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Care Plan news: POPCO’s Enabled Prep is live
POPCO’s Enabled Prep launched on an accessible foundation. Plus, a housekeeping note about our billing. Illustration: Michelle Sayles
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Why We Recommend Parking Your Domain for a Full Year After Your Website Goes Offline
When you retire a website, don’t let the domain go dark and disappear right along with it. If you let the registration lapse, someone else can buy it, and inherit…
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A July on the quiet side
July’s Care Plan Newsletter from Maple Creative. Welcoming FracTracker, wrapping POPCO’s accessibility overhaul, and a peek at August’s theme.
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What care looked like in June
Every month, our care plan quietly does work you rarely see. Here’s June’s recap: portfolio-wide QA now baseline, security flags resolved, and a fresh Staying Safe Online guide.
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Your care plan just got an upgrade (and a new home base)
Care plan updates for May: managed plugin updates now included for every tier, the Client Resource Hub is live, and workshops are open to all. Plus: w
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Website Strategy Amidst Rapid Change: Why Strategy Comes Before Tools
Website strategy matters more than tools in a fast-changing web. Learn Maple’s connection-based framework and the 4 pillars to guide your next steps. Featuring the Plant Cunning Conference in the…
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Maple Community reopening announcements🌷
Spring ’26: A new chapter for Maple Creative, events, and community! Hello friends! I’m emerging from a winter of deep learning — it’s time to get outside! Those who know…
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Spreading Math Joy to over 50,000 Teachers
For Steve Wyborney, teaching runs in the family. Both of his parents were teachers, but when he first went to college, he was determined to forge a different path. That…
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Foundations for Success with Jessica Lackey (Operations)
Community builders often struggle with operations and systems that slow them down. That’s why Jessica Lackey (our guest for this episode) teaches workflows and systems to help creatives unlock flow…
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What Makes a Sales Page Work (Without Sounding Salesy)
When someone lands on your page, they need you to answer these questions: ❓ “Is this for me? Can I trust this? Do I want to take this step?” And…
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The Quiet Cost of a “Pretty Good” Sales Page
If you missed it the previous post defining “Sales page”, please give it a look: Every organization has a sales page (whether you call it that, or not) You’ve built…
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Every organization has a sales page (whether you call it that, or not)
Hi Reader, We’ve been talking a lot lately about whether “Sales pages” are even relevant to our audience. Our clients are founders who are building communities around their work –…