...noncompetes are vital to companies, by allowing them to better guard trade secrets, and employees, by giving employers greater incentive to invest in workforce training and development. (Read on...)

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Well...we've hit a pretty significant milestone. The WordPress Web Help Meetup Group just hit 1000 members! I want to thank all who've joined over the years and especially the core group of members who show up to answer questions and help those further back on the learning curve to get up to speed with this truly cool marketing platform. (Read on...)

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Discover why defining your website's objective is paramount for online success. Join marketing veteran Holly Cliffe as she unpacks the pivotal role of objectives in content development and marketing strategies. Learn how to structure your website to guide visitors seamlessly through their buyer journey, ensuring a stellar user experience that...(Read on...)

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New Rules For Sending Mass Email To Gmail Accounts
As an article I published on Forbes on last Tuesday made clear, new rules are coming into place to protect Gmail users from unwanted mass emails. At the time, it was reported that some senders of mass marketing emails had started to receive error messages relating to some messages sent to Gmail accounts. (Read on...)

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Maybe it’s today’s ADD. Or perhaps, it’s just that any meeting that long is a waste of many people’s time.

Either way, there is almost no reason to schedule a meeting for over 60 minutes.

If you do, you’re scheduling more time than is necessary or productive. (Read on...)

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Like much marketing technology, many marketing automation platforms (MAPs) are being enhanced with new AI-powered features.

One reason for this is the need to improve personalization and drive it to all parts of marketing. A recent survey shows 73% of respondents — both consumers and business buyers — expect companies to...(Read on...)

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Unfortunately, most resolutions are abandoned before February rolls around. In fact, studies have found that only 9% of Americans who make resolutions actually complete them. (Read on...)

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The design of the showcase is contemporary and visually impactful. It shows that whatever proprietary platforms can do, WordPress can also do. (Read on...)

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Other debt relief strategies like debt settlement and bankruptcy should only be used as a last resort since they can cause serious harm to your credit profile.

A credit counselor can create a debt management plan for you (DMP) — this plan can help you pay off debt within... (Read on...)

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Here’s The Thing: You Should Spend Your Time On Your Business, Not Struggling To Learn Web Design! (Read on...)

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If you want to use video content as a marketing tool, we have collected key video marketing statistics below to help you make informed decisions. (Read on...)

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Font management with the new font library is now available for testing in the plugin. These features standardize a way to add font collections to WordPress’ new font library... (Read on...)

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His new Netflix documentary, Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones, is trending as a top streaming pick...

Compared with Americans, people in Okinawa are about three times more likely to reach their 100th birthday, according to Buettner's research. (Read on...)

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To date, there have been no conclusive answers.

So, to see what impact (if any) accessibility has on SEO, we created an independent study.

We discovered some intriguing answers along the way.

And now, we’re sharing our results. (Read on...)

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Key Takeaways
The 2023 Champions of Small Business is our first-annual list of big businesses that are helping entrepreneurs with grants, accelerators, and free resources.
Below find great learning resources and free online courses... (Read on...)

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For some time now, I’ve been performing website audits for business clients in order to help them determine whether they’re getting full value from their website investment. (Read on...)

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In the choice between growth and scaling, one option isn't better than the other. You have to decide what works (Read on...)

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Performant Translations, a feature project by the core Performance Team, is now available as a plugin on WordPress.org. It incorporates some of the proposed solutions and speeds up translations by converting .mo files to .php files, allowing them to be parsed faster and stored in OPcache. (Read on...)

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For those who have complained that past default themes have been too niche or too narrowly focused in design, this theme will take the reverse approach. Contributors are attempting to... (Read on...)

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Ordinarily, testing a plugin or theme with Playground requires... (Read on...)

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The good news is that there’s a secret weapon that you can use: inbound marketing.... (Read on...)

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It’s a mistake because Twitter is throwing away brand equity. While the debate rages over distinctiveness and differentiation, no one doubts that a significant – and possibly dominant – aspect of brand equity is derived from a brand’s ability to be recognised by its target market and to come to mind in buying/user situations. When you rebrand you lose all of this...(Read on...)

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