Hit Subscribe Digest, February 2023

As part our continuing, gonzo exploration of publication platforms, I'm experimenting with Telegraph (telegra.ph, I see what you did there) as a venue for both round-up content and, perhaps quick definition content.

Here I'm going to show some love to some folks and properties with whom we (Hit Subscribe) have relationships. I'll possibly also do a little shameless self-promotion.

By the way, this is a pretty lightweight and user-friendly publication paradigm. Hats off, Telegraph. My only mild gripe is the apparent lack of native bullet/list functionality. C'est la vie.

Staging Environments

As someone who was once technical and is now watching that skillset fade in my rearview, I can appreciate glossary treatments of industry concepts to remain at least passingly up to speed. Toward that end, check out this post that Architect did, answering the question "what is a staging environment?"

Slack and Recurring Reminders

I have a complicated relationship with Slack. As the owner of a remote-only business, I almost have to use it, but as someone who is gradually losing a war of attrition against distraction, it's not my favorite thing. I am thus always on a quest to use the app more efficiently and can appreciate articles like this one, about how to use recurring reminders.

Keyword Research Tactics

This one is a shameless plug, admittedly, but I'm steadily documenting how to do keyword research for our staff as part of a large series of blog posts. Here's the most recent installment of that, a field guide to creating ownership campaigns.

Test Environment Management

A while back, we spent some time working with Enov8 to create a fairly comprehensive treatment of the subject of test environment management. I think it came together pretty well and is worth checking out.

CSS Image Effects

We do a lot of work in trying to help clients drive traffic through the search engine to their sites. In so doing, we generally bring their attention to anything that will make that harder or pose a risk, and the number one source of risk is bad site performance, by far. So I can appreciate a good treatment of how to address that, such as this post about CSS image effects.