Welcoming new members right away to your association, chamber or club is key, not only to engage them with other members, but to laying a strong foundation for your new members to build a relationship with your organization for years to come. Welcoming new members by featuring them on your home page is a great … Read more How to add a welcome new member feature to WordPress home page
Setup member submitted posts Your members are the heartbeat of your organization, celebrating their successes brings benefits to everyone. Sharing their content makes them feel heard and connected, both within your organization and with the broader community. Unlock the power of user generated content, by giving your members the option to submit their own posts … Read more How to allow members to submit blog posts on your WordPress site
Public buildings are closed, restaurants are takeout only, events are being cancelled left and right. As we all struggle to find our way thru this crazy time of Covid-19, although it is vitally important to practice social distancing, it’s equally important that we stay connected with our fellow humans. From sharing information to re-thinking plans, … Read more Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Looking for ways to build traffic and increase engagement for your association’s website? Look no further! The Member Updater WordPress plugin now lets you give members access to submit their own events to your online community calendar. When a member submits an event, the site admin will receive an email notification. The admin can follow … Read more Member Submitted Events
Members-Only newsletter archive on WordPress website Creating a newsletter archive can be as simple as creating a new page on your WordPress website and then linking to PDF copies of your newsletter. In this tutorial, we’ll take you step-by-step thru the process. NOTE: If your newsletters are strictly for subscribers, you can restrict access to … Read more Create a WordPress Newsletter Archive
‘M2M’ Member-to-Member Deals Offering exclusive content is an excellent way to add value for your members. Joining a professional organization typically includes a free subscription to their newsletter. Including free copies or discounts on industry related journals, video tutorials, books, white papers, etc., makes membership in your organization even more attractive to both current and … Read more How to setup member to member deals page in WordPress
So you’ve setup member login and members-only content on your site. How will you know if your members are actually logging in to your site to access this content? In this tutorial we’ll show you how to track member logins on your WordPress website. Tracking member engagement gives you valuable insight into how your members … Read more How to track member logins in WordPress
Ever have an issue getting the right image to show up when you share your blog posts to Facebook or other social media sites? It’s happened to me…I am using a lovely image in my blog post, but when I share the post, the wrong image is posted to Facebook and all that shows is … Read more Fixed: Wrong image posted to Facebook
If you are not using comments on your site, disabling comments can be a good way to reduce spam and speed up your WordPress website. There are a variety of ways to turn off WordPress comments, keep reading to get started with the simplest options. By default, WordPress gives you the ability to either disable comments on … Read more Reduce Spam – Disable WordPress Comments
Whether you are building a site for a professional association or a neighborhood association, a chamber of commerce or an arts council, an important first step is to add pages and content to your site. Once you have created your new page, you’ll want to link your page to your site’s navigation menu so that … Read more How to link pages to site menu in WordPress
Your website should have a favicon. A favicon or site icon is the small but powerful branding tool that appears in the browser tab next to your site title and it’s a great visual to both strengthen your brand and improve user experience. These powerful little images are not limited to the browser tab either, … Read more How to set your site icon (Favicon) for WordPress
Merchant’s Associations benefit local business owners in a variety of ways, from strengthening the voice of business owners, to opportunities to collaborate on local city issues, to increasing visibility of its members within the community. A Business Directory is a proactive way to increase visitors to your association’s site, boost your SEO position, strengthen business … Read more Merchant’s Association Categories for Business Directory
