state of the lexblog address 2016 - slides from lexblog's webinar
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State of the LexBlog2016 Address
Agenda & Presenters
LexBlog’s refined vision and mission
Review of 2015 upgrades
What’s new in 2016
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VISION AND MISSION
Looking Ahead
LexBlog focus
SaaS model fully realized
What this means for members
Our team’s emphasis
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2015 RECAP: UPGRADES
Major Technology Upgrades
Hosting improvement
Partnered with CloudFlare to boost security, stability, speed, and scale
Kept pace with WordPress core and plugin upgrades – four major upgrades this year
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2015 RECAP:PREMIER MANAGED
PLATFORM
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PREMIER MANAGED PLATFORMLayered Security
Approach
• SSL for HTTPS everywhere
• Uptime SLA• Exclusive
platform
Platform Customizations
• Maintenance mode
• Google Analytics in dashboard
• Editor alerts for post changes
Front-of-the-Line Upgrade Access
• Bug fixes first• Priority updates• First to get new
features
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2015 RECAP:NEW APPROACH TO
RESPONSIVE DESIGN
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OLD NEW
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NEW MATCHES BLOG FONTS, ETC.
Front-end Back-end
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NEW PLANSFOR PUBLISHERS AND TEAMS OF ALL SIZES
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NEW PUBLISHER PLANSPROFESSIONAL
$99/month• Email & community
support• Personalized responsive
design with firm logo• Email notifications, RSS,
social sharing, SEO, & more
• Up to 5 users
BOUTIQUE$199/month
• Email, community, and phone support
• New ways to highlight authors• Pending review notifications• Cookie disclaimers• Subscribe page• Branded email, advanced
forms, author SEO, & more• Up to 20 users
FULL SERVICE$350/month
• Responsive magazine layout
• About page with authors• Email personalization• Facebook Open Graph
and Twitter Card support• Post SEO controls• Named Engagement
Manager• Unlimited users
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ROADMAP DECISION-MAKING
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ROADMAP DECISIONS
Technology Research, Industry
Developments
Member Ideas (Reach
Community)
Member Feedback (Surveys,
etc.)Support Trends
Best Publishing Practices
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#LexBlogLearnProduct Roadmap Development
Priorities based on greatest positive impact to member publishing success
Themes of work built out for six months, revisited quarterly
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#LexBlogLearnProduct Roadmap 2016 Themes
More platform tools for members
Platform support integration
Top member ideas- Google Analytics event tracking- Additional email notification in-platform stats- Page layouts
Network Sites
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#LexBlogLearnRecap: State of the LexBlog
1. Refined vision and mission
2. 2015: major work to bring members latest technology
3. 2015: development of new responsive design technology
4. New blog publisher plans to fit range of needs starting at $99/month
5. Roadmap work ahead: member feedback welcome, stay tuned for developments
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