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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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The digital junk drawer: what’s hiding in your website’s back end?
Your website might seem polished from the outside, but behind the scenes it could be a mess of old plugins, outdated settings, and unnecessary features. In this post, we’ll show you how to clean up your backend, improve speed and security, and keep things tidy with practical tips you can actually use.
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The hidden website issues that might be costing you visitors
Your website might appear fine on the surface, but hidden technical issues can undermine its performance. This post uncovers five common yet often unnoticed website issues and provides straightforward solutions to enhance your site’s effectiveness.
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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Create valuable content: what it is and how to actually do it
Publishing content just because you feel like you should? That’s not a strategy: it’s a waste of time. In this post, you’ll learn what makes content truly valuable for your audience and your business. Plus, we’ll walk you through how to create content with purpose, without burning out.
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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.
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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Business is personal
PressConf reminded me that business isn’t about strategy or scale. It’s about people. The real moments happened off-stage, by the pool.
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Stop measuring the wrong marketing outcomes
Marieke challenges the obsession with performance metrics and reminds us that the most meaningful parts of marketing, like trust, resonance and brand, often can’t be tracked. Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts.
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Why writing more content isn’t always better
More content isn’t always better. Joost shares why we’re shifting our focus at Progress Planner: away from content quantity and toward real value. Learn how thoughtful pruning and smarter publishing can help your site perform better in today’s crowded web.
