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Selling Your Business Crash Course June 30

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Dan Knauss
Business
Most business owners have never been through an exit and don’t know what to expect. They don’t have confidence when talking to potential buyers and don’t feel like their business is prepared and ready for an exit. In this two-hour…

ReviewSignal, already known for its WordPress…

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Dan Knauss
Hosting
ReviewSignal, already known for its WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, recently added a separate performance analysis report for WooCommerce Hosting. Hosts specializing in WooCommerce — like GreenGeeks, Nestify, Pressable, Seravo, Servebolt, SiteGround, and Wetopi — are among those who participated in…

Gutenberg 8.3 has been released. It…

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Dan Knauss
Design
Gutenberg 8.3 has been released. It features a few additions to the design tools for blocks, including a new padding control on the cover block. This release consolidates a new organization of block categories that groups blocks into text, media,…

WordPress 5.4.2 is a security and…

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Dan Knauss
Security
WordPress 5.4.2 is a security and maintenance release that rolled out on June 10. It features 23 bugfixes and enhancements. Make sure your sites are updated if that hasn't happened automatically. One maintenance update was also deployed back to versions…

Matt Shaw explains how the JavaScript…

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Dan Knauss
Security
Matt Shaw explains how the JavaScript FileReader API can be used to upload large files in chunks and avoid server limits. The API has major browser support now, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 10. Matt notes, "If you’re…

Upcoming Events Take note that WPCampus…

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Dan Knauss
Hosting
Upcoming Events Take note that WPCampus 2020 Online has changed its dates to July 29-31. 📅 Other event reminders: WordSesh Americas 2020 is coming on May 27th. Registration is free and the lineup looks excellent. The call for speakers for…

Maddy Osman shares some of the…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Maddy Osman shares some of the most interesting COVID-19 business pivots she has noticed lately "in hopes that they give you some ideas to help you prosper during this time." 🦠 I can speak from personal experience that I have…

An article from AdAge asks some…

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Dan Knauss
Business
An article from AdAge asks some business leaders what brands should be doing in such uncertain times, especially when many organizations are struggling to stay profitable. Syed Balkhi had this to say: "In these times, it's important to lead by…

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Podcast Picks 🎙️…

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Dan Knauss
Business
DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are some podcasts I've listened to recently that I enjoyed: Women in WP: I really enjoy this podcast, and the latest episode features Sheree Chambers on her transition from building sites with Joomla…

🤔 Tom Fanelli shares what he thinks…

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Dan Knauss
Hosting
🤔 Tom Fanelli shares what he thinks are the most significant challenges facing WordPress: Unreliable hosting that doesn't scale efficiently. A disconnect between hosting capacity and actual demand at the level of people visiting a site. Tom predicts "Hosting companies that…

I really like the site redesign…

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Dan Knauss
Design
I really like the site redesign at WPBuffs. Joe Howard explains why it was needed and what went into it in terms of time and costs. 👷‍♀️ Joe says 90% of the redesign came together in about two months using…

🏫 Cory and partner Jeff Meziere just…

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Dan Knauss
Business
🏫 Cory and partner Jeff Meziere just soft-launched the Business Value Academy to help entrepreneurs focus on building profitable, healthy and valuable businesses. They have a free webinar coming up on Thursday (May 7) where they'll be sharing their Business Value Mindset. CORY'S…

WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It’s…

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Dan Knauss
Security
WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It's a short-cycle security and maintenance release focused on seven security issues that affected WordPress 5.4 and earlier versions. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.4, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated.…

Frontity has closed a €1M funding…

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Dan Knauss
BusinessHosting
Frontity has closed a €1M funding round led by Automattic. Frontity promotes its framework as "the easiest way to create lightning-fast websites using WordPress and React." ⚡ Reyes Martínez said the company is not developing a business model now but…
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