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How To Develop A Brand for Your Small WordPress Business
What exactly is a brand? And how do you, as a solo WordPress business owner and service professional, create a brand that works for you? Seth Godin’s definition helps with the first question: And for the second? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a guide to branding for a small WordPress development or design business using a shoestring budget and a simplified, bootstrap approach. No expensive market research, no (or not much) branding lingo, just straightforward minimalist steps you can take to create a brand that resonates with your ideal clients and works hard for you. Establish Your Brand Values Who […]
43 of the Best WordPress Blogging Tools 2016 You Shouldn’t Miss
What are the best WordPress blogging tools 2016? And why would you even need them? Good question. Blogging seems so simple from the outside. Just sit down in front of your WordPress website, type in some words, publish them and that’s it, right? After that, all you need to do is wait until your content gets picked up by Google and traffic comes in, correct? Unfortunately no. People are often surprised to learn that writing is actually just one part of blogging and that a lot more goes into running a successful blog. For that reason, full-time bloggers can use […]
WordPress Security in 2017: What It Means for Your Website
Powering nearly 74.6 million websites, WordPress can be an inviting target for hackers. Much like other services, the platform has been the subject of numerous attacks throughout its existence, but no major vulnerabilities have been discovered inside WordPress’ core since January 2013. Security is (of course) a constant concern for many WordPress developers. Although no website is 100% secure, you can certainly make hacking difficult by maximizing your site’s security. There’s lots of good advice available to protect your website, but with WordPress constantly evolving, do the old methods of staying safe still apply in 2017? In this post, we’ll kick the year […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Worst Web Design Trends of 2016
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. With 2017 right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to wrap up some of the worst web design trends of 2016. Love WordPress news, but have a hard time reading because they used a dark grey font on a light grey background? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. I don’t know about you, but I think 2017 can’t get here soon enough. So this week, we thought it […]
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