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No one sees the hard work you do. They only see the finished product. Do you get a bunch of “attaboys” once you launch that website? Sure, people see the stunning colors and beautiful, simple font you are using. What about the pics? Stunning! Screenshot Made with Unsplash – you made something like this, right? After all, you put together a website your client is proud of. But you know work you went through to get there. You remember the Continue reading the post...

What can I say about Rebecca Gill? Rebecca is one of those entrepreneurs who has paved a way for her and her team in the WordPress community. Web Savvy Marketing is a respected marketing firm in Michigan where they spin up high functioning websites for their clients. Her company has an impressive portfolio including Michigan State, James Madison, and UCLA. Before the Web Savvy Marketing years, Rebecca spent time learning Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for her prior employer and beating Continue reading the post...

I have written many articles about many startups. It is something I enjoy doing. I really do love entrepreneurial stories. One of the things you learn about startups is that they are nimble. By that I mean they run their business very flexible. In fact, there is a term for it in the startup world and it is a term used often in the developer world. That term is agile. Basically, to do anything, you have to be a little Continue reading the post...

MainWP Dashboard 3.2.2 along with the MainWP Child 3.2.5 introduces one significant change in site connection process. As of this version, MainWP plugin won’t allow users to connect child sites by using MD5 encryption. This means that OpenSSL Extension needs to be enabled on both, Dashboard and Child server(s). If the PHP OpenSSL Extension is not available on a child site server, the MainWP plugin was designed to drop back to an MD5 encryption connection for securing the communication between the dashboard and child site. After Continue reading the post...

The new year brings new challenges. The new year also brings new opportunities. “You have to believe in yourself to invest in yourself,” Ben Fox. This little sentence stuck out to me when visiting with Ben Fox of FlowPress. I was getting the scoop on his company’s story. He reminded me about how much work and effort it takes to believe in our own abilities. I mean, I know I struggle with that. Don’t you? In the end, it comes down Continue reading the post...

In this month’s roundup, we explore the virtual reality and Wordpress, track down the Ukrainian Brute Force attacks, introduce you to the ultimate WordPress checklist, talk about SEO in 2017, and visit WordCamp US with a shy introvert. So, get out a glass of whatever it is you like to drink, kick your feet up, and dig into the monthly MainWP blog roundup. A Very Virtual Roundup Virtual Reality + WordPress Imagine for a minute. You are looking at a Continue reading the post...

WordPress is our tool of choice. We make our living using WordPress to solve problems. Even though I have moved more to the content side of the industry, I still maintain my WordPress projects, test things on my local server (DesktopServer), and listen to podcasts and read articles. Often, however, my learning is for writing articles, but I still keep my thumb on the pulse of the industry as much as possible. Frankly, there have not been many industries where I Continue reading the post...

Things were drastically different for me a year ago. I was plodding along working as a contract employee for a local web marketing company for a small per hour wage and writing articles for a local media company on startups and technology. I wasn’t happy and I was struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In December of last year, I began thinking about where I wanted to be in 2016. I met with a business Continue reading the post...

Catwoman: I blow that tunnel open, I’m gone. Batman: There’s more to you than that. Catwoman: Sorry I keep letting you down. [pause] Catwoman: Come with me. Save yourself. You don’t owe these people any more. You’ve given them everything. Batman: Not everything. Not yet. The Dark Knight Rises We are coming to the finish line in 2016. Maybe you are cruising across or maybe you are laying it out all on the line, just like Batman. Earlier this year Continue reading the post...

This article is part two of our posts on using chatbots in business. Check out part one here! Automation has changed our society and our economy. So many things used to take human workforce to do, but now we can efficiently accomplish those actions with systems and computers. A lot of people think this is bad because those jobs go away. For example, I have a friend who will not use the self-checkouts at stores because it replaced people. Whether Continue reading the post...