How to Create an Amazon Affiliates Site With WooCommerce [Guide]

How to Create an Amazon Affiliates Site With WooCommerce [Guide]

Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways to make money online, but its not easy–competition is high. But if you have a hobby or interest that aligns well with affiliate opportunities then in might be fore you. This guide will show you how to get started with the Amazon Associates affiliate program using a WooCommerce site.

The Ultimate WordPress Resource List for Selling Products & Services [Complete List]

The Ultimate WordPress Resource List for Selling Products & Services [Complete List]

Regardless of whether you’re trying to sell products or services, there are a lot of competitors out there and new ones every day. Why should prospective customers buy your products and services? How do you start What’s the best way to sell your products or services? How do you grow sales even further? To stay […]

CGCookie: An Example of How to Run a Successful Membership Site [Interview]

CGCookie: An Example of How to Run a Successful Membership Site [Interview]

This interview is with Jonathan Williamson, co-founder of CGCookie. He’s going to talk to us about running a real world membership website on WordPress. Jonathan is Pippin Williamson’s twin brother, and he has years of experience running membership websites. There is much that we can learn from him.

Everything You Need to Know About Selling Software Online [Guide]

Everything You Need to Know About Selling Software Online [Guide]

When it comes to selling digital products, software is unique. Over the last 6 years we’ve seen many of our users succeed with selling software products. Let’s deeper look into the complex, exciting world of selling software online.

How to Sell WordPress Website Maintenance for Recurring Revenue [Guide]

How to Sell WordPress Website Maintenance for Recurring Revenue [Guide]

Interested in learning more about how to sell website maintenance plans to your clients to create a steady revenue stream? Here’s an EPIC post and webinar that covers everything you need to know about selling WordPress maintenance plans, including the templates you need to get started.

How to Get Better WordPress Clients [Guide]

How to Get Better WordPress Clients [Guide]

This post has everything you need to know about attracting better clients with decent budgets into your business. It’s no 5-minute fix: time and effort will be required on your part. But if you follow this simple step-by-step guide, you too can start winning better, higher-budget web design clients.

What Do You Need to Become a Web Designer? [Guide]

What Do You Need to Become a Web Designer? [Guide]

Are you wondering whether you need a piece of paper to be successful as a Web Designer or Developer? Trying to decide if self-education is enough, or if you really do need a degree to become a Web Designer? Well here is a list of the pros and cons, from someone who’s done both!

How to Build Recurring Revenue for Your WordPress Website Business [Interview]

How to Build Recurring Revenue for Your WordPress Website Business [Interview]

Is recurring revenue in your website business important to you? In this interview, Brad Morrison from GoWP explains how he transitioned his development business to a support agency that generates recurring revenue in a steady and simplified way.

How to Scale Website Services Like SaaS for Recurring Income [Guide]

How to Scale Website Services Like SaaS for Recurring Income [Guide]

If you’re looking to scale your web services, did you know that you can serve all types of clients, earn a healthy automated recurring income, and build your client list all at the same time by applying the SaaS business model to your website consulting services?

How to Supercharge Your WordPress Cash Flow with Repeat Client Business [Guide]

How to Supercharge Your WordPress Cash Flow with Repeat Client Business [Guide]

The biggest issue that WordPress businesses and consultants face is cash flow. For some reason, particularly as new businesses, we feel that continually finding new customers is the key to growing a business. But many businesses owners still feel there is a disconnect between your new customer sale and creating a regular customer out of them. I’m going to show you how to start that conversation with a customer to move them to a regular customer.

5 New Ways for Freelancers to Get Clients [List]

5 New Ways for Freelancers to Get Clients [List]

Finding new clients is exciting and inspires our confidence. It means money in the bank, food on the table, a roof over our heads and spare cash for fun stuff like holidays, new Apple products or whatever your vice is. So why are most freelancers so bad at it and how can you fix it?

Tips & Advice for Selling Services Through Your Website [Guide]

Tips & Advice for Selling Services Through Your Website [Guide]

Services are a completely different type of digital “product”. You trade your time and specialized skills for remuneration, instead of selling a downloadable product. How do you ensure your service is beneficial to both you and your potential clients? Here we’ll provide tips and advice for selling your services online.

13 More Ways to Make Money from a WordPress Website [List]

13 More Ways to Make Money from a WordPress Website [List]

There are so many ways to make money with a WordPress website it boggles the mind. Essentially, what you have is a digital property and unlimited potential. There is not only a crazy number of different ways to generate money from the site, but there is no ceiling on the amount you can earn.

3 Ways to Make More Money from a WordPress Website [List]

3 Ways to Make More Money from a WordPress Website [List]

What determines your ability to make money with WordPress? Two key factors: audience and engagement. Making money in any business is a function of providing value. The more we help other people solve their problems, the more other people are willing to pay us for our assistance. If you want to make money from your WordPress site, you must provide value.

Is Building WordPress Websites Still Profitable?

Is Building WordPress Websites Still Profitable?

The WordPress market is full of themes and plugins created to make designing a website with WP a breeze. However, since so many view WordPress as an easy-to-use system, there is quite a large sum of people who think that they will only need to pay $500 for a site that you would rightly charge $3,000 for.

How to Use Your Clients to Grow Your Business [Guide]

How to Use Your Clients to Grow Your Business [Guide]

What would be the ideal work process for you? Is it handling the design division of a large client of yours, or to work with several small business owners and help them accomplish more – or maybe partner up with a designer while taking care of the technical infrastructure?

How to Move From Freelancer to Company in 8 Steps [Step by Step Guide]

How to Move From Freelancer to Company in 8 Steps [Step by Step Guide]

If you’ve been struggling to find new business, grow your team and deliver incredible results, optimizing your business process is just as important as improving your technical or design skills. Here are eight steps that would enhance your online presence and improve your business process, boost up your profitability and establish you as a professional WordPress consultancy.

10 Ways to Close Client Project Deals Faster [List]

10 Ways to Close Client Project Deals Faster [List]

Sales. Ick. Blech. Ugh. There is very little that the average designer, developer, freelancer, or business owner likes about sales, except the very end result of gaining a new client or customer. Let’s examine 10 simple ways you can sell less and still close new sales.

How to Leverage Social Media to Succeed with Digital Products [Guide]

How to Leverage Social Media to Succeed with Digital Products [Guide]

If content is king, social media is the king’s podium. Social platforms serve to amplify your message to the masses, driving interest in your brand and products while carving out your identity. They’ve also been established as effective customer support channels and convenient central hubs for communicating, educating, and engaging with your audience. Here are some tips to help you master your socials so you can stay competitive, reach the right people, and convert sales.

Should You Monetize Your WordPress Site with Ads?

Should You Monetize Your WordPress Site with Ads?

Online advertisements have always been one of the most popular ways to monetize your website. However, the rise of adblockers threatens to change that. At this point, anyone starting a new site needs to seriously consider whether running ads on WordPress is still a good option from a financial perspective. Some websites still make good money from ads. However, plenty of others are looking elsewhere when it comes to monetization. So, what should you do?

How to Use Video to Grow WordPress Plugin Sales

How to Use Video to Grow WordPress Plugin Sales

If you haven’t yet noticed, online video is changing the way that we learn and make our buying decisions. The ability to use video as an interactive storytelling medium makes it one of the best ways to encourage your potential customers to engage with your brand. In this article, I’ll cover a few different ways that you can leverage the power of video to grow your user base and increase your revenue. If you’re already using video, I’ll also include a few tips and tricks to improve the quality of your videos to give you the competitive edge!

How to Increase Your Website Services Sales [List]

How to Increase Your Website Services Sales [List]

How do you steadily drive sales up? I remember selling our first website (HTML) for $300 and feeling as though I had just hit the lottery. Skip ahead 15 years and we’ve had projects in the $30K range. How do you do that? How do you drive sales up that far in less than 15 years? Here are 3 ways to increase your sales today.

How to Improve Your Branding & Marketing

How to Improve Your Branding & Marketing

A few years ago I was sitting in an office with a group of folks. This was one of those times when I was helping out a company, and they were stuck and they asked if I would meet with their marketing team. They were stuck. I want to help you, too. You don’t have to suck at branding and marketing.

How to Increase Your Blogs Earnings by Over 40%

How to Increase Your Blogs Earnings by Over 40%

I want to talk about two things I’ve been doing on my main blog to increase the profitability of the blog – both have been working really well! I’m going to talk about 3 income streams in particular: AdSense Ad network (although this will be relevant to other networks too), Affiliate promotions and selling our own products.

How to Win More Clients Without Doing More Work

How to Win More Clients Without Doing More Work

Your prospects care about 3 things: Do you understand the core problem? Do you have the right experience? Do they trust you to fix their issues? You know this. You do this. And the point of this post is to help you to win more clients. So what’s the trick? I’m about to tell you.

How to Price Your WordPress Website Services [Guide]

How to Price Your WordPress Website Services [Guide]

Pricing is an interesting topic that rarely gets discussed so we seized the opportunity. Time and materials pricing is what works for most of my clients, but this doesn’t mean that it is the right fit for every situation. Discuss the different possible structures with your clients and find the best fit for both of you. It is ok to mix structures. Some projects may be a good fit for T&M and others may be better suited for flat rate.

How WordPress Freelancers Can Stand Out & Win More Clients

How WordPress Freelancers Can Stand Out & Win More Clients

It turns out that a freelancer will almost immediately stand out and distinguish themselves from tons of other developers and agencies if they do one simple thing. It’s so simple that it feels foolish to write an entire post about it. Yet so many people rush past it that it often goes missing. Ready?

How to Grow a Lifestyle Business Without Losing the Lifestyle

How to Grow a Lifestyle Business Without Losing the Lifestyle

Balancing a lifestyle business — and trying to grow it — can be tricky, when you’re not willing to give up your lifestyle for that growth. There are ways to grow your business without giving up the lifestyle you began it all for, right?

The Guide to Starting a WordPress Maintenance Business [Guide]

The Guide to Starting a WordPress Maintenance Business [Guide]

As a web developer or designer, you know that there are ongoing tasks required to keep a client’s website in tip-top shape after launch, and that’s where there’s opportunity to start a WordPress maintenance business. Have you thought about the additional revenue you could make each month by offering those services to your clients?

How to Productize Your WordPress Consulting Services [Interview]

How to Productize Your WordPress Consulting Services [Interview]

Brian, like most of us, started as a “web designer” then made the shift to product via Restaurant Engine. This is not — let me repeat — not an easy task. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know this is something that I’m working on day in and day out.

How to Talk to Your Clients About Profitable Projects [Guide]

How to Talk to Your Clients About Profitable Projects [Guide]

This conversation is made available to help agency owners and clients understand the importance of running a profitable web project. If you’re an agency, this can help start the conversation with your clients. If you’re seeking to hire someone, this is a great primer to work with one another.

6 Ways to Monetize a WordPress Blog [List]

6 Ways to Monetize a WordPress Blog [List]

If you’re ready to become a serious blogger and start making money online, you need to monetize your WordPress site. It may sound like a lot of work, but it’s actually easier than you might think to get started. All you need are the right techniques, some tools you trust, and a little creativity (which as a blogger, you’re great at)!

5 Ways to Market Your Website Design Business [List]

5 Ways to Market Your Website Design Business [List]

Nobody has to tell you that your website won’t sell itself. For years you’ve explained to clients that the “build it and they will come” philosophy is bogus. Why then, when it comes to your own firm, do you still find yourself questioning how to promote your web design business?