What is the process for assigning writers (for both MM & blogs)?
I have a new STWP client who wants blogging 4X a month and marketing messages for all specialty pages. What is the process for PCs in assigning writers?
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Meagan Vitek
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Meagan Vitek
How much do we charge clients for an Elegant Theme?
We have an elegant themes account, but still charge the client $50 for the theme. Add this as an expense on LGED.
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Meagan Vitek
What do you do with content on a site if they are transferring to a WordPress site?
One of our STWP sent me an email saying she wants to save all the content on her current, non-WP site to reference in the future. What is the best way to do this? Have the client copy and paste the content into a word doc? Or will the content be safe in the old site for an extended period of time?
This client is quite needy, and I would hate to lose the content. That would equal a very unhappy woman.
Thanks!
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Juan Villegas
mm she doesnt need to copy it to word, we can just dump all the site to a temporary, hidden folder. Even more, there is no need to take it out of the server..
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Meagan Vitek
Thanks @juan-villegas. Milena is the developer on this. What would be the best thing for me to tell her in regards to saving the content then? Dump it into a hidden folder or just leave it on the server?
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Becky DeGrossa
Royalty-free No Cost Images for Websites
If you just need a quicky little image for a blog post or for adding alt txt optimization to a marketing message page, you may find some free images that could work at either of these sources:
IconFinder.com
Pixabay.com***Important: Watch this little video clip to make sure you’re getting the ones available for commercial use with no link: http://screencast.com/t/kveRMWpOeo
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Juan Villegas
iconarchive.com, make sure to tick the Commercial Free license option 😀
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Becky DeGrossa
Need Better Process for host account balancing
We just got an entire hosting account shut down via Bluehost because our practicebuildingbook.com account is again over the allotted file size.
We need to get this account down to normal size — probably need to move a bunch of sites out of it.
This set of sites that are down include 8 client sites, our Letsgeterdone site, and 16 development sites.
On 11/19, Daryl had got our file sizes down from 204k to 183,573, But today (12/7), its now up to 235k. So they shut us down — no warning this time — no date by which you can have it down.
So, I’m proposing that Daryl have a weekly task of checking the file sizes in all bluehost accounts to see where we’re at. And balancing them.
PC’s will need to check with Daryl before they tell the developer what hosting account to put the site in.
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Meagan Vitek
WordPress 101 Tutorials – WordPress Training Videos
http://www.wp101.com/wp-login.php
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Juan Villegas
we need a like button here 😀
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Meagan Vitek
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Meagan Vitek
Tool for explaining dimensions of logos/graphics to Developers
Juliette uses this app, pixel window, for explaining dimensions of logos/graphics to developers. It is very handy, and free.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pixelwindow/id503739894?mt=12
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Meagan Vitek
Understanding Our Hosting Options
$20/month plan: SECURITY PLAN
The Problem:
Sites get hacked all the time. If your site gets hacked, it will cost anywhere between $100-250 to get it fixed. Besides having to clean up the mess, if malware is inserted into your site and you don’t know it (many clients don’t notice when this happens), you can then be blacklisted by Google, McAffee, etc. and your site gets de-indexed. Recovery from being blacklisted is slow.The Solution:
Because this has become such a problem, we’ve created a system to both CHECK client’s sites regularly for malware, and to stay on top of what needs to be done to PREVENT malware attacks (as much as possible).Our $20/month hosting plan includes not only the hosting itself (saves you $10/month in hosting fees) but also malware monitoring, website backups, WordPress and plugin upgrades. We do the following:
- WP Upgrades: Since outdated WP versions make you susceptible to being hacked, we automatically upgrade your WordPress software when a new release is made available.
- Plugin Upgrades: Since outdated plugins make you susceptible to being hacked, we automatically upgrade your plugins when a new release is made available.
- Malware Monitoring: Since it’s important to catch any malware placement early, we scan your site to check on malware every 6 hours. If malware is detected, we immediately clean your site before you get blacklisted by Google, McAfee, etc.
- Website Backups: We automatically make a full backup of your site and all it’s files and data each month. If your site does get taken out with malicious code, we can easily get you back up and running.
If you have your own hosting, we encourage you to ensure that you have all of these protections in place, yourself. We’re able to provide hosting AND these protections for only $20 / month, because we do it for many websites and therefore get the benefit of efficiencies. If you do this for yourself, you will probably spend more than $20/month.
$50/month plan: PREMIUM PLAN
This is our premium hosting plan. It includes everything described above PLUS up to one hour’s worth of technical work on your website. The normal charge for technical work is $60/hour. If you need some work each month (us adding your blog posts, make small changes, etc.) this technical hour will cost you only $30 additional, beyond the $20 for other services. Deal.
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Meagan Vitek
How much do we charge clients per hour?
Answer from Becky:
- STWP clients are $50 per hour.
- Older sites had a contract that included a defined set of work for a certain price, and then anything beyond that was $60/hour. We will be glad to move beyond that old contractual amount.
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Becky DeGrossa
Keep in mind that STWP is a special discounted price — for the whole package. If old clients ask for one-off little projects post site development, our standard rate is $60 / hour. AND, we may be increasing that in 2014.
Bottom line, you should always defer to me on cost conversations with clients!
Becky DeGrossa and 
Juan Villegas are discussing. 
Meagan Vitek and 
Becky DeGrossa 1:05 am on December 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Just like with developers, there is not process. We need to figure this out!
You can assume that the new guys aren’t loaded up yet, so grab them! You can also always check with Juliana and Jessie to see if they think they have availability. Ask how fast they can turn it around.
Becky DeGrossa 2:44 am on December 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Please join me in welcoming our new marketing message and report writers!
Chad Roberson – chad@counselingwise.com
and
John Berryman – john@counselingwise.com
Juan Villegas 2:27 pm on December 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
just curious here, whats MM?
Becky DeGrossa 2:35 pm on December 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Marketing Message (as opposed to M&M candies)