Business
Building A Digital Agency From The Ground Up: Podcast With Chance The Dev
WATCH READ This podcast episode was recorded in 2018, just about a year and a half after I started Data Driven Design as a remote digital agency specializing in WordPress Development and Digital Strategy. I was on the precipice of hiring an All-Star team of full-time employees, and I knew how to execute my vision…
Read MoreWhy Small Business Owners Need Data Driven Design
LISTEN READ Small business owners don’t have time to waste on making digital marketing and website design decisions. They have to run their businesses. But at the same time, they have to have a digital presence that converts visitors into customers. This is why Data Driven Design is the perfect solution for small business owners.…
Read MoreHow I Became An Entrepreneur And Technology Pioneer With Lily Clayton Hansen
WATCH READ Lily Clayton Hansen was nice enough to attend one of my speaking appearances in 2019 on Designing For Voice (Alexa and Google Assistant). Based on her attendance there, she wanted to interview me on her podcast. This is the edited version from my end where I answer her questions about: – How I…
Read MoreThree Things Small Business Owners Should Do To Grow Their Audience Online
WATCH READ Three things small business owners always need to be doing to grow their audience… 1. Create content every day and post it on every social media outlet 2. Run a targeted page promotion (explained in detail in this video) 3. Engaging on LinkedIn – searching hashtags related to your business on LinkedIn, seeing…
Read MoreHow Women Can Develop Tech Chops And Become More Valuable In Their Current Role
WATCH READ In an interview with Lady Lunch Club, based in Nashville, Tennessee, I was asked what women who may be intimidated by technology can do to develop DIY Skills and increase their value in the workplace. I’ve seen many women get unfairly pigeonholed into “social media girl” roles at digital agencies and even on…
Read MoreWhy Data Driven Design Is The Best Solution For Small Business Owners
WATCH READ Small Business Owners are super savvy. They’re usually very good at just about everything, but not always experts at everything, especially their own company’s digital strategy and web presence. Data Driven Design is the perfect solution for small business owners because we build and launch websites and marketing campaigns based on data, but…
Read MoreRecreating the Side Conversation at a Virtual Event
WATCH READ It’s no secret in a COVID and eventual post-COVID world that in-person live events will never be the same. Even when people are comfortable enough to get together in large groups face-to-face, many companies and small business owners will have realized through 2020 that many in-person networking events were just complete wastes of…
Read MoreHow To Build A Book Of Business Contacts When Starting From Nothing
WATCH READ How do you go about building a business network by starting with no contacts? Just remember, business success is all about relationships. Start with family or friends, or friends of family members, or family members of friends. Pick one you admire. It doesn’t matter what they do for a living. Pick someone. Ask…
Read MoreHow High School Students Can Start Building A Career Doing What They Love
WATCH READ My wife Kate Hickey (COO of Data Driven Design) and I were invited to speak to high school students at Summit High School in Spring Hill, Tennessee in Spring of 2018. We had just sold our house, our cars, and committed to move to Valencia, Spain for a year. We are now in…
Read MoreHow To Take A Dream And Turn It Into A Business With A Website
WATCH READ In an interview with Lady Lunch Club, based in Nashville, TN, I’m asked for my advice on how their members can “take a dream and turn it into a business.” Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven Design, LLC and founder of The Voice Event, and The Voice Designer, has created and grown…
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