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Plugins WordPress

13 WordPress Plugins You Need To Know Exist

With thousands of plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory, it’s getting harder to know what’s worth your time. Plenty are outdated, abandoned or redundant. But these 13 plugins offer real, proven value. Whether you’re improving performance, adding critical functionality or just making your life easier. Rank Math SEO Rank Math has taken the SEO plugin […]

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Blogging

Are "Social Mentions" And "Twitter Trackbacks" Just Taking Up Space?

You may have seen some of the following solutions installed on some of your favorite blogs:

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Blogging Social Media

27 Excellent Free Social Media Icons Sets

Social media icons have become a fundamental part of digital branding. Whether you’re designing a personal blog, a SaaS landing page or a full-blown marketing site, clear and stylish social icons are critical for encouraging sharing, enabling follows and aligning with your brand’s voice. This is not just a dump of free downloads. This is […]

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Blogging Digital Marketing Social Media

Increase Viral Potential With Actionable Bookmarking and Sharing Buttons

One of the first things most people do when launching a new blog is install a plugin to help readers share their content. Maybe you’ve done the same, dreaming of retweets, trending threads and a wave of inbound traffic from social media. Then reality hits. The post goes live. You refresh Google Analytics, and… nothing. […]

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Rant Social Media

Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

One problem I see in social media is the lack of transparency behind our thoughts and ideas. It’s completely understandable because we are dealing with small amounts of information of which we need to extrapolate the entire message. You can’t properly gauge the tone of someones voice or even measure their response by any reasonable […]

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Social Media

What We Can Learn From Drive-Through Menus

I’m always interested in how companies position themselves and go about their business. I find myself analyzing the most mundane things like the importance of brand names on trucks and even the song selections in the background of TV commercials. I believe there are lessons to be learned everywhere in life depending on whether or […]