MainWP Blog - Todd Jones

Recently, I went to the movie theater to see the new movie Dark Tower. I enjoyed the trip, I was entertained. During the previews, there was an extended look at the new Star Wars movie The Last Jedi. By now, most of you know the most famous line by our beloved Jedi himself, Luke Skywalker. You have seen it, I know you have. At the end of the trailer, Skywalker looks at the camera (presumably Rey) and announces, much to Continue reading the post...

This month’s issue of Podcast Roundup includes learning about your site visitors, learning SEO for growth, and more about creating marketing funnels.  WP-Tonic talks to Jason Marlow about tools to learn more about website builders. WP Innovator’s Lee Jackson visits with Phil Singleton on how WordPress professionals can learn more about SEO for growth, and Nathan Wrigley of wpBuilds talks to Mike Killen about the need for marketing funnels. These three topics are not usually something talked about in the Continue reading the post...

A niche is all about your customers or your target customers. With all this in mind, let’s take a look at three things to consider when choosing a niche. While in college, I had this nice lady for English Composition class. Dr. Midkiff was one of those professors who cared about her students. I attended a small liberal arts college in my home state, so many of our professors were like that, but Dr. Midkiff and her husband were especially Continue reading the post...

Well, today I am going to visit 7 ways you can add CTA’s to your blog posts starting today! By the way, some of these will actually add CTA’s to all your back blog posts as well. Tell me, what was the first thing you did this morning? I know, the first I did was drink a big tumbler of water and pet my cat. Yeah, I’m like that. Many of us, no doubt, checked our bank account. Why? Because Continue reading the post...

A social trigger is a tool which prompts users to share your content on social media. There are many ways to use social triggers for content promotion, but we are going to focus on three: social media buttons, click to tweet, and viral social loop. I call them social triggers, but Derek Halpern built an entire blog around the term. When he started out, he wrote and produced these long posts about the psychology about why we do things online. Continue reading the post...

Who knew that when the rock band Styx sang about a robot in the early 80’s that they were talking about Facebook chatbots? Okay, maybe they weren’t, but it kinda makes you wonder. Check out the lyrics, You’re wondering who I am (secret secret I’ve got a secret) Machine or mannequin (secret secret I’ve got a secret) With parts made in Japan (secret secret I’ve got a secret) I am the modren man – “Mr. Roboto” Well, these days you can Continue reading the post...

I remember some six or seven years ago when I discovered Copyblogger. One of the first things I signed up for was their Internet Marketing for Smart People email course. The course is in 20 parts. Our Internet Marketing for Smart People series works through these four themes, systematically introducing you to the most important concepts we think every online marketer must know about. Copyblogger, Internet Marketing for Smart People I got these short emails each day for the next Continue reading the post...

Trouble creating content for your WordPress business? Here are six tips which will help WordPress professionals consistently create content. How consistently do you post to your website? Do you have trouble producing content? Producing, creating, and writing content is one of the problems I hear WordPress professionals mention. Now, to be sure, this is not an easy task. In fact, it is can be difficult for those whose job it is to create content. It gets easier with time and Continue reading the post...

These days, my hometown is missing some of those small businesses that we had when I was a kid. My mom has always said that her favorite job was working in the women’s department at a family-run retail clothing store. My cousin ran a men’s store for years. Every Summer, my mom would take my brother and me to get new jeans. Small businesses have a place in our local economies. No, I’m not talking about the small businesses that Continue reading the post...

Things are always changing in the WordPress ecosystem. Here are two examples. First, have you heard of Gutenberg? This is a new project set to be built into Core to provide a streamlined user experience for creating content. It is in the form of a plugin currently. Brenda Baron dives into the plugin in a recent article at WPMU Dev. Her  conclusion, While the developers working on the Gutenberg editor plugin have obviously put a lot of work into creating Continue reading the post...