How Having a Cool Bio for Twitter Can Help You Land More Clients

Being cool on Twitter is a lot of work, but it’s a great alternative if you’re not conventionally handsome enough to make in on Instagram. On top of growing your list of followers, having a noticeable presence on Twitter can help put your name out there and catch the eye of people who might want […]

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How to Create Instagram Stories People Love to Watch

Want more views for your Instagram stories? Looking for tips to create stronger Instagram Stories content? In this article, you’ll find six ways to enhance your Instagram stories for better audience engagement. Why Instagram Stories Engagement Ta…

Get a FREE Paralegal Layout Pack for Divi

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a stunning Paralegal Layout Pack with a clean and minimal design […]

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What Is Headless WordPress (And Do You Need It)?

You may have heard whispers already about the new ‘headless CMS’ trend. However, unless you’re a developer yourself, it can be confusing to untangle exactly what this term means, and decide whether or not it’s right for your website. In this post, we’re going to introduce the concept of a headless CMS, and discuss how […]

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How to Lower Your Facebook Ad Costs: 4 Tips

Worried you’re paying too much for Facebook ads? Wondering how to lower your Facebook advertising costs? In this article, you’ll discover four tips to help you spend less on Facebook ads. How Does Facebook Charge for Ads? When you set up a …

How to Create an Animated Mobile Split-Content Hero Section with Divi

Creating a hero section that stands out is really important. And not only should it stand out, but it should also be split up into multiple elements that empower the call to action that is there. The easy-to-understand structure split-content hero sections have makes them really popular and frequently used among different kinds of websites. […]

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Embracing the Motto “You Do You” to Grow Your Business

A lot of people fall into the trap of trying to ‘blend’ into the world of business. On the other hand, “You do you” is a powerful motto that encourages you to focus on the unique skills you bring to the table. This helps you carve out a niche for yourself, and is a way […]

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Divi Design Showcase: New Submissions from March 2019

It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at 10 awesome Divi websites made by our community members. Each month we showcase the best Divi websites that were submitted from our community and today we want to share with you the top ten websites for the month of March. Throughout […]

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How Sitting in Discomfort Can Push You to Do Your Best Work

Sitting in discomfort is the greatest motivator to push forward. Feeling uneasy helps you grow professionally and it’s the catalyst to take your business further. Losing sleep over money can force you to raise your rates or nix clients who waste your time. Having to face the music every time you miss a deadline can […]

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Checkout on Instagram and Sponsored Stories Polling Stickers

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Instagram’s new in-app…

How to Style and Position Images in Abstract Places in Divi

Images are a key aspect of web design. And modern web design seems to call for new and abstract ways to display images on your website. Divi’s transform options make it easy to style and position images on your page just about anywhere you want. This opens the door for creating unique layouts that will […]

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8 Great Watermark Apps to Protect Your Photos and Videos

Content theft is a real issue for anyone who posts photos or videos online. When someone can easily right-click/save as and do what they want with your creations, you need to take some precautions so that you get credit for your work. Even YouTube videos aren’t safe from people who really want to pull them […]

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Is Facebook Organic Marketing Dead?

Have recent changes to Facebook impacted your marketing? Wondering what you should and shouldn’t be doing with your organic Facebook marketing? To explore Facebook organic marketing, I interview Mari Smith. Mari is a consultant for Facebook and the lea…

How to Make Your Headline Pop with Divi’s Animation Settings

Your headline is usually the first thing people read when they’re visiting your website. Besides having a really good headline, it’s also important to make people notice and actually read whatever it is you’re showing them. Headlines usually don’t go unnoticed because of their size and central position in the hero section, but if you […]

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8 Best Pixel Art Makers for Designers and Artists

Whether it’s a retro feel that hearkens back to the good-ole-days of the internet or a new hi-bit look that technology has allowed to emerge, pixel art is a simple way to give your designs a style and feel to set them apart from their competitors. While pixel art might seem simple, it takes a […]

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How to Rotate Text for Unique Layout Designs in Divi (Tutorial + FREE Layout Download)

Most of us are used to reading text from right to left and from top to bottom. But when it comes to web design, it might be a good idea to break free from the norm. One way to do this is with text rotation. Rotating text on your website may seem impractical, but it […]

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Bringing Intentional Living Practices to the Workplace

Reject buzzwords all you want, but leave “intentional living” alone. It sounds new age-y and spiritual on the outside, but intentional living is actually about the effort it takes to do something other than drift through life. When it comes to living intentionally for the sake of your career, abstract daydreaming isn’t going to cut […]

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How to Use Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports: Standard vs. Enhanced

Do you sell products or services online? Wondering how Google Analytics can reveal useful details that impact your revenue? In this article, you’ll discover how to use Standard and Enhanced Ecommerce reports in Google Analytics. What Are Google Analyti…

How to Create Locked Content Corner Popups with Divi

Every week, we provide you with new and free Divi layout packs which you can use for your next project. For one of the layout packs, we also share a use case that’ll help you take your website to the next level. This week, as part of our ongoing Divi design initiative, we’re going to […]

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How Responding vs. Reacting Can Improve Your Business

The biggest react vs. respond writing challenge I’ve ever faced was in a DM with my ex-roommate. She was wordy and angry, insulting and dramatic. My thumb hovered over the keyboard and I willed myself not to type. “Stick with the plan,” I told myself. From the get-go, my intentions were to clear the air […]

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10 Metrics to Track When Analyzing Your Social Media Marketing

Do you know if your social media marketing is working? Wondering how best to report on your efforts? In this article, you’ll discover 10 metrics worth tracking for your next marketing report. Create a Spreadsheet to Track Key Social Media Metrics Befor…

Get a FREE Home Improvement Layout Pack for Divi

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a bold and colorful Home Improvement Layout Pack that I […]

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7 After Effects Plugins You Have to See to Believe

Adobe After Effects is a powerhouse and one of the most robust pieces of software in the whole Creative Cloud suite. The motion graphics you can create with this software is downright breathtaking. For motion graphics artists who want to take even that to the next level, there are a plethora of After Effects plugins […]

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How to Write Effective Facebook Sponsored Posts

Want to try something different with your Facebook advertising? Have you considered using text-based sponsored posts? In this article, you’ll learn how to write and structure two types of longer-form text-based Facebook sponsored posts. Why Use Long-Fo…

How to Style Blurb Icons as Design Accents for Content in Divi

Using blurb icons as design accents can give your page layout a unique design that you may have never thought of before. In addition to positioning the icon of a blurb module to overlap a text module, you can use the text module background and border to style the icon. This creates a nice design […]

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What is a KPI? A Marketer’s Guide

Your marketing is performing beautifully. You have a ton of backlinks, more website traffic than ever and a newsletter open rate that’s higher than the industry standard. You know all of this because you have a KPI for each goal. Kick your feet up – you’re awesome at this job. Except, if you were to […]

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How to Avoid Distraction as a Marketer

Does social media distract you from work and life? Wondering how to stay focused despite online interruptions? To explore how to avoid distraction as a marketer and as a human, I interview Brian Solis. Brian is a digital analyst and futurist at the Alt…

How to Add Alt Text to Instagram Posts

Want to make your Instagram posts accessible to a wider audience? Did you know you can add extra text to your Instagram posts that help the visually impaired consume your content? In this article, you’ll discover how to write and add alt text to your I…

How to Promote Your Live Event on Facebook

Are you planning a live event? Wondering how to use Facebook marketing to reach and stay in touch with attendees? In this article, you’ll discover how to promote your live event or conference on Facebook before, during, and after the show. #1: Design a…

How to Grow Your Instagram Following: A Strategic Plan

Want to quickly grow your Instagram audience? Looking for a strategy that attracts the right kind of connections? In this article, you’ll discover how to combine an Instagram growth strategy with an ad sequence that can turn followers into customers. H…

Facebook Ad Relevance Metric Updates

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. Listen now or find the Social Media Marketing Talk Show podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcast, Andro…

Daily Vlogging: How to Tell Video Stories

Wondering how to tell better stories with video? Wondering how to create interesting stories from mundane events or topics? To explore how to tell fascinating stories with video, I interview Cody Wanner. Cody is a classically trained filmmaker who spec…

4 Facebook Ad Techniques That Deliver Results

Want to improve your Facebook advertising results? Looking for successful examples you can model? In this article, you’ll discover four ways to generate clicks, leads, and conversions using Facebook ads. #1: Offer Free Content at Each Stage of th…

How to Set Up a YouTube Ads Campaign

Wondering how to advertise on YouTube? Looking for a guide to creating a YouTube advertising campaign? In this article, you’ll learn how to set up and optimize a YouTube ads campaign. #1: Set Up YouTube Advertising With the newly redesigned Googl…

How to Improve Your Social Video Content: 10 Tips From the Pros

Want to create better social video content? Looking for tips and tools to try? In this article, 10 video experts share the tactics and tools they use to create successful video content. #1: Simplify Live-Stream Production Flow With Elgato Stream Deck O…

Pinterest Catalogs and Shopping Ads Roll Out to More Businesses

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Pinterest Catalogs and Shopp…

How to Become a Powerful Influencer: The Nathan Latka Story

Are you wondering how to grow your social influence? Do you have big dreams but need direction? To explore how to build powerful influence, I interview Nathan Latka. Nathan hosts The Top Entrepreneurs podcast and is the former CEO of Heyo. His new book…

How to Market on Reddit: A Guide for Businesses

Are you looking to expand your marketing outside the traditional social platforms? Have you considered Reddit? In this article, you’ll learn how to market your business on Reddit. Why Marketers Should Consider Reddit For as much as we, as social …

How to Embed Divi Galleries into Toggles to Create a Custom Restaurant Menu

Using toggles on your web page is a great way to organize your content in a clean and concise manner. This can help boost the user experience by cutting down on scrolling and giving the user more control over what they want to see on your page. An online restaurant menu is a good example […]

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Why You Should Include a Press Release in Your Marketing Strategy

When you hear the phrase press release, what do you think of? Maybe a stuffy, stodgy memorandum that details a few technical points about an announcement. It probably doesn’t have flair, though, whatever you think of. Which is what we want to talk about today. If you include a press release in your marketing strategy, you […]

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How to Recruit Paid Social Influencers

Want to run a successful influencer marketing campaign? Wondering how to formalize your influencer marketing partnerships? In this article, you’ll discover how to find and contract with paid social influencers. #1: Choose the Right Social Network…

Get a FREE Professional CV Layout Pack for Divi

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away two brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This week Kenny and his team have created a Professional CV Layout Pack that’ll help you build an online […]

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7 Best Company Communication Apps

Whether you work for a small business with just a few people, or a large corporation with branches in multiple cities, communication is important. Without strong communication between team members, it can be hard to stay focused on a common goal and achieve a high level of customer satisfaction. Fortunately, there are several apps that […]

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7 Facebook Messenger Marketing Tips From the Pros

Are you using Facebook Messenger in your marketing? Looking for tips to improve your Messenger bot experience? In this article, seven leading Facebook Messenger marketing experts share their top tips for improving your Messenger performance. Improve Fa…

How to Create a Fullwidth Image Gallery with the Divi Gallery Module

Fullwidth Image Galleries always seem to look great on a website. A fullwidth gallery spans the full width of the browser window. Theis extra space allows the images to keep a larger size which is great for the user experience. And the grid layout provides an aesthetic design that organizes images into columns that will […]

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Common Marketing Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

About 12 years ago, I had the worst interview of my life – I still get lightheaded thinking about it. The head of the department called to invite me to lunch. “It’ll just be a casual conversation,” he said. “We’ll grab lunch and I’ll tell you about the job,” he said. He was either a […]

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Divi Plugin Highlight: Easy Slide-Ins

Easy Slide-Ins is a third-party plugin for Divi and Extra that allows you to create slide-ins (and popups) using the Divi builder. The slide-ins can display anything that can be built with the Divi Builder. Trigger the slide-ins with a scroll percentage, exit intent, a button with multiple locations, and with a CSS Class. It […]

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Conversation Starters and Ice Breakers for Business Meetings, Conferences and More

When I worked at The Culinary Institute of America, we had a Dale Carnegie-inspired seminar on how to talk people. The speaker had us close our eyes and envision this: You’re walking down a neighborhood street and you stop in front of a house. There’s a gate with the homeowner’s name on it. You push […]

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Facebook Showcase Video Ads

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Facebook Showcase video ads …

How to Export a Divi Page Layout that Has Custom Code

I love being able to export and import a Divi Page Layout. In just a few clicks, I can have all the design elements in one conveniently packaged json file that can be stored for another project. But what if your page layout depends on custom external code (CSS or Javascript)? Of course, you will […]

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An Emoji Guide for Marketers: Using Emoji Professionally

Pop quiz. What is this: 😂 A) An emoji crying tears of joy. B) A picture that’s worth 1,000 words. C) An Oxford Dictionary word of the year. Answer: All of the above. Emojis have been around since the late 90s when they first showed up on Japanese phones. Fast forward to the 21st century. […]

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Creating Instagram Stories People Love to Watch

Want more people to watch your Instagram stories? Wondering how to create amazing video stories from everyday events? To explore how to create short-form Instagram stories people love to watch, I interview filmmaker, photographer, and video influencer …

Divi Design Showcase: New Submissions from February 2019

It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at 10 amazing Divi websites made by our community members. Each month we showcase the best Divi websites that were submitted from our community and today we want to share with you the top ten websites for the month of February. Throughout […]

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11 Apple Pencil Apps for the Artist and Non-Artist Alike

The Apple Pencil is not just a stylist. It’s a tool that helps artists create works of art their fingers just can’t, and it’s a device that gives non-artists a more nuanced way of interacting with their tablet and phone. No matter which side of the artistic line you’re on, we have some Apple Pencil […]

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6 Unique Border Designs for your Divi Gallery Module Images

The Divi Gallery Module is great place to showcase an image gallery on your website. By default, the gallery module will display the your images in a grid layout without much styling at all which is great for keeping the images as the primary design element. However, if you are looking to get a little […]

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How to Create a Product Buying Guide for Your Business (And Why You’d Want to)

E-commerce enables you to reach customers from all over the world. However, due to the minimal requirements for starting an online store, the market is highly competitive, and it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. Providing product buying guides to help shoppers who are overwhelmed with the options available can help draw […]

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8 Costly Facebook Ad Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Are you making Facebook ad mistakes that could be eating away at your marketing budget? Are your ads helping Facebook more than they’re helping your business? In this article, you’ll discover the most common mistakes made with Facebook ads …

Creating a Stunning Fixed Icon Navigation with Divi

Every week, we provide you with new and free Divi layout packs which you can use for your next project. For one of the layout packs, we also share a use case that’ll help you take your website to the next level. This week, as part of our ongoing Divi design initiative, we’re going to […]

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How to Optimize Your Life With Daily Routines and Rituals

A busy schedule requires you to find ways to make the most of your time. Routines and rituals can help you optimize your life and get in the right mindset to accomplish all of your tasks. In this article, we’ll discuss what daily routines and rituals are and why they’re beneficial for optimizing your time. […]

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How to Write Instagram Captions That Improve Engagement

Do you want to improve your Instagram post engagement? Wondering how to write strong Instagram captions that move people to action? In this article, you’ll discover how to create appealing Instagram captions that clearly communicate your marketin…

Get a FREE Bakery Layout Pack for Divi

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week, Kenny and his team have whipped up a fresh Bakery Layout Pack I think you are going […]

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21 Tattoo Fonts and Scripts to Ink into Your Website Forever

Tattoos are (nearly) forever. So you want to make sure that the font you choose to script into your skin is as perfect as it can possibly be. The same holds true of your website. If you follow best practices, you’re not changing up themes and fonts terribly often. So if you’re looking for an […]

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How to Build a Successful Instagram Ad Campaign With Only $5 a Day

Want to do more with Instagram ads? Wondering how to create an affordable Instagram ad campaign that runs automatically? In this article, you’ll discover how to create and run a self-sustaining Instagram ad sequence that converts followers into c…

How to Beautifully Showcase Services on Mobile Devices with Divi (Free Download!)

If you are focusing on mobile-first designs, this post might help you out. We’ve created two beautiful examples of service showcases that look great on smaller screen sizes. More so, they were specifically designed to look their best on mobile while still maintaining a good design on desktop. In this post, we’ll show you step […]

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How to Repost a Video on Instagram (and Why You’d Want To)

Instagram marketing is kind of insane. You can tell how insane by the spectacular failure (or maybe success?) of the now-infamous Fyre Festival. So it would be a terrible misstep not to take advantage of the power of the platform in marketing your brand. While Instagram started primarily as a photography platform, video has become a […]

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Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Product Carousel Module

Divi Product Carousel Module is a third-party plugin for Divi that displays WooCommerce products within a carousel slider. Build a product carousel and place it within any Divi layout. You can style them and choose multiple layout and display options. In this article, we’ll look at Divi Product Carousel Module, see its features, and see […]

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12 Best Chrome Extensions for Power Users in 2019

Google Chrome is the most widely-used web browser, with Safari, Firefox and others so far behind it they may never catch up. With so many add-ons available in the Chrome web store, you can customize your browser in countless ways to help you work more efficiently and build better websites. We’ve rounded up the best […]

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New Facebook Group Management Tools

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore new Facebook group managemen…