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9 Lessons I learned managing up a hyperlocal lifestyle blog

The newspaper industry is declining. I’m not sure if you noticed. There’s even a Wikipedia article about the decline of newspapers. Doesn’t that make it official? My nephew told his dad that “newspapers are for old people.” That kind of puts in perspective. Frankly, we need local journalism, and if it hopes ever to survive, it will need to be digital. Now, it isn’t easy to start a digital journalism website. Certain responsibilities come with being a journalist. You can, however, create a niche or hyperlocal lifestyle site, and since you know how to build websites, you are already halfway

Todd Jones July 10, 2019 No Comments

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World of WordPress: Looking back to WordCamp Europe

WordCamp Europe 2019 has come and went, and now they turn their focus to 2020. The event that took place in Berlin sold 3,600 tickets according to an article in Torque Mag. In fact, Torque has a nice page of recap videos. WP Tavern has a recap of the Mullenweg address, including Gutenberg updates. In preparation for the first WordCamp Asia, part of the organising team is onsite observing and taking notes at #WCEU ????????https://t.co/mkOSnAUwvG pic.twitter.com/SqIDK4iVNh — WordCamp Europe (@WCEurope) June 22, 2019 One of the more interesting stories is the journey of Marcel Bootsman who walked 718km to make

Todd Jones July 5, 2019 No Comments

Q&A WITH HOSTS OF THE WOMEN IN WP PODCAST

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Q&A with hosts of the Women in WP podcast

I will admit that when I see someone who decides to take action, I feel a twinge of pride inside. I feel pride because, frankly, it is hard to start something. Such is the case for Angela Bowman, Tracy, Apps, and Amy Masson. The three set out on a mission to share the voices of women in the WordPress community. I have noticed it, and I know you have too. Take a look at the regular roundtable of podcasts, and you seem to see the same people. One of the things I noticed about the Women in WP podcast is

Todd Jones July 2, 2019 No Comments

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Project management in your WP Dashboard using Zephyr Project Manager

If you run a team, you likely are always looking at ways to manage the team. I remember when I worked at the agency. Our owners bought into a software tool that was very robust and used by many IT companies. I felt at times like it was too robust. I have worked with various businesses over the years and they always seem to use a SaaS to manage projects. Some might use Basecamp, some may use TeamWork, and others Asana. For my own business, I use Trello and Google Docs; pretty simple. What about you? What do you use?

Todd Jones June 28, 2019 2 Comments

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How to write a compelling about page for your agency or site care business

Do me a favor. Pull up your Google Analytics. That’s it. I’ll wait. Now that you have them up, what is your most visited page? My guess is that your homepage is the most visited page on your website. Is that right? Good. Now, what is the second most visited page? What’s that? Your About page? That’s what I thought. Think about if you will. When you get introduced to someone, you want to know more about them. It’s like when I see a pretty lady at the coffee shop, my first thought is, “I want to know who that

Todd Jones June 26, 2019 No Comments

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Q&A with Vito Peleg of WP Feedback

Imagine starting a web agency in the back of your van while your band is on tour. Imagine learning the ins and outs of digital marketing as a member of a rock band. For Vito Peleg, this is how he got started. The founder of WP Feedback shares his journey to agency owner as well as product launcher. How did the idea for WP Feedback come about? I actually started building websites for clients as a freelancer from the back of a van while touring the world with the band I had at the time, as I needed to deal

Todd Jones June 21, 2019 No Comments

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Two years later: The state of page builders and who has changed directions

A little over two years ago, I decided to write an article on WordPress page builders. In reality, I wanted to know how many there were. I started a spreadsheet to keep up with them. It was a pretty long article and in the end, we came up with some 33-page builders. I know I missed some too. For example, I didn’t list Avada because it is a theme framework that includes a page builder. The landscape has changed drastically since April 2017 when the article was published. For instance, Gutenberg has launched. Even though Gutenberg is not consistent in

Todd Jones June 19, 2019 4 Comments

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Podcast Junkies: Nine podcasts many MainWP users love to listen to

Are you a podcast junkie? What is on your playlist? I did a random poll in the MainWP Users Facebook group asking members what podcasts they like to listen to. The first person to respond was Joshua Vandercar, and he informed me his favorites were not tech or WordPress based. No problem. I didn’t specify so I encouraged others to list their favorite podcast regardless of industry. The result is that one of the podcasts in this list is not WordPress related. So, here are the top nine listed. Nine podcasts mentioned by the MainWP community Think Like a Hacker

Todd Jones June 14, 2019 4 Comments

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Using Stages of Awareness to create content for selling your website care packages

There’s a lot of content created every day — and most of it gains almost no attention. Austin Mullins, Copyblogger Ten years ago I had just moved back to my home state. I lived in a larger city in a state to the west for over 13 years but moved home to start over. It was a tough time. Finding a job seemed impossible. Nevertheless, I landed a job with a car dealership. They would pay me a salary the first month while I got up to speed. Then I found out that it was all about chasing people who

Todd Jones June 12, 2019 No Comments

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June 2019 World of WordPress: the Alex Mills legacy lives on

In this month’s World of WordPress, we talk about marketing and Joost, a full site editing plugin, and the legacy of Alex Mills. Let’s ride. Joost steps away from leadership role (Why) I’m stepping down from my WordPress marketing role Earlier this year there were some raised eyebrows when Joost de Valk accepted a position with WordPress to be the Marketing & Communications Lead. The experiment is over. Call it a misunderstanding. Call it a difference in opinion. Call it a difference in how to execute marketing. Call it what you will, but Joost announced he was stepping down.

Todd Jones June 6, 2019 No Comments

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9 Lessons I learned managing up a hyperlocal lifestyle blog

World of WordPress: Looking back to WordCamp Europe

Q&A with hosts of the Women in WP podcast

Project management in your WP Dashboard using Zephyr Project Manager

How to write a compelling about page for your agency or site care business

Q&A with Vito Peleg of WP Feedback

Two years later: The state of page builders and who has changed directions

Podcast Junkies: Nine podcasts many MainWP users love to listen to

Using Stages of Awareness to create content for selling your website care packages

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