The Internet has revolutionized the way we live, communicate, and do business. There’s almost no company out there anymore that doesn’t rely on the world wide web in some sort of capacity. In addition to that, mainly thanks to mobile devices, the online world has permeated our entire lives. Now we can get on the Internet pretty much anywhere and at any time. And now with the Internet of Things (IoT) this connection will become even stronger. The Internet of Things describes the growing number of devices that have online connections. You might not be aware of it but Internet […]

This month, the city of love, Paris, had a couple thousand more tourists than usual. Yet, instead of the Eiffel Tower, Louvre or Champs-Élysées, these particular people headed to the Paris Docks in the North of the city, where WordCamp Europe 2017 was taking place. The fifth WordCamp Europe once again stole the crown as the biggest WordCamp ever, though WordCamp US will probably, once more, reclaim that title in December. For now, however, 1900 participants from 79 countries and more than 1000 people taking part in the live streams is nothing to scoff at. I was in attendance for […]

Building and running an enterprise website presents a unique set of challenges. Enterprise sites often represent large, multinational business entities and as such need to work on a similar scale as their parent companies. That usually means lots of pages, subdomains and subsites, high traffic, and localized content. In the past, enterprise websites would often rely on proprietary custom solutions. Closed systems that make users dependent on their vendors and, as commercial products, also represent a financial commitment. However, if your goal was to build a site for your business, this was the way to go. WordPress, on the other […]

Managing multiple WordPress sites at once is no easy task. While the platform has an easy-to-use interface, a lot already goes into keeping just one site up and running. Updating WordPress, plugins, themes, creating content, moderating comments, doing regular maintenance — it’s not hard but it accumulates. Multiply that for each additional site and you have your hands full, especially with sites that have healthy traffic. And that doesn’t even take into account the time it takes to log in and out of each website. Luckily, you don’t have to go it alone. Other people have realized the need to […]

Growth hacking is very prevalent in the world of startups, especially for companies in their early stages. In fact, for a while growth hacking was a buzzword like “content is king” in blogging. The term describes an approach to find ways to rapidly and efficiently grow a business. Since its main focus is building a user base the same principles can also be used to grow websites. Fortunately, WordPress and growth hacking go together like peanut butter and jelly. For that reason, in this article, we want to dive deeply into this topic. Below we will talk about what growth […]