["Many of us who build WordPress sites often tout that we deliver amazing user experiences, but we often might not even know what that means. We'll use instinct or ""best practices"" to create what we believe to be a good user experience; however, those promises are often not based on a method and are thin in terms of delivery. In this episode of PressThis, we interview Jackie of UX All The Things about 10 usability heuristics you can use to build sites that are not only beautiful but a joy to use! Jackie shares her thoughts on the UX considerations you should take into account when building s ..read more

["One of the key powers of the WordPress ecosystem are the over 50,000 plugins you can use to build your next experience FASTER. In a sea of options though, how do you know which plugins are best and which plugin might cause you big headaches down the road? In this episode of PressThis, show host David Vogelpohl and WordPress engineer Judy Anderson discuss how you can go about picking the best plugins for your site. David details how to audit a plugins' wordpress.org listing, asses the code quality of plugins, and go about auditing the team and company behind plugins you may use. Choosing a ..read more

["It's been about a year since WordPress 5.0 was launched which introduced the new block editor (Gutenberg) to the world. Despite much anxiety about the change, the release was successful and the Internet didn't blow up. Yay! With that being said, have you ACTUALLY been using the block editor to build more valuable sites for clients? In this episode of PressThis, we interview Travis McAshan of Glide Design as he discusses his experiences using the new block editor to empower client content strategies. Travis shares how he and his team drives value for clients by providing them a powerful Wor ..read more

["Listen now to our monthly series ""Word Around the Campfire"" where we discuss the latest updates to WordPress itself as well as news from around the community. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of improvements in WordPress 5.3 as well as huge updates in the Gutenberg plugin which is a precursur to big changes yet to come in WordPress #core especially around how your themes might work. If you haven't had time to keep up on everything happening in the world of WordPress, listen to this episode of PressThis now!"/> ..read more

["As many of us in the WordPress ecosystem know, finding the right talent located in your home town is often very difficult. In order to get around this, agencies and brands build remote teams filled with people from all around the world. While this gives us an advantage by allowing us to attract great talent, building a powerful culture with far flung team members is a huge challenge! In this episode of PressThis, we interview Joe Howard of WP Buffs around building a powerful remote workforce culture. Joe shares his thoughts on the strengths & weaknesses of remote teams, how to ensure yo ..read more

["For those of us building and optimizing websites, we often fret over how we're going to convince visitors to take an action that drives value. We tweak designs and messages to get visitors to complete an ecommerce checkout, fill out a lead form, or view more pages to drive more ad revenue. Did you know that you can also drive substantial value by convincing vistors to do nothing at all? In this episode of PressThis we explore how you can embrace the concept of un-conversion rate optimization to reduce cancels, alieviate refund requests, reduce your support costs, and any number of other way ..read more

["Many of us who build WordPress sites often tout that we deliver amazing user experiences, but we often might not even know what that means. We'll use instinct or ""best practices"" to create what we believe to be a good user experience; however, those promises are often not based on a method and are thin in terms of delivery. In this episode of PressThis, we interview Jackie of UX All The Things about 10 usability heuristics you can use to build sites that are not only beautiful but a joy to use! Jackie shares her thoughts on the UX considerations you should take into account when building ..read more

["In this episode of PressThis, we cover all the amazing happenings from WordCamp US 2019 including interesting updates from Matt's State of the Word talk, insights from the community, and other fun happenings in St. Louis. If you're still suffering from WordCamp FOMO, join us for this episode of PressThis for a recap of WordCamp US!"/> ..read more

["If you have a team of WordPress developers or if you're thinking about growing your team, creating a unified approach to your workflows can save time, increase stability, and help avoid profit and deadline zapping mistakes. In this episode of PressThis we interview Geoff Thibeau of Deep Fried about his thoughts on setting up an optimized workflow for teams. Geoff discusses considerations for the technology in your workflow stack, how to keep code/deploys organized across groups and people, and what you can do to make sure you not only have a solid foundation across your workflow, but one th ..read more

["If you're building or optimizing sites internally or for clients, chances are you need to have a good understanding of how those sites will drive and monetize traffic. In this episode, we interview the uber-smart Jason Barnard, 'The Brand SERP Guy' from Kalicube.pro, on his thoughts on how you can use the results that appear in Google when people search for the Brand name to help you optimize your strategy to drive growth. Jason shares his thoughts on how you should be analyzing, measuring and tracking your Brand SERPS... and how doing so can help you improve your digital strategy, increase ..read more