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You are valuable

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2015

The keys to being valuable: Be open. Be honest. Be willing. Be passionate. Result: Be valuable. Be employed. WordPress continues its dominance as a CMS. This is an obvious statement if you look at statistics for sites that use WordPress, but…

Matt Mullenweg talks to Tim Ferriss

Brian Krogsgard

February 10, 2015

Matt Mullenweg talked to Tim Ferriss on Tim's podcast for over two hours. It's got a lot of good information, and I listened to it all for you. Why should you care? Well, Tim Ferriss is a WordPress advocate, member…

5 years into business, Pagely is growing faster than ever

Brian Krogsgard

October 8, 2014

BusinessDesign

Pagely is celebrating their fifth year of business right now. They have just launched their newly designed website (note to early readers: it's in process of launching at this moment, so some links may not work until later today) to…

The future of Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2014

DesignPost Status Team Blog

I'm tired. Really, really tired. I've been tired for weeks. Those of you who follow this blog closely know that it's been slow around here. I've only published ten blog posts since the beginning of August. For me, that's three…

New Rainmaker, a hosted WordPress service by Copyblogger

Brian Krogsgard

April 24, 2014

HostingWordPress News

I have called it the future in the past, and it seems the future is here. I've always wondered why more people haven't created their own little hosted WordPress platforms. In my view, there could be a hundred WordPress.com style…

Keys to building a successful remote workforce

Brian Krogsgard

April 14, 2014

BusinessSecurity

Stack Overflow co-founder Jeff Atwood writes why companies are not hiring the best and the brightest employees. While the title says the article is about hiring, it's really about working. His points boil down to a promotion for distributed workforces.…

Life on trial at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

April 14, 2014

Careers

Recently, Dave Clements finished a trial at Automattic. In this summary, he describes the experience in detail, from his initial interview and test to his four week trial. There were a few things in the post I didn't already know…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring 2014 edition)

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2014

Careers

This is the fifth “Who’s hiring” post, and previous ones were very encouraging. I have seen multiple people start conversations that led to full time jobs and contract work from those posts. I consistently find people looking for WordPress developers…

Tips for clients hiring a web consultant

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2014

Business

Chris Lema has dropped some excellent tips for clients looking to hire a web developer / consultant. My favorite part was his description of why clients should know their budget: Sure, low prices exist, but in parts of town that…

Cory Miller, Founder & CEO of iThemes

Brian Krogsgard

January 21, 2014

BusinessDraft

I had the opportunity recently to talk to Cory Miller, the founder of iThemes. Cory started iThemes in January 2008, so they are currently celebrating their 6th anniversary. Cory is a really thoughtful businessman and leader, and I really enjoyed…

Crowd Favorite to acquire Pixel Jar and AdSanity plugin

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2014

Business

It's been only two months since it was announced that Crowd Favorite would be acquired by VeloMedia; and that deal is nearing completion. Those two brands will be one, under the Crowd Favorite name. Crowd Favorite has just announced another…

Automattic trial data and employee retention

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2013

Business

Matt Mullenweg does a lot of interviews, and much of this one at the Lean Startup Conference is similar to many others, highlighting how WordPress got started, the culture of open source and how Automattic works. But at the end he mentioned…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Fall edition)

Brian Krogsgard

December 9, 2013

Careers

This is the fourth “Who’s hiring” post this year, and previous ones were very encouraging. I have seen multiple people start conversations that led to full time jobs and contract work from those posts. I consistently find people looking for…

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

Brian Krogsgard

November 12, 2013

BusinessDraft

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting WooThemes HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout the week I had the opportunity to interact with WooThemes' co-founders Mark Forrester and Magnus Jepson, as well as the rest of the Cape…

The new WP Remote API is fancy

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2013

WordPress News

WP Remote is really starting to mature as a site monitoring and backup service. With their new API and integration with WP CLI, there's some seriously awesome potential. Read more from Human Made developer Daniel Bachhuber. They are also hiring…

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…

You are valuable

Matt Mullenweg talks to Tim Ferriss

5 years into business, Pagely is growing faster than ever

The future of Post Status

New Rainmaker, a hosted WordPress service by Copyblogger

Keys to building a successful remote workforce

Life on trial at Automattic

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring 2014 edition)

Tips for clients hiring a web consultant

Cory Miller, Founder & CEO of iThemes

Crowd Favorite to acquire Pixel Jar and AdSanity plugin

Automattic trial data and employee retention

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Fall edition)

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

The new WP Remote API is fancy

How to avoid getting scammed by an SEO

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