I’ve been a big fan and promoter of building and hosting your own community. Personall I’ve been on the losing end of changes made by third party tools and services. Shopping Carts, Membership Sites, Subscription Management, Posting Tools etc. Face it things change and when it’s a 3rd party making those changes you don’t have…
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We’ve been waiting for updates to buddy boss for a while now. Today the first real announcement came. There is a first beta release of the them and plugin that include a brand new look and a load of new features. I’ll be installing and testing the beta version on my https://teachonline.io site and trying…
A membership site selling online courses gets confusing for members quickly. Before you know it, your site will have: Multiple courses and a library of tutorials covering multiple topics and categories Some sort of blog or general update page A place for members to keep track of their billing A place for members to create…
We build our training sites and elearning campus with BuddyBoss in mind. 99 time out of 100 we use the BuddyBoss platform and the Buddy Boss theme. It just works great! That doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement though. That’s why I was happy to get the June update video today. There’s lots coming!…
LearnDash isn’t the only way to sell courses online using WordPress. A number of our other sites use a LMS called LifterLMS. This is great plugin in the WordPress community that uses a different business model. They give away the core software and charge for the extensions/addons that enhance the free version. The other big…
Wondering if your online course is going to be a success? Just starting out with a test group of users looking for confirmation that you’re on the right track? You might want to watch this quick video from the master of sales psychology Robert Cialdini.
Are you filming your online course videos from home? Capturing your digital exhaust and repurposing your client zoom calls? Here are some ideas for getting the best video background for your online courses setup in your ‘Home Office” My Home Office This past week I was a guest on my wife “Styled Home Living” webinar…
WE highly recommend and use 2 SEO Plugins and one of those has just had a major update. In this new version 4.5 there are some great improvements including: HTML sitemap enhancements: Many of these updates came directly from users Compatibility Center: This is brand new and allows non techies users to quickly apply under…
We include access to great membership site tools and templates for our agency clients. One of those is access to the library of Elementor templates from the landing factory Today they’ve released a bunch of new wordpress elementor templates. New Template Packs: A real estate agency, psychology practice, freelance designers and a black & white…
I have a bunch of really old domain names. My first domain name was virtualselling.com which I registered in June of 1996. There’s been well over 100 since then all of them used for a standalone web site or at least a redirect to another domain. Except one. https://webmarketingfordummies.com Which is registered in October of…
I have 2 favourite themes for creating great looking LearnDash Campus’. We started off with the GeneratePress Theme, followed by the WPAstra theme and now BuddyBoss. We still use all 3 on various sites, along with a common thread. what is it you ask? Elementor Visual Page Builder Every site we create includes the Element…