From to-do apps and day planners, to spreadsheets and full-blown subscription services, making your work trackable and visible can really help with productivity. P2 is the tool we use at Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com), and today we’d love to share some ways you can do the same. What sets P2 apart from other project…
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. To get new people into contact with you and to stay top of mind with your…
Creating content is essential for SEO. However, if you’re a blogger or content creator of some kind, chances are that you feel stuck from time to time. You’ve made the time to write, but nothing comes to mind. A writer’s block. This is where creative writing exercises can help: they give your brain the space…
A bit of a scandal involving hospitals and the noindex tag, a postponed deadline for your Core Web Vitals and a whole new editing experience in WordPress. Our SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson discussed the latest SEO news in April 2021 in our monthly webinar. If you’ve missed it, or simply want…
These days, it seems as if everyone and their mother have an online store. Platforms such as WooCommerce and Shopify make it easy to start one, so why not? But, creating a shop doesn’t equal success. There are a lot of moving parts before you can celebrate sale after sale. One of those is writing…
For every growth strategy you develop, you also need a plan to acquire fresh and relevant leads. This can sometimes be the most challenging part of marketing your business. The good news is social media can be your most valuable lead generation channel if you know how to use it right. With 3.6 billion people…
There was quite a bit of discussion about a study that said that nearly 65% of Google searches in 2020 did not result in a click. This is one of the topics that our resident SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson talked about in this month’s webinar. Want to know what they had…
This 21st century is termed as digital age and rightly so as the technological advancements in this century are enormous. The demand for professionals in web application development is skyrocketed, and companies are always in search of talented developers. It provides a wonderful opportunity for newbie developers to pursue a developer job in a thriving industry….
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.” If you’re running a brand Instagram account, this “link in bio” is essential for driving audiences to your site from Instagram, considering how the platform limits you…
Google is really smart, amazingly smart. The algorithm is very close to reading texts like human-beings. At the same time, parts of Google’s algorithm aren’t smart at all. Computers aren’t that good at understanding ‘what is what’ on a page. If you have a recipe site, you’ll need to tell Google what an ingredient is,…
With each new year, social marketers like to predict what’s going to happen in their industry for the next 365 days. But you can’t predict everything and 2020 is an excellent example of this. This being said, social media evolves constantly and Instagram, with over 1 billion monthly active users, is no exception. For Instagram,…
We’ve written a lot of Social Spotlights over the past year. And while our writers typically rely on outside observations and research to inform our content, we thought it only fitting to make this spotlight a bit more…personal. After all, personal is what revenue acceleration platform, Drift, does best. That’s why we were thrilled when…
Trying to figure out how to use Slack? Good. It’s totally worth it. Boasting 10+ million daily active users, the popularity of Slack speaks for itself. In fact, the platform is now a staple of remote work as more and more teams rely on Slack as their all-in-one communications hub. Read moreInstalling and Configuring your…
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 and are thrilled to share this new option. Anchor, part of the Spotify family, powers 80% of all new…
Would you like to learn how to create your own podcast or improve your existing podcast? WordPress.com Courses is excited to offer our new on-demand course, Podcasting for Beginners. We’ll help you get started, learn how to publish, and even how to use your podcast to make a living. Our courses are flexible. You can join,…
I’m celebrating nine years at Canonical, and coming up on 15 years since I started contributing to Ubuntu in the community. It’s been quite the ride, helping build, support and advocate for the most popular Linux desktop, and most used Linux distribution in the cloud. Over those years, we’ve strived to make it easy for…
Are you searching for the best WordPress themes to create your website? Then you can halt your search because we’re here with an article with the best WordPress themes of all time. WordPress platform may be the first choice to power your website as it is the most popular CMS today. It powers over 33%…
As we’re witnessing with schools and learning communities around the world, education is shifting dramatically. With the right set of tools, your class, team, or group can learn to communicate and collaborate more efficiently online. Since our company was founded over fifteen years ago, the people behind the scenes at WordPress.com have worked from home…
Are you confused about which affiliate marketing WordPress themes to choose? Then, this article is just for you. We’ve listed below the best affiliate marketing WordPress themes. Affiliate marketing can be considered one of the easiest ways to earn money online. All you have to do is put some affiliate links. And, you’ll keep getting…
With our growing suite of payment features, we want to make it easier for you to earn money on WordPress.com. With the Donations block, you can now accept credit and debit card payments for all types of donations, earning revenue and growing your base of supporters. Collect donations, tips, and contributions on your website to…