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The Future of XMap
- Published: 17 January 2015 17 January 2015
There is something unique for me about XMap.
We first used XMap back in 2007 and we're still running XMap on OSTraining.com in 2015.
I can't think of very few other Joomla extensions that have been so useful for so long. We hope we're able to use XMap for a long time to come.
But, XMap development isn't moving forward. The last major release was version 2.3 back in 2012. The last minor update was in the summer of 2013.
We'd love to help move XMap forward.
The Winning Mindset For Inbound Marketing
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 16 January 2015 16 January 2015
Inbound marketing is the newest, latest term for "passive" online marketing.
In contrast to outbound marketing, (i.e. going out and hunting down customers) it involves tempting customers to come to the marketers by building attractive online presences.
In other words, it's one of the primary ways online marketers have been operating for many, many years.
I'm So Very Happy With the New OSMeta
- Published: 14 January 2015 14 January 2015
About a year ago we ran into a serious SEO problem at OSTraining.com.
We had 1000's of articles and menu links. We had too much content and trying to manage the search engine titles and descriptions was becoming an impossible task. I needed to open and edit each article individually.
So, we set out to build OSMeta. Finally, after a year of effort, OSMeta is what I hoped it would be.
It truly is the easiest way to add metadata to Joomla.
We've just released OSMeta 1.2 with a ton of improvements. Here's what's new:
5 Joomla Web Marketing Mistakes
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 14 January 2015 14 January 2015
Marketing your Joomla website is essential, but there are a number of mistakes that many marketers make.
These things can slow the growth of your online business, and lead to a lack of sales and poor performance.
This article will cover the 5 main mistakes that will destroy a good website.
4 Tips for Successful Inbound Marketing
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 January 2015 11 January 2015
Inbound marketing allows webmasters to utilize trends in customer behavior. This information helps webmasters boost their site's visibility while engaging with their customer base.
This ongoing engagement builds trust, fosters relationships, and helps ensure that website visitors are taking the action a site owner wants them to.
There are numerous ways to optimize a site's inbound marketing funnel, including the following tips:
JSN PageBuilder, easy Drag-and-Drop Joomla Pages
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 09 January 2015 09 January 2015
JSN PageBuilder by JoomlaShine makes it possible to create custom layouts. It does this by turning an article into a page with customizable rows and columns. The process is so easy that anyone can do it.
In this tutorial, we'll introduce you to JSN PageBuilder and show you, with examples, how to build a page.
4 Tips for Digital Marketers
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 January 2015 08 January 2015
Believe it or not, but back in the day, marketing was centered around advertising in offline magazines and newspapers or cold calling businesses out of nowhere.
In today's digital age, these marketing tactics and strategies are like dinosaurs. This is due to the Internet and its increasing adoption rate.
It seems like everyone and their grandmother is now using the Internet for all kinds of reasons. Not to mention, smartphones, tablets, and other consumer devices are hitting the market at a feverish pace.
Inbound Marketing: Why Should You Even Care?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 January 2015 05 January 2015
Everyone is talking about Inbound Marketing.
What is it? How Does it Work? It it right for you?
OSDownloads - Social Sharing for Joomla Downloads
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 December 2014 23 December 2014
We're really happy to announce a complete overhaul of the extension and the release of OSDownloads Pro.
OSDownloads Pro allows you to ask users to enter an email address or to share your site on X / Twitter or Facebook before downloading files. You can also add start and finish publishing dates for your files.
Read more: OSDownloads - Social Sharing for Joomla Downloads
jInbound 2.0.5 released with custom CSS support
- Written by Vic Drover Vic Drover
- Published: 23 December 2014 23 December 2014
Today we released a new version of jInbound — 2.0.5 — that supports custom CSS for styling landing pages.
Along with the existing custom template editor, custom CSS support allows you to design and implement any landing page design.
No extra plugins are required for this feature.