I just sent my newsletter through a new email service. I wanted to tell you about it before I do much more with it. It’s called 2Send. It’s from the folks at WPManageNinja — the same company behind FluentCRM and the whole Fluent suite. It’s not fully public yet, you’d need to request early access,…
Email deliverability is one of those things most WordPress site owners never think about until something goes wrong — and by then, they’ve usually been losing emails for longer than they realize. Password resets not arriving. Order confirmations going missing. Welcome emails landing in spam. And here’s the thing: most of your users aren’t going…
FluentCRM 3.0 is officially out, and I want to give you my honest take on what actually changed and what it means for you. I’ve been running Release Candidate 2 on my own site for a while now — including putting out my WP Edge newsletter through it — so this isn’t just a feature…
If you’re running FluentCRM (or really any WordPress-based CRM), you may have run into a frustrating situation where your automated emails just… don’t go out when they’re supposed to. And the weird part? Sometimes everything looks fine on the surface. You’ve done what you’re supposed to do. But the emails still go out late, or…
This resource is about implementation. In the public article, I explained why bot protection matters and why Cloudflare is the most effective place to stop it. Here, we’re skipping theory and going straight to execution. Below, you’ll find the exact Cloudflare WAF security rules I use on my own sites and on client sites, designed…
Are WordPress plugin ecosystems (or “silos”) a smart move for seamless integrations… or a risky single point of failure? In this video, I break down the pros, cons, and real-world pitfalls based on years of experience. I share my personal journey: How I loved Thrive Suite until Awesome Motive bought it and things went south…
Stop overpaying for WordPress hosting! In this video, I reveal how you can outperform premium managed WordPress hosts like Kinsta, WP Engine, and Rocket.net while paying significantly less—often 50-70% less per month. The secret? Using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with a control panel like xCloud to create a customized hosting environment that’s perfectly matched…
I am a big fan of Rocket.net hosting. So, if that’s the case, why I am moving my sites and my clients’ website out of Rocket.net and onto another hosting setup? In this video, I explain why. I explain why my particular needs (running the Concierge service for my clients) don’t really fit any longer…
Is BuddyBoss worth using today? Not only that, because of the performance issues that many see with BuddyBoss, many end up looking into Rapyd Cloud hosting. But, is Rapyd worth the price? As part of running a LOT of websites in the Concierge program, I deal with several BuddyBoss sites. I also a lot of…
In this tutorial video, I’ll show you how you can build mega-menus with the Kadence Theme and Kadence Blocks. While the capability is certainly there in the Pro version, it isn’t necessarily immediately obvious how to do it. Let me show you how to use Kadence Elements and Ultimate Menu to build menus of any…