Did you ever work retail? As a teenager I worked at a health store in Dawson Creek, BC. And I was very good at selling vitamins. You know why?
Preparing your site for the holidays – intermediate tutorial
WordPress Intermediate tutorials: Preparing your site for holidays
Gift Guide from Home based Entrepreneurs like you!
The only question is which holiday gift guide first! Click below to get started! Clutch – This silver clutch is the perfect bag for day AND night! I adore the silver shade, it’s the perfect accessory to bring any look to the next level! Tile Mate – This brilliant Bluetooth tracker attaches to your keychain or […]
We LOVE WordPress 4.9 and you will too!
Here are the main points to WordPress 4.9 General Drafting and scheduling of changes in the Customizer. Once you save or schedule a change, when any user comes into the Customizer the pending changes will be autoloaded. A button is provided to discard changes to restore the Customizer to the last published state. Addition of […]
Warning for MailChimp Users on October 31, 2017
Mailchimp will officially end all automatic double-optin forms on October 31, 2017. Your forms on your site will not change. This WILL affect all incentives that you send automatically. BEFORE: a sign-up would automatically receive a ‘please confirm your address’ and the incentive was contained therein. NOW: by default there will be no extra emails After […]
Case Study: Increase Pages per Session by 53%
This case study will look at the analytics before and after the July 2017 launch of the new Genesis Child Theme for thebigmamablog.com. We’ll study what made the difference in the pages per session metric and how you might get the same results. TheBigMamaBlog Background Melanie Shankle has been writing the BigMama blog since 2006 […]
New! Free Calendar for October
Download this fun calendar for October! Special (weird) holidays only!
How to Get Closer to Your Blog Readers
Does it ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels? For weeks I’ve felt as though I’m stuck – not moving forward. Unmotivated. Blah. At this point, I usually whine about it to a bestie, and figure out how to move forward. Today we’re going to do the one thing that always gets me excited. Let’s step […]
Optimizing your Blog for the busy season: Paradox of Choice
3 Places to Minimize the Paradox of Choice Paradox of Choice: the psychological phenomena of making no choice in the face of too many options! WordPress Blog Places where Choices are Too Common Navigation Bar Landing Page Call to Action Beneath each post/page