For Tracy Levesque co-owner of Yikes, the details make a difference in the delivery. Beyond adding a client’s logo to the WordPress login screen, it’s about really listening to how your client will use the new WordPress website you are creating for them. Tracy explains how she fine tunes the dashboard elements to give comfort…
WordPress business owners are operating in an exciting time. Agencies are growing rapidly while the field for developing and investing in WP product surges. As the market matures, I see a lot of opportunity for startups and veteran businesses alike. WordPress support services, in particular, is one vertical in this space enjoying a nice up-and-to-the-right ride…
Since the early days of BuddyPress plugin, David Bisset has focused his freelance developement business around integrating it into his highly customized client projects. He has been able to add value to his client projects by suggesting the addition of a social layer using BuddyPress during the early stage of development. Considering the additional specifications…
How Josh Broton (along with co-founder Kiko Doran) came up with the the idea for Prestige Conference might suprise you. After speaking 20 conferences over the last year, Josh noticed a trend. He was bad at selecting good sessions at conferences, especially inexpensive, multi- track tech conferences. To solve that problem, the idea for Prestige…
Imagine you are working with new client and during your discovery meeting the business owner tells you they want to work with you to fix up their website, especially the area for to be used for blog posts. The business owner shares their commitment to writing weekly content to increase awareness about their new product…
Attention WordPress agency owners…or hopeful owners! In today’s episode, I sit down with Jennifer Bourn of Bourn Creative and hash out what it takes to go from freelancer mode to agency mode. One of the lessons I’d like you to take away from this chat is sharpening your onboarding process. That subtle, yet oh-so-important phase from the…
Being a freelancer means you get to run your business your way. More than likely you start by building your personal brand. You take a deep breathe and look at yourself in the mirror. Who am I? What do I offer? How can I deliver value? What is the purpose? When you meet Ozzy, you get…
Shawn DeWolfe, co-founder of ThoseDeWolfes Creative, reaches his hand into both the WordPress and Drupal “cookie jars” depending on the nature of the project he’s working on. With WordPress, you get the illusion that you can do something complex real fast. In early July 2014, Shawn released his product Share Cluster plugin into the WordPress…
Ben Fox co-founder of FlowPress, WPUniversity.com and Sidekick.pro shares smart ideas about pricing, building a team and having a greater vision for his new product offering. Embrace and address the challenge of pricing your new product by talking directly to your prospective customers to fine tune your offering to the needs of your different customer…