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The Possible Effects of Automattic’s Auquisition of Scroll Kit

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April 29, 2014

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To add to its list of recent acquisitions, Automattic snatched up New York startup Scroll Kit last week, and added its creators to the WordPress.com product group. If you haven’t heard of it, Scroll Kit is a visual website building tool, with a snappy drag and drop interface. Their platform features simple WYSIWYG tools that allow users to create a simple one-page website simply by dragging images and text around a page in pre-configured templates. These tools were able to recreate the NY Times “Snowfall” website in just under an hour, and allow people to create a series of “scrolls” […]

Advanced Online Marketing for WordPress

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April 26, 2014

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Welcome to the companion article for my presentation “Advanced Online Marketing for WordPress,” which I gave at WordCamp Austin 2014. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the techniques I shared at WordCamp, covering how to build sites focused on driving revenue. This article covers a little SEO, site monetization, conversion optimization, and analytics tracking. Enjoy the read! Create Designs That Create Revenue As a web designer or developer, my guess is you’ve created quite a few sites that you’re proud of and that your clients were ecstatic about. That’s great! But do you really know if what […]

WordCamp Austin After Hours

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April 25, 2014

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Howdy Ya’ll—WordCamp Austin 2014 starts tomorrow! The weekend will kick off at 9am with a keynote speech by design/user experience lead  for the WordPress open source project, Jen Mylo. Following keynote are some pretty awesome sessions led by some impressive speakers. This year, there are 5 different tracks (or 6 including Youth Camp)  and 36 sessions. To further enrich your WordCamp experience, don’t forget to check out some of the after hour festivities. This will give you an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with other WordPress fans, in a relaxed and informal setting. WordCamp Austin After Party The official WordCamp after party will succeed Saturday’s […]

BlackBerry: Fallen Out of Favor?

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April 25, 2014

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Recently, Microsoft announced that they will be rebranding Nokia as Microsoft Mobile. A company that once was a de facto entity in the world of mobile phones, Nokia surely seems to have come full circle. But, while the world is currently busy talking about Nokia, there’s another smartphone brand that has seen better days: BlackBerry. Alphanumeric pagers, email machines, and smartphones—BlackBerry seems to have done it all. But BlackBerry’s tango with stardom appears to be coming to an end, as the figures don’t looking promising. In this article, I talk about the historic rise and imminent fall of BlackBerry. Good […]

3 Commonly Used Contact Form Plugins for WordPress

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April 24, 2014

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To find more great plugins, check out Torque’s free eBook, The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins. Download it here.  The customer is king. This universal mantra holds true even today. Customers are the backbone of a company—and for that reason, your services and products should always be accessible to them. Today, having a website is an essential part of providing this support. Additionally, because the customer is king (or queen), he or she might want be able to contact your company directly with questions and comments. You should be prepared for this because if you don’t treat your customers accordingly, they […]

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