Dawg Solutions My Third Website Completed

Hello WA Family,

I accomplished my ultimate goal creating three websites all helping older adults, but each website provides help in different ways.

What have you been working on? Please share what projects you are working on or have completed, maybe you are stuggling with a WordPress theme or like myself a email marketing service?

Dawg Solutions

Dawg Solutions is a gentle, education-first website I recently launched for seniors who are caring for aging dogs. As both a senior myself and the human to an older dog named Aussie, I wanted to create a calm, reassuring space that helps older adults understand mobility changes, comfort needs, and emotional shifts in senior dogs — without fear, guilt, or pressure to spend money.

The site focuses on practical guidance, simple routines, and the deep bond that forms when an older person and an older dog care for each other. It’s not about products or hype — it’s about companionship, patience, and making the later years more comfortable for both ends of the leash.

Dawg Solutions is also part of my larger mission of building senior-friendly, trust-based websites that educate first and monetize second — something I know many WA members care deeply about.

Why MailerLite And I Are Parting Ways

I also want to share a quick lesson learned around MailerLite, especially for members who are just choosing an email service.

On paper, MailerLite looks like a great option — affordable, popular, and often recommended for beginners. I chose it for that reason. But in practice, I ran into ongoing issues that slowed my momentum instead of supporting it: confusing automation triggers, approval delays, unexpected limitations, and a setup process that felt unnecessarily stressful — especially when managing multiple senior-focused sites.

For me, email marketing should feel simple, reliable, and predictable. Instead, I found myself troubleshooting more than creating — which is the opposite of what most of us want when building content-driven sites.

This isn’t a warning to avoid MailerLite at all costs — it works well for many people — but it is a reminder to carefully test any email platform before fully committing. What looks “beginner-friendly” in marketing doesn’t always feel beginner-friendly in real-world use.

If there’s one takeaway:
choose the tool that supports your workflow, not the one that’s just most commonly recommended.

I’m currently reassessing my email setup so it better fits how I actually build and publish — and that lesson alone was worth sharing with fellow WA members.

Any comments or feedback Welcomed

Jeff