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Who Owns My Website? A Small Business Guide to Digital Ownership
A client of mine trusted her most tech-savvy employee to set up her domain and website. He set everything up under his personal account, and when he resigned, she nearly…
Small Business Automation: The What, When, and How
If you are copying client details from one app into three others, chasing invoices by hand, and emailing back and forth just to book a call, small business automation can…
The PEAS Blog Post Framework: How to Write Blog Posts That Bring in Clients
The PEAS blog post framework is a four-part structure for writing blog posts that bring in clients: Problem, Example, Action Steps, and Success. It walks readers from “this is exactly…
How to Attract Clients Who Actually Want What You’re Selling
Learn how to attract clients by focusing on benefits over features. Discover the simple framework for talking about your services in a way that resonates with your ideal clients and…
Mission Statement Examples: 22 Inspiring Ideas For Small Businesses
Your mission statement is the one sentence that explains why your business exists, who it serves, and what it promises. In this guide, I am walking you through why it…
WordPress Website Maintenance: What Happens If You Skip It
WordPress website maintenance is not the exciting part of owning a website, but it decides whether your site is still standing a year from now. Skip updates, backups, and security…
Reviews
OttoKit Review: The Affordable Zapier Alternative for Business Automation
I have used OttoKit to automate Studio117 Creative for years, and I am on the lifetime plan. Here is how I use it, what it costs, how it stacks up…
Moxie Review: The All-in-One CRM That Runs My Entire Client Experience
Juggling a CRM, a project management tool, client texts, and payments in different places? I have used Moxie every day for over two years, and as a Moxie implementation partner,…
Jotform Review: A Flexible Form Builder That Lives Outside WordPress
Jotform is not a WordPress plugin. It is a standalone form platform you can embed anywhere, including your WordPress site, which makes it a completely different kind of tool than…
Gravity Forms Review: The WordPress Form Plugin Built for Complex Needs
Gravity Forms is not built for simple contact forms. It is built for businesses whose forms do real operational work, and if you have outgrown basic form builders, this WordPress…
SureForms Review: The WordPress Form Plugin I Actually Use
SureForms is the contact form plugin I actually switched to for the Studio117 Creative website, and it is what I now recommend to most of my clients. If you want…
Pressable Hosting | Is It Worth It for Small Business Owners?
Finding reliable WordPress hosting without breaking the bank shouldn’t be complicated. I recently signed up for Pressable’s plan to give you a firsthand look at the sign-up process, dashboard experience,…