WordPress Marketing Tools: The fundamentals your website needs
In the current world of digital-everything, there are vast libraries of information available to anyone who wants to know how to market their business online. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the information out there. So, we've put together a list of Wordpress...
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GDPR WordPress Checklist: Basics You Can Implement Right Now
GPDR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an EU law regulating the processing of data of EU citizens online, that replaces the 1995 DPD Law. It can seem daunting but if you follow our simple GDPR Wordpress checklist, you'll have the basics in place. It's also an...
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Slack and Tawk.to: How to Get Slack Notifications for New Chats
Tawk.to is one of the most popular online chat plugins available and best of all, it's free to use. It's robust and easy to set up. There's probably a good chance you're using it for your website. There's probably an even greater chance you're using Slack for your...
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do_action: WordPress Charity Hackathon
Do Action: WordPress Community Charity Hackathon If there's one thing that truly makes WordPress awesome for me, it would be the community. Interaction in the Wordpress Community has not only given me advice and connections that have generated actual value for our...
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Paid Membership Sites: Why you want one and how to get started
Monthly Recurring Revenue, or MRR, is the key metric we look at here at WMYS. Instead of looking for short-term gains, we’re always interested in the lifetime value of a client. Considering this as important is also automatically beneficial to the customer. But how...
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How to Setup a Google AdWords Campaign
Conquer the internet with a Google AdWords campaign. If you don’t know something, you Google it. Out of all the search engines available on the internet, Google is the only one that has managed to become such a big household name. Gen Z can’t remember a time before...
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Monthly Great WordPress Sites Showcase No.4
5 Ways to Reduce Your Bounce Rate You want to aim at the lowest bounce rate possible. Google Analytics measure it in a percentage value, determining how quickly users click away from your website. They also rate how many users land on your website and only view one...
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Guide to Marketing Automation
No company can survive without a good marketing strategy. But to keep on top of things at all times can take its toll. Luckily in the online business world there are tools that can support your strategy and lighten the work load for you a bit. Before we look at how...
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10 Must Have WordPress Tools for Business Sites
Reasons Why You Should Have a Business Website 1. Tell People Who You Are and Where to Find You Even if your company is still just in the start-up phase, it’s important to create a digital footprint from the get-go. Nielsen completed a study and discovered...
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How Gen Z is Changing the Digital Business World
Before we begin, who exactly is Gen Z? In 2015 Forbes classified them as the generation following the Millennials. This includes people born from the mid 90’s to early 2010’s. They make up roughly 25% of the American population. These stats give them the status of...
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Apply It to Your Online Business
The concept was coined by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, recognized worldwide as dynamic management thinkers. It will challenge everything you think you know about strategic success requirements. This book has been called one of the best strategy books ever written....
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Gutenberg – How Does It Affect the Average User?
Gutenberg. Does the name ring a bell? The latest exciting WordPress development is named after the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg. The project aims to create an even more user-friendly method of approaching content creation. This system offers a...
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Monthly Great WordPress Sites Showcase No. 3
WordPress is hands down one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) on the World Wide Web. With its simplistic user-friendly interface, it’s easy to understand why. From preset themes to complete customization – the sky is the limit to what can be done...
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Resist the Urge to Use Video Backgrounds
There’s always a new gimmick to try and grab a potential client’s attention as they land on your homepage. And a slider with an embedded video is part of the latest craze. WordPress developers are not convinced that this trend should be embraced so eagerly. Why You...
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Monthly Great WordPress Site Showcase No. 2
It’s difficult to determine exactly how many websites are managed by WordPress worldwide. The current estimation is that roughly 15,886,000 websites use the amazing free and open-source content management system (CMS). And every day about 50 000 WordPress.com websites...
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WordCamp Johannesburg 2017
My experience attending, speaking and enjoying the heck out of WordCamp Johannesburg 2017. WordCamps are one of the most visible and accessible representations of the WordPress community. There are over 500 WordCamps around the world and that number is growing every...
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What’s New in WordPress 4.9 “Tipton”
The WordPress 4.9 version was named in honor of the legendary jazz musician, Billy Tipton. It was released on November 14th, 2017. The new features added will streamline your design workflow and prevent unwanted coding errors. The customizer workflow is a great way to...
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Monthly Great WordPress Sites Showcase No. 1
Before we look at a few websites with effective WordPress management, let’s discuss some design principles that make a website stand out from the rest. A website’s Google ranking depends on various factors such as correct keyword structuring, proper link building both...
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Top 5 Free Google Maps Plugins for WordPress
Image credit: Freepik Google is not only a powerful search engine, it also has a formidable map function. The technology was acquired by Google in 2004. It was created by Lars Rasmussen and his brother Jens. In 2003 they formed a mapping technology company called...
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What’s New in WordPress 4.8
We’ve come a long way since the release of the first WordPress version on May 27, 2003. The latest 2017 release includes a few long-awaited new features and improvements. The media widgets have been enhanced to be even more user friendly. New Media Widgets The...
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