Business Roundup Week Ending June 2
Business Roundup Week Ending June 2. Check out what happened in WordPress business this week!
Business Roundup Week Ending June 2. Check out what happened in WordPress business this week!
Our spotlight member, Chris, is a Senior Software Engineer and technical lead of the CMS Platform team at Pantheon.
WordCamps: The Next Generation The official WordPress Community blog recently published a post titled “The Next Generation of WordCamps,” outlining the future of in-person WordPress conferences in the post-pandemic world. The successful transition of WordCamps from in-person to virtual during the pandemic has paved the way for hybrid event formats featuring both virtual and in-person…
Bet Hannon, CEO of AccessiCart, talks with Cory Miller about her journey in starting an agency focused on accessibility and e-commerce in the WordPress space. She highlights the importance of accessibility, not only as a legal requirement but also as a means to enhance the user experience for all visitors. Bet emphasizes the need for WordPress professionals to continually educate themselves about accessibility and user experience best practices, collaborate with communities, and consider the diverse needs of users with disabilities. By prioritizing accessibility and optimizing user experiences, we can create inclusive websites that benefit all users.
In this episode, Cory Miller talks with Karim Marucchi, Pat Ramsey, and Alex Nitu of Crowd Favorite. They share their insights on scaling WordPress for the enterprise. Their discussion includes the challenges of managing large WordPress sites, tips for optimizing site performance and security, and advice for hiring and managing a WordPress development team.
In this episode, Kimberly Lipari and Cory Miller discuss the ups and downs of building and selling WordPress companies. They share their experiences, including the challenges they faced and lessons learned. They also give advice to entrepreneurs and business owners looking to grow and sell their own WordPress companies.
In this episode, Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud, joins Cory Miller to provide valuable insights and strategies for improving infrastructure and service to deliver superior hosting. They also highlight how managed hosting can help businesses focus on their core operations while leaving the technical aspects to the experts.
Marcus Burnette is a WordPresser with GoDaddy Pro, team co-rep for the Photos team, a podcaster, and first-and-foremost, a family man.
If you’re a leader, a developer, or a designer about to start a major website project, this webinar will help you navigate the important topic of accessibility. Cory Miller is joined by the team at Modern Tribe – Chris Kindred, Director of Backend Development, Sarah Gless, Creative Director, and Mike Klanac, Director of Business Development, to discuss why accessibility is imperative and how to integrate it into each aspect of development and implementation.
Brandon Dove, co-founder of Pixel Jar, joins Cory Miller to discuss his WordPress plugin, AdSanity Plugin. They dive into the nuance of advertising, evaluate the benefits of free and paid plugins, and talk through the challenges and opportunities available to agencies that invest in product development while providing other services.
In this episode, Brian Gardner, Principal Developer Advocate at WPEngine, joins Cory Miller to discuss the solid foundation WordPress established and how it might continue to expand into the future.
A New Home for the WordPress Community? RSS Friends • WP community stories of the pandemic • The History of Screen Readers • Dumb questions about disability • “Crip Time”
Back in July, Sabina Ionescu published a lot of different responses from people in the WordPress community to questions about the impact of the pandemic on them. I missed it then, but it’s still relevant and worth reading. Some other things I’ve enjoyed but haven’t slipped into a post yet: Joanne Limburg discusses the agonizing…
The things that unite us aren’t always what we expect. And sometimes they’re the same things that divide us — or at least a fraction of us.
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