WP Rocket Review: Does it Really Speed Up WordPress?
This is a case study explaining how I sped up WordPress using the WP Rocket plugin. In this post I review WP Rocket so you can get an inside look … Read more →
7 Real Food & Lifestyle Blogs that use Foodie Pro Theme
Starting a new food blog, or giving a lifestyle blog a fresh, new theme? Then you’ve probably heard about Foodie Pro, one of the most popular WordPress themes on the … Read more →
How to change your WordPress theme to GeneratePress
WordPress is so flexible and easy to customize, but sometimes the best theme you picked when you were getting started is no longer the best in 2020. That’s certainly been … Read more →
Why you should switch from Yoast SEO to SEOPress
WordPress is by far the most popular content management system (CMS) around, powering over 27 million websites (source, Jan 2020). Most WordPress websites rely on organic search engine traffic for … Read more →
Thrive Architect vs Elementor Pro: Which is Better?
Thrive Architect and Elementor Pro are two of the most popular premium page builder plugins for WordPress. Collectively used on well over half a million sites, these plugins make it … Read more →
SEO Sprint Course Review from Thrive Themes
If you have a website and want to learn about SEO to rank high in search engines and bring free traffic to your site, you’ve probably spent hours Googling “best … Read more →
Genesis WordPress Framework Review + real theme examples!
The Genesis framework is a popular choice for WordPress users; over 340,000 WordPress sites use Genesis themes today. I’ll also be honest and state up front that I use Genesis … Read more →
Thrive Optimize Review & Tutorial – WordPress A/B Testing Plugin
Thrive Optimize is the first new plugin released by the Thrive Themes team in 2018. I’m pretty excited to review this one, as it’s no secret that I’m a fan … Read more →
Thrive Architect Review: a WordPress visual editor plugin that actually works?
Drum roll please…. Thrive Architect has arrived! I am very excited about the launch of Thrive’s latest WordPress visual editor plugin (a remake of the original Thrive Content Builder I … Read more →
The Best WordPress Quiz Plugin? – Thrive Quiz Builder Review & Walkthrough
Thrive Quiz Builder is a premium WordPress plugin that allows you to create and embed unlimited quizzes on your WordPress website. I’ve been marketing websites for over 8 years now, … Read more →
My Favorite WordPress Visual Editor – Thrive Content Builder Review & Walkthrough
UPDATE: Thrive Content Builder has now been updated to become Thrive Architect. And it’s even better than the first version. Read my full review here. Thrive Content Builder is a … Read more →
5 Best Page Builder Plugins for WordPress (free + premium)
It’s no secret that I love WordPress. But sometimes, designing an attractive blog post or landing page can be tricky if you’re not a coding expert. That’s why I like to … Read more →
How Much Money Do People Make on YouTube?
Founded in 2005 and bought by Google in 2006 for $1.6 billion, YouTube is the world’s most popular video-sharing platform. The volume of videos and viewing number for YouTube are … Read more →
16 Real Life Examples of Successful Small Affiliate Marketing Websites
Creating a successful affiliate website is a goal for anyone with a laptop and the slightest bit of SEO knowledge. While the barrier to entry is super low when it … Read more →
How to compete with huge brands (SEO Case Study)
When Mike Kugler bought the domain Vacation.rentals last year for $500,300, he did so with an ambitious plan to rank high for the mega-keyword “vacation rentals” in the US. I … Read more →
8 SaaS landing page designs using custom illustrations
Move over flat design, there’s a new design trend kid in town: the whimsical custom illustration! SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) companies have run with this trend recently, to the point where it’s … Read more →
How to Build an Amazon Affiliate Website
There are many ways to make money with a website – sell products, display advertisements, accept donations – but my favorite way to make money online is affiliate marketing. As … Read more →
5 Keyword Difficulty Tools (Free + Paid) Compared
I’m a fan of keyword-first SEO, aka putting the time in to select the best target keywords before anything else. It’s the foundation that the rest of your SEO campaign is … Read more →
Cheap WordPress Hosting That Doesn’t Suck
So, you’re starting a new WordPress website and want to find a cheap hosting provider that doesn’t completely suck? A noble quest, but if you’ve Googled around a bit already, … Read more →
Why I Think This $500,300 Domain is Worthless
This post is about a man who paid over half a million dollars for a domain name to gain an SEO advantage, and why I think it was a huge … Read more →
Will a CDN Make my WordPress Site Faster? Experiment Results
It’s time for an experiment. I love WordPress, I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now, but it’s not without its problems. Mainly, speed. Anyone who’s used WordPress on … Read more →
The organic SEO strategy this cryptocurrency blog used to get 2.7 million monthly visitors in 4 months
CoinCentral.com is a cryptocurrency blog that launched in August 2017; 4 months later (December 2017) its traffic is estimated at 2.7 million monthly visitors. This site caught my attention because … Read more →
StudioPress Sites Review – Is Hosted WordPress Worth It?
StudioPress Sites is a premium, all-in-one WordPress service that combines Genesis themes with managed hosting. StudioPress is part of the popular CopyBlogger family – you can read the CopyBlogger guide … Read more →
Where Has All The Traffic Gone? MOZ, Search Engine Land and more
A few months ago I wrote a post about how easy it is to confuse the different search engine news sites (Moz not withstanding). Is it possible that the lack … Read more →
“Kim Kardashian is nothing without facebook” (and 9 more lessons I learned from BuzzSumo)
“Kim Kardashian is nothing without Facebook”. A bold statement that I’m happy to put my name to thanks to data pulled from BuzzSumo today. For those of you in the … Read more →