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Who wants to go to WordCamp US for Free? Act now!

wordpressOct 20, 2015

Who doesn't like free stuff? Seriously. Who isn't for it? I know I love getting deals. And I love free. Free airplane upgrades are pretty close to the top of my list. But I'll be honest, free ice cream at the end of a meal, that's pretty nice too. But what about a free trip?...

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You won't help anyone if you're broke

agency-adviceOct 20, 2015

The formula for profit is simple: make more than your costs. It's not hard to think about. Just like losing weight is pretty simple to think about: eat less than the calories you burn. Right? The math on both of these things is pretty simple. The formulas aren't the hard part When you look at...

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You can share your landing page designs easily with Beaver Builder

wordpressOct 16, 2015

You've seen landing pages like this before A landing page that collects an email in exchange for a free eBook download isn't something new or really all that interesting. Tons of products can make this--from themes, to hosted solutions, to fancier solutions that manage funnels, and if you're super cool, you likely already use my...

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How to limit the number of posts a user can publish on your WordPress site

wordpressOct 15, 2015

Why would you ever want to limit the number of posts a user can publish? I saw a question about limiting post creation for authors just the other day in our Advanced WordPress Facebook Group. Then, hours later, a client of mine asked about it for their own site. Then, yesterday someone else asked about...

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iThemes Sync And InfiniteWP are different and for different people

wordpressOct 11, 2015

Two different products that sound the same when you read feature lists. But they're not. The challenge most WordPress products have Most WordPress products struggle in exactly the same way. Regardless of how well they're coded, regardless of how well they're supported, the folks behind most of the WordPress plugins that are premium (or commercial...

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How complicated is a Chargify WordPress integration project?

ecommerceOct 6, 2015

The short answer is really short. It's not that complicated at all. But let me show you. Wait... what is Chargify? Chargify is a subscription management service. In other words, it helps you charge customers on a recurring basis. You know, like charging a customer every single month, for access to your protected content on...

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Meet Syed Balkhi (by the numbers) and wish him happy birthday!

insightsOct 2, 2015

Do you know my friend, Syed Balkhi? No? He doesn't pay me to be his PR. I'm just so impressed with him and how hard he works, and how generous he is with his knowledge, that I want to make sure you know him. He's the guy behind List25.com, WPBeginner.com, and tons of WordPress plugins....

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The Best WordPress Membership Plugin of 2015

membership-sitesOct 1, 2015

This summer I went on a search... The idea was simple. Thirty plugin reviews in 30 days. I would first have to see if there really were more than 30 membership plugins. Truth: there are. By my limited research, there were over 45 different membership plugins for WordPress. But some are really new. Others are...

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Learn your own story, Then learn how to tell it

marketing-communicationsSep 30, 2015

Do you know your own story? Have you learned how to tell it? A couple weeks ago in Dallas After three months at home, away from conferences, talks and events, I headed out to Austin and Dallas for meetings and a conference. While...

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Dripped Content And Notifications in WordPress

membership-sitesSep 30, 2015

There was a time when very few WordPress products supported content dripping. Today many do. Yet, they still struggle. The Call was for Dripped Content Some time in 2010 I experienced three distinctly different dynamics with online information that changed my thinking on dripped content. The first was that I started selling my first eBook on...

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