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What do The Times and Big Bite know about running a successful digital newsroom? In our latest webinar, Natasha Wright sits down with Tim Arbabzadah, Assistant Head of Digital at The Times and Lisa McCann, Head of Project Management at bigbite to discuss how to stay ahead in the fast-paced world of digital news. You’ll learn strategies for:  💡Accelerating content production 💡Scaling operations efficiently  💡Optimizing editorial workflows Watch now and gain valuable insights to transform your newsroom in 2025: https://lnkd.in/gA5GAfEC

WordPress VIP has cracked the code for enterprise WordPress development—and we're giving away our secrets for free. Sign up today for VIP Learn, which offers in-depth security, performance, VIP architecture, and tooling courses. Written by developers for developers, here's the course lineup: 🎓Enterprise WordPress Security: Dive deep into safeguarding WordPress applications, focusing on identifying and mitigating common security vulnerabilities. This course covers essential techniques such as secure code writing, safe plugin usage, rigorous security testing, and hardening of WordPress configurations. Master practical, real-world strategies to fortify your WordPress sites against potential cybersecurity threats. 🎓Enterprise WordPress Performance: Equip yourself with the skills to build high-performing, scalable WordPress applications. Learn performance optimization strategies, including efficient database management, caching techniques, and content delivery optimization. Enhance user experience through improved page load times and overall website performance. 🎓WordPress VIP Architecture and Tooling: This course covers the developer-specific tools available on the VIP Platform and how to use them best. Learn to leverage the platform built for enterprise use, with security and performance at scale in its DNA. #EnterpriseWordPress #WordPressDev https://bit.ly/4guYQap

What a way to wrap up 2024✨We decked the halls at our NoHo office last week with a Bryant Park Christmas-themed party. The night was filled with celebration and connection as customers, partners, and WordPress VIP colleagues mingled. We’re taking this positive energy all the way into 2025!

Peoples Bank, a 122 yo US-based financial services firm, faced a host of site and marketing challenges—like improving visitor traffic and user engagement. Then they switched their #CMS to WordPress VIP and experienced: 📈 Increased engagement ✔ Streamlined publishing 🔒 Top-notch security 🏆 Expert support Swipe through  👉 for a few more highlights of a CMS partnership that pays off daily. #EnterpriseWordPress

Time's almost up, media professionals. Our webinar "Newsrooms 2.0: Redefining Digital Publishing for 2025" happens tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET. 🔗 It’s not too late to register! https://bit.ly/3OAyHek Heart how top newsrooms are transforming their digital operations for faster publishing, better scalability, and streamlined workflows. #DigitalPublishing #MediaTech #WordPressForMedia

🙋ICYMI Friday: Her Campus, the No. 1 portfolio portfolio for Gen Z media brands and marketing solutions, faced serious operational challenges maintaining three disparate tech stacks. They're now driving more traffic, improving performance, and innovating faster by standardizing on WordPress VIP and Parse.ly. The results speak for themselves: a 90% year-over-year increase in organic pageviews and ~90% reduction in development overhead. It's a digital case study in adopting a common infrastructure for growth and a unified SEO approach, with the #WordPress #CMS at the heart of it all. #EnterpriseWordPress #WordPressForMedia #DigitalPublishing https://okt.to/s5o0hL

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Speaking of event wraps, we also had an incredible time connecting with and learning from our customers, partners, and wider VIP community in London last week at our inaugural Innovation Showcase. Shout-outs to our esteemed presenters from Capgemini, Metro.co.uk, News UK, and 10up, showcasing "big thinkers doing big things with WordPress VIP." We can’t wait to do it again next year! #WordPressForMedia #DigitalMedia #EnterpriseWordPress

Last week, at the Press Gazette Media Strategy Network USA annual event for senior media executives in NYC, we were honored to lead a roundtable discussion on "Achieving Audience Engagement in the Age of Information Overload" with America’s most influential news, media, and publishing leaders. We also showcased how WordPress VIP helps global media and newsrooms streamline their publishing of breaking news and stories for readers. #WordPressForMedia #DigitalMedia #EnterpriseWordPress cc: Richard Jamieson Steph Yiu Bailey Dickerson Alan Smodic

Her Campus Media, the No. 1 portfolio portfolio for Gen Z media brands and marketing solutions, faced serious operational challenges maintaining three disparate tech stacks. They're now driving more traffic, improving performance, and innovating faster by standardizing on WordPress VIP and Parse.ly. The results speak for themselves: a 120% year-over-year increase in organic pageviews and ~90% reduction in development overhead. It's a digital case study in adopting a common infrastructure for growth and a unified SEO approach, with the #WordPress #CMS at the heart of it all. #EnterpriseWordPress #WordPressForMedia #DigitalPublishing https://okt.to/UkAadC