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How do online web business generate leads through networking? Learn how we network as a web agency, both locally, through conferences and online. Networking to generate leads Where do we network? localconferencesonline What do you do at a networking meeting? make friendsask questionslearn about other businesslook for opportunities to refer others, to help others The 60 second pitch? What should we do? start with namecompany namewhat problem you solvewho you solve the problem fora sample storyfinish with name and company name reminder Get social... meet with other people in business socially and make friendsmake friends on facebook and be a part of their lives. You can make great friends which is what lifes all about! :) Networking online? groupsadd valuehave a laugh and make friendsenjoy some banterstart connecting with some of the people outside of the groupIve found great suppliers and clients online through this Network online with the WP Innovator: Let's practice. Meet is at the Facebook group on http://leejacksondev.com/group --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Marcus Couch Mega-Marketer (www.membershipcouch.com), Plugin Guru and co-host on the Wordpress Weekly Podcast (http://marcuscouch.com/podcasts/wordpress-weekly/). We discover his story and talk WordPress membership sites! SHOW NOTES: Take The Challenge: Take Marcus's theme challenge. Can you find a style and theme it? http://leejacksondev.com/landing/can-you-theme-it/ The point is not to copy a site, but to prove you can create something that looks like what the big companies pay mega bucks for! Result? You CAN compete! Lets do this! Takeaway: You CAN compete. Don't put yourself down, or assume you cannot bid along side bigger companies/agencies. Membership sites are a great way for agencies to generate extra ongoing income. Resources: WordPress Plugin A-Z: http://marcuscouch.com/podcasts/wppluginsa-z/ WordPress Weekly: http://marcuscouch.com/podcasts/wordpress-weekly/ The CampFire Podcast: http://marcuscouch.com/podcasts/campfire/ Connect With Marcus Couch: Website: www.marcuscouch.com Twitter : @marcuscouch Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcuscouch --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Mark Asquith who has successfully launched a niche WordPress web business, providing web build platform to podcasters around the world! Yep, we've mentioned this idea a few times on the podcast, and here is a guy who has a success of it. Sit back, relax, enjoy the show, but then get back up afterwards and start planning your launch! :) Warning! The odd expletive sneaks it's way in. His accent though makes them musical! :D The Niche Platform: Here it is! Podcast Websites https://podcastwebsites.com/ They found an industry, defined the problems, and created a WordPress based solution. Boom! Inspiring to say the least. WordPress Plugins: Yoast (The old favourite): https://yoast.com/ Yep Mark, everyone says that! But we loved your description and back story! Plus he advises get a good backup plugin. Can't agree more! Connect With Mark: Podcast Websites: https://podcastwebsites.com/ PW's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWebsites Marks Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrAsquith His Podcast: http://www.excellence-expected.com/ His Agency: http://www.hacksawstudio.com/ Hacksaw Twitter: https://twitter.com/HacksawStudio Home number: 01374, #Kidding. --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Learn how Bryan Meszaros from OpenEyeGlobal dared to be different. He and his team have worked with huge global businesses including, Merlin Entertainments and even YouTube stars such as Jenna Marbles. Oh and throw in the odd global bank like Santander for good measure. Brilliant and fascinating story and I gotta be honest here, the Ghost Busters Experience blew my mind! Check Out The Ghost Busters Experience Here: Clickeyy Click: https://ghostbusters.madametussauds.com/ Fave Resources: Inc Magazine: http://www.inc.com/ Wired Magazine: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/ WordPress Resources: Loves WordPress... if you dont have it yet: https://wordpress.org/ If you want to learn to develop with it: https://www.siteground.co.uk/tutorials/wordpress/wordpress_create_theme.htm Remember, with WordPress you don't need to just build websites! Plugin Tutorial: https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/how-to-create-a-wordpress-plugin Bryan's Deets: Website: http://www.openeyeglobal.com/ Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanmeszaros Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/augustinjersey/ Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanmeszaros Business Twitter: https://twitter.com/openeyeglobal Business Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openeyeglobal/ Business LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/672231?trk=prof-exp-company-name --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Lee Jackson! You may know him as the host of the WP Innovator Podcast, well the tables have turned its now his turn to answer the questions. Get to know Lee and how he got started Lee Jackson Ltd. Enjoy some epic information from the man himself and his lessons we can all learn from. Larissa. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our awesome plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code. SHOW NOTES: Action You Can Apply Today: Charge your client not based on time, but based on your expertise and experience. That is the value you are providing the client! And... Sell everyday. Resources: Entrepreneur on Fire - http://www.eofire.com/podcast-archive/ Secret List of Plugins: leejacksondev.com/secretlist Post Status: http://poststatus.com WP Tavern: https://wptavern.com/wordpress-weekly Brian Jackson: workup.com BobWP: bobwp.com Kim Doyal: WP Chick Podcast: http://thewpchick.com/podcast/ Matt Report: https://mattreport.com/ Do the WOO Podcast with Bob: http://dothewoopodcast.com/ Plugins: Beaver Builder: leejacksondev.com/beaverbuilder Formidable Forms: https://formidablepro.com/ Advanced Custom Fields: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/ Connect With Tim Paige: Website: leejacksondev.com Twitter: @leejacksondev WP Innovator Podcast : http://leejacksondev/podcast Email: [email protected] --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Mike from “Sell Your Service” and Devon Digital Design and Content Marketer at WP Elevation. He also fits in breathing, and eating somewhere along the way. Learn what a Marketing Funnel is, and relax as we draw marketing hacks out of Mike's mind. From social media tricks, to marketing funnels, this is a BEAUTIFUL episode for easy to action marketing tips! WordPress Plugin: Gravity Forms - http://www.gravityforms.com Mike loves this (like a lot.. kinda gets weird.. they should get a room) Advanced Custom Fields - http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/ Zapier - https://zapier.com/ This is not a WP Plugin but is part of the GENIUS solution Mike suggested for automating the re-share of blog content. Sage Wisdom: Become a "Bruce Lee" ninja of whatever tool(s) you use. Become really good at that tool rather than trying to keep replacing it with other shiny new objects. #Procrastination Connect with Mike: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mike_killen Sign up for his list: http://sellyourservice.co.uk --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Bob Dunn WordPress Blogger and Podcaster! Bob is a Content creator focuses on all things WordPress (http://www.bobwp.com). Hear Bob unpack his story from a print agency, to WordPress web agency and beyond. This is a guy who knows how to shift, and keep at the cutting edge. On the Facebook Group, come over and share your WooCommerce stories and tips: http://leejacksondev.com/group Action You Can Apply Today: You have to adapt, keep changing and keep working, grab onto new ideas and have fun with ideas. Stay flexible and keep an open mind. Get out of the WordPress bubble, make sure you don’t lose touch beyond WordPress and you can develop connections through networking. Resources: Do the Woo Podcast - https://bobwp.com/category/do-the-woo-podcast/ Woo themes - https://woothemes.com Woo camp - https://woocamp.com/ Bobs RSS feed - https://bobwp.com/bobwp-wordpress-blog/ Plugins: Woo commerce - https://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/ Woo-commerce subscription - https://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/ Woo-commerce membership - https://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/ Connect With Bob: Website: https://www.bobwp.com Twitter : @bobWP Let me Google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bobwp --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Brian LEE Jackson from KeyCDN. Enjoy as he unpacks his top tips for speeding up WordPress, and these tips totally work because we have put them all to the test before making this podcast live! The podcast website is currently ZIPPING! Top 3 Speed Tips: 1. Get a CDN (Example: http://leejacksondev.com/keycdn) 2. Optimise Your Images (Example: https://optimus.io/en/) 3. Control where JS/CSS is called (Plugin: https://tomasz-dobrzynski.com/wordpress-gonzales) Speed Up WordPress Blogs: Speed Up WordPress: https://www.keycdn.com/blog/speed-up-wordpress/?a=16553 Google Page Insights Advice: https://www.keycdn.com/blog/google-pagespeed-insights-wordpress/?a=16553 Where to test page performance: Google Page Insights: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ KeyCDN Page Speed Tester: https://tools.keycdn.com/speed Pingdom: https://tools.pingdom.com/ Speed Plugins For WordPress Disable Embeds: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-embeds/ Disable Emoticons: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/disable-wordpress-emoticons/ Disqus Conditional Load: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-conditional-load/ Local Host Analytics: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/host-analyticsjs-local/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we meet Tim Paige of LeadPages fame. Listen as he unpacks his journey into business as a voice artist, and how he joined the LeadPages team. This episode is full of valuable nuggets, as well as hilarious voiceovers! Enjoy :) Action You Can Apply Today: Find ways to inject magic into your business and it will find its way back to you. Go the extra mile. Resources: Entrepreneur on Fire - http://www.eofire.com/podcast-archive/ Disney Institute - https://disneyinstitute.com/ Get into Comics Podcast - http://gettingintocomics.com/ Lead Pages Blog - http://www.leadpages.net/blog/ Digital Marketer Blog - http://www.digitalmarketer.com/blog/ Plugins: Pretty link- https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/ Redirection - https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/ Connect With Tim Paige: Website: http://podcast.leadpages.net/ Email: [email protected] Conversion cast : http://podcast.leadpages.net/ Twitter : @TimThePaige --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a new experimental format (we are working on the sound), Lee and Larissa discuss the common questions around Visual Builders for WordPress, including how to avoid the site being butchered by happy go lucky content editors! We will cover: Why should I implement a visual builder for my site?Am I not doing myself out of a job?Are visual builders cheating?What visual builder should I be looking at?How do I stop the client ruining the website?How do we keep the client on brand? Recommended Plugins: Beaver Builder: http://leejacksondev.com/beaverbuilder Beaver Tunnels: http://leejacksondev.com/beavertunnels Beaver Lodge: http://leejacksondev.com/beaverlodge Facebook Be sure to join the conversation over on facebook: http://leejacksondev.com/group Till next time! :) --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Prepare to have a blast with Brandom M Lewin, THE online marketer who makes things really really really, breathe, really easy. He comes from a web agency background having worked with multiple agencies, and he excels in marketing. Come join us on his journey and learn 3 great upsells you can use in your agency today. If you are not part of our Facebook group, come join over 80 web designers, and agencies who are all sharing great information and helping one another out. http://leejacksondev.com/group. One recent conversation saw people sharing contract templates so that folks would be better protected for future projects... AWESOME. SHOW NOTES: Action You Can Apply Today: Whether you have a product or a service, or are launching. Do the research. Get into the heads of your customers. Hotjar Review: Brandon's EPIC blog about Hotjar: http://brandonmlewin.com/hotjar-review-tutorial/ Resources: Conversion XL: http://conversionxl.com/ CoSchedule: http://coschedule.com/blog/ Smart Blogger: https://smartblogger.com/ Yoast Blog: https://yoast.com/seo-blog/ Backlinko: http://backlinko.com/ Unbounce: http://unbounce.com/blog/ The WP Chick: http://thewpchick.com/ (Thanks Kim for connecting us) Connect With Brandon: Website: http://brandonmlewin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonLewin Email: [email protected] --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome Chris Badgett! He is a co-owner of Codebox (http://gocodebox.com/) the team behind the Lifter LMS plugin for WordPress. Learn how he got started as a freelancer and grew a large team to form the Codebox agency. Be blown away on the story of Lifter LMS, and their strategy to shake up the market! Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code. Action You Can Apply Today: Just keep going and focus on incremental improvement. We often overestimate what we can do in a day, but underestimate what we can do in a year. Resources: Lifter LMS Demo: demo.lifterlms.com Chris Lema blog: https://chrislema.com/blog/ Office hours FM Podcast: http://officehours.fm/ Plugins: Events Calendar Pro: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/ Beaver Builder: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ Connect With Chris Badgett: Website: lifterlms.com Email: [email protected] Podcast: LMS Cast lmscast.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an incredible episode today with Cheryl Tan. Cheryl Tan is a journalist turned entrepreneur. She helps business owners get the media attention they want. She specialises in getting business media coverage in all multiple channels including social media, radio, television and more. She also host Hampton Roads Business Weekly, which airs Sunday mornings at 9 on WVEC. And she is the host the STANDOUT with Cheryl Tan podcast In this episode, she shares amazing insights into how to maximise your businesses publicity. 5 mistakes people fall into when promoting themselves: 1. Sending mass press releases - take the time to figure out your outlets that care about your news and target them. 2. You try to sell something - don’t sell your product sell yourself 3. You are not thinking of your audience at all - find someone to share your tips and story ideas that are interested as an audience. 4. Don’t use your business to share trends, 5. Don’t just send one press release and stop, know when to continue to add value and reach out. Action You Can Apply Today: Grow your business one customer at a time. Add value one satisfied customer at a time. Resources: CultofCopy Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cultofcopy/ Become a media magnet - http://cheryltanmedia.com/wpinnovator Plugins: StudioPress Themes for WordPress (clean and concise):http://www.studiopress.com/ Genesis framework: http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/ Connect With Cheryl Tan: Website: http://cheryltanmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/CherylTan --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Lee unpacks 12 areas of WordPress security to help you with your installations. Ranging from plugins, services and best practices, sit back, relax and enjoy. If you want the full notes with links, then head on over to: http://leejacksondev.com/securitydownload Don't forget to come catch up with us at the WP Innovator Facebook Group: http://leejacksondev.com/group Keep Innovating :) --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an awesome episode today with Heather Havenwood. Heather is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and marketing. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, bringing together clients and personal coaches, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer. Today he shares fascinating insights into how to grow your business, through the sales process. She likens the process of designing and building a website to the tried and tested real estate market. The parallels are mind blowing, the knowledge immense! Lets do this! You can’t teach and sell. Teachers "suck" at selling. Why? They are teaching the how, loosing the person listening, and failing to communicate the results. Sharing is selling. Share the vision, the results your client can expect, that they can get excited about and buy into. Share the plan, the top level of what actions you will take without going super tech. Don’t teach the concept, tell the results they can expect. They are paying you to do the how, they don't need to be taught it. Action You Can Apply Today: For every to-do you have, ask yourself this question: Is it going to strengthen my clarity or chaos. If you create clarity in your life it creates confidence and clarity in your business creates growth. Connect With Heather Ann Havenwood: Website: heatherhavenwood.com Other sites: datingtriggers.com, sexyboss.com Linkedin: http://heatheronlinkedin.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatherann Twitter: https://twitter.com/hhavenwood --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an incredible episode today with a marvellous content creator and animator. Meet Mike Doyle CEO of Drive80. He shares fascinating insights into how he launched and how to set up ad campaigns and valuable titbits that can benefit your business with animation and educating his clients. Don't forget to come talk to everyone at the Facebook group: http://leejacksondev.com/group Push the boundaries, make yourself stand out. Niche down to your target audience, learn all the variables and be open to accepting advice. Target to your clients needs. Start sharing, a free service to open yourself up to responses from the value you are providing. Givers gain, offer some extreme value. Action You Can Apply Today: Know exactly who your target market is. Create a product that attracts that specific demographic so that they will converse together and talk about your product. It all comes down to your message. Who your helping and how you help them. Resources: Check out the animations they create: https://www.drive80.com/epic Sumo.me : https://sumome.com/ Noah Kagan’s blog: http://okdork.com/blog/ Connect With Mike Doyle: Website: https://www.drive80.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themikedoyle Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/the_mikedoyal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drive80 Email address: [email protected] --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an awesome episode today with Dennis Brown an author, serial entrepreneur, full time Linkedin Specialists! Meet Dennis Brown from Linked Academy. He shares fascinating insights into how he developed his Linkedin lead generating system, and how to optimise your profile. Let's connect on the WP Innovator Facebook Group over on: http://leejacksondev.com/group Core takeaways: Pitch yourself, differentiate yourself. Don’t be the typical salesman and force your ideas on a potential client. Don’t treat your Linkedin profile as a resume, instead position yourself as a resource, an expert, an authority. Lead with value and solutions, and it will position you as the go to guy/gal people will turn to. Post updates that are specific to your target audience, share relevant content consistently and you will create a familiarity to your network. Action You Can Apply Today: Get out of your comfort zone. Market yourself on various platforms. Convert your digital connections offline so you can build a rapport immediately. Sales is relational, provide solutions for people. Resources: The 7 habits of several successful Linkedin users: http://www.linkedacademy.com/ Connect With Dennis Brown Team: Website: http://www.linkedacademy.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askdennisbrown --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we unpack all the tools we use to run our Web Agency. From how we manage leads and opportunities, through to how we deliver our services. Grab the full list here: http://leejacksondev.com/landing/episode-20-download/ The tools are categorised into: Sales Administration/Communication Project Management Delivery Sharing: If you would like to share your own tools with the community or ask questions, why not get involved in the WP Innovator Facebook group: http://leejacksondev.com/group Remember, grab the full list here: http://leejacksondev.com/landing/episode-20-download/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The fascinating story of a cop, turned author, turned full time web designer! Meet Adam Davis from Enlivify Total Solutions. He runs a web agency in sunny Alabama. I loved listening to Adam's story and outside of the podcast, I've grown to really enjoy the content he shares, his personality and his wonderful family pictures he regularly shares. A true gentleman! Come join us at the WP Innovator Facebook Group on: http://leejacksondev.com/group Biggest challenge: Over committing and on-boarding queue. (Been there, wore that t-shirt... am I right?) Unique Selling Point: Monitors to ensure an agreed percentage revenue increase as a result of the web solutions provided. Action You Can Apply Today: Bookend your day Sit down at the end of the day and ask the following: _ What did I accomplish today _ What did I not accomplish today _ Why did I not accomplish it _ What could I have accomplished Then write out 6 things you want to accomplish the next day. Take the time to slow down mentally and get organised! Booom! WordPress Plugins: Sucuri: https://sucuri.net/ Yoast: https://yoast.com/ (The old favourite) OptimizePress: https://www.optimizepress.com/ Visual Composer: https://vc.wpbakery.com/ He said there were 100 or so he could pick from!!! I think 4 is enough for today ;) Resources: Adams Book - http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Truth-Encouraging-Messages-Enforcement/dp/1507819463 Entrepreneur: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ Adam on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Adam-Davis WP Elevation Podcast: http://www.wpelevation.com/ Andy Stanley: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/andy-stanley-leadership-podcast/id290055666?mt=2 Connect With Adam: Company: http://www.enlivify.com/ Personal Site: http://www.adamdavis.co/ Email: [email protected] --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Barry from Happy Porch. He focuses on turning what was pain, into success..... A lot of web designers and agencies are often wondering how they could evolve retainers. Check out this episode where Barry unpacks awesome advice for creating retainer packages. Come join us at the WP Innovator Facebook Group on: http://leejacksondev.com/group Action You Can Apply Today: Look at your team. Separate the core services you do, and the value add services. Consciously separate those out. See if you can get rid of some (the non profitable/time draining), or see if you can break them down into easier packages to manage client expectations. WordPress Plugins: White Label CMS: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/white-label-cms/ Video User Manuals: http://www.videousermanuals.com/ Resources: Phillip Morgan - Positioning: https://philipmorganconsulting.com/ Brennan Dunn - Double your freelancing: http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/ Connect With Barry: Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.happyporch.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a wonderful episode here for you with Matt Inglot an entrepreneur, podcaster and business coach from FreelanceTransformation.com. He shares fascinating insights into how he launched and the diversified his agency online. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code. Action You Can Apply Today: Focus on your avatar as a client. Moving forward on projects, evaluate as you go. Don't be afraid to say no to time consuming leads that potentially may be unprofitable. Determine whether it’s a project you want to take on and invest in. Resources: Podcast: FreelanceTransformation.com Calendly: https://calendly.com/ The Moz top 10: https://moz.com/moztop10 I will teach you to be rich: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com Connect With Matt Inglot Team: Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattinglot Website: http://www.freelancetransformation.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What an honour! We have for you the Beaver Builder Team, the creators of the amazing visual builder for WordPress. Welcome Robby McCullough, Justin Busa and Billy Young who share with us their incredible journey. Before we crack on, please head on over to our private Facebook group and connect with us and the growing community of WP Innovators. You can find it on http://leejacksondev.com/group Action You Can Apply Today: What you see is what you get! Just go for it! Have faith in yourself and your ideas and make it happen. Solve a problem that you have and eventually a product will be birthed as a result. Connect With The Beaver Builder Team: Twitter: https://twitter.com/beaverbuilder Website: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/?fla=189 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wpbeaverbuilder --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a fantastic episode here for you with Lawrence Howlett from New Edge Media and from More Demand, an amazing Web Agency involved with some biiiig players. He shares fascinating insights into running an agency, and also opens up some fantastic strategy you can apply to your business today! Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code. Action You Can Apply Today: Create before you consume. Create what you want to do before anything else, blog or podcast. Consuming will cloud your mind. Understand your limitation Resources: moredemand.co.uk/resources - A three step system to build your business. 101 ways to generate leads: Available to download from https://www.newedge.co.uk/. WordPress Plugins: Webinar ignition: http://webinarignition.com/ Yoast: https://yoast.com/ Lead boxes: http://www.leadpages.net/ Sumo me:https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/sumome/ Connect With Lawrence: Twitter: @lawrencehowlett Website: https://www.newedge.co.uk/ Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/newedgemedia --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As design and web agencies, we are so often so busy on producing for others, that we neglect our own ongoing marketing. This can lead to a feast and famine culture within an agency. It's really important that we develop ongoing strategies for lead generation, and keeping that pipeline looking healthy. Let's connect: We have launched a free but private Facebook group where we can all connect to discuss episodes, as well as questions and more. Lets create a community of peers that support each other and add value! See you at: http://leejacksondev.com/group Show Notes: In this episode we explore, with Sarah Moore, content marketing as one of the main activities an agency can invest their time, money and effort in to generate results. Find out the answers to questions such as: _ What is one of your strategies that you use as a social media consultant _ Why is content marketing so important _ What does content marketing actually involve _ How much content should you produce _ Could you give us some examples of how you can re-purpose content Connect with Sarah: Twitter - Corporate: https://twitter.com/elevenlights Twitter - Direct: https://twitter.com/the_sarah_moore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevenlightsmedia --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a fantastic episode here for you with Clay Mosley from Rock City Digital, an amazing Web Design company, He is also the man behind claymosley.com and the 100k academy. He shares fascinating insights into how he got started, and how he has marketed his web agency. Message from our sponsor: Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code. Action You Can Apply Today: Sell everyday. Even if it’s just a tweet or a Facebook post. Refine your processes. Videos, Videos, Videos. Videos help raise your local credibility and can replay as evergreen content. Resources: Millo Blog platform: https://millo.co/ WordPress Plugins: Yoast SEO: https://yoast.com/ Google Analytics: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/googleanalytics/ Connect With Clay: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mosley_clay Websites: https://claymosley.com https://rockcitydigital.com/ https://100kacademy.com/ Email: [email protected] Snapchat: claymosley --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sit back and relax with Lee as he shares the story of how he and the team changed direction with their social media strategy. A fascinating insight into the thought process, actions and activities of the team within a digital agency. Hear Lee lay out all the problems faced, and the solutions that were put in place. The story is taken right up to the present day because this is an ever evolving adventure..... --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a fantastic episode here for you with Ionut Neagu from Theme Isle, an online WordPress theme club. He shares fascinating insights into how he got started, and how he has marketed his business. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code.SHOW NOTES: Action You Can Apply Today: Don't be afraid to invest. Some examples shared where when Ionut invested in a pre-made Plugin he bought the rights to, or the HTML for his latest and greatest WordPress theme. Resources: Post Status: https://poststatus.com/ Wait But Why: http://waitbutwhy.com/ WordPress Plugins: Yoast: https://yoast.com/ Easy Digital Downloads: https://easydigitaldownloads.com/ Revive Old Posts: http://themeisle.com/plugins/tweet-old-post-pro/ Easy Content Types: http://themeisle.com/plugins/easy-content-types/ Connect With Ionut: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hackinglife7 Theme Isle Twitter: https://twitter.com/themeisle Theme Isle: http://themeisle.com/ Email: [email protected] --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an amazing episode with you with Russ Perry. He has launched a business that comes at design in a whole different way. Russ is also a WordPress geek and has some great tools to share. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it out on leejacksondev.com/plugin and get 10% off using the promo code.SHOW NOTES: Action You Can Apply Today: Create environments where you are not distracted. Example a coffee shop, in the park, wherever to give yourself the ability to come up with solutions. Remember too that the best ideas stick. Don't panic about writing it all down! Resources: We covered a lot here: Cal Newport Blog: http://calnewport.com/ Deep Work Book: http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/ Four Hour Work Week: http://fourhourworkweek.com/ Weekly Pickle: http://designpickle.com/weeklypickle WordPress Plugins: Pretty Links: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/Example that made me face-palm. Use it for your scheduling service in case you change your scheduler in the future! Connect With Russ: Design Pickle: http://designpickle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/designpickle --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee and Sarah as she drops value galore sharing social media strategy and advice. Sponsor: Check out our sponsor, SociPress, The World's First Set And Forget Twitter Solution For WordPress http://leejacksondev.com/plugin Show Notes: Having reviewed analytics, there appeared to be little to no traffic on the transcription pages, so we have placed a hold on these for now. If however you feel they enhance your experience with the podcast, please let us know on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact Action To Apply Today: Figure out what is doable for you, then be consistent in that. If it is once a week? Do it. Once a month? Do it. Connect with Sarah: Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Sarah_Moore Recommended Online Resources: Buffer Blog: https://blog.bufferapp.com/ Socially Sorted: http://sociallysorted.com.au/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We were honoured to have Jon Perez from Sure Fire Web Services on the podcast today. He was introduced to us by Kim Doyal the WP Chick, and we had a blast. Join Lee and Jon as they giggle through a 40 minute podcast, whilst value bombs drop left right and centre! Special Offer: As a listener to the WP Podcast, we'd like to add more value to your business, so lets have a free 10 minute strategy call with you and Lee Jackson. Check out the details here: http://leejacksondev.com/freecall Show Notes: Having reviewed analytics, there appeared to be little to no traffic on the transcription pages, so we have placed a hold on these for now. If however you feel they enhance your experience with the podcast, please let us know on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact Jons Takeaways: Value your time to help you make better decisions. Action To Apply Today: STOP.... take a break for an hour, look at your business as a whole. Make note of: _ why you are doing what _ what you are doing _ make note of things that work _ make note of things that need to change Note from Lee: This could all be focused on evaluating what you do in your business, what is a time drain, why are you doing it, do you have to do it, if you do is there a more efficient way to do it. Connect with Jon: Twitter: http://twitter.com/SureFireWebServ Web: http://surefirewebservices.com His Rap Album :) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=79758&content=music His amazing course to save you time: https://surefirewebservices.com/learn-to-build-websites-faster/ WordPress Plugins: Beaver Builder: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/?fla=189 Views Plugin: https://wp-types.com/home/views-create-elegant-displays-for-your-content/Recommended Online Resources: Web Design From Scratch: http://webdesignfromscratch.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee (full of man-flu so bear with him) as he talks with the one and only Jan Koch of WP Summit fame! Jan is the founder of the WP Summit, an epic online conference that was packed with amazing speakers. He also runs a web development business, and is a coach for entrepreneurs helping them make money with WordPress. Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-6-jan-koch/ * Do you use the transcripts? Get in touch if you do to help us understand if they are valuable to you as we are reviewing them at present: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Main Takeaway: Implement a task management system. Don't RE-act, act and be in control of what you are doing. Check out "Getting Things done" http://gettingthingsdone.com/ Connect with Jan Jans site: http://jkoch.me Mastery Club: http://wpmastery.club Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamjankoch Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/iusewordpress Recommended Plugins/Resources: Filament: http://filament.io/ Getting Things Done: http://gettingthingsdone.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to be able to get a better brief from your client? Take the next 10 mins for some tips on how to draw out of your client what they need, as well as encouragement for up-selling your consultative services. This "mobile" episode was recorded in pouring rain (typical British weather), whilst battling traffic. (typical British roads). No amount of sound editing will make this sound amazing, but the content is too important NOT to share! --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee as he talks with the one and only Troy Dean of WP Elevation Fame! COMING UP NEXT WEEK! Lee talks with Jan Koch from http://jkoch.me, restart specialist and all round amazing guy! Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-5-troy-dean/* Main Takeaway: Unsubscribe from all those emails you don't get super excited about reading, then use the time saved to PLAN. "most people don’t achieve what they want in business, because they don’t know what they want in business." Connect with Troy Web: http://troydean.com.au/ WP Elevation: http://www.wpelevation.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/troydean Recommended Resources: Optin-Monster: http://optinmonster.com Video User Manuals: http://www.videousermanuals.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merry Christmas, are offering 5 FREE WordPress website security and performance reviews to the first 5 people who sign up here: http://leejacksondev.com/freereview The Tip: You can use the following tools to improve your client's site security, and speed it up. iThemes Security: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/ WP Rocket: http://wp-rocket.me/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Visually edit your client sites with SiteOriginCSS allowing you to control all style branding elements. https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-css/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Create extra fields and epic branding WordPress option panels for your clients using Advanced Custom Fields. http://www.advancedcustomfields.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee as he talks with Laurence Bradford from LearnToCodeWith.me. Laurence not only shares the value of learning new skills as an entrepreneur, but also shares some valuable insights into how she runs her own business and generates revenue through content marketing and more. COMING UP NEXT WEEK! Lee talks with Troy Dean. Troy is a LEGEND... Episode not to be missed! Subscribe today. Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-4-learning-monetising-new-skills-laurence-bradford/* Laurence's Main Takeaway: Put yourself out there Highlighted items you should check out The best Udemy courses for learning to code. An article that has helped Laurence generate a lot of income: learntocodewith.me/reviews/best-udemy-courses/ Laurence's Facebook Group: newbiecoderwarehouse.com Connect with Laurence Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/learncodewithme Website: http://learntocodewith.me/ Laurence's Recommended Resources: Co-schedule (seems popular!) http://coschedule.com/ HARO - Help A Reporter Out - http://www.helpareporter.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WooCommerce can be used as a Membership and Subscription system too! Check out the membership plugin: www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Provide your clients with a visual builder you can control that will cement their opinion of you as an epic agency. Check out Beaver Builder today: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/?fla=189 --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To control what a client can or cannot update in their WordPress install, implement the "Easy Update Manager" plugin. https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To easily clone a client site so you can test WordPress updates, use the Duplicator plugin.https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To help avoid missing something changed on larger client websites by a WordPress update, us WPBoom. http://www.wpboom.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You can easily clean hacks/viruses from a WordPress site for free using WordFence. https://www.wordfence.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Save money on hosting and time by running groups of similar sites in a WordPress Multisite setup. http://leejacksondev.com/ways-to-use-wordpress-multisite/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee as he talks with Kim Doyal THE WordPress Chick. Kim shares amazing advice throughout as gives us a heads up on an amazing tool for content creation. Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-3-just-show-up-kim-doyal/* Kims Main Takeaway: Just show up and be yourself. Connect with Kim Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimdoyal Just Show Up Launch: http://thewpchick.com/just-show-up/ Kim's Recommended Resource: http://coschedule.com/ and their Headline Analyzer: http://coschedule.com/headline-analyzer --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If a client has changed the url of a page that has high SEO traction, you can redirect search engines to it with the 301 redirect tool. Check it out here: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/ Merry Christmas --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You can speed up your client websites without needing to be a total nerd with easy to use Cloudflare. Check our our blog here to learn how: http://leejacksondev.com/how-to-secure-wordpress-with-a-firewall-using-cloudflare/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Lee as he talks with Hani Mourra about the three amazing WordPress products he has launched, his journey and the lessons he has learned along the way. Hani is FULL of amazing advice and drops "value bombs" over and over again. Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-2/* Hani's Main Takeaway: Take action, and get your product or service out to the market. Don't delay. Connect with Hani Twitter: https://twitter.com/hanimourra Check out his plugins http://simplelivepress.com/ http://simplepodcastpress.com/ http://simplevideopress.com/ Hani's Recommended Plugins: Limit Login Attempts: https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/ Pretty Link Lite: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/ OptimizePress: https://www.optimizepress.com/ Hani's Recommended Resource: Podcast - Startups for the rest of us: http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for our first ever episode as we interview Nik Vimal, a WordPress developer who has been lucky enough to work with leading WordPress businesses such as Rocket Genius (The guys behind Gravity Forms), iThemes (BackupBuddy and more) and the PODS Framework team. Nik shares with us some of his challenges, then dives into a range of powerful WordPress plugins that you should check out that will really add value to your Design or Web Agency. Not only do we have some awesome plugins to check out, but also excellent advice for our agencies, including some money generation ideas and also essential advice about selecting plugins that are fit for purpose for the task in hand. Show notes: Connecting with Nik Twitter: @TechVoltz Website: https://techvoltz.com/ Plugin: https://techvoltz.com/downloads/front-end-registration-login-forms-plugin/ Visual Builders Make with make Plus: https://thethemefoundry.com/blog/make-and-make-plus/ VelocityPage: https://velocitypage.com/ SEO Yoast: https://yoast.com/ Ecommerce WP Ecommerce: https://wpecommerce.org/ WooCommerce: http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/ Easy Digital Downloads: https://easydigitaldownloads.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 000, you will be introduced to your host, Lee Jackson and learn all what the WP Innovator Podcast is about, what is in it for you, and how to get involved. --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.