Month: August 2017

My New Blog Challenge – 1,000 Subscribers

Challenges are popular on blogs. I have read many blogs in which the author challenged themselves to lose weight or challenged themselves to work harder and reach a defined goal, whether it be a traffic goal, financial goal, or lifestyle goal. To me, it is not important whether you reach …

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YouTube Clarifies Video Monetisation

Earlier this year many prominent YouTubers voiced their concerns at major advertisers pulling their ads from YouTube. The event became known as YouTube Adpocalypse. Certain YouTube videos started becoming ineligible for displaying ads. This resulted in a large drop in income for many YouTubers. A few days ago, YouTube published …

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Kinsta – A Managed WordPress Hosting Company Powered by Google

Kinsta is a popular managed WordPress hosting company that has offices in Los Angeles and London. The company has been active for eight years and has been on my radar for a long time since long-term Rise Forums member Brian Jackson is the Director of Inbound Marketing for them (which …

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WordPress.com Now Supports Third-Party Plugins & Themes

WordPress has just announced that WordPress.com business accounts now support third-party plugins and themes. This is a huge announcement that will completely redefine the way we look at the hosted service of WordPress. In the past, the general consensus was that the hosted service of WordPress was for beginners because …

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KnowAll – A Knowledge Base WordPress Theme From HeroThemes

HeroThemes are a WordPress company that offer a knowledge base WordPress theme and plugin. Their products aim to reduce the number of support tickets you receive by delivering a knowledge base full of common questions and answers. I met up with Chris Mooney and Richard Long who run Hero Themes …

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The Importance of Exercise When You Work Online

Exercise is important for everyone. It does not matter what your level of fitness is or what age you are, you need to exercise and look after the only body you have. Those of us who are work at a desk, which is everyone who works online and everyone who …

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Zero BullSh*t CRM – A WordPress Customer Relationship Manager

Zero BullSh*t CRM is a customer relations manager for WordPress that promises a cheaper more flexible solution than alternatives such as Salesforce. I was lucky enough to meet the co-creator of the plugin Mike Stott at WordCamp Edinburgh last weekend. Mike is also known for his project Epic Plugins. At …

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