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What is an effective lead acquisition method for my website?

Lead acquisition for any website involves a blend of forethought as well as user-phycology. You need to see your website through your visitor’s eyes and serve up a viable contact method that requires the bare minimum amount of commitment. For example, this is why newsletter subscriptions are one of the single most overused acquisition methods…
How do you send user-entered line breaks from a form textarea to an email?

In case you haven’t noticed, with most PHP form processors, if a user fills out a textarea within your form using paragraphs or line breaks, the formatting of the paragraphs and line breaks are stripped away from your delivered e-mail contents. In this example, we will use the PHP nl2br() function to fix this, displaying…
What causes “the site is experiencing technical difficulties” on WordPress?

Since WordPress 5.2, there is a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on your site and notifies you with this automated “error e-mail”. We have all seen the e-mails, and nothing freaks folks out more than seeing this sort of message, usually regarding a plugin or two. However,…
Should I block entire countries from accessing my website for more qualified traffic?

Blocking entire countries from accessing your website is a potent method to acquire more targeted, relevant, and qualified traffic to your website. Not to mention, your website traffic analytics will be squeaky clean, your web hosting service resources will receive a significant boost in performance, and you can (in most cases) close the door on…
How do I create a Twitter share button with my website URL?

So you want to add a link or button to share your current page URL or a static link to Twitter? Of course, Twitter provides a few resources for this, which are ugly, to say the least; there are also third-party services available such as AddThis. If you are using WordPress, there are loads of…
How do you remove the website field from the WordPress comments form without using a plugin?

Back in the good ol’ days, it was cool to have the “website” field in your WordPress comment form. Although it’s not a required field, this is a sure-fire recipe for spam, not to mention it is just one more thing a user must think about filling out to engage with your content. So, these…
How do I improve my small business’ website’s performance?

I am sure you have experienced the feeling of viewing a competitor’s website or Facebook page thinking to yourself that you are way behind in terms of the interactivity involving your web footprint. You might think this other company has been in business a few years longer than yours, maybe even that this competitor has…
How do I disable WordPress Cron Jobs to increase my website speed?

Let’s talk about WordPress and how to combat the slow website speeds that come with it. Sure, plugins, JavaScript, heavy theme files, and other usability issues play a factor. But we aren’t going to go there today; today, we will talk about the built-in WordPress Cron Jobs, discuss what they do, and then show you…
Do WordPress plugins always need to be updated?

Why is it that those tiny red notification bubbles indicating WordPress plugin updates are available freak us out so much? In my business, we have provided website maintenance services to thousands of WordPress websites. We stand firm on our stance to only update WordPress plugins when there is a significant security loophole to patch or…
Why do some web developers hate WordPress?

Let’s talk about the honest answer to why legitimate web developers hate WordPress. It may not technically be about WordPress itself but more about the stigma and headache surrounding the platform. The why. I have been working as a business owner and web developer since 2006, and I vividly remember in my education days this…
Why are some e-commerce business owners afraid to spend money on their website?

In all my years in the web design, development, SEO, and website management space, I have noticed that you begin to see trends, personality traits, and predictable behavior associated with various business types. One of the most baffling characteristics I have realized is that new and medium-sized (some significant) e-commerce businesses have a hard time…
When and how do I create a new website?

There are tons of ways to achieve or build-out your website quickly; however, more often than not, if you are serious about your footprint on the web or for a business, it is best to have your website professionally built and maintained. How To Create A New Website There are easy methods to do it…