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You’ve probably heard it a dozen times before, but social media needs to be part of your online strategy. Whether you have a website, personal blog or webshop, social media allows you to reach and connect with your audience.…

What is readability and why is it important?

Web Monkey3 years ago018 mins

When it comes to writing, it can be hard to look at your work objectively. Of course, most of us are able to write a few paragraphs or article on a certain topic.…

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How to create eye-catching social images for your content

Web Monkey3 years ago022 mins

The web, and our online habits with it, are never at a standstill. One result of our fast-paced online behavior is that we scroll through our social media channels like nobody’s business.…

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How to use competitive benchmarking to grow your social presence

Web Monkey3 years ago021 mins

Pop quiz: how does your social presence stack up against your closest competitors? Seems like a pretty straightforward question. However, measuring success on social media is tricky.…

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What to post on each social channel to stand out from the crowd

Web Monkey3 years ago019 mins

We get it: it’s easier to post the same content on all your social profiles than it is to plan individually. But your audience on Twitter is likely not the same as your audience on Instagram or as on Facebook.…

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Social Spotlight: How Tim Hortons puts people first in its social strategy

Web Monkey3 years ago010 mins

Overview Tim Hortons and Canada have a symbiotic relationship. The restaurant chain has crafted a brand identity as the largest (and most recognized) coffee and donut franchise in the country.…

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How to schedule Tweets and drive better engagement

Web Monkey3 years ago014 mins

Twitter sees an average of 500 million Tweets every day, meaning there’s no shortage of highly active and engaged users on the platform. But it also means there’s competition for eyes on Tweets, and you’ll need to be strategic when you post.…

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How to use the Instagram link in bio to drive traffic

Web Monkey3 years ago014 mins

You’ve probably seen it many times – your favorite Instagram account posts a photo about something interesting and ends the caption with “link in bio to read more.”…

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Paid social 101: The basics of running effective ads

Web Monkey3 years ago017 mins

Getting started with paid social media feels like a big leap for most businesses. That’s because we’ve become so used to social being totally free. The reality, though?…

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Hear me out… Social media gimmicks won’t save your social strategy

Web Monkey3 years ago08 mins

In recent years, it feels as if organic social reach is on the decline. While there’s some debate as to what’s directly causing this phenomenon (Algorithms!…

Introducing WordPress Stories: A New Way to Engage Your Audience

Web Monkey3 years ago03 mins

Since the early days of Snapchat, which made the format so popular, Stories have become a powerful way to engage audiences on social media. Today, over 500 million Instagram accounts use Stories every day.…

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Turn Your WordPress.com Blog into a Podcast with Anchor

Web Monkey3 years ago07 mins

Blogging on WordPress.com is all about sharing your unique voice, and starting today, you can extend that to another platform: Anchor. We previously shared some tips and tricks for getting started with a podcast on WordPress.com…

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Make Your Business More Accessible with New Blocks

Web Monkey4 years ago012 mins

From our support sessions with customers each month, we know that growing your brand or business is a top website goal. And in this unprecedented time in which more people around the world are staying at home, it’s important to promote your products and services online to reach a wider audience and connect with more people.…

A New Way to Earn Money on WordPress.com

Web Monkey4 years ago09 mins

It’s hard to be creative when you’re worried about money. Running ads on your site helps, but for many creators, ad revenue isn’t enough. Top publishers and creators sustain their businesses by building reliable income streams through ongoing contributions.…

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You Can Now Schedule Your Social Media Posts from WordPress.com

Web Monkey6 years ago03 mins

Keeping up with social media can feel like a full-time job these days — and for many it is. Posting your content on Twitter and Facebook during specific hours, and keeping things evenly spaced out, means that you need to tend to your profiles pretty often.…

Connect to Your Fans and Followers with the New Social Icons Widget

Web Monkey6 years ago02 mins

We’re excited to introduce the new Social Icons Widget, which allows you to connect with visitors on your favorite social media networks. The new widget supports over 40 popular social platforms, from the ubiquitous Facebook and Twitter, to crafter haven Etsy, to artsy enclaves like DeviantArt and Dribbble.…

Your Stats Page, Updated

Web Monkey7 years ago05 mins

Sometimes it’s the little things that count — especially when it comes to your stats. We’ve recently gathered some of your feedback and used it to work through a few renovations.…

Your Site, Now in Other Languages: Introducing the Google Translate Widget

Web Monkey7 years ago02 mins

Internationalization is very important to us, and we’re striving to make sites across WordPress.com accessible to all, such as your international followers and multilingual readers. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the Google Translate Widget, which allows you and your site visitors to instantly translate your content into 103 languages currently supported by Google Translate.…

A Faster Mobile Web: WordPress.com Updates for Accelerated Mobile Pages

Web Monkey7 years ago02 mins

Earlier this year we were proud to announce that WordPress.com users’s sites would automatically support Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) — a new open-source project spearheaded by Google to dramatically improve the performance of web pages on mobile devices.…

The Best of WordPress: September 2016

Web Monkey7 years ago07 mins

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you!…

Three Ways to Showcase Instagram Photos on Your Website

Web Monkey7 years ago06 mins

Your Instagram account is a great way to share your life, products, and services online. With all that great content, why not showcase your Instagram account on your website or blog?…

Five Engaging Longreads Stories You Might Have Missed

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Longreads has been connecting readers with quality stories since 2009, and since joining Automattic in 2014, we’ve published more than 100 pieces of original reporting, essays, and book excerpts from talented writers and reporters from across the globe.…

Perspectives on Going Viral

Web Monkey8 years ago019 mins

You wake up one morning, check your phone, and spit out your coffee. You have thousands of likes on Facebook, hundreds of retweets, and an inbox that has exploded.…

Customizing Twenty Sixteen: Four Takes on Our Annual Theme

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Every year we release an annual flagship theme as a blank canvas for bloggers, artists, professionals, and business owners. This year’s creation, Twenty Sixteen, is a gorgeous theme that celebrates a classic WordPress layout yet injects it with new energy and precise, minimalist flare.…

Get Up to Speed at learn.wordpress.com

Web Monkey8 years ago05 mins

If you just started a spandy new WordPress blog or site and want to work on setup and configuration in your spare time, we’ve recently refreshed a resource that might be just the thing for you: learn.wordpress.com.…

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Reinvented Video for WordPress

Web Monkey8 years ago06 mins

Today, we’re announcing a complete overhaul of VideoPress, the service that has powered more than 3,000,000,000 video plays on WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected self-hosted WordPress sites around the world.…

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Early Theme Adopters: Resonar

Web Monkey9 years ago05 mins

Resonar, designed by Automattic’s own Takashi Irie, made its debut in March. Created for food and design bloggers to showcase photography and longform posts, we’ve loved watching how you’ve turned Resonar on its head.…

Insights: A New View of Your Stats

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Today we’re introducing a new view of your stats. Insights give you instant access to your all-time numbers, including posts, views, and visitors. Dig deeper into your stats to make the most of your site.…

The Business of Freelancing, Blogging, and Books, According to Author Jennifer Armstrong

Web Monkey9 years ago020 mins

First, I should note: I am not related to Jennifer Armstrong. But! I have followed her writing closely over the years — first during her years at Entertainment Weekly, and more recently as the author of books like Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted (Simon & Schuster), which offered a definitive history of the classic TV series.…

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A Year of Reading the World: A Q&A with Ann Morgan

Web Monkey9 years ago012 mins

Several years ago, writer Ann Morgan noticed that she didn’t read much literature from countries outside of the United Kingdom and United States — and had yet to dive into stories from around the globe.…