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Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: Rank Math, Dennis on a podcast, and Twenty Years of WordPress

It’s that time of month. Ya know, the time where we go over things in the world of WordPress and beyond? This month we will discuss the future of Rank Math, Dennis Dornon’s recent appearance on a podcast, twenty years of WordPress and much more. Today we dish up a bowl of the MainWP Roundup. Ready? Let’s ride. Rank Math acquired by group.one Rank Math has changed ownership. group.one has acquired the longtime SEO Plugin to add to its portfolio. In an article on May 30th, group.one said, “group.one is taking its WordPress offering to a whole new level with

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

May MainWP Roundup: WP Speakers help organizers find experts

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we look at WP Speakers recently launched by Michelle Frechette. We also look at an option that Twitter may roll out to let us read individual articles behind paywalls with an easy on-click payment. Are you ready? Let’s ride. WP Speakers help you find a speaker for your WordPress meetings. WP Speakers In the lounge at the Atarim Web Agency Summit, I bumped into Michelle Frechette. She had just released her new project, WP Speakers. She told the story of how, as an organizer of a WordPress meetup, she struggled to get speakers outside of the

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: Atarim Web Agency Summit, Notable WordPress News, and Plugin plug-ins

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we take a look at WordPress Veteran Spotlights at WP Connects, Plugin news, Notable WordPress News and the Atarim Web Agency Summit. WP Connects rolls out featured WordPress Veteran Spotlights We introduced you to WP Connects and Talisha? last year, an organization who helps military veterans connect with the WordPress workforce. With the help of Sophia DeRosia, WP Connects rolled out Veteran WP spotlights. The first veteran, Scott Dluzio, was introduced on January 30, 2023. Since then WP Connects have featured three more veterans in the WordPress space. The most recent spotlight was published on March

Featured MainWP User Renee Shupe
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Featured User: Renee Shupe brings Geek in a Pocket to her clients

What do you do when you are commuting to a dead-end job an hour and half each way and you are tired and burned out? That was the question that Renee faced in 2008. It was exhausting. As she says on her About page, “In 2008, I was travelling 90 minutes each way to work to a job I wasn’t all that excited about and I was running on automatic. I was tired. Tired of the mundane. Tired of the same thing each AND every day.” She sat out to make a change and initially launched a virtual assistant business.

You probably should be charging more
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Web Care Consultants: You probably should be charging more.

We Care Consultants should be charging more. Today we take a look at three reasons why you are selling yourself short. Did you know that 45% of businesses in the United States fail in the first five years? Crazy huh? 65% of businesses fail within ten years. Are you curious about your state in the US? What about other countries? Half of startups survive the first three years in the UK. In Australia, that number is 60% failure within three years. And what about Canada? 15% of businesses fail in the first three years. Maybe Canada helps their private businesses

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: WordCamp Asia, backlinks and service pages

In this edition of the MainWP Roundup, we look back at WordCamp Asia, what it is like to chat with Sydney, the perfect B2B website service page, and something a little fun. Are you ready to roll? Let’s go! WordCamp Asia recaps. Looking from the outside, WordCamp Asia seemed like a success. I saw lots of pictures and came close to having Fear of Missing Out, especially when I saw Mustaasam and Davinder take a picture. Glad to meet @MustaasamSaleem of @WPfounders at #WCAsia pic.twitter.com/SAa5vu8FeX — Davinder Singh Kainth (@idavinder) February 17, 2023 Our friend Rajendra was there too! So,

toolbox
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

February Toolbox: Podcast tools, Local SEO, and Review Managment

It’s that time of month where we explore tools you can use and add to your toolbox. This month we are looking at podcasting tools, a Schema Markup Generator, citation management and a review management platform. Buckle up! Podcast: How to start your podcast on a budget. Robert Cairns – slide deck. Stunning Digital Marketing’s Rob Cairns attended the PodCamp in Toronto this past weekend. He presented “How to start your podcast on a budget.”  How to start your podcast on a budget. How to start your podcast on a budget resource list PDF. This link is to his slide

3 reasons writing a blog
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

3 Reasons: Writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business

Today we discuss 3 Reasons for writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business. In the 2022 edition of the MainWP Web Care Survey, when we asked about writing a consistent blog, only 10.7% of our respondents said yes. The other approximately 90% said No or that they are trying. And look, I understand. As a WordPress Web Care consultant,  you are busy doing actual web care for your customers. There are definitely some challenges and time is probably at the top of your list. You can, of course, hire an agency like The BlogSmith to handle this part

Featured Image: CLEAR Formula
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

The CLEAR Formula for Managing Customer Experience for WordPress Care Businesses

Customer experience is an absolutely critical piece of any business. And it feels like fewer companies understand this. If you are like me and millions of other shoppers, you are using self check out in your favorite stores in 2023. Amazingly, these companies do not invite us to their end of the year holiday parties. Go figure. Everywhere we turn, it seems like C-Suite executives cut customer service. Cutting customer service hurts the customer experience. They may blame it on the COVID-19 pandemic, but I believe it goes back before that. There is nothing more infuriating than trying to get

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