Trailblazer FM is a podcast that aims to help you build a WordPress agency that you, your employees, your clients, your suppliers, and your families all love.
We focus on practical advice to make achievable changes in your business that help improve your bank balance and wellbeing whilst not exhausting you with the hustle culture that is prevalent on the internet today!
I am quitting social media. In this episode I explore the reasons why and how I will be showing up online in the future. Full show notes: https://agencytrailblazer.com/why-i-am-quitting-social-media/
Knowing how much things cost is essential to the profitability and growth of your agency. Many agency owners quote on web projects without a clear understanding of their business costs or how that relates to the project they are quoting on. Full show notes here: https://agencytrailblazer.com/how-much-it-costs-to-run-a-web-design-agency/
The last 12 months have forced business owners around the world to find new ways of delivering their products and services. For many this has lead to significant savings leaning on technology to help build leaner more efficient business models. Full show notes here : https://agencytrailblazer.com/how-to-run-a-lean-agency/
Proprietary software can get expensive and even the biggest commercial players are not always the best. Over the last 22 years I’ve used open source software either due to my budget or my love for the open source community. Full show notes here – https://agencytrailblazer.com/open-source-software-for-web-designers/
Improved productivity is essential for any web design agency to grow and flourish. Poor communication and business workflows may be OK at the beginning but they will begin to erode the quality of your output and rob you and your team of countless hours. Full show notes here – https://agencytrailblazer.com/9-productivity-tools-for-your-web-design-agency/
Whilst 2020 has been a difficult year, there have still been things I can be grateful for. In our Christmas Special, I’d like to share with you some Christmas memories and some of the positives we’ve experienced from 2020. Full show notes here: https://agencytrailblazer.com/what-i-am-grateful-for-this-christmas-2020/
Another new year is on the horizon, so let’s look at how we set goals for our business that are achievable and satisfying. As creatives we are very driven yet so often feel we’ve not met our true potential. This internal struggle erodes the joy we have in our achievements and leaves us feeling like…
There is no worse feeling than your proposal being rejected by a prospective client. All those hours spent on it can’t be recovered. The excitement you may have felt about the project dashed in an instant. Full show note: https://agencytrailblazer.com/dealing-with-rejection/
Ever wondered what questions to ask during a basic website discovery? Worried you might not capture everything you need to put together a winning proposal? In this episode I share the essential questions we use for our initial website discovery. This helps us to collate enough information to create an accurate reverse brief and to…
During the hard times, as a business owner the temptation is to chase something new. New tech, new business ideas, new markets and more. During the 2020 global pandemic, Marcy Karpowitz was able to double down and make what she does best work in significantly different times. Full show notes – https://agencytrailblazer.com/focus-on-what-you-are-good-at/
For those folks used to the office environment, life has been turned upside down. No take out coffee, no chatting at the water cooler, no podcast on the commute and no cheesy banter being thrown across the room. Seeing the virtual head and shoulders of those you’ve grown close to over the years is not…
You might be doing it all wrong! Hear me out. Did your design hobby become a business because people started offering you money for your services? This is how many web design agencies were born, including my own and that is where the problem begins. In this episode I will share with you some essentials…
Have you found yourself responding to emails late at night before bed? Do clients email you at the weekend expecting results first thing Monday? If these or similar scenarios ring true, then you have a boundary issue that could be affecting your health, your business, and your family life. Full show notes: https://agencytrailblazer.com/how-to-set-boundaries-and-why-it-is-important
With times changing so significantly in 2020 and beyond, how can you build a business that owns its market? How do you discover the right market? How can you stand out and become an authority in your industry? These are all questions our wonderful returning guest, Brent Weaver tackles as we discuss us brand-new book…
Over the last five years we’ve grown a huge content library and spend countless hours writing, recording and showing up online. When it came to growing the team to help us support all that we do we suddenly realised that we had no measurement for success. How could we employ somebody when we’d have no…
