There were four of us for coffee at Bruegger’s Bagels August 28, including Freed, Becky, Dinash, Sandi, and Charles. Among other things we discussed:
- Volunteer WNY
- SUNY research foundation
- Analyzing the data to see how community development is affecting WNY
- Prezi presentation software
- Can you build a website without any expenses?
- Add-on domains on c-panel and SiteGround
- Subdomains
- Organizing content for a new site / wire-framing
- Using tutorials from WPBeginner, SiteGround, Mailchimp, and AI to learn WordPress
- Page builders that handle code for you
- Using Slack, Substack, Facebook, and Discord communities to learn software
- Choosing vendors and Plugins specific to the page builder you’re using
- Choosing a platform – WordPress, WIX, Square Space
- Whether to use a template or theme and/or repurposing parts of existing sites you’ve already built
- Bont Academy and Pait Pro, which help web designers learn how to price their work
- How many hours do we work each day?
- How (and if) we keep track of our hours
- Creating your own income
- Marketing emails and blog posts
- Consulting
- It takes 4x as long as you think it will to complete a project
- Our morning routines
