Whilst I do my best to prioritise tasks, many things get put to the side time and time again due to a lack of time. One aspect of my business I have continually put to the side is accounting. For over 20 years, I have had an extremely dated and …
Modern Events Calendar is an advanced events calendar solution for WordPress that simplifies the task of managing events, publicising events, and taking bookings. A lite version of the WordPress plugin has over 20,000 installations and counting. This is no surprise given how much functionality is included with it. Whilst it …
Hubstaff is a time tracking solution that does more than just time tracking. It offers online timesheets, internet monitoring, productivity measurement, employee payrolls, and much more. The service is perfect for remote teams as allows employees to check in and check out. This can be used to monitor productivity. It …
Microsoft Office has a fantastic range of office products including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Whilst I do find their products useful, it is difficult for me to justify paying a premium to use them. Firstly, because I only need to create invoices for clients every few months …
Video is one of the best ways to deliver content to others. This is particularly true for tutorials, reviews, and online courses. With video, you can show people how to do something step by step. I still actively update both my YouTube channels. YouTube has a huge audience, but it …
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 …
The glory of WooCommerce lies in the fact that it’s completely opensource. That means your average developer can tap into the API and make a plugin that improves the functionality of WooCommerce. WordPress users are used to this type of system, since it seems like any feature desired can be …
Pro Rank Tracker is a hugely popular SEO tracking solution that helps you check your rankings. It can be used to improve the performance of your websites in search engines and give you a complete picture of how your websites are ranked. The service provides a lot of interesting reports. …
An email list means big business for organizations. In fact, it’s not only a beautiful way to get people back to your online store, blog or forum, but if you have enough people on the list it serves as a way to show off your social credibility. Telling people that your …
Known spammers and sources of malware are placed on internet blacklists. There are a number of different types of blacklists used online. Blacklist monitoring lists, for example, are used by large email services such as Gmail, Outlook (Hotmail), and Yahoo. They use blacklists to filter emails for their customers. If …