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Whether you’re a freelancer or a small business owner, invoices play a vital role in your work. They’re not only how you get paid – they also help you organize important information and present a professional appearance. You could create and send your invoices by hand, but using free invoice software is often a quicker […]

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Are you taking advantage of the actionable data Facebook offers marketers? Have you explored the Facebook Analytics dashboard? Facebook Analytics is a robust tool that lets marketers explore users’ interactions with advanced goal paths and sales funnels. In this article, you’ll discover how to get started with Facebook Analytics. What Data Is Available in Facebook […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

In today’s tutorial, we’re going to show you how to make the Social Media Follow Module fit certain needs. Social Media Follow is a module that is rarely missing from any page on any website. It’s one of the main ways to connect the social media channels with the website. To help you achieve the […]

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Talking about mental health can be awkward. It shouldn’t be any harder to talk about than a sinus infection or toothache, but it is. So let’s work on changing that. When you’re discussing mental health, the most important thing to remember is the keyword health. Health isn’t being able to run a half-marathon (that’s fitness, […]

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What if you wanted a specific Divi design element to display based on conditions that you chose? This would open up some design possibilities such as displaying a version of a page based on the user’s login status, the time of day, or their geolocation. A plugin called Divi Display Logic gives Divi this feature. […]

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I used to be a stereotype. I was the morbidly obese geek who hated sports and spent far too many hours upon hours a day playing video games, tooling around on websites, and not moving. After all, that would make me sweat and be generally uncomfortable miserable. I had pretty much no idea how to […]

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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 with Erik Fisher and Kim Reynolds, we explore Facebook Stories on desktop with Jeff Sieh, Facebook ad updates with […]

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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 with Erik Fisher and Kim Reynolds, we explore Facebook Stories on desktop with Jeff Sieh, Facebook ad updates with […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Hey Divi Nation, we’re back this week with a first! Er, a second? A first second? It’s the first time that we’ve had one person as a guest on the show twice! And if you’ve read the title, then you know it’s SJ James. The last time SJ was on the show the podcast looked […]

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Welcome, Divi Nation, to our new weekly feature, This Week in WordPress. Every Friday, we’ll have a round-up of the top news, tutorials, and resources that you should check out. Starting next week, myself and a member of either the Elegant Themes staff (like Nathan B. Weller) or a community member or two will do […]

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Are you planning to start a live video show? Want to know which tools you’ll need to broadcast live? To explore the best live video apps and software to produce your own live show, I interview Ian Anderson Gray. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from […]

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Are you planning to start a live video show? Want to know which tools you’ll need to broadcast live? To explore the best live video apps and software to produce your own live show, I interview Ian Anderson Gray. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Digital consulting is a popular online business model. Lots of digital consultants develop with Divi for both them and their clients, which is one reason why Divi has become one of the top development themes for WordPress. This means there are lots of examples of digital consultant websites built with Divi to help provide creative […]

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Improved Google Page SpeedScores And Faster Load Times Today’s update improves out-of-the-box Google PageSpeed scores for Divi and improves loading times for your visitors. Today we continue our mission to improve Divi performance and speed up your websites. In this update, we have addressed various Google PageSpeed insights by introducing automatic CSS and JavaScript minifcation […]

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Want to publish more polished blog posts? Looking for free or low-budget tools to help? In this article, you’ll discover three blogging tools that will help you catch typos and improve readability of your blog posts. #1: After the Deadline After the Deadline can be best summarized as a “language checker for the web.” This […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

In my last post, I showed you how to style buttons using Divi’s background options interface by layering the button module over column and row backgrounds. Today, I’m going to show you how to design responsive clickable banners using Divi’s background options interface. We are going to be using the same techniques as we did for […]

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‘404 errors’ are one of the most annoying parts of surfing the web. If you’ve ever run across one – and chances are you have – you’ll know how frustrating they can be. Therefore, quickly fixing them on your site is imperative (if they exist, of course). Fortunately, WordPress enables you to tackle 404 errors […]

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Want to lower the cost per conversion of your Facebook ads? Wondering how to serve the right ad to the right audience? In this article, you’ll discover a six-step plan to test, analyze, and optimize Facebook ads, as well as the audience segments you target. Let Facebook Split Test Multiple Ad Variations When you run […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Want to lower the cost per conversion of your Facebook ads? Wondering how to serve the right ad to the right audience? In this article, you’ll discover a six-step plan to test, analyze, and optimize Facebook ads, as well as the audience segments you target. Let Facebook Split Test Multiple Ad Variations When you run […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Have you noticed the social networks seem to change every week? How can anyone possibly keep up, right? We have a great new (and free) solution for you–the busy marketer. I’m excited to announce the new Social Media Marketing Talk Show audio podcast. Each week your friends at Social Media Examiner bring you: #1 News: […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

If you haven’t taken advantage of Divi’s new background options interface, you are missing out. The background design possibilities are astounding. But wouldn’t it be awesome to have the same powerful design options for our buttons? If the answer is yes then I think you are going to love this post. Today I’m going to […]

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If you want to add a discussion forum to a WordPress website then bbPress is an excellent choice. In this guide, you’ll learn how to use bbPress to add a forum to your WordPress website along with an overview of some of the best bbPress extensions available. Whether you want to add support forums to […]

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Do you use Instagram for business? Want to remain in compliance with Instagram’s Terms of Use so you’re not shut down? In this article, you’ll discover three Instagram compliance issues marketers need to understand. #1: You Grant Instagram a License to Use Your Content The bottom line is, if you’re posting images on Instagram, you’re […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Do you use Instagram for business? Want to remain in compliance with Instagram’s Terms of Use so you’re not shut down? In this article, you’ll discover three Instagram compliance issues marketers need to understand. #1: You Grant Instagram a License to Use Your Content The bottom line is, if you’re posting images on Instagram, you’re […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Creating a responsive navigation menu that looks great on all screen sizes can be difficult. I wish it wasn’t that important, but since the navigation is normally at the top of every page of your site, it is the thing that is visible first on every page. So it is important to get it right. […]

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Using social media is quickly becoming an unavoidable part of running a website. To build a strong online audience, you’ll want to engage their interest through as many channels as possible. At the same time, running a lot of social media accounts in addition to your site can be time-consuming. Enter IFTTT for WordPress. It’s an […]

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Do you want to reach more customers and prospects using Facebook Messenger? Have you tried Messenger ads? Messenger ads display inside the Messenger app on the home tab, increasing the likelihood people will interact with your business. In this article, you’ll discover how to set up a Messenger ad. What Are Messenger Home Ads? Unlike […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Do you want to reach more customers and prospects using Facebook Messenger? Have you tried Messenger ads? Messenger ads display inside the Messenger app on the home tab, increasing the likelihood people will interact with your business. In this article, you’ll discover how to set up a Messenger ad. What Are Messenger Home Ads? Unlike […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

Do you want to reach more customers and prospects using Facebook Messenger? Have you tried Messenger ads? Messenger ads display inside the Messenger app on the home tab, increasing the likelihood people will interact with your business. In this article, you’ll discover how to set up a Messenger ad. What Are Messenger Home Ads? Unlike […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

In this post, we’re going to share some child themes and layouts that may help you build websites that are ideal for authors. Whether you are designing and creating a web page for yourself or a client, there will be some interesting author child themes and layouts shared within this post that may help you […]

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Is your WordPress website printer friendly? If you have no idea what that question is getting at, it might not be… While some WordPress theme developers do build in support for printer friendly content, most of the time that’s not the case. And that means that if you want people to be able to print […]

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Logos are an important part of every website. They tell your readers about your brand and provide brand recognition. What a website can do with a logo is usually limited. Using Divi we can adjust the size and make them shrink or disappear on scroll. That’s great for the majority of websites, but what if […]

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If you like to stream yourself on Twitch, your primary goal is probably to get as many views (and subscribers) as possible. You can do this by using your social media accounts to let people know when you’ll be on, but what if you also have a WordPress website with its own audience? Fortuantely, WordPress […]

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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 with Michael Stelzner, we explore Facebook’s latest growth with Mari Smith; Amazon’s social network, Spark, with Jeff Sieh; LinkedIn’s […]

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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle

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 with Michael Stelzner, we explore Facebook’s latest growth with Mari Smith; Amazon’s social network, Spark, with Jeff Sieh; LinkedIn’s […]

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Hey Divi Nation we’re back with an interview I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Randy Brown has been a staple on the Elegant Themes blog (and other Divi blogs in the community now too!) and as such he’s someone who keeps his finger on the pulse of all things Divi. He’s also an […]

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