December 12, 2017 — So you’ve just built (or contracted for) a shiny new WordPress website and now your first visitors are leaving comments, purchasing off your site… exciting!

But just like out there in sci-fi movies, the internet can be a dangerous place: spam bots, malware attacks, insecure web hosting, etc.

With this Awesome Toolkit Vol 1, I intend to provide you with all the basic (and some more advanced) WP management tools AND techniques that will ensure your site is secured, backed-up, and performs at its best.

At the end of this presentation, you’ll have the know-how and resources to maintain your own site, or if you’re a designer, to improve what you deliver to your clients and ensure the safekeeping of their new site.

September 9, 2016 — Das Marktforschungsunternehmen Forrester meinte 2014, Marketer sollen sich auf E-Mail konzentrieren. Sie ist relevanter als Social Media meinen die einen, sie ist tot meinen die anderen. In DE benutzen über 95% E-Mail zur Kommunikation. Doch viele nutzen die E-Mail als Megaphon, statt als handgeschriebenen Brief. Best Practice soll zeigen, wie mit wenigen Handgriffen E-Mail zum Erfolg wird. Frei nach dem Prinzip: Aufmerksamkeit, Interesse und Aktion. Integriert mit WordPress versteht sich.

December 11, 2015 — With the platform’s towering shadow across the web, WordPress sites are always on the radar of spammers from every corner of the Earth. And with greater extensibility and integration than ever, opportunities to the let the wrong in are growing. This presentation explores the current spamscape, how the numbers add up, and troublesome trends to keep an eye on.

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September 7, 2011

September 25, 2009 — Akismet is a powerful spam filter that’s built in to WordPress.com. But what if you’re running a self-hosted WordPress blog?

This tutorial will give you the simple information you need to install and activate Akismet on your WordPress.org blog.

May 30, 2009 — Matt Cutts from the Web Spam team at Google showcases the good and the bad of WordPress as seen through the eyes of Google, including basics on how Google search works and how you can boost your blog’s results in Google searches.

Video produced by John P and Dave Curlee.