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Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

Automattic is acquiring a security firm that has yet to be named or officially announced. The acquisition is said to be Automattic's largest yet. Matt Mullenweg spoke to TechWeekEurope about security within WordPress and a bit about this acquisition. Well,…

Customers don’t care about ideas

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

Business

Brian Casel has written a great post debunking a never-ending myth that ideas by themselves are valuable. Brian tells us how to differentiate ourselves with how we solve problems and how we serve our clients. I also love his note…

Niche themes: How to research, create, sell

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2013

Business

Can you make the best WordPress theme in the world? You can if you target a niche. Here's how to find and target niches for your next theme, and a list of 230 niches included to kickstart your research.

The Year Without Pants

Brian Krogsgard

September 16, 2013

BusinessWordPress Community

Scott Berkun's The Year Without Pants is a first person narrative of his time employed at Automattic from August 2010 to May 2012. Berkun entered Automattic as employee number fifty six when the company was replacing its totally flat structure…

5 tips you can learn from a car salesman

Brian Krogsgard

September 6, 2013

Business

Matt Medeiros shares some common sense sales wisdom for making the experience for potential and existing customers better.

WP Curve provides development support for a monthly fee

Brian Krogsgard

September 4, 2013

Business

WP Curve reminds me of Elto (formerly Tweaky), except it's based on monthly fees versus one-off pricing. Dan Norris and Alex McClafferty started WP Curve recently, and Dan notes in this great interview with Brian Casel that WP Curve is…

How to run a viable freelance business

Brian Krogsgard

August 27, 2013

Business

Curtis McHale has released his latest book: Don't be an idiot: Learn to run a viable business. Curtis has experience as a WordPress consultant and freelancer. His previous book released from WP Theme Tutorial on how to become a WordPress…

8Bit is shutting down

Brian Krogsgard

August 21, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

8Bit, the maker of the Standard Theme, is shutting down. The four founders of 8Bit are all significantly involved in various parts of the large WordPress ecosystem. You can follow John, Tom, Jared, and Chris going forward. The Standard Theme…

Tips for marketing WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

August 21, 2013

Business

I see a lot of WordPress products and product websites as a consultant. I also get "pitched" a pretty decent amount, requesting me to check out someone's new product to blog about here. Because of this experience seeing and judging…

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

August 19, 2013

BusinessDesign

Philip Arthur Moore is the Premium Theme team lead at Automattic. I'm thrilled to have been able to ask Philip some questions about WordPress.com premium themes, their processes, and working at Automattic. His answers are thorough and very insightful, and…

The freelancer’s guide to long term contracts

Curtis McHale

August 14, 2013

Business

This is a great ebook for anyone looking to get in to long term contracts with clients. Eric walks you through the benefits and pitfalls of the practice. He is a seriously smart dude.

Career advice for developers

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2013

Business

Cory Miller gives some career advice for programmers. Cory has been in the web business for a long time, and as the owner of iThemes, has significant authority in this arena. If you're a web developer and looking for some…

Weekly company fee for core WordPress contributions

Mario Peshev

August 12, 2013

Business

Here's an interesting idea to sponsor WordPress experts from smaller agencies and companies for contributing back to the WordPress project.

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The StudioPress team has announced the launch of Genesis 2.0. This is a huge update for them, and they've been working on it for months. Genesis 2.0 is responsive, and all child theme updates and future child themes will also…

Anonymity is bullshit

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

I'm a little fired up. Tonight, I saw an open-ended and, honestly, silly post from Torque about a strange WooCommerce extensions shop called WP Avengers. WP Avengers, as it turns out, is a group of essentially anonymous folks who claim…

How Templatic develops commercial themes

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2013

BusinessDesign

Templatic has written a really informative post describing their processes for developing commercial themes. They talk about doing market studies, creating mockups, design and development, project management, quality assurance, documentation, and more.

Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Customers don’t care about ideas

Niche themes: How to research, create, sell

The Year Without Pants

5 tips you can learn from a car salesman

WP Curve provides development support for a monthly fee

How to run a viable freelance business

8Bit is shutting down

Tips for marketing WordPress products

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

The freelancer’s guide to long term contracts

Career advice for developers

Weekly company fee for core WordPress contributions

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Anonymity is bullshit

How Templatic develops commercial themes

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