The Valet Blog
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Why Choose WordPress in 2024
In 2020, we published a post titled '3 Simple Reasons to Use WordPress', highlighting scalability, flexibility, and ownership as the key factors that make WordPress an excellent choice for site owners. These reasons remain as valid as ever in 2024 and we would like to take those core reasons and expand a bit on the…

The Benefits of Expert WordPress Support
Imagine this: You've just had that lightbulb moment for a business idea, so you set out to develop a website to showcase your vision to the world. You hire a developer or do it yourself, purchase web hosting, and select premium WordPress plugins and themes. After lots of hard work and dedication, the project is…

6 Unconventional Sources of Web Design Inspiration
As web designers, we’re often on the hunt for inspiration to fuel our creativity and take our projects to new heights. Sometimes, we can find ourselves scouring through endless online sources, hoping to find something that sparks our imagination. But occasionally - despite our best efforts, there are times when we face that dreaded designer’s…

WordPress Re-Themeing for Maximizing Results
Smart teams know that a highly efficient process yields better results. When your daily tasks require interaction with your website, it’s important that it be incredibly responsive. Basically you want to be able to get your job done quickly and keep moving with your day.

The 3 Step Email Campaign That Works Every Time
Sending emails is one of the oldest marketing techniques on the internet. Whether you create your email lists by asking your readers to sign up, asking your paying customers to opt in, or giving something of value away for free in exchange for an email address, you know that "the money is in the list"—or so you've…

Live Video Streaming. The Right Platform for your Business and Demographic?
In the past 6 months, we've seen an extreme rise in the popularity of live video streaming. Services like Periscope, Meerkat, Blab.im have struck a nerve with millions of broadcasters and viewers alike. But is live video streaming something you should be doing in your business? What are the benefits? What are the potential pitfalls? Let's…

Google’s “Mobile Friendly” Update to Reward Sites
Google announced that starting on April 21st, 2015 there would be a boost in rankings for mobile-friendly web pages. This would include pages that are legible and usable on mobile devices, and it would affect mobile search results worldwide. (Conversely, pages designed for only large screens would see a significant decrease in rankings in mobile search…

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Why We Choose Pagely for WordPress Hosting
Towards the end of the 2014/early 2015 we migrated all of our internal sites and managed host clients sites to Pagely's servers. While we knew this was a huge undertaking we feel that our job at WP Valet is to stay as true as possible to our mission of providing the BEST service possible for our clients. We've been…