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A few months ago, I proposed a crazy idea to my husband, Mark. “What if we became digital nomads and traveled the country?” To my surprise, he didn’t have many objections to leaving our little…

Social media has become a marketing powerhouse. Isn’t it crazy that not even ten years ago, social media wasn’t even a blip on a digital marketer’s radar? Now platforms like Facebook and Twitter (yes, we…

One of the best things about WordPress is its open-source nature. That means that anytime, anyone can get onto a computer and make something to help their fellow users. It also means that anytime, they…

WordPress is one of the largest open-source content management platforms in the world. With millions of users worldwide, it’s understandable that there are some myths around using the platform. Since there is so much information…

There are tons of things you need to do to be seen online these days–but great ads, digital tracking, and retargeting can only get you so far. For people to really be able to find…

Many startups want to start their brand new eCommerce store. While setting up an online store is easy, growing it and increasing sales isn’t. You might get a few sales at first and become excited,…

If you thought starting your business was hard, wait until you try growing it. Between searching for new prospects and trying to keep the customers you already have, when can you actually make your business…

WooCommerce has almost 40 million downloads around the world, and for good reason. It’s one of the most user-friendly interfaces for creating an online store. Plus, it’s got the power of WordPress behind it, a…

You probably have the perfect idea for a business. All you need is a website! That’s…that’s it? Right, just a website? Not so fast. Start doing any research and there are plenty of things that could…

WordPress developers are constantly looking at ways to improve the functionality and performance of their clients’ sites. To aid in this effort, WordPress includes an extensive library of functions that can be used to add features and functionality to…

There are many vectors of attack that can compromise your WordPress website, and the list is growing as hackers are improving their methods. But oddly enough, brute force attacks remain one of the largest and…

The digital age has brought so many advancements to marketing technology. From social media to search ads and everything in between, you’re now able to track and analyze data to your heart’s content. But in…

Ask any WordPress developer about SSL certificates and encryption and you are likely to get a lot of groans and eye-rolling. Encrypting even basic websites is becoming a requirement due to market movers like Google;…

The Divi WordPress theme adds a lot of features and functions to WordPress. This allows users to create more complex layouts while maintaining fast performance times. As part of the performance part the Divi developers…

If you’re doing business online, the chances are you’re speaking to more than just one audience. A quick look at your Google Analytics and you might be surprised to see a number of non-English speaking…

We’re fortunate enough to live in a time where SEO strategies have non-technical elements. Believe it or not, SEO used to be even more complicated, and if you didn’t know how to code, you wouldn’t…

One of the biggest changes in the hosting space over the past decade has been the introduction of fully managed WordPress hosting. 10 years ago if you wanted to host your WordPress site, your only…

There are plenty of rules when it comes to coding, like don’t keep a full glass of water next to your computer. But there’s one rule that should be followed above all else: never, never,…

One of the biggest reasons why WordPress is so popular is because there is pretty much a plugin to help solve any problem you may have. One of the most common problems we get asked about…

Is your website showing the “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” message? You may encounter this message when applying updates to your site. This happens because a plugin or theme was interrupted before it could finish the updates…

Your website is an indispensable part of your brand. It’s often one of the first points of contact that you have with potential customers, so it should be accessible, informative, and up-to-date. But sometimes, it’s…