With the recent challenges imposed by COVID-19, it’s not surprising that the number of people earning an income from independent work in the U.S. rose 34 percent in 2021 (see below). But making the switch to freelance web development full-time is not an easy decision. To successfully make the switch, Read more…
Building a modern website requires a large set of skills and expertise in many softwares. Given the costs that can be involved in purchasing numerous suites of software, it’s not surprising that an ecosystem has developed around the production of free tools for web designers and developers. Below you’ll find Read more…
How much do websites cost? This metric is one of the most common tools that potential clients use in the early stages of selecting a vendor. And this is the question that is answered in every proposal you deliver. But to answer this question we must consider many variables. This Read more…
The ability to schedule client report emails was first introduced at Watchful last Spring. We’ve now refactored the report scheduling and delivery system to make it more reliable as well as easier to use. Why schedule client report emails in the first place? Recurring maintenance plans are responsible for a Read more…
Today marks a big step in the evolution of client reporting at Watchful as we officially announce the best white-label reports we’ve ever built with 3 massive changes. Watchful Premium users can now send reports from their own email accounts. And you can control exactly what site activity is included Read more…
Many digital agencies use scheduled reporting to keep their clients informed of website maintenance and other activities and metrics. We’ve been steadily improving the website report builder here at Watchful to make them more informative, flexile, and useful. Today we add another great feature to our website report builder: customized Read more…
Web agency client reports are an excellent way to provide value to your customers. We’ve been working hard to improve the client reports at Watchful with automated custom scheduling and white-labelling being the most recent. Today we add another feature commonly requested by Watchful users: the ability to customize the Read more…
Here at Watchful we help you manage and understand what’s going on with your customers’ sites. We collect key information, including Google Analytics, uptime data, and logs of the important events on your site. Then you can gather that info in reports and pass them on to your clients. So Read more…
2020. That’s all you need to say now. As you soon as you say “2020” people immediately start shaking their heads and sighing. 2020 means stress, uncertainty and a bumpy road ahead. We started the Watchful podcast in February, so we’ve been talking with agency owners throughout the pandemic. We’ve Read more…
If you’re reading this post, there’s a very good chance that you work at a web agency. Most of our business comes from web agencies and we strive to improve your work life. Whenever we talk with customers, one word keeps coming up: “reports“. You want better reporting options; you Read more…