
I hear this phrase almost every time I meet a new small business owner. They are drowning in administrative tasks. Their website is duct-taped together with five different plugins. They are spending their evenings fighting with spreadsheets instead of with their families. They know they need technical help. But when they think about hiring a…

Before I was a full-time developer, I ran businesses. I know exactly what it feels like to have those nagging little technical frustrations that eat away at your day. You know the ones: The spreadsheet that needs manual formatting every Monday morning. The two pieces of software that should talk to each other but don’t,…

We live in a golden age of DIY tools. Today, you can launch a Shopify store over a weekend, or install WooCommerce on a WordPress site with a single click. You can drag-and-drop images, change fonts, and write product descriptions yourself. Because of this ease, a common question arises among ambitious business owners: “I run…

Ready to start selling online? Or perhaps your current e-commerce platform feels like a straitjacket, limiting how your store looks and functions. If your business website runs on WordPress (or if you are considering building a new one), the clear frontrunner for e-commerce is WooCommerce. At Strahan Web Development, we believe in empowering business owners…

Scheduling a consultation with a web developer can feel a bit like taking your car to the mechanic. You know something is wrong (or could be better), but you’re worried you won’t speak the language, or worse—that you’ll be sold something you don’t need. The truth? A tech consultation isn’t an interrogation; it’s a discovery…

In the early stages of a business or a project, you wear every hat. You are the CEO, the marketing department, and the IT support. It’s a badge of honor to bootstrap your way through technical challenges. But there comes a tipping point where “Doing It Yourself” stops saving you money and starts costing you…