Growth Marketing | WordPress Development — Since 2010

AlexVasquez.

Founder and Principal at DigiSavvy. I help businesses get where they’re growing. I do that by building robust website platforms for our clients then quietly run them so they don’t have to. Writing here about the boring discipline that keeps sites fast, stable, and out of your way.

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The 5 Automations Every Small Business Should Set Up First

Five simple, no-code automations that save small business owners time — welcome emails, appointment reminders, lead follow-up, social media, and an AI assistant. No developer required.

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The 5 Automations Every Small Business Should Set Up First

Five simple, no-code automations that save small business owners time — welcome emails, appointment reminders, lead follow-up, social…

Jul 7, 2026

Tech Stacks

My WordPress Development Workflow, 2026

Eight years after my 2018 workflow post, almost every tool got swapped: Etch and Bricks, Automatic CSS, GridPane,…

Jul 3, 2026

Tech Stacks

Managed WordPress Hosting Is a Lie

I have been at this since 2010 and run sites on every kind of host there is. Here…

Jun 30, 2026

Running a business

I’m a who helps with (and why that blank is so damn hard to fill)

Most owners cannot say what their business does without rambling through fifteen things. Here is how a laser-focused…

Jun 29, 2026

Tech Stacks

You’re under-utilizing Your Cloudflare Account (I was, too)

For years I used Cloudflare for one thing: domains. Then I actually opened the dashboard. Here’s everything I…

Jun 26, 2026

WordPress

Show & tell: the little plugins powering the new digisavvy.com

No feature plugins where a hundred lines of our own code would do. A tour of the tiny…

Jun 22, 2026

Running a business

We Gave Away a Detailed Scope for Free. Here’s Why That’s the New Normal.

AI collapsed the cost of detailed scoping — so we give ten-page scopes away before a contract is…

Jun 17, 2026

WordPress

What Is a Learning Management System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)

What a Learning Management System actually does, hosted vs. self-hosted (LearnDash), a quick platform comparison, and how to…

Jun 16, 2026

WordPress

Building With Etch

How we rebuilt digisavvy.com on Etch + Automatic CSS: library-free scroll animations, canvas components, and the Safari rendering…

Jun 12, 2026

WordPress

Why your WordPress site keeps breaking — and how to make it stop

Sites don’t break randomly — they break for the same five reasons, in the same order. Here’s the…

Jun 7, 2026

Running a business

5 signs you’ve become your business’s accidental IT manager

You started a business, not an IT department. If three of these five signs sound familiar, your tech…

Jun 2, 2026

WordPress

Stop treating updates like a chore

Updates aren’t housekeeping — they’re the immune system of your website. The trick isn’t doing them bravely. It’s…

May 28, 2026

Running a business

Flat-rate vs hourly: what website care should actually cost

Hourly billing makes you hesitate to report problems with your own website. That misaligned incentive — not the…

May 24, 2026

Automation

The CRM you already have is probably enough

Before you buy another CRM, a straight look at why the tool was never the problem — and…

May 14, 2026

Performance

The real cost of downtime (and how to never pay it again)

Downtime’s invoice arrives in five currencies — lost sales, lost trust, lost rankings, panic rates, and your weekend.…

May 12, 2026

Running a business

When to fire your website

Some websites deserve a fix. Some deserve a severance package. Five clear tests for telling the difference —…

Apr 30, 2026

WordPress

WordPress or Shopify for your store? A straight take

We build on both, so we have no horse in this race. The straight version of WordPress vs…

Apr 30, 2026

Performance

What “proactive monitoring” actually means

“We monitor your site” can mean almost anything. Here’s what it should mean — the six layers, what…

Apr 18, 2026

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The 5 Automations Every Small Business Should Set Up First

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The 5 Automations Every Small Business Should Set Up First

My WordPress Development Workflow, 2026

Managed WordPress Hosting Is a Lie

I’m a ____ who helps ____ with ____ (and why that blank is so damn hard to fill)

You’re under-utilizing Your Cloudflare Account (I was, too)

Show & tell: the little plugins powering the new digisavvy.com

We Gave Away a Detailed Scope for Free. Here’s Why That’s the New Normal.

What Is a Learning Management System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)

Building With Etch

Why your WordPress site keeps breaking — and how to make it stop

5 signs you’ve become your business’s accidental IT manager

Stop treating updates like a chore

Flat-rate vs hourly: what website care should actually cost

The CRM you already have is probably enough

The real cost of downtime (and how to never pay it again)

When to fire your website

WordPress or Shopify for your store? A straight take

What “proactive monitoring” actually means

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