Brian Hughes says, “Staying competitive in a constantly evolving marketplace is no easy feat for any professional, especially small business leaders. We need to be aggressive in establishing our market dominance but simultaneously be ready to pivot at a moment’s notice in response to economic uncertainty. Plus, we need to juggle roles from marketing to accounting to custodial staff, sometimes all in one day. That’s a lot for any one person! While the majority of small business owners are optimistic about future business prospects, they admit facing technology challenges, reports Chase’s... [...]

Matt McGee says, “WordPress is prioritizing speed with version 4.6 of its uber-popular content management software, which is now available for download from WordPress.org or via existing dashboards. This version speeds up the management of both themes and plugins by allowing both to be added, updated or deleted from a single page — no need to click back and forth between the main Themes page and a separate “Add Theme” page, for example. WordPress says the admin dashboard will also load faster because it uses the native fonts that are already installed on your operating system. There... [...]

Daniel Sumner is a blogger who flies under the radar, but who make consistent earnings month after month. In his Blogger’s Roadmap 2016, he shows how he does it, and how other marketers can do it, too. Blogging is an online opportunity for anyone who has something to say. And you can do it from anywhere in the world. If you do it right and advertise affiliate products in you blog, you should be able to earn a reasonable living from your blog. Creating an engaging and successful blog doesn’t happen over night, but Sumner shows you how to do it as effectively as possible. The information... [...]

Tim Burd says, “WordPress has changed the way we build websites. What started as a simple blogging tool in 2003 has turned into a leading CMS powering 26.4 percent of all websites in the world. This can be partly attributed to the five-minute install WordPress is so famous for, and partly because WordPress is being used in so many different niches. From entrepreneurs to freelancers, WordPress is being used by just about anyone to create any type of website you can think of. Whether you want to build a blog, a news website, a sales page or a corporate website — you can use WordPress... [...]

Josee Bedard is the creator of many WordPress themes. According to Bedard, her latest theme, the Infinity Theme, gives you the power to build your own WP site with “drag and drop” ease. Now, you can create effective, professional, flexible, responsive websites with this new software. It’s now possible for you to quickly create different layouts and a variety of types of website, all using the same theme. Whether you build websites for clients or simply was to create your own site is a way that makes it look just right, Infinity Theme. can make your sites look professional and... [...]

Dan Scalco says, “Your website serves as the digital storefront for your business. If it doesn’t look appealing, load quickly or even have a mobile version, customers are going to keep walking. Many small business owners rely on their website to bring in a steady stream of leads and educate potential customers on what they offer. However, when it comes to designing and developing a website, most of those same small business owners think they can’t have all the bells and whistles that larger businesses have. But that’s not true. Why? Meet WordPress. WordPress is a free platform that... [...]

Page Load Speed is a key ingredient in the search engine algorithms for ranking, along with mobile-responsiveness, backlinks, and more. Not only that, speed can make a difference in whether a visitor stays around to look at your site or bounces off to some other site. Tuning your site for better speed is critical if it is to bring you long-term success. But, isn’t this a job for experts? Yes, it is. But fortunately for the rest of us, experts can capture their knowledge in software that can act as a portable expert. If done well, tuning software can look into the “behind the scenes”... [...]

Sonia Simone says, “If you want to build a software business, there are a lot of advantages to the world of WordPress plugins. To begin with, you have a built-in audience of committed users. That audience is massive — around a quarter of the planet’s websites use WordPress. And that number is growing every day. But we all know that “Build it and they will come” is a myth — for software or any other business. There are tens of thousands of plugins with just a few downloads, and a few successful standouts. Here’s how to put your awesome plugin in the second category.”. 7 Keys... [...]

IM NewsWatch had server problems a couple of weeks ago. We were down for a week. It was a miserable 10 days. Why the long delay in getting it back running after the break-down? Well, we had out data backed up, but our software that runs the site had not been backed up and it it had to be re-built. We learned our lesson. Your whole site needs to be backed up. If you are one of the 76% of WordPress users who don’t back up your site, you are courting disaster. There are many ways your site can fail: • Hard disks fail. • Your site can get hacked. • You can install incompatible... [...]

Cindy Donovan Bettye has been hard at work, turning out useful software for people and companies who market their goods and services online. One of her latest and best is StickyPost. This is a new WordPress plugin that any person can use. It lets you pull into your posts, graphics that will illustrate them, making them more attractive, more “sticky”. In summary, StickyPost lets you turn any post into an image-rich, fully monetized slideshow divided into compelling bite-sized mini-posts. Three steps: 1. Write your post 2. Decide how many sections you would like it divided into 3. Click... [...]