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How to Write a Website RFP (and When You’re Better Off Skipping It)

OnNov 4, 2026
InWorking with a Designer

A badly written website RFP does not get you better vendors, it gets you fewer. What belongs in the document, why the budget has to be in it, and the faster path when no policy requires one.

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How to Size, Compress, and Format Website Images So Your Site Stays Fast

OnOct 29, 2026
InWordPress Development

Images account for more of your page weight than anything else, and on most sites they are also the easiest thing to fix. Here are the widths, formats, and file sizes worth using, and the lazy-loading setting that quietly slows one site in ten down.

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Your Website Privacy Policy and Cookie Banner: What You Actually Need

OnOct 26, 2026
InWordPress Development

A privacy policy is close to mandatory for any site with a contact form. A cookie banner usually is not. What your website actually owes its visitors, and the browser signal most small-business sites quietly ignore.

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How to Write a Case Study for Your Own Website

OnOct 23, 2026
InBrand Strategy

Most small-business case studies read like receipts: a list of deliverables and a line of praise. Here is the structure that makes one persuasive instead.

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SEO, AEO, and GEO: What Small Businesses Actually Need to Do About AI Search

OnOct 23, 2026
InWordPress Development

SEO, AEO, and GEO overlap far more than the sales pitches suggest. What changed in AI search, what the research says gets cited, and where a small-business budget should go.

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What Your Website Form Should Ask (and What Every Extra Field Costs)

OnOct 20, 2026
InWordPress Development

A contact form is a trade, and most small-business forms get it backward. Here is which fields earn their place, which to cut, and how to route inquiries instead of lengthening one form.

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How to Run a Brand Audit on Your Own Business

OnOct 17, 2026
InBrand Strategy

You do not need an agency to review your own brand. Five steps, a half day of work, and a one-page list of what to fix first.

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WordPress User Roles: Who on Your Team Should Have Which Access

OnOct 14, 2026
InWordPress Development

Most small businesses make everyone an Administrator because that is the default. Here is what each WordPress role actually does, and which one each person on your team should have.

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Should You Sell Online? How to Choose Between WooCommerce, Shopify, and Square

OnOct 11, 2026
InWordPress Development

Three ways to add a store to a small business, with the real monthly fees and processing rates for each — and the question that actually decides which one fits.

Patrick is a web developer extraordinaire! We worked together on the UI of a web application to rate and review politicians. His deployments were prompt, and above standard. His UI work is clean, and solid. His work is well thought-out, which speaks to his expertise as a brand consultant.

Kuda Bhejana, Entrepreneur, VOXSTA