In this week's Focus Group, the plan was to discuss what to do when things go wrong. For example, what if something goes wrong on a site, but your backup fails? What if the dev you contracted for a deadline ghosts on you? What if...
FocusWP’s co-founder Stephanie Hudson recently joined Tara Claeys and Liam Dempsey on the Hallway Chats podcast to discuss everything from entrepreneurship to craft beers! The conversation provided an insight into what life is like for the co-founder of a white label...
Outsourcing Gives You The Freedom to Do What You Love While Growing Your Business Here at FocusWP, we know how easy it is to get overwhelmed with client demands. As a small agency owner, you have to wear multiple hats and you can get so far behind that you feel you’ll...
Why is image compression necessary? When images are too large, it not only slows down site load times, but it can also affect your SEO. There are a few reasons why images can bog down your load time. One is that the files are often just too big. Using smaller images...
The Need for Website Backups Maintaining a WordPress website is no small feat. A website has many components to manage, such as generating regular content, incorporating user-friendly layouts and designs, as well as processing form submissions and customer payment...
The technology that powers WordPress websites changes constantly and if your website doesn’t keep up, it will leave you vulnerable to hacks and outages. Everything from the content on each page to the user experience you offer your visitors matters when optimizing your site. Let’s look at how to optimize every element of your WordPress site.
The Digital Agency Show · E166: Picking a niche you love and working it with Stephanie Hudson Things We Learned From This Episode... 1. All About Proactive Open-Mindedness and the Importance of Putting Yourself Out There (19:40-23:06) Doing something out of your...
This is a snippet of a talk Stephanie gave at the Designer Boss Summit in June 2020. In this video, she breaks down the numbers of WordPress maintenance, and discusses (very conservative) pricing and forecasting of recurring revenue by selling Care Plans. Find out how...
I had the privilege of attending the Recurring Revenue Retreat (R³) in Orlando, Florida USA in September 2019. What an event! I left energized with new plans, new inspiration, and many new friends. A highlight was the keynote...
Where do I start? It was great to welcome self-proclaimed automation junkie, craft beer lover, and all around great bloke, James Rose to the show. He shared tons of tips for getting started in business automation, and where you...
Why add someone to my analytics account? There are a variety of scenarios where you may want to allow someone access to your Google Analytics account. You may hire an SEO expert to help your rankings, subcontract reporting to an employee, or need to share access with...
Psh! Rules are meant to be broken, aren’t they? Well, yeah…except when they could bring some hefty fines. To be clear, the U.S. federal government has not laid down specific laws requiring you to have a privacy policy on your website, although it has set down laws governing privacy policies for specific situations, like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA basically says if you collect personal data on kids, you have to have a privacy policy.