Need WordPress help for your specific website? Have a question that you want answered by a live human in real time? Look no further. Our Founder (Jaki Levy) is offering free WordPress help for you, every Wednesday. What’s the catch? No catch. Every Wednesday, he will offer a (free) 30 minute session. Just find a …
Facebook Hacked, 50 Million Accounts Compromised
This is your friendly reminder to update your passwords. As the title of this post reads, Facebook was hacked earlier today and over 50 million user accounts were compromised. You might have noticed this earlier this morning – many users were automatically logged out of the service (including me). Yeah, I know. Pretty annoying. But it’s …
Here We Come, Austin!
Next week, WP Engine (an industry leading WordPress web hosting company) will be hosting their annual WP Engine Agency Summit. And we’ll be there to report back what the leading trends are in the world of WordPress. This 2 day conference brings together leaders of the digital landscape, who are developing cutting edge solutions to …
Arrow Root Media Named Top California Service Provider
header photo by Jaki Levy California is known for its competitive tech landscape. Arrow Root Media is known for our responsive web design and development. What do you get when you put the two together? We’re proud to say that it’s an announcement naming us a Top Web Designer and Top UX Agency in San …
Women’s Initiative Awards
The Impact Hub in San Francisco (where we’re based out of) is hosting a networking and promotion event to support The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards (https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com). This is an annual competition giving coaching, mentoring, media visibility, and a chance to win up to $100,000. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Link To Register? Click Below 🙂 …
WordCamp US – Photos
This year’s inaugural WordCamp US was hosted in Philadelphia. Over 2,000 WordPress makers and users attended the conference. Below are some photos I took while at the conference in Philadelphia. Here’s a direct link to the entire Flickr Album. Ever since I’ve been attending WordCamp SF, Matt Mullenweg would deliver his “State of The Word” …
Why SEO Work Needs to Be Done After A Website Redesign
You have just completely re-done your website and it looks amazing! So, what about your Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? SEO is very important for making your website easy for both users and search engine robots to understand. Did the company that re-did your site offer you SEO services to optimize your site afterwards? After doing …
How #tech4good is Helping People in Nepal
The Nepal earthquake was the deadliest earthquake to strike the region during our lifetimes. With a perspective of hope and optimism, we are looking for ways technology is being utilized to help in the recovery efforts. From the first moments of the quake to many weeks after, we’ve seen people mobilize on the ground, and online …
Is Your Site Mobile-Friendly?
Arrow Root Media is proud to have posted a new article on Torque Magazine! Torque is an online WordPress magazine that has a ton of information for the WordPress community (people like you). We’re long time readers so are happy to be contributors. The article reviews Google’s new search algorithm. This time they have …
Brooklyn Country Cantina Wrap Up
This past SXSW, we hosted the Brooklyn Country Cantina in Austin. Literally. The website for the festival – brooklyncountrycantina.com – was hosted on our servers (managed by our hosting partners WP Engine) and was developed by our team using Make by ThemeFoundry. Huh? The Brooklyn Country Cantina is an annual party produced by The Defibulators and …
Complimentary Site Review!
Google rates your site on relativity, keyword usage, site structure, site speed, time visitors spend on your site, number of inbound links and quality of inbound links. The way your website is built and optimized depends on how many organic visitors your site will get. To help you gain more traffic, Arrow Root Media is …
Emergency Maintenance
To our clients – a message from our hosting partner – The majority of Cloud Providers across the world will be conducting maintenance for a security related issue. In order to implement the patch, our 3rd party data center providers will be rebooting. For more information about providers responding to the situation please visit this …
AIDS Lifecycle
Last year, I rode my bike 545 miles in 1 week from SF to LA. With 2,500 other cyclists, we raised over $15 million to benefit the SF AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. This is what AIDS Lifecycle is. An amazing community of cyclists, activists, and caring people. All riding to make a …
Free Google Apps Setup in December
As part of our “Get Your Sh*t Together before 2015” campaign, we’re offering small businesses free Google Apps setup help. What does this mean? Well – if you’re still using GoDaddy, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, or yes – even a gmail.com email address for your business, it’s time to get your sh*t together. We’ll help you …
Our Network of Activists and Our Response to Ferguson
(header photo credit by Matt Pearce) We believe in the power in the digital tools to respond, shape conversations and take action in times of urgency. And we’re both saddened & disgusted by the situation in Ferguson. The weight of the situation lingers in the air leaving many of our friends & colleagues asking “What’s …
Making Your WordPress Site Faster
If you’re reading this post, chances are you’re looking for a performance boost. And that’s no surprise. A slow site can cost you dearly. In fact, over 50% of web surfers will ditch your site if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. According to this NY Times article, “People will visit a Web …