Facebook Launches Ads Manager App: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Launches Ads Manager App: “Whether you want to monitor current ads or create new ones, ads manager […]

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Snapchat Marketing: What Businesses Need to Know

Are you on Snapchat? Do you use it for marketing? To learn how to use Snapchat for your business, I interview Gary Vaynerchuk and Shaun McBride. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works […]

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How to Archive Posts Without Deleting Them in WordPress

Have you ever wanted to hide older posts from your blog without deleting them? Wouldn’t it be nice if you can just archive a post similar to archive emails? In this article, we will show you how to archive posts without deleting them in WordPress.… Read More »

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Plugins on WordPress.org Now Show More Accurate Ratings Data

Those who host plugins in the WordPress plugin directory may have noticed a change to their plugin’s ratings. That’s because the ratings system has been reset and rebuilt by Samuel “Otto” Wood. The ratings now correspond exactly with reviews. According to Wood, the change has been two and a half (more...)

How to Find and Remove Fake Followers from Twitter and Instagram

Are fake followers clogging your social media accounts? Would you like to get rid of them? Chances are you have some fake followers on Instagram and Twitter. You might even be following some fake accounts, yourself. In this article you’ll discover four tools to help you find and remove fake followers from Twitter and Instagram. […]

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How to Add Facebook Style Autocomplete for WordPress Posts

Do you like the autocomplete functionality in Facebook that lets you easily mention people, places, and pages that you want to tag? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily mention your older articles with a simple @ mention? In this article, we will show… Read More »

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4 Ways to Use SlideShare for Lead Generation

Are you using SlideShare as a social media marketing option? Are you using SlideShare presentations to market your business? Have you considered SlideShare as a conversion tool? SlideShare is useful for sharing highly informative presentations with your audience, but it’s also a hot social platform. Many businesses are missing out on the huge potential of […]

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How to Easily Add Lazy Loading for Videos in WordPress

Videos are great for improving user engagement on your website. However, one downside of embedding videos is that it slows down your website. In this article, we will show you how to add lazy loading for videos in WordPress and improve your page speed. How… Read More »

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BuddyPress Breaks One-Day Download Record with 2.2.1 Release

The 2015 BuddyPress Survey is out on the heels of the 2.2.1 maintenance release. Yesterday, the plugin broke its one-day download record with more than 10,000 downloads in 24 hours. The #BuddyPress 2.2.1 release (just) set our record one-day download record of ~10,107. — Paul Gibbs (@pgibbs) February 19, 2015 (more...)

How to Use Twitter Lists for Business

Are you using Twitter lists for your business? Want to better organize your Twitter experience? The right Twitter list can help you find, monitor and interact with the right people easily. In this article you’ll discover how to create Twitter lists and ways to use them for your business. How to Create a Twitter List […]

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How to Customize WordPress Login Page (No HTML/CSS Required)

Do you want to create a customized login page for your WordPress site? It’s usually a great addition for multi-user sites. In this article, we will show you how to customize WordPress login page without writing any HTML or CSS. In the past, we have… Read More »

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Why WordPress Job Titles Don’t Mean Much Anymore

Mario Peshev published a great article that looks at where the WordPress community stands on job titles and skills. Peshev explains why titles are out of control and how they don’t match their expected skill sets. The problem with a number of general titles is that they are overused and (more...)

How To Improve Your LinkedIn Productivity With Third-Party Apps

Do you use LinkedIn to connect with new prospects? Are you looking for better ways to network with LinkedIn? The right third party applications can save time and automate your LinkedIn experience. In this article you’ll discover applications that will help increase your LinkedIn communication and productivity. #1: Evernote Using Evernote is like having your […]

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Facebook Relevance Score: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Shows Relevance Score for Ads: Facebook will “start showing relevance scores as a visible metric” in their ads reporting […]

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Excellent Primer on the WordPress REST API Project

In the past two years, there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding the WordPress REST API project. If you’re not familiar with it, Brian Krogsgard published a great article that explains what it is, how to get involved, and the possibilities it opens up to developers. Krogsgard believes the REST (more...)

HeroPress Fails to Attract Backers, Cancels Kickstarter Campaign Ahead of Deadline

Topher DeRosia, creator of HeroPress, announced today that he is canceling the project’s Kickstarter campaign. During the past few weeks, the project attracted 33 backers who pledged $21,855 of the $60,000 AUD goal. When it became clear that the fundraiser was hopelessly behind on reaching its goal, DeRosia canceled the (more...)

Twitter for Business: What Smart Marketers Are Doing With Twitter

Do you use Twitter to promote your business? Want to discover how to connect with your audience and engage on Twitter? To learn how to use Twitter for business, I interview Laura Fitton. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to […]

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SiteGround Sponsors a Full-Time Contributor to WordPress Core

Iseulde Van Dorpe is joining SiteGround to work full-time as a contributor to WordPress core. She expects to work on a variety of different tasks, particularly those that relate to media and the editing experience. Van Dorpe’s recent core contributions helped to improve the editor for users in the 4.0 (more...)

GitHub Updater 4.1 to Add Remote Installation for WordPress Plugins and Themes

GitHub Updater is a plugin that developers often use to enable automatic updates to GitHub or Bitbucket-hosted WordPress plugins and themes. The project was started in July 2013 by Andy Fragen, a trauma surgeon and plugin developer. Over the past two years GitHub Updater has received improvements from 14 contributors. (more...)

Harmonic: A Bold Free WordPress Theme for Artists and Bloggers

If you like designs that feature stunning, fullscreen background images, then Automattic’s latest free theme release is a prime candidate for your next blog redesign. Harmonic recently landed on WordPress.org and is rapidly closing in on 3,000 downloads. This theme puts the spotlight on your images and content. Harmonic’s striking (more...)