Todd Jones, Author at MainWP WordPress Management

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Project management in your WP Dashboard using Zephyr Project Manager

If you run a team, you likely are always looking at ways to manage the team. I remember when I worked at the agency. Our owners bought into a software tool that was very robust and used by many IT companies. I felt at times like it was too robust. I have worked with various businesses over the years and they always seem to use a SaaS to manage projects. Some might use Basecamp, some may use TeamWork, and others Asana. For my own business, I use Trello and Google Docs; pretty simple. What about you? What do you use?

Todd Jones June 28, 2019 2 Comments

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How to write a compelling about page for your agency or site care business

Do me a favor. Pull up your Google Analytics. That’s it. I’ll wait. Now that you have them up, what is your most visited page? My guess is that your homepage is the most visited page on your website. Is that right? Good. Now, what is the second most visited page? What’s that? Your About page? That’s what I thought. Think about if you will. When you get introduced to someone, you want to know more about them. It’s like when I see a pretty lady at the coffee shop, my first thought is, “I want to know who that

Todd Jones June 26, 2019 No Comments

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Q&A with Vito Peleg of WP Feedback

Imagine starting a web agency in the back of your van while your band is on tour. Imagine learning the ins and outs of digital marketing as a member of a rock band. For Vito Peleg, this is how he got started. The founder of WP Feedback shares his journey to agency owner as well as product launcher. How did the idea for WP Feedback come about? I actually started building websites for clients as a freelancer from the back of a van while touring the world with the band I had at the time, as I needed to deal

Todd Jones June 21, 2019 No Comments

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Two years later: The state of page builders and who has changed directions

A little over two years ago, I decided to write an article on WordPress page builders. In reality, I wanted to know how many there were. I started a spreadsheet to keep up with them. It was a pretty long article and in the end, we came up with some 33-page builders. I know I missed some too. For example, I didn’t list Avada because it is a theme framework that includes a page builder. The landscape has changed drastically since April 2017 when the article was published. For instance, Gutenberg has launched. Even though Gutenberg is not consistent in

Todd Jones June 19, 2019 4 Comments

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Podcast Junkies: Nine podcasts many MainWP users love to listen to

Are you a podcast junkie? What is on your playlist? I did a random poll in the MainWP Users Facebook group asking members what podcasts they like to listen to. The first person to respond was Joshua Vandercar, and he informed me his favorites were not tech or WordPress based. No problem. I didn’t specify so I encouraged others to list their favorite podcast regardless of industry. The result is that one of the podcasts in this list is not WordPress related. So, here are the top nine listed. Nine podcasts mentioned by the MainWP community Think Like a Hacker

Todd Jones June 14, 2019 4 Comments

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Using Stages of Awareness to create content for selling your website care packages

There’s a lot of content created every day — and most of it gains almost no attention. Austin Mullins, Copyblogger Ten years ago I had just moved back to my home state. I lived in a larger city in a state to the west for over 13 years but moved home to start over. It was a tough time. Finding a job seemed impossible. Nevertheless, I landed a job with a car dealership. They would pay me a salary the first month while I got up to speed. Then I found out that it was all about chasing people who

Todd Jones June 12, 2019 No Comments

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June 2019 World of WordPress: the Alex Mills legacy lives on

In this month’s World of WordPress, we talk about marketing and Joost, a full site editing plugin, and the legacy of Alex Mills. Let’s ride. Joost steps away from leadership role (Why) I’m stepping down from my WordPress marketing role Earlier this year there were some raised eyebrows when Joost de Valk accepted a position with WordPress to be the Marketing & Communications Lead. The experiment is over. Call it a misunderstanding. Call it a difference in opinion. Call it a difference in how to execute marketing. Call it what you will, but Joost announced he was stepping down.

Todd Jones June 6, 2019 No Comments

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A different type of content audit that you can use for a different, but very crucial reason

When it comes to content audits, the articles on the interwebs are pretty complicated. They are full of tools and steps and spreadsheets. Certainly, the best way to run a content audit, or any audit really, is to evaluate each piece of the puzzle at the ground level. One thing people often do with content audits is to evaluate technical SEO data points. These may include things like Meta Description, Meta Description Length, Image ALT tags, heading used, you get the picture. These are things you need to pay attention to, for sure, but let me ask you a question.

Todd Jones June 5, 2019 1 Comment

Interviews

Q&A with Adam Lacey from Split Hero

Today we have a Q&A interview with Adam Lacey, the founder of Split Hero. On May 17, Adam Lacey announced on the Split Hero website that the product is now live. The product aims to help people test landing pages quickly and efficiently as well as more straightforward. I asked Adam a few questions about the product. How did the idea for Split Hero come about? Split Hero has been my brainchild for about 2 years. It all started from my own needs in my WordPress agency, where we focus on conversion optimisation. All the current paid solutions I found

Todd Jones May 31, 2019 No Comments

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You mean you can use a call to action in a blog post? You bet your boots cowboy

You have had it happen before. You are completely engaged in a blog post. The writing is excellent, the authority is on par, and the story sucks you in. You get to the bottom of the article, and you are totally challenged to try something new in your business. But, nothing. That’s right. There is no invitation to a follow-up, no invitation to try their product, no invitation to sign up for an email, nothing. It all just seems like wasted space. The ending falls flat. Or maybe, you have experienced the opposite ending. After the engaging post, there is

Todd Jones May 29, 2019 No Comments

MainWP Blog

Project management in your WP Dashboard using Zephyr Project Manager

How to write a compelling about page for your agency or site care business

Q&A with Vito Peleg of WP Feedback

Two years later: The state of page builders and who has changed directions

Podcast Junkies: Nine podcasts many MainWP users love to listen to

Using Stages of Awareness to create content for selling your website care packages

June 2019 World of WordPress: the Alex Mills legacy lives on

A different type of content audit that you can use for a different, but very crucial reason

Q&A with Adam Lacey from Split Hero

You mean you can use a call to action in a blog post? You bet your boots cowboy

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