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You probably should be charging more
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Web Care Consultants: You probably should be charging more.

We Care Consultants should be charging more. Today we take a look at three reasons why you are selling yourself short. Did you know that 45% of businesses in the United States fail in the first five years? Crazy huh? 65% of businesses fail within ten years. Are you curious about your state in the US? What about other countries? Half of startups survive the first three years in the UK. In Australia, that number is 60% failure within three years. And what about Canada? 15% of businesses fail in the first three years. Maybe Canada helps their private businesses

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: WordCamp Asia, backlinks and service pages

In this edition of the MainWP Roundup, we look back at WordCamp Asia, what it is like to chat with Sydney, the perfect B2B website service page, and something a little fun. Are you ready to roll? Let’s go! WordCamp Asia recaps. Looking from the outside, WordCamp Asia seemed like a success. I saw lots of pictures and came close to having Fear of Missing Out, especially when I saw Mustaasam and Davinder take a picture. Glad to meet @MustaasamSaleem of @WPfounders at #WCAsia pic.twitter.com/SAa5vu8FeX — Davinder Singh Kainth (@idavinder) February 17, 2023 Our friend Rajendra was there too! So,

Australia Privacy Act - Updates
Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

An Overview of Australia’s Updated Privacy Act and Its Impact on Data Protection

With the constantly evolving nature of technology and its impacts on privacy, it should come as no surprise that privacy laws have to evolve as well constantly. For example, this year, six new privacy laws are going into effect – the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Colorado Privacy Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), Connecticut SB6, and Quebec Bill 64. With over a dozen proposed privacy bills in the United States and potential updates to privacy laws in the United Kingdom, Australia is the latest country to propose updates to its privacy law, Australia

toolbox
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

February Toolbox: Podcast tools, Local SEO, and Review Managment

It’s that time of month where we explore tools you can use and add to your toolbox. This month we are looking at podcasting tools, a Schema Markup Generator, citation management and a review management platform. Buckle up! Podcast: How to start your podcast on a budget. Robert Cairns – slide deck. Stunning Digital Marketing’s Rob Cairns attended the PodCamp in Toronto this past weekend. He presented “How to start your podcast on a budget.”  How to start your podcast on a budget. How to start your podcast on a budget resource list PDF. This link is to his slide

3 reasons writing a blog
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

3 Reasons: Writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business

Today we discuss 3 Reasons for writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business. In the 2022 edition of the MainWP Web Care Survey, when we asked about writing a consistent blog, only 10.7% of our respondents said yes. The other approximately 90% said No or that they are trying. And look, I understand. As a WordPress Web Care consultant,  you are busy doing actual web care for your customers. There are definitely some challenges and time is probably at the top of your list. You can, of course, hire an agency like The BlogSmith to handle this part

Featured Image: CLEAR Formula
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

The CLEAR Formula for Managing Customer Experience for WordPress Care Businesses

Customer experience is an absolutely critical piece of any business. And it feels like fewer companies understand this. If you are like me and millions of other shoppers, you are using self check out in your favorite stores in 2023. Amazingly, these companies do not invite us to their end of the year holiday parties. Go figure. Everywhere we turn, it seems like C-Suite executives cut customer service. Cutting customer service hurts the customer experience. They may blame it on the COVID-19 pandemic, but I believe it goes back before that. There is nothing more infuriating than trying to get

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: Creating block patterns without code and more

Hey ya’ll, it’s time for another MainWP Roundup! This month we are going to talk about making block patterns without code, look at an interview, and notice a new acquisition.  We are also going to talk about Google Web Stories, the difference between strategy and tactics and look at a few upcoming events. Are you ready?  Let’s ride. Making Gutenberg Block Patterns With No Code! HeroPress Network In this WordPress tip by the HeroPress Network, Topher introduces us to block patterns. The WordPress repository has several already in its library and Topher shows you how to take advantage of those.

Featured Image: Mainwp features
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Features: Are you using these (newish) features?

Have you ever been caught off guard with a domain renewal? If you haven’t, has your client? We don’t think about domain renewals that much, perhaps once a year. And if we decide to renew for several years, we certainly don’t think about that domain again for a long time! Once we realize there is a renewal, then there becomes a mad scramble to get it renewed before there is “Downtime” for a client’s website. One of the nicest new features in the MainWP Dashboard is the Domain Monitor. The Domain Monitor made an appearance about a year ago and

WordPress Security Roundtable
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

WordPress Security Roundtable: Using backups and updates to keep sites secure

We are back with your WordPress Security Experts Roundtable. In this article, we will discuss backups and updates of your WordPress website. Remember, our first article with our WordPress Security Expert was “Preventing compromises for your WordPress website.” How often should I update? What should my process be to test after updates? Update a few sites first before updating them all? What is your advice?  According to our experts, here are 6 important things to remember: Security updates ASAP. Automation to check sites. Update busy and problem sites first. Keep and test your updates. Use a staging site to update

WordPress Security Roundtable
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

WordPress Security Roundtable: Preventing compromises for your WordPress website

Over the next few weeks, we will engage a group of WordPress security experts in the WordPress space.  They will help us sort through good and best practices.  Our roundtable includes Robert Rowley of Patchstack, Chris Bourne of Website Managed and MainWP customer, Kathy Zant of Stellar WP, Edward O’Rourke of Jupiter Media, also a MainWP customer, and Erika Vainoras of Hostinger. We will discuss different areas of security, including plugins, hosts, updates, ecommerce, and preventing compromise.  Our Roundtable WordPress Security Experts Robert Rowley, Patchstack www.patchstack.com “Robert is the Security Advocate for Patchstack and carries with him 2 decades of

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