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Do you have an Instagram business account? Wondering how to analyze your Instagram activities? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Instagram Insights to evaluate your followers, posts, stories, and promotions. What Is Instagram Insights? …

Do you have an Instagram business account? Wondering how to analyze your Instagram activities? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Instagram Insights to evaluate your followers, posts, stories, and promotions. What Is Instagram Insights? …

Every website should have a Terms and Conditions Agreement in place. Although it isn’t required by law (like a Privacy Policy), it can be extremely vital to the health of your online business. The Terms and Conditions (T&C) agreement can also be referred to as Terms of Service or Terms of Use. It is a […]

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Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing app for Windows. It was designed to have the look and feel of Microsoft Paint, an app that’s simple and intuitive, while providing advanced features of high-end graphics software such as layers and effects. It can be expanded through plugins. Paint.NET started as a college design project […]

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Are you struggling to get visibility on Facebook? Wondering how a Facebook group could help? In this article, you’ll learn how to use a Facebook group to foster engagement and drive the meaningful interactions favored by Facebook’s news fee…

Are you struggling to get visibility on Facebook? Wondering how a Facebook group could help? In this article, you’ll learn how to use a Facebook group to foster engagement and drive the meaningful interactions favored by Facebook’s news fee…

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week Kenny and his team have created an exceptional Business Consultant Layout Pack. This pack has eight different […]

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The Pantone name is synonymous with color. Each year, they pick a color that exemplifies current trends in design, and this year, the honor fell to Ultra Violet. We’re talking about an intense color with a provocative name that isn’t commonly used on the web, due to the difficulty you’ll face when incorporating it into […]

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Do you use hashtags on Instagram? Wondering how to see posts with specific hashtags in your regular Instagram feed and stories? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Instagram’s Follow Hashtag feature to monitor relevant topics and ca…

Do you use hashtags on Instagram? Wondering how to see posts with specific hashtags in your regular Instagram feed and stories? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Instagram’s Follow Hashtag feature to monitor relevant topics and ca…

Welcome to part 3 of 5 in our series Scaling Your Divi Web Design Business where we’re exploring proven tactics and actionable strategies geared towards helping you grow your Divi based web design business. Once you’ve mentality prepared to scale your business and you’ve solidyfied your systems and processes (as best as possible), you’re ready […]

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Welcome to part 3 of 5 in our series Scaling Your Divi Web Design Business where we’re exploring proven tactics and actionable strategies geared towards helping you grow your Divi based web design business. Once you’ve mentality prepared to scale your business and you’ve solidyfied your systems and processes (as best as possible), you’re ready […]

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The real beauty of WordPress is that it’s open-source. Because of that, you can contribute to it and make it even more awesome. Yes. You.. While there is a definite business side to open-source software, the philosophy behind it is simple: let’s make something together. If you’ve ever worked with a group of any kind, […]

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Welcome to part 2 of 5 in our series Scaling Your Divi Web Design Business where we’re exploring proven tactics and actionable strategies geared towards helping you grow your Divi based web design business. When you’ve prepared your mindset and you’ve solidified your strengths and weaknesses, it’s time to take the first step towards scaling […]

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One of the most important choices you’ll make during your WordPress career is which theme to use for your website. Not all themes are equal though, and some are safer than others. Choosing the wrong theme can leave your site vulnerable security-wise, so it’s essential you don’t base your decision on looks alone. WordPress theme […]

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Snapchat rolling out new ana…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Snapchat rolling out new ana…

Welcome to part 1 of 5 in our series Scaling Your Divi Web Design Business where we’re exploring proven tactics and actionable strategies that will help you grow your Divi based web design business. For many freelance web designers, there comes a point where you need to thinking about scaling your business. This could come […]

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Most people will tell you a Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a vastly superior option to shared hosting in almost every case. While this tends to be broadly true, it’s difficult to measure how significant the difference in performance can be. Without that information, you can’t determine if using a VPS is cost-effective. Fortunately, numbers […]

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Looking for a proven way to sell courses and consulting? Interested in boosting webinar attendance and conversions? To learn about selling products and services via webinars, I interview Amy Porterfield. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing …

Looking for a proven way to sell courses and consulting? Interested in boosting webinar attendance and conversions? To learn about selling products and services via webinars, I interview Amy Porterfield. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing …

Improved Code Editing For Divi! Today we are introducing a fully-featured code editor to Divi, greatly enhancing the experience when adding custom CSS and other custom Code in the Visual Builder and Divi Theme Options. Today we have an exciting update for developers who use custom CSS and custom code in Divi. When building a […]

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The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6dvXW-cUE Watch The Journey: Episode 17 Episode 17 of The Journey follows Michae…

The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6dvXW-cUE Watch The Journey: Episode 17 Episode 17 of The Journey follows Michae…

Want to promote your YouTube channel? Wondering how to get started? In this article, you’ll discover how to set up a Google AdWords campaign with YouTube video. #1: Set Up an AdWords Campaign When you know your audience and create awesome videos …

Want to promote your YouTube channel? Wondering how to get started? In this article, you’ll discover how to set up a Google AdWords campaign with YouTube video. #1: Set Up an AdWords Campaign When you know your audience and create awesome videos …

The way you present your services on your website says a ton about your company. Not only do you want the message to be clear, but you also want to share your services in a professional and attractive way. With Divi, you can make endless designs that elevate the message you’re trying to bring. In […]

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Photoshop transcended being a piece of software to become a verb indicating any kind of image manipulation. The problem is that it costs you money. The cost isn’t quite as extravagant as it was years ago because of Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription bundles, but it’s still a decent investment, and many people go out looking […]

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Do you want to easily create video or images on the go? Looking for easy-to-use apps to enhance your social media visuals? In this article, you’ll discover seven mobile apps for creating quality visual content with your smartphone or tablet. #1: …

Every week, we provide you with a new and free Divi layout pack which you can use for your next project. Along with every layout pack, we also share a use case that’ll help you take your website to the next level. This week, as part of our ongoing Divi design initiative, we’re going to […]

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Privacy policies are one of the most overlooked aspects of most websites. If you stop to look around most of the popular sites you visit, you’ll find they all have unique privacy policies (though the specific page’s traffic is usually low). Even so, these documents are important if you want your website to comply with local […]

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Do you need to up your hashtag game on Instagram? Looking for tips to use Instagram hashtags more effectively? In this article, you’ll learn three ways to use hashtags on Instagram to achieve your marketing goals. Why Instagram Hashtags Matter Ha…

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week Kenny and his team have created an intriguing software marketing layout pack with nothing less than 9 […]

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When you buy something online, there’s a really high chance that your payment is going to pass through either PayPal or Stripe. Outside of payment gateways like Amazon Pay and such that set themselves apart on purpose, Stripe and PayPal are really the big players in that market. If you sell stuff on the internet, […]

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Need to lower the cost of your ads on Facebook? Wondering if increasing your post engagement can help? Building engagement on your posts sends positive signals to the Facebook algorithm, which can boost your reach, increase the size of your warm audien…

Need to lower the cost of your ads on Facebook? Wondering if increasing your post engagement can help? Building engagement on your posts sends positive signals to the Facebook algorithm, which can boost your reach, increase the size of your warm audien…