{"id":614,"date":"2022-08-11T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/opening-remarks-from-a-web-agency-journeyman\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:57:23","slug":"opening-remarks-from-a-web-agency-journeyman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/en-gb\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening remarks from a web agency journeyman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before I created my first and only web agency I had a job as an assistant for a Jeep dealership in the USA. I was young and I admired my boss for one thing: his speed at making decisions. As I stood before him, he could be reading a document, tap his feet very fast about thirty times, then sign the paper document with an immediate fury and move on to the next document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was in awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the FBI came in one day and charged him with bribing a judge. I buggered off! (well, I was already halfway out the door when it happened).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was time to start my own business and find my own fury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motivated for entrepreneurship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The question was: what will it be? And thanks to an unexpected opportunity to create a website in 1995, I discovered my passion as an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herein you can read 25 years of obsession and discovery<\/a> while running a web agency from 1997 to present day, currently 2022. Although I did learn to love signing my name furiously, it’s electronically.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Web Agency Aphorisms<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Web coding<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Java and Java and sleepless nights<\/a><\/h3>
Take a break, it will always work tomorrow.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Web agency genesis<\/a><\/div><\/div>

HTML and sun-glistening-off-the-water backgrounds<\/a><\/h3>
Let there be web, and there was web<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Multi-tasking<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Clients, design, development, direction\u2026 keep the music going!<\/a><\/h3>
Synergy is when the combined forces are better than the total of each individual source. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Hey you, who knows anything about it?<\/a><\/h3>
A web agency is a standard business operation. That\u2019s it.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Urgency and production<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Tug of war<\/a><\/h3>
Customers want to pay the best price for the service.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Risk-taking<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Why is your web agency the right one?<\/a><\/h3>
It takes a team to make it align at every angle for great web design and development.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Oysters<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Luck and decision making at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Necessity is the mother of luck, but you still have to get out of the building.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Doing business<\/a><\/div><\/div>

The first customer at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
I personally loved Netscape and the 6 floppy disks I needed to install on my computer.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Bespoke or not to bespoke<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Which is faster: coding out of the box or coding from nothing?<\/a><\/h3>
There was only one way to find out. A duel was set, Dreamweaver versus Notepad.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Responsive web design<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Responsive web design before responsive web design<\/a><\/h3>
At the web agency, all browsers are created equal<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Hierarchy<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Leadership at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Everyone can be in charge according to the moment. According to the context of the situation. Everything is context. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Team building<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Sea, sex, and fun at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Barcelona is a great place for team building through Art, Architecture, and Music! Not to mention food and parties.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Condolences<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Hommage for Frank (dirtyF)<\/a><\/h3>
Frank, or dirtyF, was always full of wit and humour and continued to be a presence at the web agency even after he left.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Content Management Systems<\/a><\/div><\/div>

CMS at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
No website is truly great without a well-configured and optimised CMS to offer autonomy.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Leadership<\/a><\/div><\/div>

The web agency (sometimes) fail<\/a><\/h3>
Don\u2019t put the wrong people in a leadership position at your web agency.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Digital marketing<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Obsession and delirious about SEO at the Web Agency<\/a><\/h3>
The daily 12-step checklist for a digital marketing idealist.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
History of content<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Content is always king at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
The evolution of content at the web agency and beyond.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Expertise<\/a><\/div><\/div>

SEO and UX are brothers at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
And what about SEO and UX and the web agency?<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Leadership redux<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Gaslighting and ego at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Don\u2019t put narcissistic people in a leadership position at your web agency.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Green coding<\/a><\/div><\/div>

An Eco-responsible web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Let\u2019s do our share and not saving any more than needed except for email from 25 years ago.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Recruitment<\/a><\/div><\/div>

The sliding door at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Web agencies of the world, turnover is natural and positive, embrace it.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Work\/Life balance<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Productivity at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
How are we productive at the web agency?<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Legal<\/a><\/div><\/div>

40, 39, 35, 32 hour work weeks<\/a><\/h3>
There will come a time when we will work less hours\u2026 but highly specialized. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Search<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Dear Google, don\u2019t you understand?<\/a><\/h3>
Search and AI still have a long way to go.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Conclusion<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Life at the web agency<\/a><\/h3>
Not just work, but living our lives out at the web agency – it’s nothing less than a thrill!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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