How to Build a Facebook Messenger Bot Sequence

Wondering how to use Facebook Messenger for email-style campaigns? Want to automatically deliver a series of messages with helpful content or task reminders to subscribers via a Messenger bot? In this article, you’ll learn how to build a Facebook…

How to Build Valuable Tailored Audiences for Your Twitter Ads

Do you want to reach more receptive audiences with Twitter ads? Looking for tools to help turn Twitter lists into tailored audiences? In this article, you’ll discover two ways to find and target specialized groups of Twitter users with your ads. …

6 Tools That Schedule Instagram Business Posts

Want to batch-process your Instagram updates? Looking for tools that schedule and publish content directly to Instagram? In this article, you’ll discover six social media tools that let business profiles schedule posts directly to Instagram. Abou…

How to Design a Creative Navigation Header with Divi

Today’s post is about combining two very important elements on your website: header and navigation. This unique design organizes multiple buttons inside your header to serve as a navigation menu that is both functional and attractive. This design would work great for personal sites that want to keep things simple and blogs that need to […]

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Snapchat Launches First Sound Lens

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 Lens and Location t…

Personal Brand Pivot: How to Become The Next You

Wondering how you can become known for something new? Looking for tips to help you focus your brand on a different area? To explore how to pivot your personal brand, I interview Amy Landino. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an…

Divi Feature Update! Huge Design Efficiency Improvements Now Available

Build Divi Websites Faster And MoreEasily Than Ever Before We want to help Divi users build websites faster and more easily by removing inefficieny. We love releasing new features that make the lives of Divi designers easier. When it comes to speed, efficiency and intuition, we want to go above and beyond, because that’s what […]

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4 Tools to Find and Manage Influencers

Are you working with social media influencers? Wondering how to vet and recruit influencers? In this article, you’ll discover four tools to manage your influencer relationships. #1: Identify and Vet Influencers With Influence.co and Social Blade …

4 Tools to Find and Manage Influencers

Are you working with social media influencers? Wondering how to vet and recruit influencers? In this article, you’ll discover four tools to manage your influencer relationships. #1: Identify and Vet Influencers With Influence.co and Social Blade …

Design a Unique Full Screen Divi Layout with an Animated Scroll Button

Creating a custom scroll button on your fullscreen header is a great design boost to improve user experience, allowing the user to scroll to the next section of your page without having to scroll. Adding some eye-catching animation to your button may also improve your conversions. Divi already has a built-in scroll button to make […]

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6 Tools for Social Media Content Inspiration

Need more ideas to fill the gaps in your social media posting calendar? Looking for tools to help? In this article, you’ll discover six tools and websites that will help keep your social media content interesting, timely, and relevant. #1: Discov…

How to Create an A-Z Index of Content with Tooltips for Divi’s Doctor’s Office Layout Pack

Creating an A-Z index makes it easier for users to find what they are looking for quickly without much reading and/or scrolling. This kind of indexing is common in the medical field because it makes it easy for patients to find and read about certain diseases or medical conditions. For this use case tutorial, I’m […]

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How to Pin a Facebook Lead Ad to Your Facebook Page

Want to generate qualified leads from Facebook? Wondering how to make your email lead form what people see when they visit your Facebook page? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Facebook lead ads without spending any money. #1: Create a …

How to Import and Export User Databases in WordPress

Whenever someone signs up to your WordPress website, the platform stores their information within a database (much like every other aspect of your website). At some point, you may want to save the information. Fortunately, getting it out of WordPress intact is relatively simple. By default, WordPress includes built-in export and import options. You can […]

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Facebook Testing Influencer Marketing Search Engine

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 testing a search en…

Introducing Custom Field Integration For All Divi Email Providers Plus New GDPR Compliance Options

Custom Field Integration AndGDPR Compliance Tools Divi now supports the ability to create custom email optin forms, including complete integration with all Divi email providers. This makes it easy to add GDPR compliance checkboxes, as well as create custom list segmentation and email autoresponders. Today we are excited to announce custom field integration for the […]

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Alexa Flash Briefings: What Marketers Need to Know

Want to reach people regularly via their smart speakers? Wondering how Alexa flash briefings work? To explore how marketers can benefit from Alexa flash briefings, I interview Chris Brogan. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an …

How to Create a Facebook Ad With Business Manager

Want to use Facebook for advertising? Wondering how to create your first Facebook ad using Business Manager? In this article, you’ll learn how to create a Facebook page post ad using Facebook Business Manager. #1: Set Up Facebook Business Manager…

How to Create a Facebook Ad With Business Manager

Want to use Facebook for advertising? Wondering how to create your first Facebook ad using Business Manager? In this article, you’ll learn how to create a Facebook page post ad using Facebook Business Manager. #1: Set Up Facebook Business Manager…

How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Event

Does your business host an event or conference? Wondering how to use social media to build awareness for an event? In this article, you’ll discover how to use social media to keep your event top of mind with your audience. #1: Choose the Social P…

Keyy: A Detailed Overview & Review

WordPress is everywhere. We’re closing in on being a full one-third of the internet, and that’s amazing. But with that ubiquity comes a number of problems, one of the primary being security. WordPress gets hit hard by hackers and spambots and all sorts of malcontents. Recently, brute-force attacks on new WordPress installations have risen exponentially, […]

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How to Use Facebook Group Units to Organize Your Content

Do you want to organize the content and resources available in your Facebook group? Wondering how the Units feature for Facebook groups can help? In this article, you’ll discover how to create and use units in Facebook groups. #1: Set Your Facebo…

How to Use Facebook Group Units to Organize Your Content

Do you want to organize the content and resources available in your Facebook group? Wondering how the Units feature for Facebook groups can help? In this article, you’ll discover how to create and use units in Facebook groups. #1: Set Your Facebo…

How to Build a Facebook Ad Funnel Using Customer Testimonials

Wondering how to create more effective Facebook campaigns? Have you considered including customer success stories in your Facebook ads? In this article, you’ll learn how to create a Facebook ad funnel using case studies and customer testimonials….

How to Use Google Trends to Help You Come Up With New Blog Topic Ideas

Coming up with new ideas for your WordPress blog can be a lot of work. More importantly, you can’t – or shouldn’t – rely on intuition alone to figure out which topics will do well with your audience. If you’re not using data to drive that kind of decision, your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts […]

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3 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Pirated WordPress Themes and Plugins

There are thousands of plugins and themes you can choose from when using WordPress. However, not all of them are free, and some of the top premium options can be quite expensive. Unfortunately, cost is one of the main reasons people resort to WordPress piracy, and software as a whole. However, pirating WordPress themes and […]

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Facebook Rolls Out Three New Features for Stories

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 New Facebook Stories feature…

Crisis Planning: How to Publicly Respond to Business Problems

Want to be prepared for problems in your business? Wondering how to plan a public response to any issue? To explore when and how businesses should respond publicly to a crisis, I interview Gini Dietrich. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing …

How to Optimize Your Facebook Page Preview in the News Feed

Want to increase page likes on Facebook? Are you capitalizing on the page preview shown when users hover on your page name on Facebook? In this article, you’ll discover how to optimize your Facebook page preview to boost likes and bring new fans …

How to Optimize Your Facebook Page Preview in the News Feed

Want to increase page likes on Facebook? Are you capitalizing on the page preview shown when users hover on your page name on Facebook? In this article, you’ll discover how to optimize your Facebook page preview to boost likes and bring new fans …

Divi Feature Update! A Game Changing New Way To Be Creative With Divi

A Better Way To Be Creative In Divi Fluid Styles helps unlock your creative potential and improve your web design efficiency through an innovative new style management system. Today we are introducing a game-changing new way to be creative in Divi. This new feature allows for fluidity in your design process and will save you […]

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How to Move Your Social Traffic Into a Sales Funnel

Want more conversions from your organic social media traffic? Wondering how to set up a sales funnel for your social media visitors? In this article, you’ll learn how to convert more social media visitors using a sales funnel. Why Optimize Your F…

How to Add a Searchable Map Store Locator to Divi’s Handyman Layout Pack

If you have multiple store locations, adding a store locator to your website can drastically improve the user experience. I’m sure you have used them before when visiting a store’s website to help you find that store nearest to you. And I personally appreciate the sites that have an interactive map to show nearby locations […]

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A Handy Guide to Reseller Hosting

As a freelance web designer, one of the most common thoughts to run through my mind is: how can I generate more recurring revenue? One effective and potentially pain-free way to do this is to become a hosting reseller for your clients. Even if you’ve only seen the term as you were browsing hosting plans […]

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Instagram Shadowban? What Marketers Need to Know

Worried your Instagram visibility has been reduced? Wondering if your account is at risk for an Instagram “shadowban”? In this article, you’ll discover how to avoid activities that can result in reduced visibility on Instagram. Is The…

Instagram Shadowban? What Marketers Need to Know

Worried your Instagram visibility has been reduced? Wondering if your account is at risk for an Instagram “shadowban”? In this article, you’ll discover how to avoid activities that can result in reduced visibility on Instagram. Is The…

How Using a Password Manager Can Help Secure Your WordPress Website

When it comes to website security, the weakest link is often as simple as the password you choose. Many people tend to reuse passwords across multiple accounts, which is a major security vulnerability. What’s more, that’s not the only mistake you can make when it comes to passwords. In this article, we’re going to discuss […]

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Facebook Rolls Out New Live Video 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 new Facebook Live Video tool…

How to Create Full Screen Sections with Top and Bottom Scroll Links with Divi

Divi’s fullwidth header module comes with a full screen option that will set the height of the header to equal the height of your browser window. This is a great way to boost UX and design by keeping everything visible to the user (above the fold) no matter what size their screen may be. But […]

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WordPress User Switching: The Plugin You Didn’t Know You Needed

One of the big pains of web development and systems administration is the need to see every project from approximately one million different perspectives. You need to see how a site looks in different resolutions and on different devices. You have to keep multiple browsers open, lots of incognito windows, and probably more than a […]

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How to Generate Leads and Sell With Live Video

Want to increase leads and sales? Wondering how live video can help? To explore how to sell and generate leads with live video, I interview Nicole Walters. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Soc…

How to Add Facebook Customer Chat to Your Website

Want a better way to connect with prospects and customers? Did you know that Facebook Messenger makes it easy to embed a live customer chat widget on your site? The Messenger Customer Chat plugin allows you to have a live conversation with site visitor…

How to Create an Elegant Process Page with Divi’s Architecture Firm Layout Pack

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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What Google’s Mobile-First Index Means for Your WordPress Website

Mobile-friendliness has been an important factor in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for a while. Now, Google is rolling out an update that’ll make mobile websites even more important. It’s a significant change, and it could have a negative impact on your SEO if you’re unprepared. Google’s new update is called the ‘mobile-first index’, and it’s […]

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How to Use ‘Symlinks’ to Store Your Plugins and Themes Off-Site

As you may already be aware, WordPress websites running on the same server each require separate plugin and theme installations. It makes sense, but does come with some drawbacks, especially if your sites use similar plugins and themes. Updating each site individually in this instance can become a ‘timesink’, not to mention the potential impact […]

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2018 Social Media Marketing Industry Report

Do you wonder how fellow marketers are using social media? Wondering if you should focus more on ads or bots? In our tenth-annual social media study, more than 5,700 marketers reveal where they’ll focus their social media efforts. This industry r…

How to Indirectly Apply Section Dividers to Your Design (Part 2: Modules)

Welcome to part two of the blog post on indirectly applying section dividers to rows and modules! In part one of this post, we’ve applied section dividers to rows and created a unique and stunning design step by step. In the second part of this post, we’ll do the same thing but for modules. For […]

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How to Indirectly Apply Divi Section Dividers to Your Design (Part 1: Rows)

With the arrival of Divi’s new section dividers, creating stunning websites without extra CSS code has become incredibly easy. By default, section dividers are used to create elegant transitions for your sections. But you can use section dividers for other purposes as well. In a previous post, How to Create Background Textures with Divi’s Section Dividers, […]

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Facebook F8 Announcements: What Marketers Need to Know

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 F8 announcements, n…

Marketer to Instagram Influencer: The Josh Horton Story

Want to become an Instagram influencer? Wondering how to maximize the exposure of your Instagram posts? To explore how to become a full-time Instagram influencer, I interview Josh Horton. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on…