This Week with Taylor & Gordon

This Week:

* A rush job for a new project in 10 days* A directory of products* Using a pre-built directory theme* Limitations to bought themes* WPBakery – WordPress builder – why we found it very difficult to use* lasermarketplace.com* Lumpy Mail – great way to get your message delivered and viewed* Pens with your details on – https://www.pens.com* The aim is to get the mail opened instead of filed in the bin* Tips for Lumpy Mail* Handwritten address, don’t print it (or use a cursive typeface)* Stamp instead of franking* Use a coloured envelope* The right place & the right time* Customers not knowing what to budget* Knowing how to fix something is what you are paying for* Make sure your hosting company go above and beyond, so they will be there when you need them

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

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A rush job for a new project in 10 days A directory of products Using a pre-built directory theme Limitations to bought themes WPBakery – wordpress builder – why we found it very difficult to use lasermarketplace.com [edit not currently live] Lumpy Mail – great way to get your message delivered and viewed Pens with your ... Read more

This Week:

* Moving away from Chrome* Firefox Developer Edition – https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/developer/* New approach to a Theatre groups membership form* Conditional logic to make a “Smart” form* Fluent Forms – https://wpmanageninja.com/wp-fluent-form/* Publish to a private Google Sheet with role permissions – https://www.google.co.uk/sheets/about/* Exercising – Cycling* Using the time to relax or think about problems you are facing* Increase productivity* Mental Benefits* Step away from your writing and come back to re-read it* Split Testing – A/B and Multivariate* Testing headlines* Monitoring the conversions* Multivariate – testing different elements at the same time* Great for testing colours for buttons. Amazon are the experts at this* 0.3% difference to them will add millions to the bottom line* Google Optimise – https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en_uk/about/optimize/

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

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Moving away from Chrome Firefox Developer Edition – https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/developer/ New approach to a Theatre groups membership form Conditional logic to make a “Smart” form Fluent Forms – https://wpmanageninja.com/wp-fluent-form/ Publish to a private Google Sheet with role permissions – https://www.google.co.uk/sheets/about/ Exercising – Cycling Using the time to relax or think about problems you are facing Increase ... Read more

This Week:

* Keeping track of content. Project Management* New clients on retainer* Working on D.A.M. still* Removing file formats that are not needed* Branding colour choices* Colour variations of logos for different uses* Check that you don’t offend people of different cultures with your wording* Make sure your logo doesn’t “SUCKS”* Voice Over on videos* Text to Speech* audioflow.app – text to speech and royalty-free music* otter.ai – live transcription, not text to speech* speechelo.com – different accents, male and female, children – one time cost* Royalty-free music – very expensive for popular tracks* Great for social media and promos* Use less recognisable music so as not to detract from the message* audiio.com – thousands of royalty-free music – one off cost available* digitaljuice.com – great for royalty-free music, graphics, video, animations, fonts, and loads more* One-off costs for lifetime* elements.envato.com – slides, wordpress themes, 3d objects, vectors, icons, video etc.* News Item – Court case between EPIC vs Apple & Google* The outcome could change how App Stores work on mobile devices

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

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Keeping track of content Project Management New clients on retainer Working on D.A.M. still Removing file formats that are not needed Branding colour choices Colour variations of logos for different uses Check that you don’t offend people of different cultures with your wording Make sure your logo doesn’t “SUCKS” Voice Over on videos – Text to ... Read more

This Week:

* Marty joins us…* Dealing with WordPress 5.5* jQuery Migrate Plugin* Colour Picker in Oxygen broke* Experimenting with Laveral – PHP framework – https://laravel.com* Lifetime Deals* Great deal for the company, and can be good value for customers* Appsumo.com – 60 days refund period* Make sure you research the tools and companies before purchasing.* Make sure you purchase deals that you actually need now* Stacking deals gives you more resources and sometimes extra features* Scaling Websites to future proof them* Making it easy for the customer to update their site* Using templates to put the content in the right places* Add global information, like phone numbers, so you can change it in one place and have the whole website update

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

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Marty join us… Dealing with WordPress 5.5 jQuery Migrate Plugin Colour Picker in Oxygen broke Experimenting with Laveral – PHP framework – https://laravel.com Lifetime Deals Great deal for the company, and can be good value for customers Appsumo.com – 60 days refund period Make sure you research the tools and companies before purchasing Make sure ... Read more

This Week:

* Cafecito Break – https://meetcafecito.com* Helping build a website for a company that find flaws in your app* Clients giving us Figma files* Working late at night when it’s cooler* New service – Branding pages for companies* Making it easy for companies to download their own brand assets* Sources for new work* Socialising with people you network with –* People do business with people they like and trust* Remarketing – a big topic – very clever way to advertise* Add a Google / Facebook pixel ready to remarket* Showing ads to people who have already shown an interest* On average 7 points of contact* Does 1pm on a Friday suit you to join us live? Let us know

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

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Cafecito Break – https://meetcafecito.com [edit – now closed down] Helping build a website for a company that finds flaws in your app Clients giving us Figma files Working late at night when it’s cooler New service – Branding pages for companies Making it easy for companies to download their own brand assets Sources for new ... Read more