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Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

Privacy Deceptive Design Dark Pattern Enforcement Sweep Coming

On January 23, 2024, Italy’s Data Protection Authority released a statement that a privacy deceptive design investigation and enforcement sweep will take place between January 29th and February 2nd, 2024. The purpose of the sweep is to analyze websites and applications for deceptive designs that cause individuals to make unwanted and harmful choices concerning their privacy.

Featured Image: Doing business in 2024
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Is anyone listening? Adapting to the Changing Landscape of Business in 2024

Something dawned on me this morning. Actually, I have been thinking about it for quite some time. I wonder if you have noticed it too. For years, we have used social media to generate work opportunities, often quickly. I do it and you probably do it too. And it has worked really, really well. With social media, we can quickly connect with anyone from almost anywhere. I have connections across the globe, the UK, India, Pakistan, Africa, Ireland, Europe, The United States, and even a friend who lives about as far south as you can live in Mexico. It’s easy

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: TAB’s Security Weekly, missing files, migration guides, and new bulk email requirements

In this month’s MainWP Roundup, we explore the Admin Bar’s Security Weekly Series, function files in the Twenty Twenty Three Theme, migration to blocks from page builders, and new bulk email requirements by Google and Yahoo. Let’s go! The Admin Bar’s Security Weekly The Admin Bar Security Weekly The Admin Bar (TAB), a very popular WordPress community, has launched a new series that teaches the basics of website security. The new series is a collaboration with TAB and Patchstack Security. The articles are being written by Oliver Sid, the company’s CEO and Founder. So far, the series has one article,

What I'm watching in 2024
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

What I’m watching in 2024: AI, SEO and marketing

I don’t mind playing the prediction game. I have made some predictions in the past. I have a tendency to keep the pulse of what’s going on in marketing. As for specifics, that isn’t my best skill. I can see themes happening, but when you get into the details, I may not understand as much. But, I am watching a few things as 2024 approaches in marketing for web care consultants and agencies. I am watching what experts are calling “the future” and trying to comprehend more and more. In some ways, the way of the future in marketing is

How Jake helps April save Christmas
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

How Jake helps April save Christmas, brings joy to hundreds and honors a legacy in the town of Harmony Hollow

Notice: This article is completely fiction. No part of this shall be considered true. It is a written like a Hallmarkesque Christmas story.  Every year during this time, I like to do something fun for the MainWP Blog. This is that fun article. Enjoy. It’s been a tough year for April, a single mom of two sons in the small town of Harmony Hollow. She has an eCommerce store that hasn’t done very well. In fact, in the past few weeks, no orders have come through. She was suspicious after a few days. Not a website developer. She was perplexed.

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

December MainWP Roundup: Koko Analytics, AI for website audits, and The WP Weekly Awards

In the December version of the MainWP Roundup we look at the results of The WP Weekly Awards, tap into a dose of inspiration, learn how to use AI to do a webpage audit, bookmark resources for our 2024 social media calendar, and celebrate the pro version of the Koko Analytics plugin. Ready? Let’s go! The WP Weekly Award Winners See winners here The 2023 WP Weekly Awards are here! Over 5800 votes were cast for products and services in 27 categories. The top vote getters include ACF Pro, The Admin Bar, Wordfence, RankMath SEO, and Elementor. Astra won the

Core Marketing Message
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Building a core marketing message before executing tactics

We need to build a core marketing message. In 2004, Brian Halligan sat next to a fellow student, Dharmesh Shah, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). According to Halligan, that’s where the magic began. The two were passionate about technology and could see a change in how customers were buying. In 2005, they entered their idea into a business plan competition and were named semi-finalists. They took their model, “inbound marketing,” and created their company, HubSpot, and launched in 2006. The rest, as is often said, is history. For nearly 20 years, we have been using the inbound marketing

web care survey 2023
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Rolling out the 2023 Web Care Survey for Web Care Consultants

A few years ago, post Covid, I got the idea that I would do a Web Care Survey. Dennis said it was okay, so I jumped in. Sure, there are other companies that do one, but I wanted to see the answers from the MainWP crowd. We have run the survey for two years now. Last year we promoted it as widely as we could to get more responses. Recurring Revenue As you know, many WordPress consultants started doing maintenance, or web care, to generate regular income monthly. MainWP helps you do that. It is a smart move. Many of

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

November Roundup: Rand Fishkin, C-Suites, and survey is coming soon

Let me be frank with you MainWP peeps. Roundups can be too insulated if we aren’t careful. It would be too easy for me to add a lot of WordPress content to this or any roundup. However, I have learned a lot of good information from outside the WordPress space. I feel like we need look into other areas of business such as copywriting, content marketing, SEO, and other marketing industries. That is where I have learned the most. We are all WordPress specialists, but we can benefit from learning outside our WordPress bubble. With that said, here is another

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Donata Stroink-Skillrud
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