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2020 will be a year to remember. It has been chaotic for everyone. It is no secret that COVID-19 has affected most businesses, and even the digital marketing industry had to adjust to the “new normal”. But a few good things remain and have weathered through challenges, and some will even be able to evolve.

In 2020 we continued with publishing useful guides and posts on how to improve your WordPress website, expert opinions on important marketing topics, WP news and updates, and guest articles. It has always been our aim to contribute with valuable content that can give insights, tips, and inspiration on how to scale your business, become a better marketer, or improve your tech knowledge.

Our team has always been dedicated to providing blog posts that we know our readers would find helpful. We also take a look at the ones that users have dedicated the most time to reading and which got the most attention.

In this article, we will be looking at our top ten favorite DevriX blog posts of 2020. Don’t get us wrong. We love every piece that we upload, but these are a few that we think our readers will appreciate the most.

1. The 8 Practical Blogging Trends You Really Need to Follow in 2020

This blog post was posted at the beginning of 2020 and was meant to help bloggers, marketers, or website owners get some tips on how to improve engagement.
It includes helpful statistics that show why blogging is such a powerful lead generator, especially for B2B companies. It also contains 9 highly-researched blogging tips useful to marketers in 2020.

The article is both trendy and useful which makes it a perfect start to our top ten.

Why We Love It:

• Discusses the importance of having a blog page on your website.
• Gives great examples of web and companies that were able to establish their brands through blog posts.
• Has helpful statistics and links regarding blogging.
• Discussed trends that would help marketers and content managers decide how to write their articles.
• Helps brands decide how often they should post articles to improve website traffic.
• Includes tools that can be used to create high-quality articles.
• Gives tips on how to promote website content.

2. 6 Most Effective Channels for Influencer Marketing

Influencer marketing has rapidly grown over the years, thanks to social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

In this specific article, we have discussed how influencer marketing can help brands and companies grow. More importantly, we make it a point to help marketers choose the right channels to effectively implement those strategies.

Why We Love It:

• The article discusses how influencer marketing has evolved from 2015 to 2020.
• The article shows helpful statistics indicating how influencer marketing has changed in 2019 and how it is expected to help marketers in 2020.
• It also delved into which social media channels should be used for effective influencer marketing (complete with stats and infographics).
• Talks about how influencers can help brands and companies grow.
• It expands on how companies can find the right influencer to represent their brand.
• It also teaches brands how to communicate with influencers in 2020.

3. The MVP Website: All You Need to Know + Infographic

This blog piece expands on what a Minimum Viable Product or MVP is. It also talks about its advantages, how the term came about, its role in website development, and of course, a step-by-step guide on how to create your own MVP website. It also includes a bonus infographic that you can print out and place on your vision board.

The article also provides details as to why you should choose WordPress as your CMS for your website and how it can retain continuous MVP upgrades.

Why We Love It:

• Useful for techies, business owners, and marketers.
• The concept of MVP is explained in a way that anyone can understand.
• Provides specific pros and cons.
• Has relevant examples of why the approach is useful.
• Provides tips and guidelines on how to create an MVP website.

4. Top Eight Video Advertising Trends to Profit From in 2020

As a marketer and/or business owner, one of your main priorities should be to find ways to profit from your business. This usually ties with making sure that your customers are always satisfied, as they are the heart of your business.

In this article, we talk about the top eight video advertising trends that you can use to make additional profit. Video marketing has been advancing for a couple of years now since according to consumers, videos are much easier and less time-consuming.

Why We Love It:

• It talks about how many hours visitors spend watching video campaigns, which can be useful to video creators and marketers.
• Includes useful stats on video content (updated data from credible sources such as Hubspot and Forbes).
• Discusses how to improve your video content strategy in 2020.
• It also talks about important and updated studies regarding video marketing.
• The article contains examples of effective video advertising.
• It includes how video marketing can help improve ROIs.

5. A 12-Step Digital Marketing Plan Strategy for Software Development Companies

This is easily one of our favorite articles of 2020. It helps software development companies and agencies improve their digital marketing plans. Almost everything is done online these days – and the need for digital marketing and planning increased during the pandemic.

This article focuses on how software development companies can improve their digital marketing strategy. It includes twelve helpful tips on how you can elevate your plans and eventually see a rise in your ROI.

Why We Love It:

• Includes stats on online shoppers that can help software development agencies sell their products online in 2020.
• Discusses tips that can help software companies stand out from their competition.
• Focuses on helping B2Bs and B2Cs set their goals and action plans in 2020.
• It has an infographic on the most used social media platforms by B2B marketers in 2019.
• Rich in tips on how a software development company can improve and structure their digital marketing plan strategy.

6. Digital Publishing 101: What Is Digital Publishing?

If you are into digital publishing, then this article’s for you. It is one of our top favorites simply because of how in-depth it is when it comes to exploring digital media and publishing.

Additionally, this blog post also talks about the revenue potential of digital publishing and how big the industry is expected to grow. It also provides insight into digital publishing business models, their content diversity, and how to determine objectives. It also offers tips on how to set up a digital publishing company.

Why We Love It:

• Useful for digital businesses, marketers, and business owners.
• Provides a good definition of digital publishing as well as its potential for businesses.
• Talks about the different digital publishing business models.
• Gives examples of the diversity of digital content.
• Covers key KPIs and big trends in digital publishing.

7. How Digital Marketing Changed In the Last 10 Years

Digital marketing has been evolving for the last ten years and this article talks about why and how exactly this happened. It discusses how technology was much simpler during the early 2000s and how it has evolved up to this year.

The article also takes the audience through the growth of social media platforms, how content marketing and SEO has changed, and how important it is to focus on mobile-friendliness these days. Lastly, it also focuses on the growth of digital PR, personalization, and transparency.

Why We Love It:

• The article includes an in-depth look at how digital marketing has changed from 2010 to 2020.
• Widely focuses on how technology has evolved within the last 10 years.
• Discusses the growth of social media platforms – how they started and how much they have changed over the course of 10 years.
• Expands on how content marketing has changed from 2010 to 2020.
• Explores the boom of podcasts.
• Reviews the growth of SEO during the past 10 years.
• Analyzes the evolution of smartphones and how it has helped digital marketing grow.

8. 100+ Small Business Marketing Statistics and Trends in 2020

We admit, our articles for the year 2020 have focused on how to grow and expand your business in many different ways. As mentioned earlier, this year has been extremely challenging, especially for small businesses. That is why we wanted to share a few tips on how digital marketers and business owners can rise through the pandemic.

In this article, we have rounded up a whopping 100+ statistics and trends that small businesses should watch out for. It involves statistics shared by expert marketers, blog owners, industry-leading firms, and research groups that handle small to medium online companies. The statistics are grouped into General, Mobile Marketing, Online Shopping and E-Commerce, UX, SEM, Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Blogging and Content Marketing, and Lead Generation so you can easily find what you’re interested in.

Why We Love It:

• Expands on the effects of COVID-19 on small businesses.
• Offers a good collection of useful digital marketing statistics from research groups, top digital marketing firms, marketers, and blogs.
• Explores statistics from credible sources.
• Has a good number of mobile marketing statistics from 2019 and 2020.
• Tackles the growth of online shopping over the past few years.
• Goes into how buyer behavior has changed throughout the years.
• Explores how SEM trends have changed.
• Discusses the growth of social media and the projected statistics until 2021.
• Includes useful stats on email marketing.
• Talks about how content marketing has changed for business owners and marketers.
• It also includes useful lead generation statistics.

9. 6 Steps to Move a Website to a New Domain Name

This article is more for techies in the industry. It is one of our favorites for this year because of how informative and in-depth it is when discussing the steps to move a website to a new domain name. Since some business owners might want to change their domain name, thankfully, changing it can be done in a few steps.

Why We Love It:

• The article includes a step-by-step guide on how to move a website to a new domain name.
• It cuts to the chase and provides an in-depth tutorial.
• Provides an infographic that you can easily save to your device if you ever need to pull it up.
• Has FAQs on managing and maintaining the website after the migration process is done.
• The article is written by a webmaster and web hosting expert, so you can be sure that the step-by-step guide is as accurate as it can be.

10. What Is a SaaS Business Model and How Does It Work?

Lastly, we cannot forget our love for SaaS and our need to talk about it. In this article, we discuss what Software as a Service or SaaS is and how it works. The writer expands on how SaaS companies work, which type of software falls under its category, and more importantly, the different types of SaaS services.

Why We Love It:

• Discusses what SaaS is and how it can help companies grow.
• The writer puts the different categories of SaaS into a clear perspective.
• Provides the benefits of the SaaS business model.
• Talks about the benefits of owning your own SaaS company.
• Gives different SaaS sales approaches.
• Includes important key SaaS Metrics.
• Reviews the different WordPress SaaS considerations.

Conclusion

Here at DevriX, we put out high-quality content that we know our readers will find helpful and informative. Our writers and the whole team give 100 percent to make certain that our blog is full of content that we can be proud of.

Thank you for being a huge part of our 2020, and we hope to continue creating amazing content our audience enjoys in 2021 and for the next years to come!