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Weekly Links Roundup – WordPress Performance, Marketing Plan, Text on Images, Email Lists

The top website and marketing links of the week. WordPress performance can be a hard thing to get your head around – there are a lot of factors that play into page loading time. If you’re willing to try to tackle a slow-loading site on your own, this checklist of 19 ways to speed up…

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Weekly Links Roundup – WordPress, Monetization, SEO Wins, Design Trends

The top website and marketing links of the week. Did you know that 30% of the Web now runs on WordPress? Back in 2009 when I was trying to decide which CMS (content management system) platform I should work on mastering, WordPress was one of three or four options. It was a hard choice at…

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Weekly Links Roundup – Two WordPresses, Free Ebooks, Why WordPress, Website Redesigns

The top website and marketing links for this week. Considering converting your existing business website to WordPress? WordPress.org, WordPress.com – why are there two WordPresses? What’s the difference between them? If after reading that you’re still on the fence, take this quiz to see which WordPress you should use. If you’re a business owner looking…

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Weekly Links Roundup – WordPress 4.8, Holler Box, Getting Subscribers

The top website and marketing links for this week. WordPress 4.8 was released as I was writing this post… The two big things you’ll most likely notice are: New native image, video and audio widgets, finally! You can now display this content in widgets without HTML or extra plugins. Link boundaries – know how you…

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Weekly Links Roundup – Branding, Ecommerce, Blacklisting, SEO Meta Descriptions

The top website and marketing links for this week. If your company were a couch, what kind of couch would it be? Find out here and see if your website and marketing collateral reflects your choice – or doesn’t. If you have a large and/or very busy ecommerce site and have been wary about moving to…

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Weekly Links Roundup – Standing Desk Mats, WordPress vs. SquareSpace, Better Contact Pages

The top website and marketing links for this week. First, not a web thing, but a work thing… Have you jumped on the standing desk bandwagon? I stand about half the time most work days, using a Varidesk Pro on top of my big black IKEA desk. But lately since I’m standing more I’ve noticed…

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Business Website Design – One Size Does Not Fit All

Over the weekend I decided to start a new blog. I signed up for my first marathon a few weeks ago, and after reading other runners’ blogs, it seemed like a good way to both document training and keep some perspective on all the things associated with committing to a marathon. So I had an…