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Todd Jones

3 Big Ideas to guide your business and marketing

It seems that Wix has recently attempted to launch some kind of campaign. They sent Bose headphones to several WordPress influencers. They used it to give them a QR Code (who uses those anyway?) that takes these influencers (developers) to a video that talks about complaining or something. It was pretty bizarre. Who knows what Wix was trying to accomplish. They seemed to try their hand at influencer marketing with a twist, I guess. Mark that down as one I never heard. WordPress influencers seemed to think they were trying to trash WordPress, so the tactic didn’t land well.  

Todd Jones April 9, 2021 No Comments
WordPress Roundup: Jukebox
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Todd Jones

WordPress Roundup: Blocks, retirement, newsletters and jukebox

What’s playing on your jukebox? Do you know what a jukebox is? Today a jukebox is Youtube, Spotify, or Apple Music. Currently, mine is playing Steve Earl, Copperhead Road. These days I’m paying a lot of Van Halen because I am fascinated by the Eddie Van Halen story. He was one of the best rock guitarists. He was innovative, as I learned during an interview he had in 2015. “Necessity is the mother of inventions.” That was certainly the case with Eddie Van Halen. In today’s WordPress roundup, we talk about a new jukebox in the WordPress world as well

Todd Jones April 2, 2021 No Comments
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Todd Jones

Creating presentations can help your business and show your expertise

In the past few months, I have done some presentations. In the world of a Covid pandemic, they are all virtual, of course. To be fair, I have probably been far more comfortable on a computer screen than on a stage in front of people. Following this week’s presentation at the Atarim Web Agency Summit, I reflected on lessons I have learned from my presentations. Today we are doing to discuss creating and delivering a presentation and how to get started. Why do a presentation? Before we dive into getting started with a presentation, let’s address a pressing issue. Why

Todd Jones March 26, 2021 No Comments
web agency summit 2021
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Q&A: Vito Peleg talks Web Agency Summit 2021 and new name

From March 23-26, Atarim (formerly WP Feedback) hosts its second Web Agency Summit. The summit features many Live Sessions, a Networking Lounge, and Virtual Sponsor Booths. The summit is free to attend, but you need to register. Think of this as a virtual WordCamp. The Web Agency Summit is designed to help agency owners build and grow a thriving web agency. Some of the presenters include Donata Stroink-Skillrud of Termageddon, Sam Mulaim, the CEO of FixRunner, Elementor creator Ben Pines, Chris Badgett of LifterLMS, Beth L Livingston of The WP Project Manager’s Academy, Davinder Singh Kainth of The WP Weekly,

Todd Jones March 18, 2021 No Comments
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Todd Jones

10 Tips to increase productivity from your home-based remote office

Recently, my friend Beth Lyles Livingston wrote an article about hygiene and its effect on productivity. I loved her article. I was inspired. So, I came up with ten tips of my own (one cross-over with Beth’s) that help with remote workers’ productivity. My tips are less about hygiene and more about various tasks. These 10 tips are true to my own experience and may also be for yours. 1. Make up your bed… Accomplishing the first task of the day A few years ago, one of those inspirational videos came out from Goalcast. It was retired U.S. Navy Admiral

Todd Jones March 11, 2021 No Comments
WordPress Roundup
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Todd Jones

World of WordPress Roundup: What did you do Elementor?

Who knew that creating ads for your business might cause a stir in your industry? Well, Elementor certainly did not. Or maybe they did. The backlash from using Full Site Editing in their ad tops our roundup this month. Why was there a backlash? You will just have to keep reading to find out. We also have news from Atarim (who?) and a new add-on for Fluent Forms. Saddle up for this month’s World of WordPress Roundup. What terms can companies use in their ads? Be careful about using a term that highlights a feature of WordPress in your online

Todd Jones March 5, 2021 No Comments
Tools: Internet Arcade
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Toolbox Roundup: Enjoy your own online video arcade

When I was teenager Todd in my sleepy little hometown of Northern Arkansas, we had a place or two where we would hang out on a Friday night. One of those places was the Playful Quarters. As you can imagine, it was a video arcade. I would imagine we had a couple of dozen video games in that place. We spent our time going from one game to the next or watching one of our buddies play. There would be TVs on the wall playing episodes of Night Trax. Night Trax played music videos on Friday and Saturday nights. This

Todd Jones February 26, 2021 No Comments
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Todd Jones

Use these tactics to help you sell more WordPress maintenance packages 24/7

What if you could have a salesperson on staff who can sell your maintenance plans all day long? Well, you do. If you have a website maintenance service page, you have a salesperson who works 24/7 for you. And that is why it is so important to make it as good as you possibly can. Today we will look at three tactics that can help you sell more WordPress maintenance packages 24/7. Start with the problem – no, really, just do it. When my dad was a young man, it was expected that guys took care of their cars’ maintenance.

Todd Jones February 19, 2021 No Comments
10X about page
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Three things to make your About Page 10x better when you don’t have a story

Writing an About Page can be a big challenge. Nevertheless, it is almost always the second most viewed page on your website. Therefore, it is crucial you write one that works well. Now, I am a big fan of having a compelling story on your About Page. But, what happens when you don’t have one? You see, it takes skill and an interview to draw out the best story about your company. And, for the record, a chronological telling of your company story is rarely compelling. So, if you are launching a website for a client and need a better

Todd Jones February 12, 2021 No Comments
February Roundup
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February Roundup: A Landing Page crash course for FREE and more

In today’s roundup, we take a look at five resources to help boost your business in February. How about learning about landing pages from the Queen of Conversions? Check.  Need help promoting your customers to blog? We got it. Hosting a virtual summit soon? Yup, we have a resource for that too. Are you looking for a new way to monitor plugins and themes? Yup. Do you need to spin up a new WordPress instance for a quick test? We have that too. You’ve come to the right place this week. Bridget Willard recently launched a plugin to help business

Todd Jones February 5, 2021 1 Comment

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