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WordPress 4.0 Features Expected to Include Content Editing Update, Improved Workflow for Plugin Installation, Improved Language Support WordPress 4.0, named for jazz musician and “King of Swing” Benny Goodman (you heard it hear first!), is expected to be released later today, which means it’ll be time to update your WordPress site soon enough. Before doing so, be sure to back up your DB and content files and have an administrator familiar with WP “flip the switch” the right way. We typically give it a couple days of bug reporting and hot fixes before we update our own live sites,...

Let’s face it, busy business owners, executives and managers don’t have time to sit down and craft quality blog posts for their website. Yet, in the eyes of Google, blogging and generating quality content is as important as ever for your online presence. So what’s a business to do, when business development, operations and sales clearly take precedence over content marketing and communicating via the company blog? Well, there’s always your mobile device. Did you know blogging from a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPad has become a useful way to streamline your content marketing activities, and...

At Meadows Interactive, we believe in photography. Good photography. That’s why we have our own photos of the Central Coast plastered all over our site, because where we’re from plays a critical role in our business. Our company was founded by a Central Coast native, and is powered by a team of local developers and designers from right here in San Luis Obispo County (not outsourced overseas). And we feel it’s paramount that our website (and our client sites) reflects where we’re from, and the community we serve. The same should be said for your local business, which is...

There are a ton of social media “experts” online, but few truly Crush It! like @garyvee when it comes to engaging with prospective customers online. So when I had the opportunity to sit down with best-selling author and social media rockstar Gary Vaynerchuk for a piece with Marketing Profs, I jumped at the opportunity. Vaynerchuk, for the two of you who haven’t heard, is author of the start-up business bible Crush It!, and founder of WineLibrary.com, teaching everyone from Ellen DeGeneres to Conan O’Brien not only how to taste wine, but how to turn your passion into gold online....

WordPress 3.5 has been downloaded more than 20 million times. The latest version of WordPress just hit the 20 million download milestone this afternoon, according to the WordPress.org download counter. It marks the third consecutive major release of WordPress that’s topped 20 million downloads as 3.2 and 3.3 also surpassed the 20 million mark — keeping WordPress at the top of the list in terms of the most downloaded content management system on the web. WordPress 3.4 was actually downloaded more than 28 million times before 3.5 came along, so it’ll be interesting to see if the latest version tops...

SLO Dental Practice has expanded its digital innovation in dentistry by launching a new, customer-friendly website that helps take the pain and frustration out of going to the dentist. The new website, SLODentalPractice.com, was built by Meadows Interactive and captures the SLO Dental Practice experience: friendly, professional, innovative and convenient. The site also shows SLO Dental’s commitment to the environment by becoming a paperless office, hosting frequently-used forms online for patients to fill out beforehand or from their waiting-room iPads. From the new website, patients can also securely make payments, view their account information, and watch resourceful videos to...

November 24 is Small Business Saturday, a day to celebrate and support the local small businesses that boost the economy and invigorate neighborhoods across the country. Meadows Interactive is proud to take part in Small Business Saturday, and we’re encouraging everyone to Shop Small on Nov. 24. But let’s not stop there. Throughout the holiday season we encourage residents of the Central Coast and beyond to support their neighborhood markets and local businesses. Let’s not only make Nov. 24 a big day for local businesses, let’s make the rest of 2012 a year to remember for the small businesses...

At Meadows Interactive, we believe in photography. Good photography. That’s why we have our own photos of the Central Coast plastered all over our site, because where we’re from plays a critical role in our business. Our company was founded by a Central Coast native, and is powered by a team of local developers and designers from right here in San Luis Obispo County (not outsourced overseas). And we feel it’s paramount that our website (and our client sites) reflects where we’re from, and the community we serve. The same should be said for your local business, which is...

Meadows Interactive took part in the Cal Poly Alumni Association’s “Welcome to the Real World” event on Sept. 8 at Cal Poly’s Albert B. Smith Alumni and Conference Center. Founder Brian Milne spoke along with Collaboration’s Kaitlin King and moderator Owen Main about social media marketing and networking for both businesses and job seekers. It was an candid discussion that closed with the trio breaking down Main’s LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, highlighting what could be done better and what he’s already doing well in the social media space. – Photo by Meadows Interactive’s B.Milne Download the Free Podcast To...

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by MI Founder Brian Milne on ProBlogger.net. Work. School. Friends. Family … and kids. We’ve all got a lot going on in our lives, and I haven’t even mentioned our online worlds yet. Twitter. Facebook. Google Plus. LinkedIn … and Pinterest. The list is always growing, and as our offline lives get busier and online worlds more cluttered, our blogs are getting more and more neglected. And while it’s great spending time learning everything the above social sites have to offer, let’s not forget the importance of our own blogs, and the...