by The Marketing Rebel Team | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
WordPress is completely changing the default editor with the release of WP 5.0. They are going from the current TinyMCE editor to a block-based one, similar to Divi and other similar page builders. It is quite a bit different from the current editor, but is not...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
One way you can make sure visitors to your site see what you want them to see is to keep exposing it to them as they scroll down the page. There is a WP plugin called Q2W3 Fixed Widget (interesting name, eh?) that will make your sidebar sticky, so it follows the...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
You may hear about how WordPress is vulnerable to security threats. Well, the problem usually lies with the site owners, who do nothing to protect their sites. There are some simple steps you can take to secure your site against most threats. In...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
There is always a lot of hype about the latest and greatest way to get instant first page ranking on Google, and blah, blah, blah. But there are also strategies that have withstood the test of time and keep on working. They might not give you instant...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
In this video we discuss how to get more traffic to your site. We talk about: The concept of bounce rate and why bounces are bad Optimizing images and creating backlinks to get higher search engine ranking How to encourage people to “social share” your...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
WordPress is naturally very Search Engine friendly, but a lot of sites drop the ball when it comes to conversions. To get people to buy from you they have to know, like and trust you. You can’t just get a lot of traffic to your site and scream “Buy...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
After you install WordPress on your site, you have to go in, get rid of the default items that are automatically added, and set it up the way you want. In this video we discuss: How to delete the default posts, pages, and unneeded plugins Correct comment settings How...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
The most important thing for any blog is to have fresh, relevant content on a regular basis. If you are a fountain of ideas and love to write, you probably have no problem creating content. If, however, you use content from others, or if you occasionally have trouble...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
If your web host doesn’t offer Fantastico, here are a couple of alternatives: Softaculous is similar to Fantastico in that it has collected a number of scripts (including WordPress) and gives you an easy way to install them. It is quickly growing in popularity...
by Virginia Drew | How to use Wordpress, Lessons
We kick off this series on how to use WordPress with some basics. This may be old hat to you if you have done this before, but I want to make sure everyone is up to speed. Also, even the grizzled veterans may pick up a point or two in these videos. We will...
