The Joomlashack Blog
10 Ways to Uncover the Content Your Audience is Looking For
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 January 2014 09 January 2014
Pop quiz: what compliments your blogs, triggers your lead nurturing campaign, informs your audience, AND positions you as an authority in your space?
If you said content, you're right! With how essential content is to Inbound success, it's unfortunate that so many marketers struggle to come up with quality topics.
If that sounds like you, don't despair. We've compiled a list of go-to resources for uncovering the subjects your audience cares about, and you'll have no problem writing about:
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6 Essential Components of Winning Homepages
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 06 January 2014 06 January 2014
Designing a homepage is among the most important and most dreaded responsibilities online marketers take on.
Use this list of essential homepage components when building a new homepage or revamping an old one!
SEO for Joomla - An Essential Checklist
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 16 December 2013 16 December 2013
SEO has been a hot topic in Inbound marketing in 2013 - from Google's 100% [Not Provided] keyword to the rebranding of SEO authority moz.
With all of these changes, the future of SEO is somewhat uncertain. Many techniques will likely continue to fall by the wayside as search engines continue to combat "black hat" practices.
Nonetheless, certain best practices have withstood the test of time and will likely not be disappearing any time soon. In fact, as other tactics drop off, the tried and true become even more important in improving or preserving your ranking.
This list details those SEO essentials, and how to implement them on a Joomla! site.
Joomla 3 Post-Installation Messages
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 16 December 2013 16 December 2013
Joomla 3.2 was packaged with a lot of great features. If you're looking for a full list of the main features of 3.2, click here.
One of the ones that we'll highlight today is the Post-installation Messages feature. This is Joomla's way of letting you know important information that needs your attention after upgrading (or installing Joomla for the first time).
Test Joomla Upgrades Before Updating Your Live Site
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 12 December 2013 12 December 2013
It is common for people to update their sites before testing to see if anything will break.
However, although this is common, it definitely isn't wise. We always recommend that you test your updates before applying them, particularly if your site is important to your business.
The following tutorial will show you how to test Joomla upgrades before updating your live site.
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Civic - A flexible & powerful template!
- Written by Oscar Rodas Oscar Rodas
- Published: 11 December 2013 11 December 2013
A new Responsive Joomla 3.2 Template
Civic is a flexible & powerful fully responsive Joomla Template. The clean and minimalist design will lend itself for an avant garde corporate website.
Featuring a Full Screen Video Slideshow
If a picture paints a thousand words, then a short video must paint ten thousand. The vesatility and the amount of information one is able to communicate with this feature is practically limitless. A video in the slideshow will grab the attention of your visitors immediately and get them to spend more time at the site from the get go. If you are not a video fan, you can also use a full width landing page slider too.
Add BT Social Share to Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 10 December 2013 10 December 2013
Social sharing can improve our website by bringing more users from social networks like Facebook, X / Twitter and Google Plus.
BT Social Share is one of the best and easiest Joomla plugins to add social sharing buttons.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install and setup this plugin.
Jumpstart Website Traffic! Starting a Blog on Your Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 December 2013 10 December 2013
Video on building a blog with Joomla
One very common goal I hear from marketers is that they want to drive more traffic to their website. There are many ways you can accomplish this from SEO to PPC, however, one of the most effective strategies is blogging and content creation.
In this blog we are going to cover some tips and tricks to establish a strong blog and grow website traffic.
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Joomla 1, Joomla 2, Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 December 2013 09 December 2013
People love software that they can understand.
If we want to make software that is loved, we need to make it easily understood. This extends to every aspect of the software from the user interface to how new features are added.
One of the most common points of misunderstanding with Joomla is the version numbers.
In order for everyone to understand Joomla version numbers, I'm going to propose that we change the way we talk about them.
Learn Inbound Marketing: The Best Online Resources
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 December 2013 09 December 2013
Now that Inbound marketing has been around for a few years, plenty of resources have popped up to help newcomers master the art of effective online marketing.
If you're new to Inbound and need some help understanding concepts like traffic generation, lead nurturing, and conversion optimization, this list of online resources to learn Inbound marketing is for you.
Read more: Learn Inbound Marketing: The Best Online Resources