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Notes from founder Stewart Ramsey on running an AI-native agency: where AI makes us faster, where taste still wins, and how the two grow a business.

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Looking Back: The Day Someone Slipped a Backdoor Into PHP Itself (2021)

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Looking Back: The 2024 PHP Flaw Ransomware Gangs Used Within 48 Hours

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What Is The R&D Dept.? (The R&D Department, Costa Mesa)

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Patch It or Move It: Two Ways to Get Your Site Out of the PHP2Shell Blast Radius

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Why I've Been Moving Clients Off Self-Hosted WordPress for Years

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PHP2Shell: What the PHP Emergency Means for Your Website

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Running a PTA on AI: The Victoria Elementary Build Log

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Building Grotto Resort: Brand and Marketing From Day One

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Victoria Elementary PTA website, where volunteer texting is automated

Automating Your CRM, Client Alerts and Staff Notifications

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Climb for the Cure website, whose social and email marketing runs on automation

How We Automate Marketing: Social, Email and Reporting

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How I Actually Use AI to Run a Small Agency

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Are you showing up in AI search?

How to Check if AI Can Find Your Website (Free)

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Why Creative Direction Matters More in the Age of AI

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ADA Website Compliance: How to Avoid an Accessibility Lawsuit

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What Is an AI Visibility Audit, and Does Your Business Need One?

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What Is a Fractional CMO, and Why Are Growing Brands Hiring One?

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Wise Surf Wax: Our In-House, Reef-Safe Surf Wax Experiment

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Jen & Barts: Building a Canned Cocktail Brand for the RTD Boom

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Stone Creek Inc.: A Builder Rebrand and Webflow Site in 30 Days

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FORTIV: Building an Executive Coaching Brand and Website

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K. Hinkle: Rebranding an Orange County Painting Company

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Yona Solutions: One Brand for Four Service Lines

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What Co-founding Krochet Kids intl. Taught Me About Brand

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What Six Years With TrueCar Taught Me About Enterprise Work

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B2B Facelift: Rebranding Modern Candle for Wholesale Buyers

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Why I Hired an Executive Coach (and What Changed)

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From Startup to $90 Million: Lessons on Brand and Integrity

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