Sometimes I get clients coming to me and saying, "Jenn, I lost EVERYTHING on my website — and I don't know why!" My heart breaks for them, especially when I know they have worked hard to build their online business. But sadly, this is a common story. Many online business owners and bloggers even, build websites, fill them up with useful content, information and products, but they fail to do one important thing: To protect their website from harm. Website protection is a best practice that … [Read more...]
Why self-hosted WordPress is the only way to go for serious bloggers and business owners
I get this question quite often, why should I get self-hosted WordPress when I can get a blog up and running for free? And yes, there are a lot of free platforms out there like Blogger or WordPress.com, to name a few. Honestly, these platforms are not bad. But if you are serious about your blogging and you want people to take your business seriously, you need to consider getting your own domain name and hosting. Here are some reasons why you need to run a self-hosted WordPress site. Reason # … [Read more...]
What’s new with WordPress 4.0 “Benny”
WordPress 4.0 officially rolled out last week and I am totally digging it! Nicknamed "Benny" after the jazz musician Benny Goodman, the latest version of WordPress offers jam-packed features like a new content editor and visual plugins. The most noticeable feature is the way the media library looks, it now has a grid view gallery for a more manageable and easier navigation, embedding medias like videos and audios are now "visual", no need to preview your post to see the "live site"! Check out … [Read more...]
Terms WordPress Users Should Know
My last post was about the terms that all website owners should know, those are the terms that are the most basic that a website owner would encounter. This entry is all about terms that self-hosted WordPress users should know, read all about it in this infographic so you won't get lost in translation. … [Read more...]
Why Your Business Needs A Website
Whenever I suggest to business owners to have their own website, even just a simple one page site, they will say "There's always Facebook and social media, I don't need a website". Yes, social media is a big part of online marketing but without a website to point the marketing to, it will not be effective. Here are some more reasons why your business needs a website. … [Read more...]
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