{"id":2571414,"date":"2018-07-24T00:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T00:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=2571414"},"modified":"2019-06-25T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T10:10:37","slug":"wordpress-marketing-sucks-will-you-help-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/community\/2018\/07\/wordpress-marketing-sucks-will-you-help-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing In WordPress Sucks. Will You Help Fix It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">We make our living from WordPress, so once in a while we take our head out of the sand and look around. As part of a different research that I was doing, I stumbled upon a big warning light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/explore?date=all&amp;geo=US&amp;q=WordPress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2571496\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity-1024x483.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity-1024x483.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wordpress-popularity.png 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Try it, to see what I&#8217;m talking about:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=business+website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=business+website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=restaurant+website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=restaurant+website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=website+for+my+hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=website+for+my+hotel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though WordPress powers 25% of the Web, WordPress is nowhere to be seen in any of these results.<\/p>\n<p>Today, clients find WordPress because Web agencies use and recommend it. But when clients already come to agencies with another platform in mind, this can quickly change. It&#8217;s happened before to other ex popular platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The only way to reverse this trend and put WordPress back again in the mind of prospects is by getting together.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re trying to do our bit by launching a new <a href=\"\/?cat_ID=25071\">WordPress Marketing<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in helping? 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