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Agentic AI for Agencies in 2026

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<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/prestashop666x0-is.jpg" /> The latest release of Prestashop is now available in 1.7.3. Llist below are a few of the new features you can expect to see in this release.
<h2>Improved Stock Management</h2>
You can now define low-stock levels in two different ways:
<ul>
<li>By default, in the product Settings section</li>
<li>Per products by modifying a standalone item or variant.</li>
</ul>
<h2>New Demo Products</h2>
To improve on the ability for users to be able to demo their stores, the team have also introduced a number of new customizable products, vistual products and more as shown below.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/homepage_1_7_3.png" />
<h2>RTL Compliance That Adapts to Any Theme</h2>
There has also been quite a bit of progress made in the migration to Symfony 3.4, which you can read about on their <a href="https://www.prestashop.com/en/blog/prestashop-1-7-3-0-is-available" target="_blank">blog post</a> announcing the release.
For a full list of updates and improvements, check out <a href="https://www.prestashop.com/en/blog/prestashop-1-7-3-0-is-available" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.

PrestaShop 1.7.3.0 Is Available

mike-johnston

django CMS 3.5.1 is now available, containing numerous improvements and bug-fixes.
Here are some of the bugs that were resolved:
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug where editing pages with primary keys greater than 999 would throw an exception.</li>
<li>Fixed a <code>MultipleObjectsReturned</code> exception raised on the page types migration with multiple page types per site.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug which prevented toolbar js from working correctly when rendered before toolbar.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where CMS would incorrectly highlight plugin content when plugin contains invisible elements</li>
<li>Fixed a regression where templates which inherit from a template using an <code>{% extends %}</code> tag with a default would raise an exception.</li>
</ul>
Full release notes here: https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2018/03/06/django-cms-3-5-1-released/

django CMS 3.5.1 released

Varnish Software today announced a new release of its Varnish platform for API and web acceleration, streaming and DIY content delivery networks (CDNs). Varnish 6.0, the commercial version of Varnish Cache, includes new features for security, cloud deployments, cache invalidation and full HTTP/2 support. The new release is currently under limited availability.
” New features help to prevent cache leaks, support dynamic cloud environments including Kubernetes and facilitate efficient cache updates “
Varnish 6.0 provides new capabilities for overcoming challenges in the dynamic online world, helping organisations to manage their websites, apps and content delivery faster, safer, at a lower cost and more flexibly. Over recent years, mobile apps and bots have contributed to extremely heavy website traffic. Video, images and streaming consume ever-growing amounts of bandwidth. At the same time, cache leaks like Cloudbleed are a growing threat. And new regulations including GDPR herald a new era of security requirements. 
“Organizations find themselves having to fight traffic, bandwidth and security challenges while continually satisfying consumers’ hunger for fresh content,” said Lars Larsson CEO, Varnish Software. “Our latest release provides easy-to-use tools to help organisations alleviate these burdens and maintain future-proof web presences and content delivery infrastructures.”
The new features include:
<ul>
<li>Varnish Total Encryption – offers PCI and GDPR compliance. It applies a unique encryption key to every cache object following the Advanced Encryption Standard AES-256. Each request is assigned one key based on the unique fingerprint of that request, ensuring that the visitor only has access to the very specific piece of content held in the cache. The feature is VCL based and can be tailored to customers’ specific needs. Currently this is limited to beta-testers. Interested Varnish users should contact Varnish Software for more information.</li>
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<li>Varnish Discovery – built for highly dynamic cloud environments, such as Kubernetes or AWS, this enables Varnish High Availability (HA) to detect and adjust to changes in the environment as it scales up or down – for example, if site traffic or bandwidth requirements reach a certain level. Varnish Discovery comes with built-in support for the Varnish Administration Console (VAC), DNS and Kubernetes. Support for other new service catalogs can be easily added.</li>
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<li>Varnish Broadcaster – ensures that organizations can update their sites and app content fast and seamlessly on all channels. It offers an easy to way to invalidate the cache through an API, similar to the existing Super Fast Purger (SFP). Unlike SFP, it runs as a standalone, request-agnostic solution not tied to the VAC. It broadcasts any HTTP request, including PURGEs, BANs and xkey requests for cache invalidation to multiple instances of Varnish in multiple locations, including cloud instances.</li>
</ul>
HTTP/2 support – following an extended testing period, Varnish Software now fully supports HTTP/2. 
Availability and pricing Varnish is available from <a href="http://varnish-software.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">varnish-software.com</a> on a subscription-based pricing model starting at $30,000 for a three-node cluster. Varnish is also available at an affordable hourly rate from AWS, Google and Microsoft Azure. The latest release Varnish 6.0 is currently under limited availability and will be generally available during spring 2018.

Varnish 6.0 adds greater security and cloud support

<a href="http://www.nuxeo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nuxeo</a> has announced the opening of its Japan office in Tokyo. The new office in Tokyo is part of the company’s commitment to increasing its presence in Japan and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market.
A growing number of Japanese companies are looking for contemporary solutions to help them unlock the value of their information without having to “rip and replace” their existing IT investments. Organizations in Japan, and around the globe, are realizing that the outdated approach to information management requiring all content to reside in one centralized system isn’t realistic or achievable.
Modern businesses need a platform that enables them to connect to existing systems where their content and digital assets already reside, and to serve as a central hub for accessing this information in a way that is highly personalized for the user.
“Legacy enterprise content management solutions simply haven’t met the demands of companies in Japan that are looking for a better way to manage information in a unified manner throughout their organization,” said Eric Barroca, CEO of Nuxeo. “Our open philosophy, along with our advances in leveraging metadata and artificial intelligence, puts us in a unique position to help organizations better leverage the data and content already residing within their existing systems.”
With its open architecture and broad array of out-of-the-box connectors, Nuxeo integrates with numerous business solutions, productivity apps, enterprise content management (ECM) solutions and digital asset management (DAM) systems. This approach allows knowledge workers to use their preferred tools and applications to access and manage content and digital assets residing within systems and repositories across the enterprise. Nuxeo is built on a rich metadata framework that employs artificial intelligence and other current technologies to scale effortlessly and efficiently. As a result, Nuxeo customers not only enjoy a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than with traditional ECM and DAM offerings, but they also can develop new solutions on the Nuxeo platform much quicker and more easily, which greatly enhances the future value of their investment.

Nuxeo Opens Office in Japan to Meet Increasing Demand for Content Services Platforms

Engage, experts in the design and development of web and mobile solutions for enterprises, has partnered with Siteimprove to develop and launch a DNN integration plugin for the Siteimprove Intelligence Platform. Siteimprove is a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that empowers website editors to continuously test, fix, and optimize their work through actionable content and analytics insights. The plugin integrates Siteimprove insights into the DNN content management system (CMS), Evoq™ Content, and enables web teams to streamline SEO and accessibility compliance processes.Roger Fuhrman, Executive Vice President of Sales for Siteimprove, stated, “Engage is well known and respected within the DNN community and has in-depth knowledge of DNN and its CMS. So, when we decided to develop a plugin for DNN we knew they would make the perfect partner for this project.”The Siteimprove CMS Plugin brings key features and benefits of the platform directly to the CMS, like:<ul><li>Quality Assurance: notifies users on how they can improve website credibility and dependability by identifying errors, such as misspellings and broken links.</li><li>SEO: identifies suggestions to help increase rankings and organic traffic by making analytics insights an integral part of the content creation and editing process.</li><li>Accessibility: alerts users to compliance issues that violate Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0), allowing them to test new content and identify missing headings, images without alt text, and more.</li></ul>The Siteimprove CMS plugin is now available for download in the DNN Store. It is free of charge for Siteimprove subscribers. For more information visit, <a target="_blank" href="http://store.dnnsoftware.com/home/product-details/siteimprove">http://store.dnnsoftware.com/home/product-details/siteimprove</a>.About Engage Engage is a digital design, development and strategy agency whose experts create custom, high-quality web and mobile solutions for enterprises. Founded in 1999, Engage has a long history of successful development efforts leveraging content management systems (CMS) and Microsoft .NET. Whether designing a website or mobile application, developing and implementing an automated marketing solution or conducting an analytics audit, Engage positions its clients for success. Headquartered and solely staffed in St. Louis, Missouri, Engage is both a DNN Certified Gold Partner and a Microsoft Certified Silver Partner. To learn more, visit engagesoftware.com.

Engage Partners with Siteimprove to develop DNN CMS Plugin

Jahia Solutions Group (<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=481563&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2FWWW.jahia.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.jahia.com</a>), vendor of the most advanced open source Digital Experience Platform, today announced the availability of Digital Experience Manager (DX) 7220.
Renewed and versatile User Interface
Jahia DX 7220 comes with a highly visible change: an entirely renewed user interface, paving the way to Jahia’s future product experience.
Named-code Anthracite, this new UI reflects feedbacks gathered from customers focus groups carried out along the development phase. It has three major characteristics:
<ul>
<li>In-context website management (edit mode) offers a far more large space to work on</li>
<li>Modern and consistent UI through all DX capabilities especially for integrated digital asset management features and out-of-context content management features</li>
<li>And it can be activated / deactivated at the both the user and the administrator level!</li>
</ul>
“Changing the user interface of a core product is always a challenge for both existing customers and new ones. Existing customers feeling lost in their customary environment, new customers, wary of trying out a brand new product. Well, we tackled both these issues with our renewed interface, allowing each administrator, and even each user to choose to activate it or not. The feedbacks we gathered from our focus groups are very enthusiastic and we feel confident that this is the smart and progressive way to support change in organisations.” comments Elie Auvray, Chief product Officier and co-founder at Jahia
About Jahia 
Jahia is a software vendor that provides the most comprehensive and integrated open source Java Digital Experience Platform (DXP) that unifies content, applications and customer data for truly personalized customer experience. Leveraging Jahia’s DXP strong continuous integration capabilities and easy to use interfaces, IT &amp; Marketing teams build and manage together all their multichannel initiatives, faster than with any other solution. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Jahia Solutions Group has its North American headquarters in Washington, DC, with offices in Houston, Toronto and throughout Europe. Jahia’s loyal customers community counts hundreds of global brands and organisations such as HomeAway, BNP Paribas, Sodexo and the European Parliament. For more information: www.jahia.com

Jahia announces new version of Digital Experience Manager

CMS Summit 26

Find out at CMS Summit 26, May 12 - 13 in Frankfurt, Germany

What's ahead for CMS in the agentic era?

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DreamHost®, a global leader in <a href="https://www.dreamhost.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web hosting</a> and <a href="https://www.dreamhost.com/wordpress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Managed WordPress</a>, today announced an expansion of its Managed WordPress service, DreamPress, to give users even more options for powerful, purpose-built WordPress hosting.
Since its launch in 2013, DreamPress has brought affordable managed WordPress hosting to the masses in a one-size-fits all offering backed by the power of DreamHost’s open source cloud platform, DreamCompute. Living atop lightning-fast solid state drives (SSDs) and bundling Automattic’s powerful Jetpack plugin, DreamPress quickly became a customer favorite.
In late 2017 DreamHost sneakily and quietly launched a total of three DreamPress packages. These new packages took everything that users loved about DreamPress and gave them even more options to find packages that might more closely meet their needs and budget.
Starting at $16.95 per month (prepaid yearly), DreamPress Basic is the perfect entry point for users new to managed WordPress hosting. With automatic resource scaling, 5GB of storage, and basic site backups, DreamPress Basic is a great option for users looking for a seamless step up from traditional web hosting.
DreamPress Plus hits the sweet spot of price and performance at $24.95 per month. It doubles the amount of available storage space, includes advanced offsite backups powered by VaultPress, adds a daily malware scanning and repair service, grants access to over 200 premium WordPress themes, and bundles Jetpack Professional (a $299/year value) at no extra charge.
For true WordPress power users, DreamPress Advanced at $39.95 per month is the ultimate in luxury. It includes up to five telephone-based concierge-level technical support interactions per month, allows users to stage their sites in a sandbox before pushing to production, and tops out at a mind-boggling 15GB of high-speed SSD storage.
“Three is better than one! Three is better than one! Three is better than one!” said Director of Product, Managed WordPress, John Robison, while sweating three buckets in triple-digit temperatures whilst seated atop a three-humped camel, struggling to contain a triple martini within a coupe glass jauntily dangling off his triple-jointed wrist. “Turning customer suggestions into actual product improvements that make DreamPress better is absolutely our jam. Jam. Jam.” Sparks then erupted from Robison’s neck followed by a fiery explosion of metal and artificial flesh. Turns out, he was a robot. He fooled us all.
All three DreamPress plans are now available to both new and existing DreamHost customers. Easy, affordable, and powerful managed WordPress is just a click away at <a href="https://dreamhost.com/dreampress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://dreamhost.com/dreampress/</a>

DreamHost Expands Managed WordPress Offering

Content marketing – it’s a term that encompasses the cumulative digital advertising efforts that help you gain and retain customers.
Some people may find the term “customer” to be limiting. Content can be used to help you gain subscribers, followers, and partners. Even if you aren’t into the sales phase of your project or website, you can use content marketing to your advantage.
But the right strategy and material requires the technology to back it. To utilize quality, effective content on a consistent basis requires organization and planning. This makes a good content management system the foundation of a successful content marketing effort.
<h2 style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Finding a CMS to Help with Content Marketing</h2>
From articles to eBooks to infographics to product guides, there are plenty of content types out there for you to use when marketing your business. 
Whether you’re in the process of generating awareness and educating the public about what it is you have to offer or you’re trying to move a group of interested parties on to the buying phase, having the right content can make all the difference.
Choose a tool that aligns with your processes and strategies. If you’re going heavy on videos, find a CMS that complements that approach. The same goes for the bloggers, PR specialists, and authors. If you want to develop a good content marketing strategy, you need a CMS that fits your style.
<h2 style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Without Proper Organization, Content Can Suffer</h2>
The science behind content marketing is simple – answer the reader’s questions, help them solve a problem, and do it in a way that represents the ideals of your brand.
It sounds simple enough but creating a detailed content calendar or marketing strategy for the long-term means you’ll likely need a lot of content. You’ll have to keep it relatively consistent in terms of both the posting rate and the content within, while also diversifying things enough to cover all your bases.
If you aren’t organized when trying to do this, you’re going to end up leaving out important information or failing to truly provide the content that keeps people hooked.
A good content marketing effort usually requires attention to analytical reports and involves using that data as a framework for creative campaigns. Not only can a quality CMS help you stay organized, but it can help you get feedback about what content types are helping your efforts the most.
<h2 style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">The Right CMS Can Improve Your Content</h2>
Some people would claim that the content itself is the true background of any content marketing strategy, not the system used to manage it. 
However, having the right system can actually help you improve your content. Once you see what is effective, what draws the most traffic, and what gets the best feedback, it becomes much easier to find the right direction to go in moving forward. 
No CMS is a miracle tool, but a talented marketer can almost always boost their efforts with a CMS that meshes well with their style.

Why a Good CMS is the Backbone of Content Marketing

dotCMS, a leading-edge, open source Java content management software company, introduces new Static Publishing features, Four Eyes Workflow approval, and other performance and security improvements in their dotCMS 4.3 release, available now. As part of the ongoing dotCMS 4.x series, these latest features and enhancements add additional best-in-class enterprise-grade features and improve the overall customer experience of the dotCMS product.
Enhancing the Static Publishing feature released last year, dotCMS now supports customers who want to save comprehensive static HTML versions of their websites to multiple locations, including local folders, AWS S3 buckets, or any external location or cloud service accessible via SCP or sFTP. These new Static Publishing features mean more customers can take advantage of the performance, disaster recovery, compliance, and security benefits that Static Publishing offers.
dotCMS’s latest release also includes a new “Four Eyes” principle workflow approval process enabling an additional level of sophistication and security for web content management. 
“The “Four Eyes” approval feature means you can require content approval by any two or more users from a user group,” said Will Ezell, dotCMS CTO. “With new laws and regulations constantly coming into fruition, those organizations that need to ensure security and consistency, like financial services, government, and higher education, can now require at least two sets of eyes – literally four eyes – on any item before a workflow action is taken.”
In addition, dotCMS has also improved the speed and efficiency of its front end development, including adding a new full-featured libsass-based Sass compiler which allows developers to compile their files in a tenth of the time, leading to quicker and more efficient updates to their web applications.
For additional information on the dotCMS 4.3 release or to learn more about the features mentioned here, visit: <a href="https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/changelogs#release-4.3.0">https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/changelogs</a>

dotCMS Adds Additional Static Publishing Features and New “Four Eyes” Workflow Approval in Latest Version Release, dotCMS 4.3

Building an online course will not only cement your reputation as an authority in your industry, but it can also be a source of passive income for you as well. 
Got your attention? 
With today’s technology, you also don’t require a full-on development team to build, manage, and sell online courses.
Platforms like Kajabi, Ruzuku, and Thinkific can let you do all of these tasks through an easy-to-use visual interface. 
To help you decide which platform perfectly suits your needs, here is a closer look on each of the platforms’ features.
<h2><a href="https://newkajabi.com/">Kajabi</a></h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/kajabi1082x0-is.png" />
First up is Kajabi — an all-in-one online course platform that has everything.
In addition to functions that can help you create content and manage subscribers, it’s also equipped with features that can help you with the marketing facet of your online course. 
<h3>Overview</h3>
Here’s a quick list of things that you can do with Kajabi:
<ul>
<li>Theme-based website, newsletters, and landing pages</li>
<li>Lead generation pipelines</li>
<li>In-depth reports</li>
<li>Integrations with third-party services (PayPal, MailChimp, etc.)</li>
<li>Affiliate programs</li>
</ul>
<h3>Interface and Navigation</h3>
Are you a WordPress user? Then you’ll feel at home with Kajabi.
The platform kicks off at a dashboard with all the navigation elements on the left-hand side. This should make exploring Kajabi and getting to know its features a breeze. 
However, if you’re completely unfamiliar with anything that resembles a content management system like WordPress, then you can take advantage of the “Kajabi Assistant” found at the top of the dashboard page. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/kajabi2905x0-is.png" />As far as usability goes, everything in Kajabi follows the same layout for each section; a submenu appears whenever you click on any menu item while the Kajabi Assistant remains at the top of the screen. This substantially smoothens the learning curve for new users. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/kajabi31065x0-is.png" />
You’ll probably find yourself relying on the Kajabi Assistant to get around, especially during your first few hours with the platform. Nevertheless, the search feature itself performs fluidly enough that it actually boosts your productivity rather than hinder it. 
<h3>Tools and Features</h3>
The designing aspect of Kajabi relies on themes, which can be accessed by going to the “Appearance” section either through the “Website” or “Products” tab. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/kajabi51065x0-is.png" />
Of course, every theme has a host of customization options you can use to personalize your online course website.
To launch the editor, hover your mouse over the theme preview and click “Customize” or click the paint palette icon next to the site you want to modify.

Learning Management System Review: Kajabi, Ruzuku, or Thinkific?

I kid you not, if you want a high-converting marketing strategy that can help you get qualified leads — or even sales from the get-go — then you need to start running live webinars.
What makes live webinars awesome is the fact that not many people use it despite its capacity to bring in money — truckloads of money, to be more specific.
I mean, sure, there might be several people using live webinars right now. However, unlike those who market through blogging, publishing social media posts, and other marketing methods that don’t require them to interact with their audience in real-time, those who run live webinars can still be considered as a minority among marketers.
Of course, you can’t blame others for not joining the live webinar bandwagon. After all, running a webinar requires preparation, technological know-how, and confidence that would enable the presenter to engage with their audience without choking in fear (among other things).
<h2>Which Webinar Platform to Use</h2>
While there are several amazing webinar platforms online, I’d like to highlight <a href="https://clickmeeting.com/" target="_blank">Clickmeeting</a> since it is down hands down one of the best in the industry.
Not only that, but the platform is dead easy to use, and their subscription plans are very affordable, too.
Without further ado, let’s look into the strategies that you can use to turn your live webinars into money-making machines.
<h2>1. Affiliate Links + Resources Page</h2>
The idea is quite simple, when running a live webinar, you can add a resource page where you can direct those who are participating so they can use the same tools or products you’re using.
You can add all your tools to your resource page then use an affiliate link for each of your tools. That way, should your participants use them, you’ll get passive income.
If not in your resource page, you can add the affiliate links to your online tools in your “Waiting Area.”
Because Clickmeeting’s platform is very intuitive, you shouldn’t have any problems setting up your waiting area and adding your tools and your affiliate links there.
When setting up an event, Clickmeeting will allow you to set up the specifics of your live webinar (like your waiting room).
Here’s how setting up your waiting room looks in Clickmeeting.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/pic1678x0-is.png" />
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/pic2566x0-is.png" />
The platform looks pretty intuitive, doesn’t it?
When you have your affiliate links in your waiting area, your participants won’t have a hard time finding all the tools you’re using so they can start purchasing it for themselves,
<h2>2. Offer a Coaching or Membership Program</h2>
Coaching programs and live webinars are a match made in heaven.
Whether you’re still in the process of bringing your prospects into your membership program, or they’ve already subscribed to it and are now looking to learn from you, you can use live webinars to help you accomplish your goals.
For example, in the case where you’re still convincing your audience to signup for your program, you can tell them about your coaching offer within the live webinar.
Also, since you’ve already captured their email addresses during registration, you can retarget them by sending compelling email messages in the future.
When setting up your registration form, be sure not to overwhelm your audience with questions or unnecessary registration requirements.
Checkout ClickMeeting’s registration templates to have a better idea of what information others are asking for on their registration page.
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As you can see, asking for your participant’s name and email address are often enough. However, if you need to add other fields to your registration to run your live webinar effectively, then you can go to the “Fields” section. You can also go to the “Other” section if you’d like to add more details about your event on your registration page.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/pic6.png" />
<h2>3. Sell Your Live Webinar</h2>
Why make money out of your webinar one time only — during your live event — when you can record the whole thing and sell it again and again, instead?
If you do this, you’ll get more mileage out of your live webinars.
For as long as your webinar isn’t outdated, you can continue offering it to your audience.
What’s more, there are several ways you can use a recorded webinar:
<ul>
<li>
You can use it as a lead magnet.
</li>
<li>
Sell it as premium content.
</li>
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Turn it into a gated content so others would have to make some sort of action (like sharing, liking, commenting, etc.) before they can access it.
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Turn it into a freebie.
</li>
<li>
Or you can add it as an upsell on one of your other courses.
</li>
</ul>
If you use your imagination, the possibilities of what you can do with your live webinars are limitless. And it all starts with you recording the entire thing so you can use the content several times over.
If you aren’t familiar with how to record your webinars, Clickmeeting has a built-in feature for that. You no longer need to use third-party apps to start recording. Simply go to the “Settings” tab, then tick the “Recording Auto-Start” box.
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<h2>Bonus Tips for Conducting Live Webinars</h2>
Just like in most things in life, live webinars will only do you wonders IF you’re doing it right.
No matter how powerful the method is, if you’re doing everything haphazardly, you won’t get far with what you’re trying to accomplish.
That being said, allow me to share with you four tips to help make your live webinars more successful:
<ol>
<li>Pre-market the event. Think about doing a mini product launch. It wouldn’t be wrong of you to approach your live webinars with that kind of mindset because webinars are, in fact, products in their own way.</li>
<li>Engage your audience. Ask them questions. The last thing you want is to keep on blabbering for countless minutes. If you don’t mix in questions or other engaging activities in your webinar, your participants will most likely get bored.</li>
<li>Don’t be afraid to pitch your products/services.</li>
<li>Focus on benefits and not features. 99% of the time, your participants joined your webinar because they need something and they think your webinar can help them obtain what they need.</li>
</ol>
That being said, quit talking about how your product has hundreds of features. Instead, focus on telling your audience how easier their life would be if they had your product.
Remember that there is a big difference between features and benefits. Be sure to highlight the latter.
<h2>What’s Next?</h2>
How have you been milking your live webinars?
Is there a <a href="https://blog.clickmeeting.com/live-webinar">webinar guide</a> that you can share with our readers that can help them with their journey towards monetizing their live webinars effectively?
If you answered with a “yes,” then please share your thoughts in the comments section below. Cheers!

Strategies to Turn Your Live Webinars into Money-Making Machines

There is plenty of debate about which content management system offers the best features, the biggest return on investment, or the most rewarding experience.
The system a person uses depends on their experience managing content, the type of content they intend to manage, and the needs their current project presents. But in order to narrow the decision down a bit, many people analyze two major classifications of CMS systems.
These are proprietary and open source systems. Popular and world-renowned systems exist in both categories, meaning its hard to say one is definitively better than the other. But knowing the pros and cons of each helps you see what sets them apart, and which may be better for your need.
<h2>What is a Proprietary CMS?</h2>
As the name suggests, a proprietary CMS is a system that is considered property of a developer. That is to say, they create and (usually) update the software regularly and make their money by licensing it out to users.
Some types of proprietary systems require specific conditions for use. The user may be required to use their web hosting or other services through the CMS creator’s system. The system may also have limited compatibility, particularly because creators want to promote their own software without having to accommodate competitors.
A person who uses a proprietary CMS may be prohibited from duplicating or sharing the system and may be required to buy more licenses to expand the system’s use. Though robust in their design, these systems often lack compatibility with certain hosting services. In addition, their licensing fees can make them a little tough to acquire for smaller companies.
<h2>What is an Open Source CMS?</h2>
Open source software has been a popular option among multiple types of systems, CMS or otherwise. The ability to distribute and modify a system provides flexibility and versatility, both of which are useful to content creators and managers.
Popular open source systems like WordPress and Drupal have become some of the top choices out there. Open source systems don’t have the costly licensing fees, and they’re also usually free of complicated contracts and sneaky sign-up costs.
There’s also countless free tools and modules on the market, meaning open source support can actually rival and even exceed that of proprietary systems. Likewise, there are plenty of free themes and layouts and the systems require little in the way of setup.
<h2>Which is the Superior Option for You?</h2>
If you’re just starting out with CMS systems, you may want to go for the open source options first. They have lower costs and learning curves, and they can be adapted to your needs even as they change or grow.
This doesn’t mean there aren’t good proprietary options out there. Some systems can prove superior depending on what you want to do with them. If they have the right features, the setup and licensing costs can be well worth it in the long-run. After you use a couple systems in each category, you’ll find its easier to find the right fit.

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Today’s workplaces are being crippled by an avoidable parasite. We’ve all been overwhelmed by it at times… Desks cluttered with papers, inboxes clogged with unread messages, paralyzing and restricting our productivity. Even with so much technology available, many businesses struggle to reduce email traffic, automate forms, and simplify processes. Thankfully, there’s an easy answer: an office intranet. This platform is a fantastic tool for streamlining communications through forms workflow. Not only will this increase productivity, but it will also bring additional business benefits, which we’ll look at below.
What Is ‘Forms Workflow’?
Firstly, it’s important to understand what forms workflow actually is. To break it down, ‘workflow’ refers to the sequences of activities needed to complete a task; while ‘forms’ refers to all of the related paperwork and processes. Essentially, forms workflow is all of the standard tasks you go about on any given day at the office and anything that’s related to getting them done.
Paper-based Systems: Why They Belong In The Stone Age 
Let’s look at a common issue that occurs with paper-based systems. Suppose one of your sales team calls in sick and wants to file for a day’s sick leave. He can’t remember where the right form is kept, and after a few minutes searching through the company’s shared folders, he emails one of his colleagues to ask for a form. They send him the appropriate form, he fills it out, and emails it through to his line manager for approval. Come pay day, the sick leave doesn’t go through. Your rep calls his line manager looking for answers and finds out the form was lost in an <a href="https://www.myhubintranet.com/too-much-email/">overflowing inbox</a>. When the manager finds his form, turns out it can’t be approved because the form was outdated by several years!
Even if the above example is a little over the top, it’s clear that relying solely on paper and email is a flawed system. Countless hours are wasted through duplication and distraction, and this is happening across thousands of businesses as we speak. Such wastage extends beyond sick leave requests and includes performance reviews, training, inductions, expense filing, sales orders, and all manner of HR activities. Avoid these inefficiencies, and your organization will gain a distinct advantage.
It’s clear that switching your business to automated processes comes with significant advantages. However, what’s not so clear is which system to adopt, at least initially. A lot of choices exist, all promising to streamline, automate and enhance your forms workflow. One of the most important questions to keep in mind while evaluating options is whether or not to use a cloud-based solution. Many businesses overlook cloud-based intranets as a viable option when in reality they meet all of the requirements for effective forms workflow and generate several other organizational benefits too. Below we compare two potential workflow management solutions, one software-based and the other cloud intranet.
Software Solution For Forms Workflow
Starting with the positives, the majority of forms workflow software solutions are capable of providing security, and simplicity. Most will allow you to automate requests for leave, sales orders etc., and the subsequent <a href="https://www.myhubintranet.com/approval-forms/">approval process</a>. Features such as exchanging and tracking documents are also standard.
However, your typical forms workflow management software does come with some rather significant disadvantages. Mobile and remote access is generally not available, meaning that your sales people out in the field are handicapped, as well as your executive traveling to a conference, and your IT manager working from home. Not having access to such an important part of your workforce is really not a viable option in today’s world with the flexible nature of work. As well as this, any software solutions which do have mobile access typically aren’t optimized for small screen sizes. Text can be hard to read and links difficult to click.
As well as this, the target market of forms workflow software is usually large-scale businesses, with a range of complicated needs. For such organizations, such a solution may actually be the answer. However, for smaller-scale businesses, there’s no need to pay for expensive features that will go unused, and only serve to complicate the service. Software solutions also require regular updates and management, and struggle to integrate well with other office systems due to their stand-alone nature.
Is Cloud-based Intranet The Answer?
Want all the advantages outlined above, but none of the disadvantages? Then the answer is cloud intranet. This solution offers forms management on a single, integrated platform, with a range of business tools such as news, blogs, corporate calendars, forums, surveys and newsletters.
Customisable business forms are standard with <a href="http://www.myhubintranet.com/category/cloud-intranet/">cloud intranets</a>. Often built-in templates will exist, easy to select and modify. You can even create personalized business forms with simple drag and drop features. This vastly transforms your employees’ experience of tasks such as applying for sick leave. Imagine how much simpler it would be for one of your sales team to file their sick leave when all he needs to do is log in to the company intranet? No more searching for archaic forms, using up the time of colleagues and waiting on email-swamped managers to approve. Just a few clicks of the mouse and the issue will be sorted at both ends. Now that’s refreshing.
Adding to this, the document management systems offered by cloud intranet is truly one of a kind. Both secure and efficient, these systems feature tools such as tagging, full content searching, permissions, indexing, bulk movement of documents, and file sharing. All of this, in an easy-to-use, manageable format.
You’re probably sick of losing contact with your field staff and traveling executives. One of the big benefits of cloud intranet is its ability to be accessed remotely—all that’s needed is a device with an internet connection. Fully compatible across devices, there’s no need to worrying about cloud intranets being mobile optimized. On top of this, intranet security is high, with most offering two-way SSL encrypted connections, combing with layers of security embedded. Company data will be as secure as possible with a cloud intranet
But Wait, There’s More (Beyond Just A Cheesy TV Line…)
As well as a great <a href="https://www.myhubintranet.com/forms-workflow-office-intranet/">forms workflow system</a> and thorough document management, cloud intranets come with several other additional business tools, which:
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<li>Greatly improve communications</li>
<li>Allow information to easily flow throughout your business</li>
<li>Decrease time spent on company information updates</li>
<li>Enable and encourage collaborative work</li>
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Productivity and efficiency are enhanced by the many features that come with a cloud intranet. Collaboration with colleagues is easy, even across different time zones and locations; all company events and deadlines are held in an easily visible company calendar; while breaking news, info and celebrations can be shared through the newsfeed. These benefits will guarantee a far greater return on investment than a standard software solution ever can.
If you are looking to improve your forms workflow, then talk to the team at <a href="https://www.myhubintranet.com">MyHub</a> about how a cloud intranet can assist with this and many other business processes.

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