How to Redesign a Website
In a previous edition of this newsletter, we talked about auditing your own website. An audit helps you find areas of strengths and weaknesses, parts of your site that work…
How I Plan & Manage the Steps of Website Projects
(Original newsletter link) When I was a kid, my mom worked with many local community theaters. I grew up watching her be a Stage Manager – basically a Project Manager…
Backing Up and Migrating WordPress Websites
As much as I love the WordPress software, sometimes things happen. Your site may crash, a login might be hacked, you may need to move your site to another host,…
How to Add Custom Fonts in WordPress
When you first install WordPress and start trying to design your site, one of the choices you’ll need to make up front is about text. What will your text look…
Breaking Up With WordPress
It’s taken me a while to sit down and write this. Mostly because I don’t really believe anyone truly cares. But I am writing it to be open about what…
More Business Tools I Cannot Live Without
(Please note that this article contains affiliate links. I have indicated in writing where affiliate links are being used. If there is not a mention of the affiliate relationship in…
How to Be A WordPress Ally
Before being a WordPress ally, you need to become an ally. Recently, I found myself explaining over and over again what my experience is as a black, queer1To me, queer…
How to Create a Winning Freelance Project Proposal
One of the things I struggled with the most when I first started freelancing was how to win clients. Maybe you find someone who is interested in you, or you…
Why Every Freelancer Needs Admin Day on their Schedule
Now that I’ve been pivoting back into freelancing full time, I am dusting off a lot of my old systems. One of my favorites – Admin Day! What is admin…
Remote Work Thoughts for People Who Suck at Remote Work
It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot going on right now. And it would be a waste of time to sum up all the changes…