Why is Instagram so awesome? Let me count the ways: There are over 400 million users on Instagram every day. No character limits! It’s all about the visual content. Your posts don’t get buried like on Facebook or Twitter. Companies on Instagram receive the highest follower engagement rates (2.3%) out of all social media platforms. […] View original post at …
Seattle to Host WooConf 2017 in October, Conference to Focus on Developers
WooConf, the official WooCommerce developer’s conference, is returning for its third edition October 19-20, 2017. In line with previous years’ events that were hosted in major U.S. tech hubs (San Francisco and Austin), WooConf 2017 will be held in Seattle. The organizing team, which is made up of almost a dozen people from around the world of WooCommerce, is planning …
Google Search is Going Mobile-First – Here’s What It Means for Your WordPress Site
If you’re a WordPress website admin who is starting to feel some heat over Google’s mobile-first index and how search engine rankings will be affected as a result, you’re not alone. Webmasters and SEOs are scrambling to transform antiquated websites into more mobile-responsive versions. But before making any major changes, it makes sense to know […] View original post at …
WP Elevation is Focusing All Content on Mental Health for Month of May
photo credit: Jorge Garcia May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the US, dedicated to educating people about mental health and illnesses since 1949. WP Elevation is joining the observance this year with a special emphasis on freelancers and the tech industry. The company, which provides education for WordPress consultants, will be focusing all of its content on mental health …
11 Quick Ways to Insert Ads into WordPress… and Increase Your Income This Year
Seems like there are never enough hours in the day to keep your business running, doesn’t it? Between actively working to complete projects while trying to drum up new clients, it’s difficult to think that there’s more you should be doing to boost your revenue stream. One surefire way to keep your income in the […] View original post at …
A Quick Guide to Adding a Favicon to Your WordPress Site
Brand recognition is critical for a company’s website. That’s why you invest so much time coming up with a simple yet bold color palette, consistent imagery, and well-defined brand messaging. The more consistent you are in defining and establishing that identity across your site, the more ingrained it’ll become in your visitors’ minds. But you […] View original post at …
How to Keep Client Feedback in Check (and Protect Your WordPress Business)
Your clients are going to want a say in the work you do. It is their WordPress website, after all. The problem, however, is that sometimes your clients’ feedback isn’t helpful. There are times when their feedback is vague: “I don’t know. I just don’t like the way it looks.” There are times when they […] View original post at …
20 Lessons I’ve Learned as a WordPress Freelancer
Is freelancing all it’s cracked up to be? Sure, it is! But it takes a lot of hard work. And I should know. I started freelancing in 2004 when I was 20 to help pay for college. My very first paying writing gig was an article for a teen arts magazine about Irish dancing. I’ve […] View original post at …
Shopify Discontinues Its Official Plugin for WordPress
Shopify’s official plugin for WordPress was removed from the plugin directory this week. The plugin allowed users to create “Buy Buttons” for products from their Shopify stores and insert them into WordPress posts and pages using a shortcode. It was built by WebDevStudios and had approximately 9,000 active installations before it was removed. Shopify’s documentation says the plugin has been …
12 Best Practice for Super Effective Mobile Call-to-Action Buttons
There are currently about 3 billion smartphone users worldwide. Even if your site only taps into the tiniest fraction of those global users, I’m willing to bet there’s a significant portion of mobile visitors that comprise your overall site traffic. Why do I say this? Because in the U.S. alone, smartphone users access the Internet, […] View original post at …




