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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...

When it comes to personas, it seems like we have a dozen word phrases to say what we mean. There is the marketing persona, the buyer persona, the customer persona, and a few other phrases. Some use the ideal client avatar or the ideal customer. Really, it gets cloudy often when it comes to the words we use for our target audience. For the sake of this article, I am going to use the term content marketing persona. This phrase Continue reading the post...

What tools do you use to ease frustration with a task that you hate to do? Thank goodness some of these tools exist! I work in Canva almost every day, but that app doesn’t have a feature to remove backgrounds in an image. Well today, we are going to take a look at an app that can remove backgrounds. We are also going to look at a web app that helps you layout your client personas. And finally, we are Continue reading the post...

Finding clients for your freelance WordPress business Sometimes, getting new clients is as simple as being a little creative. I know how it feels sometimes. You are stuck. You need clients to pay the rent next month. You think that if you don’t get anything soon, you are going to be turning out the lights in a couple of months. You are stressed out. It is at this point that you have a hard time focusing and thinking of anything Continue reading the post...

In this article, we are going to take a look at the World of WordPress. We will dive into some new products, check out a new feature from a well-known service, and peer into the future of a great new event. Fasten your seatbelts and hang on for the ride! Style your login page with ease Last year, Jeffrey Carandang from phpBits launched a new WordPress plugin called Easy Login WP. The plugin allows you to create a pretty login Continue reading the post...

Are you ready for 2019, to make it a successful year? For some time now, digital marketer Chris Brogan has used a simple framework to help make his years more successful. Brogan uses three words to help make his new year a great year. As he says here, “I started this process back in 2006. Back then, my 3 words were “Ask. Do. Share.” I picked these very simple words and they served me very well. One of my best Continue reading the post...

I was visiting with her and she asked me a question that stopped me in my tacks. Frankly, I’m not sure if I have ever successfully answered the question for myself. I have flirted with an answer, danced around it, but I’m not sure I have a core answer. Maybe I have. Time will tell. The lady I was chatting with was a copy consultant. She excels at helping companies nail their brand. I’m confident if she asked you the Continue reading the post...

Looking back to 2018,  like to reflect on some of the articles we have posted at MainWP. In fact, earlier in the month, we did just that. One of the types of articles I like to post is Q&A’s. It is a great opportunity to listen to other WordPress professionals to find out what we can learn about business. This past year we had Q&A articles with Sujay Pawar, Joshua Vandercar, and the guys from the WP Builds Podcast. Q&A with developer Continue reading the post...

Data is all around us. Chances are you look at data every day. Maybe you have a spreadsheet loaded with Google Analytics information. Maybe you double check marketing statistics every day. Making sense of data is a noble quest. In fact, finding the story in the data is more than a noble quest. It helps users see behind the numbers to find out what is happening. Infographics are similar. It allows a pictorial representation of numbers and statistics. Often, infographics Continue reading the post...

Everyone has their favorite Christmas movie list. So, you know, there are tons of opinions on what the best movies at Christmas are going to be. I’m not going to give you a list, but I am going to give you some lessons we can learn from some of the best Christmas movies (yes Die Hard is a Christmas movie!) It takes all year to get here, but it seems to finish in a flash, there is no time to Continue reading the post...