Category: Blog
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How to find more clients
“How do I find more clients for my WordPress business?”, he asked. The folks sitting in the room shifted in their seats as if it were some choreographed routine. “Hustle!”, someone blurted out. There was a collective laugh with a taste of pain and uncertainty. Like we’ve all been there before and we know what…
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Episode 45: Who’s behind TorqueMag.io
Oh the WordPress media industry — how we love thee. When the news of WPDaily.co shutting down landed on us so abruptly, it left a few of us scratching our heads to say the least. What would happen to it? Who would buy it? Where’s my WordPress news? Well it’s been a few weeks since the…
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Giving birth as a WordPress developer
I’m about to get a little weird on you. First, I’m not a developer so I’m telling this story like a man (which I am) describing birth (which I’ve never experienced) in some kind of crazy way to relate to developers (which I am not). Second, we’re super excited to announce the birth of our…
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Episode 44: Avoid getting burned by other agencies
What do you do when your agency is burned by bad service and unlucky outsourcing? Roll your own offering. Our latest guest Robert Neu of YouNeedFat.com takes us down the journey of starting his WordPress agency and why web marketing along with seo services became the cornerstone of his success. Armed with a developers background…
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A WordPress business resource bomb by @justlikeair
Shane is the man. I tried to get him on the show a while back but our schedule’s didn’t line up. This past weekend, he ran on the business track at WordCamp San Francisco 2013. Moderated by Matt Mullenweg and joined by past guest Brad Williams and future guest Jake Goldman Shane shared his knowledge on maturing from…
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WordPress News & Media
Here’s the deal, WPEngine is funding an independent voice for WordPress news with the acquisition of the WPDaily archives. Dubbed a publication, no WordPressy title in the name and almost magazine-like it’s a twist on what seems to be a tough nut to crack these days. The WordPress media transformation is upon us. Not news — media. Things are going to…
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Episode 41: Become a great WordPress freelancer with Chris Lema
Every now and again you come across an individual who is just knocking it out of the park with awesome stuff. Recently for me, it’s Chris Lema an author, speaker, coach, VP and WordPress blogger. If you don’t already subscribe to his blog or follow him on Twitter — you should make a point to do…
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Episode 38: Make more money without saying WordPress
I found Brent through this article, where he told us never to say WordPress in our web project negotiations. We want to leave the tech out of the conversation and focus on what we’re solving. After 15 years in the business and selling his agency in 2012, Brent has an interesting story to share about his new pivot into an…
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Episode 32: Why the world needs another WordPress management tool
I found Paul Goodchild when someone tweeted: “Do we really need another WordPress management tool?” Well, if you listen to Paul’s interview, you’re going to find out why we do. When we recorded this, his product was called Worpit and has now rebranded to iControlWP. Paul’s a great guy and has a great story to…