12 Best Professional Development Books for Pros at All Career Stages

These days, we all have access to a near infinite amount of resources we can use for our professional development. That includes online tutorials, podcasts, and more. However, books are still our favorite medium for in-depth learning. In this article, we’re going to...

Basic HTML Codes Every WordPress User Needs to Know

HTML is the foundation of pretty much everything on the internet. It is the cornerstone on which internet content is built, and it has been for decades. Without a solid understanding of HTML, everything you do with WordPress or any other web design and development...

The New EU Copyright Directive: What Marketers Need to Know

Concerned about the European Union’s Copyright Directive? Wondering how this new rule could impact your marketing? In this article, you’ll learn about what parts of the European Union’s Directive on Copyright will impact the use of social media for both businesses and...

How to Create a Swipe Menu Bar for Your Website with Divi

Every week, we provide you with new and free Divi layout packs which you can use for your next project. For one of the layout packs, 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...

What is that Smiley Face Doing in your WordPress Footer?

Designing a website is tedious, and there’s nothing more frustrating than finally finishing up and then noticing something out of place. The WordPress smiley is just that sort of thing – a teeny, tiny smiley face that came out of nowhere and is now taunting you. Here...

How to Use Google Data Studio to Analyze Your Facebook Ads

Want to better understand your Facebook ad performance? Have you considered using Google Data Studio? In this article, you’ll discover how to create seven valuable Google Data Studio charts that can help you better analyze your Facebook advertising campaigns. How to...

Get a FREE Farmer Layout Pack for Divi

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. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a unique Farmer Layout...

Straight to the Junk Folder: Spam Words to Avoid in Email Marketing

I have a terrible habit of checking my spam folder every day – I don’t trust my spam filter to weed out only the worst of the worst; I feel that there’s something worthwhile under the heaps of transfer money requests and strangers mentioning how they were happy to see...

26 Mobile and Desktop Tools for Marketers

Looking for better ways to create videos, audio, and images? Want a list of tools to help? In this article, you’ll explore 26 apps and tools for mobile and desktop from the Social Media Marketing podcast’s Discovery of the Week. #1: Listen Notes Listen Notes is a free...

How to Share and Style Code Snippets in Divi (3 Methods)

Knowing how to share and style code snippets on your post or page using Divi can be a pretty handy skill. You may need a way to display code snippets for things like documentation, tutorials, or a resources page. The basic idea is to display code on a web page without...

How to Change Thumbnail Size in WordPress and Why You Want To

When you set up a new WordPress website, the platform gives you three image sizes to play with: thumbnail, medium, and large (plus the file’s original resolution). This gives you a solid number of options to work with. However, thumbnails in particular can be tricky...

Facebook Updates Advertising Tools

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 Facebook Ads Manager updates, new ad bidding strategies,...

Divi Plugin Highlight: Simple Overlay Solution

Simple Overlay Solution is a third-party plugin for Divi that makes it easy to create full-screen overlays, popups, and mega menus with the Divi Builder. Add multiple overlays to any page. Choose between a click or an automatic timed delay trigger, a light or dark...

Is Shameless Self Promotion Really That Bad?

Being humble is always a good thing, or so we’re told. However, when you’re trying to launch or grow a business, you need to put humility aside and do a bit of ‘shameless’ self-promotion. In fact, the success of your project depends on it. It’s important to understand...

How to Develop a Thriving Community

Is community important to your business? Wondering where you should build your community? To explore how to develop a thriving community beyond Facebook Groups, I interview Cate Stillman. Cate is podcaster, blogger, and author of the book Body Thrive. She’s also an...

Geno Quiroz: How I Built a Successful Divi White Label Business

I have been building websites for years and have been using Divi exclusively since it’s release. Back in 2015 I even joined Nathan Weller for an episode of Divi Nation, and the topic was on Building a Divi Consultancy. Like most Divi users, I worked mostly with...

SiteGround WordPress Hosting: An Overview and Review

One of the most common questions people ask us is “Which WordPress web host should I use?,” and one of our most popular answers is SiteGround. This particular web host has plenty of positives. Still, it’s important you understand why it’s recommend by so many before...

Decorating Your Page with Transforming Shapes on Hover with Divi

Creating interactive design is something that immediately helps elevate the look and feel of any website. With Divi’s built-in options, you can take many turns and create effects that are truly unique to your website. In this post, we’re going to show you how to...

7+ Top Steampunk and Victorian Fonts

The Victorian Age is romanticized greatly. Literature and media often take notes from the aesthetic, industrial culture, design, and art of the time. Typefacing is no different. The steam age is known for beautifully stylized scripts and prints, and the popularity of...

How to Cross-Post to Instagram From Your Facebook Page

Do you use Instagram and Facebook for your business? Are you looking for a way to post to Instagram from your desktop? In this article, you’ll learn how to cross-post from Facebook to Instagram via your desktop. Why Consider Cross-Posting to Instagram via Facebook on...

How to Animate Letters for Unique Text Designs in Divi

Animation has become a common part of the user experience for modern websites. Aside from the fact that it looks cool, it can also add a subtle interactive element that engages the user by bringing content to life. Divi’s built-in animation effects allow you to...

Why Your Small Business Needs a Tagline and How to Create One

What do you learn from this tagline: “Shave time. Shave money.” You learn that this company sells shaving products and that with those shaving products you’ll save both time and money. You’ve also peeked into the brand voice and determined that this company is...

How to Grow Your YouTube Channel With a Video Series

Are you struggling to grow your YouTube channel? Wondering how to create videos people will find and watch? In this article, you’ll discover how to develop a video series that helps turn one-time viewers into YouTube channel subscribers. Why Research and Create a...

Get a FREE Mortgage Broker Layout Pack

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This time around, Kenny and his team have created an abstract Mortgage...

GoDaddy Pro Sites: An Overview and Review

Let’s address the elephant in the room right off the bat – GoDaddy doesn’t have the best reputation among users. However, they’ve strived to correct this by launching hosting plans and tools that target advanced users, such as GoDaddy Pro. With GoDaddy Pro, the...

How to Improve Your Facebook Group Community

Want to improve the value of your Facebook group? Looking to encourage more meaningful conversations? In this article, you’ll discover five Facebook Groups features you can use to guide engagement and conversations among your members. #1: Use Rules and Moderators to...

Divi Plugin Highlight: Ultimate Divi Builder Addons

Divi Builder Addons is a third-party plugin that adds a lot of jQuery scripts that are used by high-end websites to the Divi Builder. Simply toggle the scripts you want and add the CSS classes to the Divi Builder modules. It’s easy to use and includes lots of features...

Using Color Emotion to Connect More Deeply With Your Audience

You’ve probably heard that colors can influence emotions. Red makes people more angry, yellow signifies happiness, and so on. The psychology of color is an incredibly interesting topic. For website owners and designers, however, the real question is: How can you use...

New LinkedIn Ad Targeting Audiences

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 the updated Facebook Ad Library and the newest LinkedIn...

Introducing The New Draggable Sizing And Spacing Controls For Divi

The Incredibly Easy New WayTo Adjusting Sizing & Spacing In Divi The new draggable sizing controls take full advantage of Divi’s visual builder technology to give you a new and super intuitive way to design your pages. Today we are introducing Draggable Sizing for...

Facebook Groups: New Features for Businesses

Do you want to do more with Facebook Groups? Wondering how to use the newest Facebook Groups features? To explore what’s new with Facebook Groups and how the changes benefit marketers, I interview Bella Vasta. Bella is a Facebook Groups expert, author of The Four...

How to Create Overlapping Animations on Delay with Divi

A big part of your website’s success depends on whether or not you’re able to impress your visitors. Not only with your products or services, but also with the way you communicate and how well-designed your website is. Because let’s face it, websites are often first...

How to Write the Best About Me Page Possible

“If we’re gonna be friends, you should know that I re-heat my coffee as many times as it takes to burn my tongue, I only watch horror movies through my fingers and I seriously dislike elephants, although I wish them all the best.” That’s the most-commented-on line...

How to Create Floating Corner Designs for Content in Divi

Creating floating corner designs is a simple and easy way to add a little creative style to Divi Modules that you may not have thought was possible without custom code. Good news! With Divi, you can use dividers and blurbs to style the four corners of your module...

GitHub vs Bitbucket: Which is Right for Your Development Team?

Choosing the right source control platform for your team is one of the most important decisions you’re going to make. There’s a good chance that you’ll choose Git for the version control software (VCS) itself, but the platform where the code lives is equally...

How to Use Social Proof in Your Marketing

Looking for ways to boost your credibility using social media? Wondering how to capitalize on positive company mentions? In this article, you’ll discover how to incorporate social proof into your social media marketing. Why Include Social Proof in Your Social Media...

How to Write a Testimonial

If you’re anything like us, you probably buy a lot of stuff online and subscribe to multiple services. Sometimes, you’re so pleased with your product or service that you want to leave a gushing review or testimonial on the company’s website. The problem is, a poorly...

How to Get More Leads From a Live Event Using Social Media

Do you attend live events? Wondering how to maximize your prospecting efforts at events? In this article, you’ll find a strategic plan for identifying and connecting with prospects via social media before, during, and after an event. Why Social Media Matters for Live...

Get a FREE eSports Layout Pack for Divi

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. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a stunning eSports Layout...

Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting: An Overview and Review

We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to WordPress hosting providers. The Content Management System (CMS) is so popular that there’s an entire sub-industry built around its hosting needs. Some of those hosts cater themselves to a more tech-savvy crowd, and Flywheel...

How to Create Facebook Reach Ads

Want the right people to see your Facebook ads more often? Have you considered using the Reach objective? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Facebook’s Reach objective to target hyper-responsive custom audiences with your Facebook advertising. Why Use the...

Telecommuting in 2019: What a Day at Work Looks Like

Telecommuting. Remote work. Work-from-home. Distributed workforce. They’re all synonyms for the same thing: not being in the same location as your co-workers and employer. Over the past few years, the trend for telecommuting has moved from a trend to a...

Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Monk

Divi Monk is a third-party plugin that connects to a cloud-based template library for Divi. It provides access to professionally designed layouts, sections, and modules that are designed with lead-generation in mind. Choose the layouts you want from the selection...

Marketing to Millennials: What You Need to Know to Close the Sale

Despite the perception that millennials are young, bratty and self-centered, they cover a broad range of age groups, personality traits and interests. Millennial birth years aren’t defined, ranging from 1977 to 2000 depending on who you ask. That means they make up...

Twitter Adds Subtitles to Native Video

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 Twitter video subtitle updates and API changes with...

How to Create Video Ad Funnels That Work

Thinking about creating more video ads? Wondering how to produce more effective social media video ads? To explore how to create video ad funnels that work, I interview video ads expert Travis Chambers. His company, Chamber Media, specializes in creating scalable...

Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Icons Pro

Divi Icons Pro is a third-party plugin that adds over 2500 icons and several related features to the Divi Builder. It comes with several purchase options and even includes a free option with over three hundred custom icons. In this Divi plugin highlight, I’ll take a...

Catch.co: An Overview and Review

Money management can be so overwhelming and complex that it’ll cause even the most financially-savvy freelancer or solopreneur to need a break (or a shot…or a shopping spree). Financial tools have a tendency to be overflowing with features, making them a pain to...

How to Comment Your Code Like a Pro: Best Practices and Good Habits

Writing code is a lot like writing prose. Every person does it a little differently, and because of that, we all have a distinct voice when our code is read. We have different naming conventions and different problem-solving logic. We all think our code makes sense —...

3 Analytics Tools That Help Measure Your Marketing Results

Need better ways to analyze your social activities? Looking for tools to prove your marketing efforts are working? In this article, you’ll find three tools to analyze and report on your social media marketing efforts. #1: Evaluate Keyword Mentions and Sentiment Awario...

How Having a Cool Bio for Twitter Can Help You Land More Clients

Being cool on Twitter is a lot of work, but it’s a great alternative if you’re not conventionally handsome enough to make in on Instagram. On top of growing your list of followers, having a noticeable presence on Twitter can help put your name out there and catch the...

How to Create Instagram Stories People Love to Watch

Want more views for your Instagram stories? Looking for tips to create stronger Instagram Stories content? In this article, you’ll find six ways to enhance your Instagram stories for better audience engagement. Why Instagram Stories Engagement Ta…

How to Create Instagram Stories People Love to Watch

Want more views for your Instagram stories? Looking for tips to create stronger Instagram Stories content? In this article, you’ll find six ways to enhance your Instagram stories for better audience engagement. Why Instagram Stories Engagement Tactics Matter If you...
What Does Great Digital Customer Service Mean (In A Nutshell)?

What Does Great Digital Customer Service Mean (In A Nutshell)?

By: Kayleigh Alexandra   96% of people worldwide say that customer service is crucial in deciding which brands they’re loyal to. I’m going to let you in on a bit of a secret: the key to great digital customer service is letting your customers know they’re in...

Get a FREE Paralegal Layout Pack for Divi

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a stunning Paralegal...

What Is Headless WordPress (And Do You Need It)?

You may have heard whispers already about the new ‘headless CMS’ trend. However, unless you’re a developer yourself, it can be confusing to untangle exactly what this term means, and decide whether or not it’s right for your website. In this post, we’re going to...

How to Lower Your Facebook Ad Costs: 4 Tips

Worried you’re paying too much for Facebook ads? Wondering how to lower your Facebook advertising costs? In this article, you’ll discover four tips to help you spend less on Facebook ads. How Does Facebook Charge for Ads? When you set up a …

How to Lower Your Facebook Ad Costs: 4 Tips

Worried you’re paying too much for Facebook ads? Wondering how to lower your Facebook advertising costs? In this article, you’ll discover four tips to help you spend less on Facebook ads. How Does Facebook Charge for Ads? When you set up a Facebook campaign, you have...

How to Create an Animated Mobile Split-Content Hero Section with Divi

Creating a hero section that stands out is really important. And not only should it stand out, but it should also be split up into multiple elements that empower the call to action that is there. The easy-to-understand structure split-content hero sections have makes them really popular and frequently used among different kinds of websites. […]

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Embracing the Motto “You Do You” to Grow Your Business

A lot of people fall into the trap of trying to ‘blend’ into the world of business. On the other hand, “You do you” is a powerful motto that encourages you to focus on the unique skills you bring to the table. This helps you carve out a niche for yourself, and is a...

Divi Design Showcase: New Submissions from March 2019

It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at 10 awesome Divi websites made by our community members. Each month we showcase the best Divi websites that were submitted from our community and today we want to share with you the top ten websites...

How Sitting in Discomfort Can Push You to Do Your Best Work

Sitting in discomfort is the greatest motivator to push forward. Feeling uneasy helps you grow professionally and it’s the catalyst to take your business further. Losing sleep over money can force you to raise your rates or nix clients who waste your time. Having to...

Checkout on Instagram and Sponsored Stories Polling Stickers

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 Instagram’s new in-app…

Checkout on Instagram and Sponsored Stories Polling Stickers

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 Instagram’s new in-app checkout and polling in sponsored...

How to Style and Position Images in Abstract Places in Divi

Images are a key aspect of web design. And modern web design seems to call for new and abstract ways to display images on your website. Divi’s transform options make it easy to style and position images on your page just about anywhere you want. This opens the door...

8 Great Watermark Apps to Protect Your Photos and Videos

Content theft is a real issue for anyone who posts photos or videos online. When someone can easily right-click/save as and do what they want with your creations, you need to take some precautions so that you get credit for your work. Even YouTube videos aren’t safe...

Is Facebook Organic Marketing Dead?

Have recent changes to Facebook impacted your marketing? Wondering what you should and shouldn’t be doing with your organic Facebook marketing? To explore Facebook organic marketing, I interview Mari Smith. Mari is a consultant for Facebook and the lea…

Is Facebook Organic Marketing Dead?

Have recent changes to Facebook impacted your marketing? Wondering what you should and shouldn’t be doing with your organic Facebook marketing? To explore Facebook organic marketing, I interview Mari Smith. Mari is a consultant for Facebook and the leading expert on...
McDonald’s Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition

McDonald’s Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition

The fast-food giant’s largest acquisition in 20 years is bringing machine learning to the drive-thru. Mention McDonald’s to someone today, and they’re more likely to think about Big Mac than Big Data. But that could soon change: The fast-food giant has...

How to Make Your Headline Pop with Divi’s Animation Settings

Your headline is usually the first thing people read when they’re visiting your website. Besides having a really good headline, it’s also important to make people notice and actually read whatever it is you’re showing them. Headlines usually don’t go unnoticed because of their size and central position in the hero section, but if you […]

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Bringing Intentional Living Practices to the Workplace

Reject buzzwords all you want, but leave “intentional living” alone. It sounds new age-y and spiritual on the outside, but intentional living is actually about the effort it takes to do something other than drift through life. When it comes to living intentionally for the sake of your career, abstract daydreaming isn’t going to cut […]

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How to Use Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports: Standard vs. Enhanced

Do you sell products or services online? Wondering how Google Analytics can reveal useful details that impact your revenue? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Standard and Enhanced Ecommerce reports in Google Analytics. What Are Google Analytics Ecommerce...

10 Metrics to Track When Analyzing Your Social Media Marketing

Do you know if your social media marketing is working? Wondering how best to report on your efforts? In this article, you’ll discover 10 metrics worth tracking for your next marketing report. Create a Spreadsheet to Track Key Social Media Metrics Befor…

10 Metrics to Track When Analyzing Your Social Media Marketing

Do you know if your social media marketing is working? Wondering how best to report on your efforts? In this article, you’ll discover 10 metrics worth tracking for your next marketing report. Create a Spreadsheet to Track Key Social Media Metrics Before diving into...