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Is there an ideal blog post frequency that drives traffic?
How often should you blog? You know what people say, publish more often and your traffic goes up. But is there any research to suggest it's actually true? HubSpot, looking at more than 13,000 companies and their blogs, determined that, \"companies that published 16 blog posts or more a month received 3.5 times the traffic...
How do I use Gutenberg blocks?
This is all I ever wanted from Gutenberg You may recall a few weeks ago when I wrote about dynamic content - using some conditional logic and a plugin (if-so). But then I told you about my holy grail of dynamic content - where I use Gutenberg blocks to create reuseable content. Now imagine that...
Comparing WordPress Membership Plugins in 2021
There are a lot of membership plugins for WordPress out there. How do you pick? Well, the answer depends on what you care most about.
Can Jetpack Speed Up Your WordPress Site?
If you've heard of Jetpack, you either love it or hate it In the early days of Jetpack, many of the folks I know thought it could be helpful. Then, it got bigger and bulkier and most folks thought it would slow your site down. Initially I think it did, but then I remember when...
Why I chose Fathom Analytics
Have you heard of Fathom Analytics? Most folks have never heard of any website analytics solution other than Google. But you may have noticed, on this site, that I don't have to pop up any notice about GDPR or cookies. That's because I've switched from Google Analytics to Fathom Analytics. You've heard the saying, right?...
How to Make Interactive Videos Quickly & Easily
It should be easy and inexpensive to create interactive videos If you were to google \"interactive videos\" right now, like I did the other day, you'd find a ton of options - platforms that help you make and host these videos, and articles that teach you how to make interactive videos. You know what you...
WordPress Marketing Automation
Not everyone can afford an external marketing automation platform Let me start by saying that when it comes to marketing automation platforms, I'm always ready to recommend several solutions. I've worked with a ton of them, and recently compared ConvertKit with ActiveCampaign. But there are a ton of great solutions out there, like Constant Contact,...
Reusable Content Blocks with Gutenberg & the Blocksy theme
The holy grail of Gutenberg for me has been Reusable Content Blocks What do I want? Reusable content blocks? When do I want them? The minute Gutenberg was announced (which was a bit ago). Initially I was confused by Gutenberg, but it's been a bit and this time my transition to using it (on this...
How big is the market for your premium plugin in 2021?
Want to enter the world of WordPress premium plugins? Think that it's too late to create a premium plugin? Most people in the space might agree with you. After all, there's a plugin for everything. Right? Well, hold on a second. If you've been paying attention to the world of WordPress, you have likely seen someone...
This site now runs on the Blocksy theme
The Blocksy theme is one of four really fast themes The other day I told you about several themes I was checking out as I start to move from a pagebuilder-based site to Gutenberg. That list, if you recall, included the following four themes that are all really clean and load really quickly (alpha order):...
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