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WP Curve provides development support for a monthly fee

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Brian Krogsgard
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

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Brian Krogsgard
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

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Brian Krogsgard
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

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Brian Krogsgard
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

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Brian Krogsgard
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…

Career advice for developers

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Brian Krogsgard
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…

Anonymity is bullshit

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Brian Krogsgard
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

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Brian Krogsgard
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.

How to avoid getting scammed by an SEO

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Robert Neu
I didn’t get into SEO because I thought it was a way to get rich. In fact, I sort of learned about it against my will, but I stuck with it because I enjoy helping people. Let me give you…

Running a Viable Freelance Business

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Curtis McHale
After talking with many small business owners over the years there is one constant, many are good at what they do but bad at business. This book as aimed at helping you be good at business.

Thoughts on WordPress affiliate programs

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Brian Krogsgard
Tom McFarlin gives some great thoughts (that I happen to agree with fully) about WordPress affiliate programs. The key is remembering as an affiliate that every product is not for every person. And if you're an affiliate just for the…
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