way many WordPress themes are currently built, marketed, and sold. The ecosystem is beginning to change, ever so slowly, but major changes need to be made for the good of the WordPress platform, theme marketplaces, and the agencies and clients that rely on themes. The situation currently illustrating this […]
Technicians vs Professionals
Today’s post is for solo entrepreneurs, freelancers, and service based businesses, but the concepts discussed can apply to certain types of businesses outside of that. The topic de jour is “Are you a technician or a professional? And what’s the difference between the two?” Proceed with caution, you might alter your way of thinking. Technicians […]
Web Design Research Creates Successful Projects
Your website is a big deal. It is your number one marketing tool, so getting it right is important. Many small and mid-sized organizations have to align their internal forces and gather their resources to get a web project in motion. If a web project is executed ineffectively, it may be a while before the […]