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Author: Cris CM

13
February

Why you need an inexpensive product or service in your shop

February 13, 2018
In Business, Marketing
By Cris CM

Pricing your products and services is one of the trickiest tasks on your to-do list when you are starting a business or rethinking your existing one. The idea of setting a price that is affordable enough but doesn't undervalue what you are offering looks simple enough in writing but, in reality, it can cause more than one headache. This post is definitely not about how to price your products. That would be a titanic project I wouldn't know how to...

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December

Free printable: Yearly Income Tracker

December 13, 2017
In Business, Freebies
By Cris CM

The new year is almost here so it is time to start thinking about new strategies, possibilities and projects. This printable freebie will be super useful to help you with your goal planning and tracking during the next 12 months (or whenever you want). You can use it to keep track of multiple sources of income each month of the year, including fields for your money goals, the actual amount you earned and totals for each month and each income stream. Alternatively, you...

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October

3 easy tips for a better customer service

October 17, 2017
In Business, Clients
By Cris CM

A good amount of positive reviews for any product or service you see on the internet, usually mention a great customer service in one way or another. This aspect of a business, especially if it is an online business, is crucial when it comes to brand reputation and client trust. It can really be a decisive factor when someone approaches you as a potential client. It is clear a lot of work involved goes a good customer service, but still,...

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August

How to create a Coming Soon page on WordPress

August 15, 2017
In Tutorials, Web design
By Cris CM

If you are planning to create a new website, redesign your existing one or simply make some changes that will probably mess up things for a while, chances are you don’t want your visitors to see the behind the scenes process. That’s when a coming soon page comes in handy. They are also called maintenance pages or splash pages. It will allow you to show a static page on your main URL instead of your actual website. You can customize...

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July

Habitica: a twist on productivity apps

July 19, 2017
In Apps
By Cris CM

You read an article about this new cool app that will allow you to organize your day, stop procrastinating and be the king or queen of productivity. You install it and start using it right away. For the first couple of days, you feel on top of your game, everything gets done on time and your business planning seems to be blooming. Then after a couple more days, the initial excitement starts to wear off and you are back to...

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May

WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: what are the main differences?

May 30, 2017
In Web design
By Cris CM

If you happen to hang around Facebook groups for entrepreneurs and business owners you have probably noticed this is one of the most frequently asked questions when talking about WordPress websites: what is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? It is understandably confusing if you have just started dipping your toes on the waters of this content management system. Another common situation is you didn’t build your website yourself and now that you are planning to do some updates you...

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April

Checklist: 10 ideas to increase your website traffic

April 10, 2017
In Business, Marketing
By Cris CM

We all know website traffic comes and goes and many times it is out of our control due to the many aspects involved: niche, SEO, readability of the page, changes in search engine algorithms, etc. A good SEO strategy requires time and effort to develop and it is crucial to get your website in front of the correct eyes –not only quantity is important. Aside from that, there are still many things you can do to increase your website traffic...

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February

A beginner’s guide to WordPress security

February 9, 2017
In Web design
By Cris CM

Self-hosted WordPress websites are powerful marketing tools for business. Being an open source platform, WordPress offers endless possibilities, the most profesional looks and the latest functions. But, as some would say, with great power comes great responsibility and this case is no exception. Security should be your number 1 priority when working on your website. The platform already takes care of a great part of it but there is still a lot you can do to shield your site from...

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January

Instagram challenge: Grow your account in 7 days + new Resource Library!

January 23, 2017
In Freebies, Social Media
By Cris CM

Ready to give your Instagram account a boost? I've prepared a challenge with a total of 7 actionable items, one for each day of the next week (or whenever you want to start it). The main idea behind this challenge is to incorporate the following actions into your routine, some of them daily, others once or twice a week. If you do it that way, you will probably see an important increase on your account numbers as well as on the engagement level...

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December

19 essential WordPress plugins that will supercharge your site + WordPress lessons via Skype

December 5, 2016
In Web design
By Cris CM

If you have a WordPress website you probably know that, along with the theme you are using, plugins are the biggest power source of this platform. However, when it comes to choose the right ones for your site, it gets trickier. There are almost 40,000 options on the WordPress Plugin Directory to achieve different functions so a little help doesn't hurt. Here you have a list of essential WordPress plugins I use and love.   Avoid spam comments Akismet. This is probably one of...

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