So, you’ve been working hard to build a strong online presence, drive traffic to your website, and generate more sales for your business. And so far as you can tell, whatever it is you’re doing, is working.
The problem is, without actually tracking the data, you’ll never know whether you’re actually making progress or not. Worse yet, you may be missing out on huge opportunities to grow even more, simply because you don’t know who is coming to your website, where they’re coming from, and what they’re doing once they get there.
All businesses, no matter what size, can benefit from investing in an analytics solutions to track what’s really happening on their website at any given moment.
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Have you ever been hacked? Whether that’s a yes or a no, falling victim to a malicious hacker is one of the worst experiences you’ll ever have. I’ve been hacked before, and you don’t want to know how frustrating it is. How I wish I knew what I’m about to share with you today.
And what’s that? In today’s post, you and I cover a couple of security measures to protect your WordPress site from the bad guys. On top of that, we pepper the post with a couple of excellent WordPress security tools, so be on the lookout for that.
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If you’re running an ecommerce store, or just selling a few items or services from your WordPress website, then WooCommerce Services from Jetpack is a recently released plugin that could help enhance your site.
Created by Automattic – the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, and many more WordPress-related services and products – this plugin has been built with the aim of adding some useful features to your ecommerce store, while also attempting to increase the performance of your website.
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Looking to get started selling with WordPress?
As the world’s most popular way to build a website, WordPress spoils you for choice when it comes to options for selling products, content, time, or anything else.
If you want to create an entire eCommerce store, you have plenty of tools at your disposal. But you can also get more focused and create a simple form for one-off payments or donations. Or, you can even build a recurring revenue base and sell content with a membership plugin or eCourse platform.
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If there’s one thing Google is good at, it’s keeping us on edge when it comes to their algorithms and changing ranking factors.
For example, Google recently rolled out mobile-first indexing; meaning from now on, your mobile site will be indexed before your desktop version. And we all know there’s no end in sight, leaving us to continually adjust our SEO efforts so our sites can rank well.
But there is one thing, however, that has stayed fairly consistent over the years when it comes to optimizing your website for higher search rankings: keyword research.
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Adding membership functionality to your WordPress site can be very beneficial. Members can view special content, maintain a directory profile and more. Plus, site owners can leverage this type of platform to make some money, as well.
The available plugins run the gamut in terms of features. Everything from restricting access to content all the way to charging members for recurring subscriptions are built right in. It’s just a matter of finding the right fit for your needs. Read More
Having a fast WordPress site can be one of the most important factors for your business when it comes to succeeding online. If you are tired of the hassle with slow hosting or getting those annoying 503 errors, I encourage you to check out Kinsta. I featured Kinsta over two years ago on this site, and since then they have gone from strength to strength!
Kinsta offers high-performance managed WordPress hosting, powered by Google Cloud. Big brands such as Ubisoft, Intuit, and GE all rely on Kinsta’s infrastructure, which easily handles thousands of concurrent users without breaking a sweat.
Many customers report over 45% speed increases by simply moving to Kinsta. Some of their other features include unlimited pageview/visitors, PHP 7/HHVM, daily backups, free SSL (Let’s Encrypt), WP-CLI/Git, and a dedicated 24×7 support team made up of developers who specialize in WordPress on a daily basis.
It is rare that Kinsta offers discounts, so this is a fantastic opportunity to save on quality WordPress hosting.
WooCommerce is probably the biggest ecommerce plugin around for WordPress and this week I want to introduce you to a WooCommerce theme that makes want to set up my own online shop to sell stuff, just to use it! Shophistic from Quema Labs is a clean and stylish store theme that would work well for any shop.
It is responsive which is a must these days and comes with a ‘mega’ menu for easy navigation of categories from the main menu.
Take a look at the full features and have a play with the demo.
Brenda Stokes Barron on October 30, 2018 
