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Business Roundup Week Ending July 28

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Mike Demopoulos
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The best time to send an internal email: A data-dive into 8.7 million email deliveries | AXIOS HQ "Timing is Everything: When to Send Internal Communication" is a comprehensive report revealing the optimal time to distribute critical organizational messages. Based…
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Business Roundup Week Ending July 21

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Mike Demopoulos
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Introducing Bluehost WonderSuite Bluehost announced WonderSuite, a comprehensive tool that helps users set up and customize their websites using WordPress. WonderSuite includes several components: WonderStart, an onboarding experience that integrates user responses into the website creation process; WonderTheme, a versatile…

How to Make the Most of Sponsoring WordCamps

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Michelle Frechette
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In this panel discussion, Michelle Frechette poses questions asked by the Post Status community about the benefits and how-to’s of sponsoring WordCamps. On the panel are Taco Verdonschot (Yoast), Katie Keith (Barn2), Drew Griswold (StellarWP), and Lincoln Islam (WPFunnels). Transcript…

Business Roundup Week Ending July 14

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Can thought leaders be sued now? Adrian Roselli, a renowned accessibility expert, has been sued for advocating that web accessibility should be straightforward and inclusive. The lawsuit has been filed by AudioEye, a multi-million dollar accessibility company, which claims that…

An Interview with Patrick Posner: WCEU and More

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Michelle Frechette
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In this episode, Michelle Frechette, Director of Community Relations at Post Status, talks with Patrick Posner, Founder and Developer at Simply Static, about the importance of being open and approachable, creating opportunities for others to join conversations, and making space…

Business Roundup Week Ending July 7

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WS Form Unveils Revolutionary OpenAI Powered Feature: AI-Generated Forms WS Forms, a respected WordPress form plugin, recently unveiled an innovative

Business Roundup Week Ending June 30

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Supreme Court backs web developer who didn't want to create same-sex wedding sites. In a landmark decision that has sparked widespread disappointment, the Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a popular service provider, allowing them to refuse same-sex wedding…

Post Status Draft – Veteran Executive Lyndi Zavy On Hiring & Leadership Burnout

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Cory Miller
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Transcript ↓ Cory Miller, CEO of Post Status, interviews Lyndi Zavy, Founder and CEO of Rivers and Roads, about the topic of burnout and leadership. They discuss the importance of self-care and how leaders often neglect their well-being while trying…

Emilia Capital Gets Creative with WCEU Sponsorship

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Michelle Frechette
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In this episode, Marieke van de Rakt and Joost de Valk from Emilia Capital discuss their investment process with Michelle Frechette. They talk about evaluating potential investments, providing feedback, and the importance of finding a good fit. Their investments in…

Business Roundup Week Ending June 2

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Mike Demopoulos
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Sales Recovery for Shopify (and maybe Woo soon?) HelloRep.ai is a chatbot-building platform aimed at assisting web agencies and developers to create intelligent chatbots with ease. The platform features an intuitive design and user-friendly interface, simplifying the chatbot development process.…

Business Roundup Week Ending May 12

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Mike Demopoulos
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WordCamps: The Next Generation The official WordPress Community blog recently published a post titled "The Next Generation of WordCamps," outlining the future of in-person WordPress conferences in the post-pandemic world. The successful transition of WordCamps from in-person to virtual during…

Business Roundup Week Ending March 31

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Web Developer Services Market 2023 Size and Forecast to 2031 Market Watch reports on a new report by Industry Research. -(Powered by Absolute Reports) on the state of the web developer market. It also talks about how COVID-19 and the…

Business Roundup Week Ending March 17

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Mike Demopoulos
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Equalize Digital Receives Pre-Seed Investment from Emilia Capital Equalize Digital recently received a pre-seed investment from venture capital firm Emilia Capital. (Partners Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt from Yoast fame) The investment will help accelerate their mission…

Agency Business Brief for the Week of September 12

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Dan Knauss
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Founders Invest in Atarim Just before WCUS, Vito Peleg announced Atarim has completed its first funding round led by Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt, the founders of Yoast SEO, which was acquired by Newfold Digital a year…

Post Status Notes #497

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David Bisset
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WordPress 6.0 News WordPress 6.0 Beta 4 is available for testing with the final release still planned for May 24, 2022. With the release of WordPress 6.0 fast approaching, developers should bookmark and examine the newly released WordPress 6.0 Field…

Marieke van de Rakt via HeroPress…

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Marieke van de Rakt via HeroPress writes about finding her place at Yoast. At one point, she writes, she felt she wouldn’t be taken seriously: “People outside of Yoast often assumed that I was Joost’s assistant or his secretary.” 🙋‍♀️…
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