One tip to speed up WordPress sites If you’re read any of my posts, you know I don’t write ultimate guides to anything. I don’t enjoy reading 10,000 word posts (even if Google thinks they’re better) and so I don’t…
Building a WooCommerce membership site doesn’t have to be tough I know that a lot of folks out there will tell you that building a WooCommerce membership site is not only tough work, but complex work. I disagree. Often, I…
Make WordPress more friendly for non-technical audiences I’ve been having a conversation with a few folks abkeypresout the challenge that comes with building WordPress solutions for non-technical customers. And the conversation regularly goes back to customizing the WordPress dashboard. So…
You’ve heard the debate about comments on blogs, right? The conversation comes up a lot about comments on blogs. I used to tell people that I really appreciate comments on blogs. But that was back in 2013. And things aren’t…
Have you heard of the Mann Gulch Fire? In the mountains of Montana there was a wild fire. In those days every fire was put out. Every fire was worked on. So naturally, firefighters were sent to put out the…
What is a recommendation engine? If you’ve been online and browsed the web much, you’ve interacted with recommendation engines. They might not all feel like recommendation engines, but that’s what they are. To make sure we’re on the same page,…
How many times have you needed a quick website fix? You need some text changed on your website. You call that a quick website fix. Doesn’t everyone? But the more you go searching the web or Facebook for a recommendation…
A couple weeks ago I told you that I had changed my theme. One reader wrote back and said, essentially, that’s nice but can you get us your WordPress plugins list? I had two immediate thoughts: Are there any extraneous…
Is anonymous personalization an oxymoron? Anonymous personalization sounds crazy. Most of our approach to personalization comes after we identify someone. So how can you do it when a website visitor is anonymous? Before I get into it, let me ask…
How often should you blog? You know what people say, publish more often and your traffic goes up. But is there any research to suggest it’s actually true? HubSpot, looking at more than 13,000 companies and their blogs, determined that,…