Divi Chat

If you develop, design, or maintain a website then you’ve probably heard of the GDPR privacy requirements that affect websites globally as of May 25, 2018. In this episode of Divi Chat, we’re discussing GDPR compliance, what it means for us and our businesses, and hopefully help you get a better understanding of what it […]

So many hosting questions come up along the web development journey. Should you host client’s sites for them? Should you use reseller hosting? What company should you host with? Are some really better than others and are all the good ones expensive? All pretty common questions we have to face at some point, so today […]

Sprichst du CSS? Habla usted JavaScript? Você fala PHP? This week’s topic is coding languages for web development. What languages should you learn to get into WordPress development (e.g. CSS, JS, frontend vs backend languages). We all have different skill levels in different languages and will be sharing our experiences and recommendations. Hosts Present: David […]

On today’s show we talk recurring revenue (aka passive income)!! Who doesn’t want money steadily coming in, right? We’ll talk about ways we’ve made it happen for us and hopefully spark some ideas of how you can do it for your web design business. Hosts Present: Cory Jenkins – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / […]

Are you trying to grow your email list? Are you wondering if you even need an email list to grow your business, or how to go about starting with email marketing if you’re new to it? That’s what we’ll be talking about this week so be sure to watch! Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen […]

The sometimes not-so-fun side of business is dealing with the “paperwork”. Contracts, terms and conditions, privacy policies, disclaimers, etc. — it can be overwhelming knowing what you should or shouldn’t be using, and where do you find these documents if you’re just starting out on your own? We’re gonna help you with that, and share […]

At some point in your web design career you may have felt like it can be really easy to “over-design”. How do you know when your design is simple enough not to confuse users, yet creative enough to keep them on the site, and ultimately, convert them into a customer? Today were going to discuss […]

If you do anything involving WordPress chances are you’ve heard of Gutenberg by now. It’s the new WordPress publishing experience (that’s in beta at the time of this posting) and today we discuss our experience with it so far, and what we think it means for the future of WordPress, Divi, our businesses, etc. This […]

Setting up email accounts for your web clients can be one of the more confusing areas of web design. Should you use the hosting account or a separate cloud service? How do you know which service to choose? Today we’ll discuss how we set up email accounts for our clients and why. Hosts Present: David […]

If you sell products online then your sales may reach a point where you need to hire help to handle customer support. And then if you decide to do that what tools are out there to help you with this? Today we discuss that, what tools and services we use to handle support for our […]

Happy new year and welcome 2018!! Today we discuss what’s on the agenda for the new year for our businesses and for Divi Chat. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall – JoshHall.co / FB Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Leslie Bernal – A […]

Today we have year in review-type chat and talk about what happened in 2017 with Divi, WordPress, our businesses, stuff like that… super casual 🙂 Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall – JoshHall.co / FB Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Sarah Oates – […]

Landing pages and longform sales pages are a great conversion tool for any business, and they absolutely can be created in Divi. This week we discuss some characteristics of successful landing pages, some dos and don’ts we’ve learned over the years, and go over some great tips and practices that are easily actionable to anyone […]

Balancing your personal life and your work life can be a challenge. Especially if you are a freelancer, solopreneur, or a member of a small team and your work schedule is pretty much left to however you slice it up. Being able to leave work at work in order to to keep your sanity is […]

Too many options can actually cause someone to self-doubt and hesitate because there are so many options. An “abandoned cart” kind of thing, when you’re so unsure you give up and don’t choose anything. We talk about this from the perspective of a web designer and how we lay out the options for visitors, and […]

SSL is something you’ve probably heard of, it’s that thing that turns your http:// into https://. You may wonder if it’s something you need to have on your site or need to add to your clients’ sites. Our answer is yes, but let’s discuss 😀   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / […]

Episode 53 (already?) brings you real life, unscripted, genuinely balanced discussion regarding what works and what doesn’t when migrating your WordPress site. Is there a best way? Maybe not! It can be scary for sure. ? It might depend on what you are already familiar with… It might depend on the details of the site you’re […]

This week we share our tips for dealing with the pretty frequent Divi updates we’ve been experiencing for a few months now. Divi is constantly improving but with those improvements come some frustrating quirks and bugs that can seemingly wreak havoc on our sites. How do we deal?! Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove […]

To reveal or not to reveal? “Aye, Matey” or “No Way, José?” “Yes, please” or “whatchu talkin ’bout Willis?!” This week we discuss the pros and cons of putting pricing on your website for all to see. Most of us cross this bridge at some point in our business, should we or shouldn’t we? Will […]

Customer feedback is crucial for any business to evolve and improve. Today we discuss how feedback — all feedback, not just positive but also negative or critical feedback — can help you tweak areas of your business by using the knowledge you gain from it to your advantage. Feedback can come in the form of […]

Pricing can be a tricky subject in general, so raising your rates can seem even trickier. We share our experiences with our rate hikes and why we think raising your rates (when it’s right) is a great move for your business. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Cory Jenkins […]

Something that isn’t discussed much in our industry (but probably should be) is feeling “burnt out”. No matter what type of work we do it’s very easy to forget to take care of ourselves and our mental health. It’s important to recognize when we need to take a step back, assess, and take action when […]

Marketing to your local community can be daunting, especially in the beginning of your business. You may have competition and you may not know how to get your name out there. Should you be networking in person? By phone, by email, all of the above??? We share some tips that worked for us, and some […]

What is a CDN anyway? A CDN is a Content Delivery Network. They make it possible for your site to be accessed from multiple servers globally so that it can load faster for your visitors. We discuss our experience with them and some tips on getting started. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios […]

User experience, commonly referred to as UX, is a broad and important subject. How the user is led through the site, how easy the site is to navigate, how quickly the user can find the information they are looking for — these are all just a few things that go into tailoring the user experience […]