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Q&A with PR expert Michelle Garrett

In today’s article, we visit with Public Relations expert Michelle Garrett. According to her bio: Michelle Garrett is a PR consultant, writer, and speaker who helps B2B businesses create content, earn media coverage, and position themselves as thought leaders in their industry. Michelle’s articles have been featured in Entrepreneur, Muck Rack and Ragan’s PR Daily, among others. She’s the founder and host of #FreelanceChat on Twitter, a co-host of #PRLunchHour on Twitter Spaces, and a frequent speaker on public relations. Michelle was named among the top ten most influential PR professionals in 2021 and 2022. She has been a Public

Todd Jones July 21, 2023 No Comments

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MainWP Roundup: Brainstorm Force’s SkillJet, WordPress 6.3, overcoming with WordPress and more

It’s time for the July edition of the MainWP Roundup. In this month’s edition we take a look at an academy at Brainstorm Force, a story of overcoming by a Wolf Bishop, and the journey of sponsoring WordCamp Europe by Barn 2 Plugins. Buckle up. Let’s ride. Brainstorm Force launches SkillJet The other day I got an email from Brainstorm Force about SkillJet Academy. I was curious, so I took a look. I thought, “wow, this is pretty cool.” Granted, there wasn’t a lot there, but there were some basic courses to get started if you are brand new to

Todd Jones July 10, 2023 No Comments

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July Toolbox: A writing style guide, accessibility and the WP World Map

When I started the Toolbox article series, I originally envisioned it as various tools you can use for your business or for fun. These tools would be plugins, applications, scripts, etc. but today, we I am doing something a little different. We are going to look at a couple of tools that really aren’t software or tech. One tool helps you create your own writing style guide, and the other helps us address accessibility for hyperlinks. We are also going to look at a map. So, saddle up. Today, we ride. Creating a Writing Style Guide From time to time,

Todd Jones June 16, 2023 No Comments

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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

Todd Jones June 2, 2023 No Comments

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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

Todd Jones May 5, 2023 No Comments

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MainWP Toolbox: How to highlight and share, a Spotify Podcast widget and a chat with Google Bard

You know what time it is. It’s that time where I share with you some useful, fun, or just plain cool tools you might use. Today, I bring to you the MainWP Toolbox. Buckle up; today we ride. Highlight and Share Highlight and Share Ronald Huereca is known as MediaRon and has several plugins available through his DLX Plugins brand. One that I recently tried was his free Highlight and Share. Social media has lost some of its luster in recent years, but there is still a need to use it to share articles. Ron’s plugin is super light, easy

Todd Jones April 22, 2023 No Comments

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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

Todd Jones April 7, 2023 No Comments

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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.

Todd Jones March 24, 2023 No Comments

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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

Todd Jones March 17, 2023 No Comments

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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,

Todd Jones March 4, 2023 No Comments

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Q&A with PR expert Michelle Garrett

MainWP Roundup: Brainstorm Force’s SkillJet, WordPress 6.3, overcoming with WordPress and more

July Toolbox: A writing style guide, accessibility and the WP World Map

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

May MainWP Roundup: WP Speakers help organizers find experts

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

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

Web Care Consultants: You probably should be charging more.

MainWP Roundup: WordCamp Asia, backlinks and service pages

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