The Most Popular Instagram Post is…an Egg?!
Published by Chris. Last Updated on February 20, 2023.
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We're typically quite focused on the present (with a penchant for some future predictions here and there as well), but some of our most popular newsletters have been editions where we've taken a moment to look backwards.
Today, before tackling the news and all that good stuff, we're going to take a look at the most liked online post in history.
Spoiler alert: It's a photo of an egg.
Yes, you read that correctly
WP Rocket Settings – A Guide to Improving Your WordPress Blog
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on July 5, 2021.
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At its core, WordPress is an open-sourced Content Management System (CMS) that is designed to be versatile and accept a wide array of hosts, themes, and plugins.
Much like how it is hard to shuffle a deck of cards and never deal the same hand twice due to the insanely high probability, it is also unlikely that any two blogs are designed identically (well, unless you copy all of our guides and WordPress plugin recommendations, in which case there could be a few).
This poses an inherent set of problems for bloggers as some programs simply aren't designed to play nicely together. Some themes may be designed to stand alone without a huge plugin array while others are simply backbones that allow you to customize to your heart's content via plugins. Optimizing performance around all of this adds one more layer of difficulty into the mix.
One plugin that we have found absolutely critical for the performance of our WordPress blogs is WP Rocket as this premium plugin is a beast- it combines and minifies CSS and JS files, lazy loads images, and so much more.
So in this one, we want to share more about what WP Rocket does, why you may want to use it on your blog, some pitfalls to keep in mind, and of course share our own personal settings as this one can become overwhelming in a hurry.
Clubhouse Comes to Android – But Is It Too Late?
Published by Chris. Last Updated on February 20, 2023.
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In the world of blogging and social media, there's never a dull moment. And we're grateful for that because, if there were, we would kind of be out of business.
For us, it's not if there's a pertinent story to share with you, it's which pertinent story to share.
And today, we can't ignore the big, big news – Clubhouse has finally come to Android.
5 Blogging Newsletter Best Practices You Should Be Doing
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on July 21, 2022.
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Newsletters are often a very love-it-or-hate-it thing for most bloggers.
Some find it a bothersome chore without much ROI for the time and money involved, while others shout from the rooftops how email lists are among some of the most lucrative things you can have in your business.
While we may be biased here since This Week in Blogging is a newsletter series first and foremost, we do have to admit we see both sides of the spectrum when thinking about newsletters in the context of our own outside blogs. Sometimes these newsletters work great and other times, well, not so much.
In this one, we wanted to share a few blogging newsletter best practices you should be engaging in, discuss what they are, and why they're so important for those who go down this marketing avenue.
Note: We should note up front that we use Mailerlite for our newsletters. The features discussed below are in the context of this service outright (where to find the feature on the dashboard, how to use it, etc.). While most newsletter services tend to offer the features discussed below, we cannot guarantee this for all of them. As such, your mileage may vary if you are on a different platform.
5 Unique Features of WebPageTest You May Not Be Using
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on May 24, 2021.
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When it comes to auditing our blogs, one tool we find ourselves using over and over again is WebPageTest.
This tool has some pretty powerful diagnostic features that go well beyond simply looking at how fast your site loads in a cumulative sense. You really can dive down and look at individual elements as well plus how your site performs on desktop, mobile, and an array of devices to name a few!
So in this one, we wanted to share some unique features of WebPageTest you may not be using (but should). But if you haven't used WebPageTest at all, we recommend starting with our base guide at the previous link!