So far I have attended three WordCamp conferences: Seville in 2015 and Vienna and Belfast in 2016. In all three conferences I have hung around with my friends Simon and Colm from CommerceGurus. CommerceGurus is a WordPress theme company that has released some amazing WooCommerce designs on ThemeForest. It’s always great catching up with Simon … Read more
Far too often we see roundup articles with the best WordPress themes, that some of the other top platforms get neglected. Have you ever heard of Ghost? If not, you may want to consider it, because it provides a beautiful opensource interface that many would argue is easier to manage than WordPress. Furthermore, it’s one … Read more
Elementor is an open source drag and drop page builder for WordPress. It’s stylish, it’s easy to use, it offers many content elements, and it’s free to download. Those are all ingredients of a successful WordPress plugin. Launched in June 2016, the developers of Elementor have managed to rack up over ten thousand active users … Read more
Showing related content to your readers is a great way to encourage user engagement and get more clicks for your blog. This is why related posts plugins seem to be rising in popularity with each passing day. Basically, such related posts plugins tend to showcase other relevant content from your site at the end of … Read more
Few people will argue that the star of WordCamp Europe 2016 was PixelRockstar. More specifically, the stars of the event were Wapuu and the PixelRockstar team who walked around for a couple of days taking polaroid pictures of everyone. It was a fantastic marketing ploy that caught the attention of everyone at the event. PixelRockstar … Read more
Facebook ranks as the third most used website on the internet behind Google and YouTube and the most popular social media service by far. This is why it is so important to integrate Facebook into your website. If you want integrate the service beyond a Facebook follow button and Facebook like buttons, you may want … Read more
Whilst wasting time on Twitter the other day I came across a link bait article by Make a Websitehub that looked at the best WordPress plugins for SEO, social media, and conversion rate optimisation. Infographics have been overwhelming the internet the last few years, but what stood out about the infographic is that it showed … Read more
Self-hosted email marketing solutions are an effective way of reducing the cost of your email marketing campaigns. If you are currently using a hosted email marketing solution such as MailChimp, I recommend doing some homework on a self-hosted alternative as you could save hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year. My other resource page … Read more
Most of the websites I have launched during my online career have been developed because of a passion or interest in a particular subject. Knowledge is power and sharing my knowledge of a subject has been the foundation of every success I have had. My latest passion is cars. I never used to be a … Read more
Recording your computer screen, sometimes referred to as screencasting, is a fantastic way of showing your computer screen to others. It is useful for recording things such as video tutorials and gaming videos with audio commentary. It’s great for explaining a situation to someone else too. For example, if you were finding it difficult to … Read more