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Progress Planner Blog
Do you want to make real progress? Need tips on how to overcome procrastination? Don’t look any further! We’re here to help. Get tips & tricks to keep up the good work on your site and read everything about site maintenance on our Progress Planner blog.
Make real progress
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Simple home page tweaks that keep visitors engaged longer
Improve your home page with simple tweaks that boost engagement. Learn how to refine your above-the-fold content, simplify messaging, and optimize navigation to keep visitors around longer.
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Why small daily improvements lead to a better website over time
Your website doesn’t need to be perfect overnight. But by improving it little by little, you’ll create a site that’s always evolving, always getting better. So, what’s one small thing you can improve today?
Overcome procrastination
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How to break free from phone distractions
Struggling with phone distractions? Learn how to regain focus by recognizing your habits, setting boundaries with tools like Opal and making small but powerful changes!
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Overcoming website procrastination with opposite action
Opposite action is a simple yet powerful way to boost productivity and tackle your website tasks. By taking action even when you don’t feel like it, you can break procrastination cycles, build confidence, and reduce overwhelm. Small, steady steps lead to big progress!
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Breaking the cycle: ADHD, procrastination and planning for success
Do you find yourself procrastinating, especially with ADHD? It’s not just you—ADHD impacts focus, organization, and task management. Discover how small changes and tools like Progress Planner can help you stay on track and turn procrastination into progress.
Site maintenance
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SEO best practices for site maintenance
SEO maintenance keeps your website healthy, fast, and visible in search. Learn practical steps to fix issues, refresh content and protect your rankings with consistent site care.
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Is your website confusing visitors? How to improve clarity
If visitors land on your website and don’t know what to do next, you’re losing them before they even get started. Unclear messaging, confusing navigation and cluttered layouts can drive people away fast. A few small changes could make a big difference!
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Why regular backups are important for your website
Backups are like an insurance policy for your website. They ensure you always have a recent copy of your site’s files and data, so if something goes wrong, you can quickly restore everything without starting from scratch!
Content writing
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How to create clear and compelling calls to action
Weak CTAs cost you leads. Learn how to write clear, specific calls to action that guide visitors, create urgency, and drive more clicks, sign-ups and conversions on your site.
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How to make your content more search-friendly
Learn how to create search-friendly content that helps your website rank, attracts the right audience and keeps visitors engaged with practical SEO writing tips.
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How to structure blog posts for readability and SEO
A well-structured blog improves readability and SEO. Learn to outline, format, and optimize your content for better engagement and rankings. A clear structure keeps readers engaged and helps search engines understand your content better.
Progress Planner tips
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Level up your SEO-game: Progress Planner’s new integration with Yoast
Progress Planner 1.2 introduces our first plugin integration: Yoast SEO. Get step-by-step guidance to fully configure your SEO plugin and unlock better search performance, one smart recommendation at a time.
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Google now wants your marketing emails. Literally.
Google has introduced what it calls “Marketing content usage”, in a subtle but significant update to its Merchant Center documentation (and yes, they sent out an email about it too). If you sell physical products and send out sales, promos, or announcements via email, Google may now start crawling those emails, just like it crawls…
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Neglecting your website? ‘Hello world!’ might be the first sign
Still have the ‘Hello World!’ post on your site? It’s a small detail with a big impact. Learn why removing it—and other overlooked fixes—helps boost trust, SEO, and professionalism. Keep your site polished with Progress Planner!
Progress for WordPress
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Not everything needs AI. But WordPress needs AI-ready infrastructure
Joost de Valk argues that WordPress doesn’t need more AI hype. Discover how shared infrastructure could unlock truly helpful AI features for millions of users.
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The real impact of a WordPress ban
Over the past few months, you may have picked up on a few things —Joost de Valk was removed from the speaker lineup at WordCamp Asia. Progress Planner wasn’t allowed to sponsor. And in this tweet, Matt Mullenweg referred to Joost as “persona non grata” within the WordPress community. We haven’t publicly discussed this until…
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Gen Z, marketing and WordPress: unexpected lessons from my classroom
In my previous post in this Progress for WordPress series, I shared my experiences as a teacher at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Since January, I’ve been teaching marketing to first-year students—an international group of 18-year-olds. These are the marketers of tomorrow. They’re the ones who will build, optimize, and market websites. They’re the…
