WordPress News

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

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.

How to avoid getting scammed by an SEO

Robert Neu

August 2, 2013

Business

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

Curtis McHale

August 2, 2013

Business

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.

Tips for developers adopting a legacy WordPress site

Curtis McHale

July 29, 2013

BusinessDevelopment

Greenfield projects are the dream of most of developers. We have no legacy code to deal with. Just a clean WordPress install and whatever tools we decide best accomplish the goals of the client. Unfortunately you’re not always going to…

Thoughts on WordPress affiliate programs

Brian Krogsgard

July 26, 2013

Business

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…

Interview with wpMail.me and Cozmos Labs founder Cristian Antohe

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

Troy Dean, of Video User Manuals, has a new interview up on his CommPress business podcast that features Cristian Antohe. Cristian is a consultant, and also the curator of wpMail.me, a great WordPress newsletter. The interview has quite a few…

WP Push specializes in push notifications for WordPress apps

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2013

Business

I ran across this one thanks to Pippin Williamson mentioning it. WP Push is a highly focused extension market that creates push notification functionality for WordPress plugins and apps. They've got them for Jetpack, the bb's, various eCommerce software, and…

Obox releases SalesGenius, a reporting app for Envato markets

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2013

Business

Obox has been in the theme and plugin business for many years. But they've recently released a web app called SalesGenius that has a variety of tools built in to measure and report sales information for Envato markets. The product…

Blogging is good for business even if you get no traffic

Brian Krogsgard

July 24, 2013

Business

I could not agree with this author more. Rob Fitzpatrick explains why he believes that blogging is good for a business even if the blog gets no traffic. Before you scoff, read the post. It's all logical and after years…

CobaltApps shuttering popular Catalyst theme to focus on Genesis-based products

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2013

Business

This is pretty big news in theme land. CobaltApps has had a popular following for their options-centric Catalyst theme for some time. But they also have a Genesis-based theme that does everything visually that Catalyst does, plus, well, it's got…

Adii Pienaar on his new startup and stepping down from day to day role at WooThemes

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2013

Business

Brian Casel interviewed Adii Pienaar on his Bootstrapped Web podcast recently, where Adii goes into some detail about his new startup for entrepreneurs, Public Beta. Adii also gives more detail about his recent decision to step down from the day-to-day business of running…

WordPress CRM workflow tips

Curtis McHale

July 22, 2013

Business

Getting sales in the door is the thing that keeps a business growing. I know that I don't do as good a job as I should, mainly because I haven't found a tool I like to track my projects. Here…

WP Elevation wants to help make you a better consultant

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2013

Business

Troy Dean wants to help other consultants be better at what they do. He's starting a new monthly membership site he calls a WordPress business coaching program to train consultants through every step of the web development process. It's $97…

Do things that don’t scale

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2013

Business

This isn't specifically WordPress related, but Paul Graham shares some really detailed advice on why he recommends startups and entrepreneurs to do things that don't scale. Specifically, he's referencing the importance of going out of your way with a new business to…