Sep 2018 - Present
Kyle Van Deusen
- @kylevandeusen
- Taco and WordPress Enthusiast (in that order)
- Texas
- He/Him
Resume
Jan 2017 - Present
Owner, OGAL Web Design
Portfolio
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A huge thank you to WSForm who has become the Primary Sponsor for 2 upcoming issues of The Friday Chaser! WS Form allows you to build faster, effective, user-friendly forms for your WordPress websi...
Welcome, Agency X-Ray! Really excited to have Noah Britton and his Agency X-Ray course as the latest sponsor of The Friday Chaser! Agency X-Ray is an online course that teaches agencies how to map ...
Huge thank you to Equalize Digital who's become the newest Primary sponsor for The Friday Chaser weekly newsletter for the next 10 issues! Accessibility Checker is an automated accessibility scanni...
Huge shoutout to Termageddon for becoming the newest sponsor of The Friday Chaser weekly newsletter! Termageddon is a privacy policy generator that automatically updates at the laws change. Agencie...
Newsletters
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4 or 5 whys deep — The Friday Chaser, Issue #83 The “Go Wide, Go Deep” technique you likely heard of from Troy Dean is a really interesting way to drill down on your clients desires and discover wh...
Maybe *too* many — The Friday Chaser, Issue #82 It’s not often that the best product becomes the most popular, and it’s not the best agencies that have a waiting list full of customers. The compani...
20 of 1.6 Billion — The Friday Chaser, Issue #81 There tends to be a lot of grumbling about how saturated the web designer/developer market is — and that’s true… There are a lot of us. The tools ha...
The Friday Chaser, Issue #80 Read the newsletter
I’ve been featured!
It was an absolute blast to attend the Recurring Revenue Retreat in Florida last year — and seeing this promo video brought back tons of great memories! https://youtu.be/1NOlPJXp2Z4
Men of Action take stand against violence https://www.gainesvilleregister.com/community/men-of-action-take-stand-against-violence/article_1642e3f6-096e-11e5-8912-9bcea52abb1e.html
The Gutenberg Times mentioned me in a recent article! 🙌 Query-Block, Page Builders, Site Editor and more https://gutenbergtimes.com/weekend-edition-153-query-block-page-builders-site-editor-and-more/
Gutenberg’s Faster Performance Is Eroding Page Builders’ Dominance It's not every day that WordPress Tavern takes notice of something you made. I was pretty shocked to see they wrote an entire piec...
Things I’ve built
I really love the layout of WhiteHouse.gov, so I spent a few hours this afternoon recreating it with GenerateBlocks (just for fun — do I know how to party or what?) The White House website is built...
Introducing Website Ipsum Placeholder text for the types of clients that ask "why is this in another language?" Visit the Site
Rebuilt https://seemetherapy.com with GenerateBlocks.
Podcasts
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Journey of an entrepreneur with Kyle Van Deusen I had an absolute blast talking to Julia McLaughlin on The Agency Toolkit Podcast about my journey from graphic design to web! Listen here
From Print Design To Web Design https://agencytrailblazer.com/print-design-web-design/
#AgencyLife Series: Kyle Van Deusen – OGAL Web Design https://agencytrailblazer.com/ogal-web-design/
Having an accountability partner is one of the best things I ever did for the growth of my business! How to Start an Accountability Partnership https://agencytrailblazer.com/how-to-start-an-account...
Speaking engagements
Grateful for the opportunity to speak at WordSesh! WordSesh Americas 2019 https://wpsessions.com/sessions/wordsesh-may-2019/
My first WordCamp talk! Overdelivering: The Art of Exceeding Customer Expectations https://dfw.wordcamp.org/2019/speaker/kyle-van-deusen/
Thinking Like A Business Owner Always a fun time to speak about agency life! https://www.agencyhuddle.com/874546/2984938-kyle-van-deusen-thinking-like-a-business-owner
Videos
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Website Maintenance Packages With Kyle Van Deusen Find out how Kyle Van Deusen went from graphic designer to web designer and how he built the business of his dreams by leveraging website maintenan...
Raise The Flag! The art and science of pre-qualifying clients — The Admin Bar Podcast, Episode #81 https://youtu.be/UwG1qTcjQM8 We’ve all been there… We knew this prospect wasn’t a good fit — but f...
The GenerateWay — A Live Interview with Tom Usborne It was an absolute THRILL to interview one of my WordPress heroes, Tom Usborne the creator of GeneratePress and GenerateBlocks. We talked about h...
Learn About This Year's RECURRING REVENUE RETREAT (at Disneyworld!) After an amazing time at the Recurring Revenue Retreat in 2021, I interviewed the event's organizers on to talk about all the fes...
Articles and blogs
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A Non-Techie’s Guide to Core Web Vitals (CWV) Google algorithm updates will affect your Core Web Vitals. Here’s why non-techies should care & how to improve your search ranking & page speed insight...
Why Project Discovery is Essential Learn how to lessen your risk and set your project up for success! Why Project Discovery is Essential | OGAL Web Design
Web content accessibility guidelines to make your website ADA compliant ADA law requires all businesses to build an accessible website. Meet ADA compliance standards by following these rules of web...
How to use Fathom to understand your website analytics Fathom Analytics is a guilt-free Google Analytics alternative that complies with data privacy laws. Here’s how to use Fathom’s web analytics a...