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Business

Six Ways Slow Web Performance Hurts Your Business

Every extra second your page takes to load damages your business. Every second faster elevates you above your competition. This is what we deal with every day at XWP for clients needing high tech, highly…

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Business

Strategies for Getting Backlinks to a Brand New Website (Part 2)

In part one of our series, we looked at two different strategies for obtaining more backlinks to your website. This week, we’re going to look at three new strategies that can help improve backlinks, the…

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Business

Is Blogging Still a Viable Marketing Strategy?

The rumors have been swirling for years—the age of the blog is over. That might apply if you’re just now launching your minimalist lifestyle blog, but what about a blog for your business? If you…

Happy man using WordPress for his website.
Business

Why Should You Use WordPress for Your Website?

Choosing a content management system is one of the very first things to do when you set out to create a website. It’s also one of the most important. WordPress is the most popular CMS…

Person holding phone with backlinks on the screen.
Business

Strategies for Getting Backlinks to a Brand New Website (Part 1)

Backlinks serve as a backbone for any website. They have acted as integral parts of online marketing for a long time now. They help to improve the traffic, ranking, and credibility of your WordPress website….

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Business

7 Ways to Improve Your Website Traffic

Driving traffic to your site can be tough, especially since every business is competing for the same sets of eyes. Website traffic isn’t just an indicator of how well your marketing campaigns are working; it’s…

woocommerce managed hosting
Business

Finding the Right Managed Host for Your WooCommerce Store

You have the perfect web design, the perfect marketing plan, and the perfect product (of course), but your e-commerce business just isn’t doing nearly as well as you’d hoped. It might be time to look…

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Business

Why You Should Brave the Switch to a New Host

You know you’re not happy with your current managed WordPress hosting provider. They are unresponsive and your site goes down all the time, or they blame you when something goes wrong. It’s time to start…

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Business

When Do You Need Dedicated Hosting?

When it comes to running a business, it makes sense to own or have total control of an asset that is important to making your company run. If you have a retail store, it would…

Business

How to Get Monthly Recurring Revenue in WordPress

When it comes to starting your WordPress business, it’s fairly easy to start out with word of mouth. But if you don’t have new customers constantly coming in, you need to have monthly recurring revenue…

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Business

I Built the Site but the Client Hasn’t Delivered Content. Now What?

So you or your agency builds WordPress websites. That’s awesome. Thanks for being part of the economic ecosystem that has built over 31% of the web! But you have issues with your client. The client…

A person helping customers.
Business

What Does It Mean to Be Customer-Centric?

A customer-centric business model is undeniably effective. According to a study by Deloitte and Touche, it’s nearly 60% more effective in generating profits. But, here’s the thing: customer-centricity doesn’t just apply to one-on-one interactions with…