Divi Chat

Some clients are very tech savvy, some are not. Some know that a logo doesn’t come with a website build, others think they get social media marketing, a logo, a website, and built-in customers from the get-go. Bottom line is it’s up to us to inform them of all the details, the scope, the process […] The post EP114 – How to Communicate with Clients appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week on DC we’re discussing marketing strategies for your Divi products, like courses, plugins, child themes, etc. We’ve been in the “Divi biz” for a while so we’ll share our marketing tips.   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Cory Jenkins – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / […] The post EP113 – Marketing Strategies for Your Divi Products appeared first on Divi Chat.

How to get remote and/or local clients, this is something we discussed early on in our DC days on one of our first episodes. Back then we had silly graphics to play with in Google hangouts lol, you can view it here. Enough time has gone by for a topic revisit we think so this […] The post EP112 – How to Land More Remote & Local Clients appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we’ll be discussing our steps for creating a Divi website. There are a lot of steps someone can go through but we think we can narrow it down to a pretty good overview on the basic steps applicable to most sites.   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / […] The post EP111 – Steps for Creating a Divi Website appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we’ll be discussing the dreaded scope creep and ways to avoid it. What’s scope creep you ask? It’s when a client starts to ask for additional work that is “out of scope”, work that was *not* part of the agreed upon job in the beginning. Sometimes it can come in the form of […] The post EP110 – How to Deal with and Prevent Scope Creep appeared first on Divi Chat.

We’re back for our first episode of 2019!! Woohoo!! We decided our first topic should be about the latest updates, both with WordPress and Divi. WordPress 5.0 was released just before the end of 2018 and Divi was updated as well with a slew of new features, and the new WP editor – dubbed Gutenberg […] The post EP109 – Gutenberg and Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

There’s a lot to cover when it comes to Google Analytics so we’re going to be touching on some basics of GA and data tracking. It’s not as scary as it seems to add to your site and you definitely SHOULD add it to your site.   Hosts Present: Josh Hall – JoshHall.co / FB […] The post EP108 – Google Analytics Basics appeared first on Divi Chat.

As 2018 comes to a close we thought we’d take a look back on some lessons we’ve learned, what we’ve achieved, what changes we went through (good and bad), what we’ve enjoyed most (and least!), and touch on our plans for the future and share any advice we can give to our amazing listeners.   […] The post EP107 – 2018 Year in Review appeared first on Divi Chat.

While Divi isn’t technically a framework for all intents and purposes it kind of is, it’s certainly as powerful as one anyway, so this week we’ll be discussing some reasons it may be beneficial to choose and stick with one WordPress theme framework such as Divi.   Hosts Present: Cory Jenkins – Aspen Grove Studios […] The post EP106 – Reasons to Stick to One Theme or Framework appeared first on Divi Chat.

Email configuration can be confusing. How do you set it up? Should you have email accounts set up through your hosting or something like GSuite? Are non-domain email addresses frowned upon? So many questions regarding email when you’re starting out, and while we’re no experts we’ve certainly had to tackle questions like these ourselves. We’ll […] The post EP105 – Tips for Setting up Email for Clients appeared first on Divi Chat.

There are tons of places to learn Divi (and WordPress) so we’re sharing some of the best sources we know of, and Black Friday is soon so be sure to look for some deals!   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc SJ James – divi.space / FB / @sociallysteve […] The post EP104 – The Best Places to Learn Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

How do you know when you’re ready to make your part-time side hustle your full-time career? Do you wait until you have a certain number of clients or certain amount of income coming in? What about security and stability? If you have a family to support it can be even scarier taking the leap into […] The post EP103 – When to Transition from Side Hustle to Full Time Freelancer appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we discuss handing off websites to clients. Do they all get admin access? Do we use any role editor plugins? What about training, do they need to be taught how to update blog posts or pages? Questions like these come up so we share our best practices for handing over the reigns.   […] The post EP102 – Best Practices for Handing off Websites to Clients appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we discuss rejection and negative feedback. Sometimes clients may not like your proposed design, or maybe you don’t even get to the design because they’ve rejected the quote. Negative feedback in general can be difficult to deal with, especially when first starting out, and today we chat about our experiences and what we […] The post EP101 – Dealing with Negative Feedback in Web Design appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we celebrate our 100th episode YAAAAYYYY!!! Nick Roach — founder of Elegant Themes — was kind enough to join us for a casual chat about Divi and how far it’s come. He also mentions a possible future Divi update that hasn’t been shared on the ET blog or anywhere else, so be sure […] The post EP100 – Divi From Then to Now with Special Guest Nick Roach appeared first on Divi Chat.

On today’s Divi Chat we’re discussing redesigning your own site — how often should you read design it? What/how does it help you learn about your own business? Should you hire someone else to do it?   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Cory Jenkins – Aspen Grove Studios […] The post EP99 – How Often Should You Redesign Your Website? appeared first on Divi Chat.

When is it more important to design for mobile first over desktop? Is it always? This week we’ll discuss designing for mobile and tools we use for testing and how we approach the desktop/mobile question. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Stephanie Hudson – Sweet Tea Media / FB / @EnjoySweetTea Tim Strifler – […] The post EP98 – Designing for Mobile and Tools We Use appeared first on Divi Chat.

Staying balanced and healthy doing web design is our topic on DC this week! We’ll share routines and tips that help us stay sane as web designers.   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Cory Jenkins – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall – JoshHall.co / […] The post EP97 – Staying Healthy in Web Design appeared first on Divi Chat.

If you use Divi’s layouts you know it can be challenging deciding on which would best suit your web design project, they’re all pretty awesome! This week we’re sharing some tips to help you narrow down your search, and things to think of even before going to select a design.   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – […] The post EP96 – Tips on Choosing a Divi Layout for Your Web Projects appeared first on Divi Chat.

Divi is constantly having useful new features added to it so this week we discuss some of our favorites from recent months and how they’ve helped our workflows.   Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Josh Hall – JoshHall.co / FB Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / […] The post EP95 – Favorite New Divi Features appeared first on Divi Chat.