There’s always a point where an agency looks around and thinks, “Why are our best people spending this much time updating plugins and checking forms?” Because that’s what happens. You build more sites, keep more clients, offer more ongoing support, and before long the aftercare keeps pulling attention away from the projects that help the …
Adam Wright
White-label partnerships can be a great way to grow a website or digital marketing agency without panic-hiring your way into a management problem. They let you take on more work, making it easier to expand your existing services and sell more websites. When white label web design is set up well, it takes pressure off …
If there’s one thing I wish more business owners understood, it’s this: a website doesn’t stay “done.” Design trends change. Your customers change. What you offer changes. And underneath all that, there’s a whole layer of software just doing its thing…until one tiny update decides to take down half a page. Fun stuff. Luckily, keeping …
When people hear accessible web design, they often think it’s all about adding bigger buttons, darker text, or alt text. Those matter, sure, but they’re only small pieces of something much bigger. The whole point is to remove all the stuff that gets in someone’s way so they can read, click, understand, buy, contact you, …
There’s a point in every web design project when you start thinking, “Something’s off…but I can’t put my finger on it.” Maybe the spacing feels weird. Maybe the client keeps saying “it just doesn’t pop.” Or maybe you’ve stared at the same homepage for so long that everything looks right and wrong at the same …
If you’ve never built a website before, it’s easy to think: “We’ll get the design done, then we’ll add the words later.” Seems logical, right? But I’ve watched that plan backfire more times than I can count. What I (and most web designers) need you to understand is that content and design are a package …
When people ask what I do as a web design consultant, I usually say: “I look at websites that are almost there, spot what feels off, and tell you how to fix it.” Sometimes it’s a new website, sometimes it’s a redesign, sometimes it’s a dev team that’s nailed the build but needs design polish …
If we’ve ever worked together, you already know this about me: I ask a lot of questions. The first time a client joked that I asked more questions than their kids, I laughed, and then kept going. Because here’s the truth: good web designers aren’t trying to waste your time; we’re trying to save it. …
Ever notice how a website project can go from “smooth sailing” to “why is everything on fire?” in the span of one email thread? Many of those blow-ups start when clients don’t know the unspoken rules devs live by: content comes first, lock the scope early, and so on. But, if you don’t build sites …
You launched a shiny new site, the compliments rolled in, and you breathed a huge sigh of relief. Job done – right? Not so fast. Websites aren’t crockpots you can “set and forget.” They’re more like cars: ignore routine service long enough and you’ll end up stranded on the interstate, smoke billowing from the hood, …