MainWP Blog - July 2018

WordPress 4.9.8 release, scheduled for July 31, 2018, will include a banner inviting website owners to try the new Gutenberg editing experience. This banner shows for all users with the back end access and each user needs to dismiss it individually. Hiding this banner on multiple sites can take you some time, however, MainWP Code Snippets Extension can come handy and save you some time. With the following snippet, you can hide the banner directly from your dashboard and hide it Continue reading the post...

Tools are a big help in our WordPress design businesses. If you can find the right tools to help solve the right problems, it can take a big burden off the shoulders of your business. Sometimes, you find the right tools at the right price. Today, we are going to take a look at four tools that help you with generating policies, screencasting, troubleshooting, and keyword research. Policy Generator – Termly I remember in times past, coming up with a Continue reading the post...

We think there is always another time where I can engage in better self-care. While we are in school or graduate school, we think, “when I am finished with school I will be more balanced.” When we are building our business we think, “I will take better care of myself when the business is doing well and I have others helping me.” It just never happens. You know and I know that life never slows down. Often, it slows down Continue reading the post...

What do you do with your email list when you start a new brand? This is a good question. I have a dilemma. This year I decided to rebrand my business. The new business brand makes sense, it’s easier to spell, easier to say, easier to remember, just a better brand than the old one. So, I set out to make it happen. It took me some time but I finally got the new website launched. However, the idea of Continue reading the post...

“Always be closing.” This is one of the famous quotes from Glengarry Glen Ross a play that was turned into a film and released in 1992. Alec Baldwin plays Blake who is sent by the owners of the real estate company to motivate the salesmen in a local office to sell more properties. He becomes belligerent and verbally abusive, insulting the salesmen telling them they have shape-up or they will be let go. In fact, he goes on to tell Continue reading the post...

Today we are happy to announce that we have been working together with the WP Activity Log team to develop a WordPress activity log solution for MainWP. In the tradition we started back in 2015 with site Backups we continue to defer to the experts when it comes to complicated problems. What makes this extra exciting for us, is that is one of our first true third party integrations where we have worked hand in hand with the developers and the Continue reading the post...

If you are like me, you like to look at WordPress plugins that can really help you out. Such is the case this week when I was introduced to a plugin by Kyle Van Deusen. Kyle was doing an article and needed my feedback for the post. He sent me over a Google Document where I could fill out my answers. A day later he showed me what the article looked like on his site. I thought for a minute Continue reading the post...

I admit I am drawn to the inbound idea of marketing. I mean, who wouldn’t be? The idea that you create some great content, connect with people online, get them to your website and convert readers into leads is a pretty enticing prospect. And, certainly, it works really well for many companies, especially Software-as-a-Service companies. The idea of Inbound Marketing comes from the change in how customers make decisions towards buying. This is particularly true in the business to business Continue reading the post...

Internet comics can be traced back to the pre-internet age. According to Wikipedia Early webcomics were usually derivatives from strips in college newspapers, but when the Web became widely popular in the mid-1990s, more people started creating comics exclusively for this medium. By the year 2000, various webcomic creators were financially successful and webcomics became more artistically recognized. Unique genres and styles became popular during this period. Wikipedia  Looking for comics on the internet isn’t that hard. Sites like Top Continue reading the post...

Lead Nurturing. Lead Generation. Marketing funnels. Sales Funnels. Sales Life Cycle. These are all the various words to describe the process from beginning to end of a customer journey. See, there’s another word, Customer Journey. The bottom line is when you are in business, you need paying customers (or clients). In order to get those customers, you have to develop leads. We know that leads aren’t always ready to buy when you first meet them. I remember when I worked Continue reading the post...