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Umbraco may be a niche choice compared to WordPress, but it’s solid, stable, and secure enough for some of the world’s biggest websites. So, which is the best CMS (Content Management System): Umbraco or WordPress? (Updated on 30/01/2025)

In the competitive world of membership-based associations, winning new members and retaining existing ones is critical for their financial stability, growth, and success.

Creating an engaging and rewarding user experience is critical in a world increasingly dominated by digital interactions. This is especially true for membership websites looking to maintain and grow their user base. One method that has gained traction in recent years is ‘gamification‘.

It has been a while since our last company update and we have so many new things to tell you. We have been working on amazing projects whilst going out on some very fun socials, and we have new people to introduce you !

I’m writing this during the last week of my eight-week internship at BrightMinded, a position I found out about thanks to the University of Sussex CareerLab programme. I’m a second-year at Sussex, about to go into my third year, and I was looking for experience and a way to make use of my summer time. When I heard about the company, I was intrigued by the pleasant energy of the website and job posting and sure enough, working here has been nothing short of a delightful experience that I feel genuinely thankful to have had.

ChatGPT is the newest hot topic in the tech industry and is taking the world by storm. In this article we give an intro to how ChatGPT works. Find out more.

We’re back with another update to show you what we’ve been up to so far in 2023! As usual the team have been working hard on new projects, and of course have had some excellent socials, but we also have a new addition to the team!

We take a deep dive and compare all three platforms.

We explore nine key membership website features that will help keep your members engaged and coming back for more.

As we near the end of 2022, we reflect back on the year at BrightMinded. There has been a lot of change, many exciting projects launched and of course some fun socials with the BrightMinded team!

New member sign-ups are essential to the growth of your membership website. Your membership website might generate a lot of new members at launch, but once the buzz of the launch subsides, it can be hard to maintain the growth you need. Subscribers are your lifeblood, so you need solid strategies to increase membership sign-ups. What works? What doesn’t? No two communities are the same, but here are ten tips for growing your membership site.

When it comes to SEO, membership sites have a somewhat unique challenge. If much of your valuable content is behind a paywall or members login, how can you let Google know about it and rank you in the results? In this article, we’ll give you 12 SEO tips that will help you get found in Google for the keywords your potential members are actively searching for. With a few tweaks and some patience, you can improve your membership website SEO, get more traffic, more members, and higher revenue for your site.