New services, recommended Joomla extensions, and more

As you might have seen by now, we’re only a few weeks away from re-branding Joomlajunkie to Prothemer. In preparation for this, we’ve changed, added and deleted a few things from our website. In this blog post we’ll talk about some of the changes, and more…

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New service: Kickstart your Joomla website development

Joomla kickstart package

Do you want to build a Joomla website powered by the Morph template framework, and be 100% sure you’re setting up the base in the best way possible? These two Kickstart Packages ensures your project has a smooth lift-off and easy journey ahead.

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How to make your email marketing fun, with a Joomla twist

A many of you know, we loooove using Mailchimp for our newsletters! But…the integration with Joomla honestly left us with more to wish for. Sure, it was possible to use Mailchimps API to do some nice things, but let’s face it, if you’re going to run a member-driven site, these things should be seamless.

Joomla and Mailchimp just wasn’t the perfect couple…until now. A big thank you goes out to the FreakedOut team for making it happen! Last year, the FreakedOut team created Joomailer, which merged the power of the CampaignMonitor email marketing system with Joomla. This made it possible to manage your website and CampaignMonitor driven email marketing from one admin control panel. Pretty sweet, we thought…but we still had our hearts set only on Mailchimp. To our surprise, the FreakedOut team recently contacted us and said “We’ve got something you’ll love!”. Working together with MailChimp, FreakedOut have created a new version of Joomailer which integrates with our favorite Chimp. Yay! Best of all, the component is 100% free! (more…)

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5 free online marketing resources

Search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing and many other things related to emarketing is not something mysterious that only a few wizards can do. There is a lot of things you can (and should) do…before you turn to the wizards for that final golden touch.

Learning how to use online marketing for your business takes time. There’s no quick fix available, but the resources below will give you a great start for both learning and doing. Make this knowledge work for you and your business!

0. Before you do anything else

  • First – make sure you have Google Analytics installed on your site, so you can track visits and much more.
  • Then – register at Google Webmaster Central and update the settings so it suits your site.
  • Now – you’re good to go, so keep on reading.
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hAlp! I am a n00b. How do I know my Joomla site is secure?

You may be new to Joomla, you may be a grizzled veteran. No matter who you are, it is always good to make sure your Joomla site is secure and not open to sploits.

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