Taco and WordPress Enthusiast
One of my favorite things to do is to find cool designs and/or layouts on the web and try to recreate them with my preferred stack (GeneratePress & GenerateBlocks). I find this exercise to be one of the most beneficial …
Perfmatters has completely changed the game for me when it comes to performance optimization. A few months back, I did a webinar with its co-founder, Brian Jackson, to learn about how all of the options in the plugin work. And …
Have you ever put together a case study for your agency? I had done a couple of pretty half-assed ones in the past, but over the past month or two I’ve been working on a couple for newer projects that …
From writing out an entire process for my sales pipeline, to automating most of it in Airtable — the past week or so I’ve been swimming in the concept of processes. The thing I’ve noticed most beneficial about having processes …
After spending many (many) hours working on some of my processes, I published my entire web design sales process in a blog post. It also comes with the email templates I use as templates inside of Gmail to make the …
I seem to go through phases that swing from super-organized to semi-controlled-chaos (and everywhere in-between). I’ve noticed that when business is slower, I get really lazy about making sure I put everything in my project management system or carefully organizing emails… …
No website is perfect, but that shouldn’t stop us from trying to make the best websites possible. Unfortunately, there are only so many things your brain can keep up with… SEO, accessibility, performance, design, best practices… The list goes on …
With client work, there’s a built-in accountability system. You do what you said you will do, or the client doesn’t pay you. That kind of relationship works well for both sides of the arrangement. Working in your business gets all …
I heard a quote recently that has stuck with me and I just can’t seem to shake it… “It’s not about what you’re capable of, it’s about what you’re willing to do.” -Mike Tomlin In context this quote was about …
I had the opportunity to join Paul C. over on the WPTuts channel live to discuss charging and earning more. In typical fashion, I ended up talking a lot about care plans and content marketing!
About Kyle
After spending 15 years as a graphic designer and earning a business degree, I launched my agency, OGAL Web Design, in 2017. A year later, after finding the amazing community around WordPress, I co-founded The Admin Bar, which has grown to become the #1 community for WordPress professionals. I'm a husband, proud father of three, and a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Main Gigs
OGAL Web Design is my performance-first website design agency (of one) in Virginia.
The Admin Bar is my 10,000+ member community for WordPress Professionals.
Consulting
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