10 Ways to instantly increase your website traffic

As startup entrepreneur you can often feel like the deck is stacked against you when it comes to the digital world. You don’t have the same budget as your massive competitors, nor do you have the army of marketers that they can employ. So how can a small- or medium-sized business, against overwhelming odds, carve out its piece of the market? The tips below will…

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How to use PPC campaigns to drive targeted traffic to WordPress sites

Often people tend to steer clear of paid ads at first. It costs money and there are so many experts singing the praises of outbound marketing channels that it starts to feel weird thinking about spending money to drive traffic to your site. So why consider paid ads on networks such as Google, Facebook, or Bing? One word: targeting. You’re putting carefully crafted, creative, eye-catching…

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9 Creative Facebook ad strategies that increase targeted traffic

Whether your Facebook ad is designed to build your email list, drive traffic to a particularly high-converting piece of content, or make a sale outright, it needs to do one thing spectacularly well: Drive the right kinds of traffic to whatever page you specify. It’s important to focus on the underlying goals and overall strategy behind any ad campaign online. Where are you sending prospects?…

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Why we stop selling WordPress themes on WordPress.com

For those of you who don’t know, WordPress.com is a WordPress hosting company operated by Automattic, the company of WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. WordPress.com is the entry level for many users who start building their websites with WordPress, as it doesn’t involve hosting your own website. In the past our flagship theme, MH Magazine, was available on WordPress.com as well, but we decided to stop…

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Why you should consider WordPress for ecommerce websites

WordPress came a long way from its humble beginnings as a simple blogging platform. Nowadays, it powers more than 27% of all websites, including some of the most popular brands and websites like PlayStation, TechCrunch, BBC, NY Times, Bloomberg, Forbes and many more. In the early days of WordPress, it was hard to imagine WordPress being used for anything else other than a simple blog.…

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Envato includes WordPress products in Envato Elements

This morning I’ve received an email from Envato. It’s an announcement that starting next week Envato will include WordPress products in their annual subscription plan at Envato Elements. This certainly is great news for Envato and a huge upgrade to Elements. However, it also may be seen as a new highlight in the race to the bottom within the WordPress economy. It will be interesting…

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The cost of the Gutenberg transition for small WordPress businesses and independent developers

I’ve been watching the development of Gutenberg closely since June 2017, it was when I noticed that it’s going to be so much more than just an improved editor. I’ve also been a vocal critic of the Gutenberg introduction since then. This is not because I don’t like the idea behind Gutenberg or because I’m against it. For the record, I actually like Gutenberg in…

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How to get started with video marketing to promote your brand

Thinking about video marketing this year? That’s a smart decision. After all, three-fourths of online video viewers interact with at least one video ad each month. Even more — around 80% of users — say they can remember a specific video ad they’ve seen in the last 30 days. Video has become a very important medium for successful online marketing campaigns. Video marketing statistics show…

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How to buy and sell websites online

Learning how to buy and sell websites can be intimidating, almost as intimidating as the actual practice of buying and selling websites. There’s a lot to worry about, such as what to look for in a site, where to buy and sell sites, what to do after you buy a site, how to sell it, and more. If you’re not familiar with website flipping, the…

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