Joomlashack Blog and Updates

How to Hide the SEF Advance External Link Icon

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 11 May 2018 11 May 2018

One of our templates customers asked how to hide the SEF Advance external link icon.

Mind you, this icon looks pretty cool. You may even see its variations on some big sites, like BBC.

Our customer, though, seemed to prefer a conventional look for their external links. And we obliged.

In this use case tutorial, you will learn where your external links get this pretty icon from and how to hide it.

Track a jInbound Marketing Goal Completion

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 09 May 2018 09 May 2018

Inbound Marketing is all about converting a passive visitor to your site into an active lead.

You can easily achieve this goal with our cool jInbound component, even if you have no marketing experience whatsoever.

In this blog post, you will learn how to convert a passive viewer of a jInbound landing page into a lead and the lead - into a goal completed lead.

This will enable you to trace who actually responded to your marketing offer. You then will be able to effectively nurture or further market your new or goal completed leads.

3 New Extensions Are Coming to Joomlashack from Perfect Web

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 03 May 2018 03 May 2018

Just over two months ago, we announced the acquisition of Perfect Web, another Joomla extension company.

I'm delighted to say that three Perfect Web extensions will be moving to Joomlashack in the next couple of weeks.

As each one is released, we'll publish posts explaining that extension in detail. For now, here's an overview of the three next extensions.

If these new arrivals will be useful for you, save over 60% when you sign up to the Everything Club today! You will get access to these 3 new extensions as well as all our other extensions, templates, and Joomla training.

Beginners Guide to Marketing Lead Nurturing Emails [Video]

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 03 May 2018 03 May 2018

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Lead nurturing emails are the best way to automatically direct your marketing leads through your customer funnel.

Learn in this blog post:

Content best practices for a lead nurturing email.
Design tips for increasing email open rates and lead engagement.
Considerations for email scheduling.

How to Create Marketing Calls to Action In Joomla

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 01 May 2018 01 May 2018

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Create a call-to-action to catch the interest of your site visitors and direct them to a jInbound landing page. There they will express interest in your offer and enter the lead funnel.

In this blog post, you will learn:

Best design practices for calls-to-action.
When and where to use calls-to-action on your website.
How not to create calls-to-action.

The Complete Guide to Google Analytics in Joomla

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 30 April 2018 30 April 2018

Learn to analyze web traffic to your Joomla site. The more you know about its visitors, the better site you will build.

The best way to analyze traffic to your site is the popular Google Analytics.

In this post, you will learn some benefits of using Google Analytics and what you can do with it for your Joomla site.

Beginner Guide to jInbound Landing Pages

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 27 April 2018 27 April 2018

Picture of the US Dollar and a group of users

Landing pages are the cornerstone of Inbound Marketing.

It's your site landing pages that will be converting a casual visitor to a lead, and the lead - to the customer.

In this video, you will take an overview of the best practices for creating landing pages and thank you pages with Joomlashack's jInbound component.

50% Discount for Tickets to Joomla Day Texas 2018

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 24 April 2018 24 April 2018

We are pleased to offer a whopping 50% discount for tickets to Joomla Day Texas 2018.

The event will take place in Houston this Saturday, April, 28.

Whatever your level of experience with Joomla, you will find a session catered just for you.

They are divided into two pathways: one for beginners, and another for intermediate to advanced users.

Exciting New Test-Drive System for Joomla Learners

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 17 April 2018 17 April 2018

The Joomla project and Cloudaccess.net just announced a launch of the new test-drive system for Joomla learners, launch.joomla.org.

Previously, you had two free options to take Joomla for a test-drive. One was at joomla.com and the second one - at demo.joomla.org.

In this blog post, you will take a look at the background of the new testing system. You will also learn what the launch.joomla.org offers Joomla learners.