Divi Chat

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 […] The post EP53 – Migrating Your WordPress Website appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP52 – How to Safely Perform Divi Updates appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP51 – Pricing Reveal on Websites: The Pros and Cons appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP50 – The Value of Getting Customer Feedback appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP49 – Why You Should Raise Your Rates appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP48 – Burnout: Recognizing, Coping, and Overcoming appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP47 – Marketing to Your Local Community appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP46 – CDNs: How They Work and What We Use with Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

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 […] The post EP45 – User Experience: More Than Just Design & Development appeared first on Divi Chat.

Affiliate marketing is a great way to make a bit of cash while recommending stellar products. You can also become an affiliate and others can share your products, it’s a win-win. If you’re new to affiliate marketing this is a great episode to help you get your feet wet. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen […] The post EP44 – Affiliate Marketing appeared first on Divi Chat.

Small budgets and short timelines, we’ve all had clients with those parameters

Hosting, hosting, hosting. How do you handle it for your clients? Maybe you don’t yet but are interested in offering it as part of maintenance. In this week’s podcast we share our experiences and how we handle it for our clients. Hosts Present: Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Josh Hall – […] The post EP42 – How to Handle Hosting for Clients appeared first on Divi Chat.

Accounting… not something that gets most of our juices flowing LOL, but it is a very necessary topic to cover since we all run our own businesses. We hope to have a future episode on this topic again (or very similar) but with non-US based hosts so we can discuss options for our non-US listeners. […] The post EP41 – Accounting Tips for Your Divi Business appeared first on Divi Chat.

If  you’re handling multiple web projects at the same time you know what a pain it can be to stay organized and on top of every aspect of each project. This week we discuss some of our regular practices as well as tools we use to help us handle multiple jobs at once. Hosts Present: […] The post EP40 – Managing Multiple Divi Web Design Projects appeared first on Divi Chat.

Yaaaayyy podcasting! Today we have a chat about some of the reasons you might want to get into podcasting as well as why you might want to start listening to them. They’re super helpful and there are podcasts out now on just about any topic. We also touch on some tools and tips, softwares and […] The post EP39 – Podcasting!! appeared first on Divi Chat.

The market for products specifically made for Divi has exploded in recent years. Premium child themes have seen a massive growth and there are many new child theme creators filling the space, with more sure to come in. And why not? Premium child themes are a huge help and serve a lot of purposes for […] The post EP38 – Pros & Cons of Selling Premium Divi Child Themes appeared first on Divi Chat.

Lead magnets. What are they? Can I have them on my Divi site? What’s so great about ’em anyway? We’ll cover these q’s and more on this week’s podcast! Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Geno Quiroz – Monterey Premier […] The post EP37 – Lead Magnets appeared first on Divi Chat.

In this episode we talk about how to market your Divi site, aka get eyeballs on it! Of course SEO is one way but there’s more you can do to drive traffic. This topic can really be broken down a lot more so we’ll be adding more episodes that go more in depth based on […] The post EP36 – Marketing Your Divi Website appeared first on Divi Chat.

Custom post types! What the heck are they anyway?! We go over them in great detail and boy have we gathered some ace resources for you! Róbey Lawrence of Australian-based WordPress podcast WP Bosses joins us, prepped with slides and all — a Divi Chat first folks! Check it out and see how using custom […] The post EP35 – Custom Post Types and Custom Fields with Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

We’re pretty excited about today’s topic on building a business developing Divi plugins. Some of our hosts have done just that and would love to share their experiences in this growing market. As an added bonus Terry Hale of Superfly and creator of Image Intense has kindly offered to share some of his resources and […] The post EP34 – Creating Divi Plugins as a Business appeared first on Divi Chat.