Website Strategy

Are you using testimonials?

Today I just want to ask you some simple questions. Questions that frankly I spent many years not asking myself. It's all about using testimonials. And in case that word is foreign to you, it simply means quotes from other ...

How to write a Services Page that works

Most website services pages suck. We can all agree that there are few things harder than writing about yourself, right? Whether it's your About Page, your Services Page, or anything else where you have to articulate your value, things get ...

Should I use the WordPress Jetpack plugin on my site?

Other than which host to use, the only other question I hear most from both beginners and advanced users is whether using the WordPress Jetpack plugin will help or hurt their site. Should you use the WordPress Jetpack plugin? There's an old Chris Rock ...

No comments on your posts? Don’t make these Four mistakes

Do you have tons of posts without any comments on them? When I was first getting started with this blog, I would go for days (and sometimes weeks) without a comment. Then I would head to popular blogs and see ...

User submitted posts using Ninja Forms 3

Have you seen the new Ninja Forms 3? The other day I highlighted that I didn't like the new Divi interface. And it has nothing to do with a) I'm dumb and don't know how to use the Internet, b) ...

Recommending the best cache plugin for WordPress

In my experience, there are three ways to determine how to recommend any plugin as the best for any particular area, including the best cache plugin for WordPress. The first is simply based on a proven track record. In other words, you ...

Why I recommend ConvertKit to Infusionsoft users

Most of my conversations about Infusionsoft end up sounding exactly the same. And it's not the fault of InfusionSoft. Have you ever talked to someone about Infusionsoft? If you're anything like me, you now know that there are only two ...

How do you find the best WordPress slider?

How do you find the best WordPress slider?  Compare 20 of them. In 2013 I reviewed slider plugins for performance. It's been a long time since I circled back because, after all, these are sliders and I'm not that much of ...

WPForms: A fast new solution for WordPress Forms

There's a new solution for WordPress forms. Who knows the exact back story on how WPForms came to be? (Now you can know it.) Maybe it was someone who was frustrated with the underlying code or performance of an existing ...

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

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 ...