August 28th, 2024 Issue
Some industries experience downward trends, but these shifts are often temporary, especially as customer buying habits evolve. As a business owner, it's crucial to identify the root cause. It might be that your visibility has decreased compared to your competitors, brand loyalty is waning, or a better alternative has entered the market. That’s the challenge—and the thrill—of running a business, isn’t it?
~ Team WPfounders
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"Building relationships with other business owners and professionals can provide invaluable insights and support."
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“Maintaining a strong connection with your customers and potential users is also crucial. By doing so, you'll receive valuable feedback on your product’s direction.”
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"Customer service is essential for any business. Your customers will need help and support at some point. Make sure you are available to help them when they need it."
~ Parvez Akhter of ThriveDesk
Read StoryInspirational Quote of the Month
"I waited far too long to start my own business, but I have the hunger to fulfill my dreams. I never stopped until I made a positive move."
~ Hossni Mubarak of HMPlugin
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Read The Latest Updates!
- Wordfence: Launched a WordPress superhero challenge running until 14th october.
- WordPress 6.7: The release will be led by Matt Mullenweg. This version of WP will also include the new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Five.
- Droip: A new content manager has been added to the page builder to make handling dynamic content easier.
- Beaver Builder: Robby announced a new pricing structure that will go into effect on September 10th, 2024.
- LSCache Plugin: Patchstack reported a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed cache plugin and awarded $14,400 USD to researcher John Blackbourn for discovering it.
- WordPress.org: Jamie Marsland announced that he will lead WordPress.org’s YouTube strategy as Head of the WordPress YouTube channel.
- WPAstra: A new version of the Astra theme is now available with significant feature updates.
- WPBiz Dev: Lawrence Ladomery shares his opinion on WordCamp Asia’s speaker selection and some interesting stats.
- WCEU 2025: WordCamp Europe is seeking organizers for the event. The deadline to apply is August 31st, 2024.
Podcasts
- Do the Woo: Joseph Riviello talks with Malcolm Peralty about WordPress to Drupal, Insights and Innovations.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Nyasha Green, a LinkedIn Learning WordPress instructor.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Rae Morey about changes to WP Builds podcast and shares updates after David Waumsley moved away from WordPress
- WP-Tonic: Chris Badget is the special guest and talks about the “Impact Of AI On eLearning”
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks to Nathan Ingram about the business of WordPress.
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