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Web developers often think of SEO as a linear exercise of trying to be the top ranked website on a search result for a particular keyword; however, with search personalization and a variety of search result layouts the notion of "what is the top rank?" can mean vastly different things. In this episode of PressThis, we interview the super-smart Dave Davies of Beanstalk IM as he unpacks the...

In this episode of PressThis we explore news from around the WordPress ecosystem for the month of April 2019 as part of our ongoing series "Word Around the Campfire". 2019 has been a huge year in WordPress and we cover some of the biggest news stories like important updates to WordPress itself, a naughty plugin in the ecosystem doing really creepy things, and key partnerships in WordPress...

In this episode of PressThis we explore news from around the WordPress ecosystem for the month of April 2019 as part of our ongoing series "Word Around the Campfire". 2019 has been a huge year in WordPress and we cover some of the biggest news stories like important updates to WordPress itself, a naughty plugin in the ecosystem doing really creepy things, and key partnerships in WordPress...

If you're creating course, podcast, or other educational experiences for your brand or your customers, but you don't know the first thing about actually educating people, you need to listen to this episode of PressThis now. In this episode we interview Joe Casabona a web developer and college professor about tips and tricks you can use to plan your educational experiences to actually be ed...

If you're creating course, podcast, or other educational experiences for your brand or your customers, but you don't know the first thing about actually educating people, you need to listen to this episode of PressThis now. In this episode we interview Joe Casabona a web developer and college professor about tips and tricks you can use to plan your educational experiences to actually be ed...

Remember the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch back in May 2018? It was a time when webmasters around the world scrambled to make sure their sites were compliant with the new regulations affecting data privacy for EU citizens. Now nearly a year later, many webmasters are still trying to get their heads around how to approach compliance and privacy for their visitors within the conte...

Remember the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch back in May 2018? It was a time when webmasters around the world scrambled to make sure their sites were compliant with the new regulations affecting data privacy for EU citizens. Now nearly a year later, many webmasters are still trying to get their heads around how to approach compliance and privacy for their visitors within the conte...

"As someone running a WordPress development team, I bet you spend a lot of time worrying about the way you build sites, but how much time do you spend on the way you operate your team or your business? In this episode of PressThis, we interview Glide Design's Travis McAshan about the power of identifying and living by the core values of your organization. You'll learn how a purpose-foc...

We've all heard about JS decoupled "headless" WordPress deployments using frameworks like React and Angular, but are these approaches right for you? In this episode of PressThis we interview the super smart Jonathan Jeter of Click Here Labs about his thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of JS decoupled headless WordPress architecture. Listen now to get insights into how headles...

We've all heard about JS decoupled "headless" WordPress deployments using frameworks like React and Angular, but are these approaches right for you? In this episode of PressThis we interview the super smart Jonathan Jeter of Click Here Labs about his thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of JS decoupled headless WordPress architecture. Listen now to get insights into how headles...

If you're looking for more ways to make visitors stickier for your own or your client's sites, don't miss this episode of PressThis. We interview Bibblio's Mads Holmen about strategies you can use make the content you already have more attractive to the visitors you also already have. The cheapest visitor to get is the one that's already there! Mads shares his thoughts on optim...

"If you're looking for more ways to make visitors stickier for your own or your client's sites, don't miss this episode of PressThis. We interview Bibblio's Mads Holmen about strategies you can use to make the content you already have more attractive to the visitors you also already have. The cheapest visitor to get is the one that's already there! Mads shares his thoughts...

Are you or your customers interested in using video content to help customers and visitors get the most out of your website or products? Coming up with an effective video learning solution can be super tricky, but if you dial in on the right approach you might make a meaningful impact to your or your clients' businesses. Join us for this episode of PressThis as we interview Shawn Hesketh of WP...

Are you or your customers interested in using video content to help customers and visitors get the most out of your website or products? Coming up with an effective video learning solution can be super tricky, but if you dial in on the right approach you might make a meaningful impact to your or your clients' businesses. Join us for this episode of PressThis as we interview Shawn Hesketh of WP...

In this episode of PressThis we cover how brands are shifting the places that their visitors enter the website using content-driven SEO. This sweet organic traffic now comes to content-oriented pages, often on blogs. But brands often forget that their articles are no longer just content pages, they're now LANDING PAGES! Brian Massey of Conversion Sciences shares his advice on how to turn a con...

In this episode of PressThis we cover how brands are shifting the places that their visitors enter the website using content-driven SEO. This sweet organic traffic now comes to content-oriented pages, often on blogs. But brands often forget that their articles are no longer just content pages, they're now LANDING PAGES! Brian Massey of Conversion Sciences shares his advice on how to turn a con...

For those of us looking for an edge when optimizing digital experiences for growth, personalization is an attractive strategy. Who doesn't want a website or mobile experience that recognizes an individual and serves them the best content and tools that are specific to that person's needs? It all sounds incredible, but the cost to create and maintain personalized experiences can be quite hi...

For those of us looking for an edge when optimizing digital experiences for growth, personalization is an attractive strategy. Who doesn't want a website or mobile experience that recognizes an individual and serves them the best content and tools that are specific to that person's needs? It all sounds incredible, but the cost to create and maintain personalized experiences can be quite hi...

Page speed is a big deal. Every second of load time is an excruciating eternity of pain for your site's visitors which slowly bleeds revenue out of your funnel and away from your bottom line. In one study from 2016 Google reported that the average U.S. retail mobile site loaded in 6.9 seconds, but, according to their then most recent data, 40% of consumers will leave a page that takes longer t...

Page speed is a big deal. Every second of load time is an excruciating eternity of pain for your site's visitors which slowly bleeds revenue out of your funnel and away from your bottom line. In one study from 2016 Google reported that the average U.S. retail mobile site loaded in 6.9 seconds, but, according to their then most recent data, 40% of consumers will leave a page that takes longer t...

Are you running your own development-focused freelance or small agency business? Have you mastered the skills to sell your services and close the right kind of clients to keep you growing? Selling your services can often be an uncomfortable or even often overlooked area when managing a development focused freelance or small agency businesses. Of course, these are some of the very skills you'll...

Are you running your own development-focused freelance or small agency business? Have you mastered the skills to sell your services and close the right kind of clients to keep you growing? Selling your services can often be an uncomfortable or even often overlooked area when managing a development focused freelance or small agency businesses. Of course, these are some of the very skills you'll...

Ecommerce platform provider BigCommerce recently released an ecommerce plugin for WordPress with a really unique approach. The plugin leverages the BigCommerce platform to offload many of the workloads required for ecommerce sites in order to let WordPress focus on delivering great content with awesome performance. This was big news in the WordPress community and was even featured during the State...

Ecommerce platform provider BigCommerce recently released an ecommerce plugin for WordPress with a really unique approach. The plugin leverages the BigCommerce platform to offload many of the workloads required for ecommerce sites in order to let WordPress focus on delivering great content with awesome performance. This was big news in the WordPress community and was even featured during the State...

As you spend time thinking about how you'll be able to deliver new audiences and revenue to your business or the businesses you serve as an agency or freelancer, you've likely thought quite a bit about creating mobile apps. For many organizations the investment in creating and maintaining mobile apps on iOS and Android can be quite daunting. In this episode of PressThis we interview the in...