How to Raise Your Rates, and Not Lose Clients in the Process
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As you gain more work experience, it's only natural you will want to raise your rates. With a regular job, wage increases are usually part and parcel of employment. However, this takes on a different scope if you're a freelancer or self-employed. As such, you'll need to negotiate raises directly with clients, which sometimes might mean losing them.
(read more)Quora Marketing: Beginner’s Guide With the Best Strategies to Get You Started
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“You have to get on Facebook. Don’t forget about Twitter. Now it’s all about Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Try Quora!” It may seem like your small business is constantly behind when it comes to marketing, especially on social media. There’s absolutely no reason to be on all of them, but Quora marketing does provide interesting potential for learning about your industry and gaining website traffic in the process.
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Progressive Web Apps (PWAs): A Beginner’s Guide
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Progressive web development has picked up in recent years after Google's initial proposal back in 2015. Progressive web apps (PWAs) utilize the best of web and mobile technologies to provide great user experience.
(read more)9 Cold Email Templates to Pitch to New Clients More Effectively
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Pitching new clients is one of the most exhausting aspects of life as a freelancer, but it is also one of the most essential. Luckily, you can make pitching easier by using quality cold email templates. In this guide, we will discuss why email templates work and what an email template needs in order to be successful. We will also provide specific email templates for pitching new clients and explain why each template works.
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Plesk vs cPanel: Which Control Panel Is Better for Web Hosting?
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When picking a web host, there are many questions you need to answer. Budgets and server parameters are just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to have full control over your server, the first thing to decide on is whether to go with Plesk vs cPanel.
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WordPress Birthday, Elementor Milestone, Template Kits, PHP and WP Version Checks 🗞️ June 2020 WordPress News w/ CodeinWP
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Hi everyone! The past weeks freed us from our houses and apartments a little bit. We could go out for long walks and some fresh air, respecting the social distancing rules, of course. I think it makes a difference, being able to change scenery even slightly. With a more optimistic view for the rest of the year, let’s review the latest happenings in WordPress!
(read more)Google Maps JavaScript API Tutorial: Add a Custom Map to Your Website
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Google Maps helps us every day in navigating our way through roads and finding places in a manner that was unimaginative just a few decades ago. It is not only useful in wayfinding, but we also see many examples of maps used for data visualization, such as how recently many websites are using maps to visualize the spread of COVID-19 throughout the globe. Today, let’s learn how we can use the Google Maps JavaScript API to build custom maps for our websites and applications.
(read more)Best SendGrid Alternatives: Cheaper and With More Features
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Looking for cheaper SendGrid alternatives to serve all your email marketing needs – both your campaign email and transactional email? We have some good options for you here.
(read more)10+ Best JavaScript Animation Libraries to Use in 2025
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If you’re looking to grab your website visitor’s attention, what can be better than animations? Using the many application engines freely available on the web, you can easily get your website’s elements to fade, bounce or whoosh. In today’s post, we’ll see how JavaScript animation libraries can help with all that.
(read more)How to Use GTmetrix Speed Test Tool + Improve Your GTmetrix PageSpeed Score on WordPress
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If you want to improve your WordPress site’s performance, you need to know where you’re at right now. That’s what the GTmetrix speed test tool helps you with. With GTmetrix, you plug in your site’s URL and GTmetrix spits back your current performance metrics, along with scores, recommendations, and analysis tools to help you optimize your site’s performance.
(read more)10 Most Valuable Networking Skills for Every Professional
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The best careers are built around the best networks. Great connections can provide you with learning opportunities, promotional opportunities, jobs, and more. The wrong connections, on the other hand, can drag your career down to their level of mediocrity. This makes it essential to develop strong networking skills so you can build the right network for your career.
(read more)Best WordPress Hosting for Agencies in 2025: Top 5 Options Compared
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Running a WordPress agency and managing sites for clients is already hard enough. You certainly don't need your host to cause problems too.
(read more)5 of the Best Shopify Alternatives (Cheaper and More Functional)
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Looking for Shopify alternatives to run your online store? No doubt, Shopify is a great platform to set up a store quickly. However, there are many reasons one might look for Shopify alternatives. For instance, Shopify doesn’t offer any free plans, and many useful features / apps are locked behind another paywall. Not to forget, you don’t have full control over everything (you don’t really own your website, per se).
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#WCEU Online, Google and GitHub Free Services, Zoom Data Breach 🗞️ May 2020 WordPress News w/ CodeinWP
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Hi everyone, how is everything now after one more month at home? We hope you’re hanging in there. We know the daily routine at this time can get a bit tedious and feels like Groundhog Day all over again but it’s far from being the worst thing it can happen to you. You can always find nice in-house activities that keep you on track and sane.
(read more)An Introduction to Parcel.js, the No-Config Web Application Bundler
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This post is your introduction to Parcel.js, the self-proclaimed "blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler." Here's everything you need to know to get started with it.
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