MainWP Blog - 2019

Recently, one of my copywriter friends took some courses on Master Class while business was slow. It was a chance for her to learn from some masters in various areas of business, art, music, and more. It is always good for us to learn from experts in other areas. By now, undoubtedly you have dozens of podcasts on your list that you watch on a regular basis. You may have also stepped outside the WordPress space to listen to various Continue reading the post...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. ~ Aristotle When we’re stressed out and swept up in the daily grind of workflow, trying to A-Team our way through, occasionally a pile of problems can seem like one too many. Here are some things you can do to help better prioritize multiple projects and lessen Continue reading the post...

Ever launch a campaign only to watch it fall flat? It happens to all of us, doesn’t it? Maybe you launched a business and it went nowhere. We really want to believe that our great work will bring us business. Sometimes it does, but often we need to do something else. We need to clearly communicate who we are, what we do, and who we do it for. This communicates our positioning. As a WordPress professional, it is crucial that Continue reading the post...

With the breaking changes for WooCommerce if running versions earlier than 3.5.x due to WordPress 5.x release, now is the time to create a staging site. A staging site can be used to test the active theme updates, the WooCommerce-related plugins, and the WooCommerce plugin. Creating a staging site allows you to test plugin updates without having to cause issues on the live child site. In the case of child sites using WooCommerce for e-commerce, this can mean a live Continue reading the post...

Do you ever offer audits for prospects? In a recent article, we talked about three ways to use a website audit for your clients. There are different types of audits you can run for your clients or prospects and one of those types is an SEO audit. Today, we are going to talk about tools for those audits. As with any tool, these tools are a great starting point. To do a thorough SEO audit, there is a need for Continue reading the post...

Client projects are always interesting and rewarding to work on, but without setting very clear expectations with your client before the scope and specific deliverables for the project, projects can easily go awry. Clear communication from the start will help set what the client expects, the deliverables, and the dates set for each stage of a project. Brainleaf has a very clear post which covers how to come up with the scope of work (SOW) for your client project. Forbes Continue reading the post...

In the early days of my website design business, I decided to create a website audit to use to get people to sign up for my email newsletter. To be fair, it never really resulted in a lot of business. I think that was mostly because the wrong people received the audits. I think audits are a fantastic top of funnel service. You can use a website audit for enticing people to your email list; however, it may be best that Continue reading the post...

The majority of the time, people are in a Beta state of consciousness; we’re functional, we’re working, we’re constantly thinking and organizing and strategizing. There’s nothing wrong with this, but what we need to focus on is achieving an Alpha state. An Alpha state is when you meditate, visualize, relax, or simply close your eyes for two minutes. It’s during Alpha states when creativity is at its peak. You are less anxious if you take regular breaks to gain clarity. Continue reading the post...

What do stats about WordPress, using a blog checklist, creating a password policy, and building an affiliate website on WordPress have in common? They are all featured in today’s infographics recap. Each article includes an infographic which contains useful data for the user. So, let’s dive into our group of articles for our infographics recap. [Infographic] Mesmerizing WordPress Stats for 2019 With WordPress now launching commercials for WordPress.com and upgrading (depending on your perspective) the text editor user experience to Gutenberg, they Continue reading the post...

MainWP now has a very useful way to track changes made on both the MainWP Dashboard site, as well as tracking changes to connected child sites using Activity Log for MainWP extension. First, you will need to install the WP Activity Log plugin on all of the connected child sites, which is very easy to bulk install plugins on your MainWP Dashboard site. Next, you will need to install the Activity Log for MainWP extension on your MainWP Dashboard site. Continue reading the post...