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Success Can Kill You Faster Than Failure

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December 19, 2013

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I had more customers than I knew what to do with. People were talking about me. Everyone knew my name. And they all were showing up—money in hand. They were ready to buy. I wasn’t really selling. I can’t call it that. Because this was too easy. All I had to do was let people know about my product, and they just came. We don’t like to believe the saying, “if you build it, they will come,” but in this case, I was living the dream. Until it all came crashing down. To be clear, I didn’t lose millions (that’s […]

CSS Igniter: Terrific Themes, Unbeatable Price

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December 19, 2013

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Today, we shall be reviewing another popular premium WordPress theme provider—CSS Igniter. Founded by Gerasimos Tsiamalos and Anastis Sourgoutsidis, CSS Igniter currently claims to have over 11,500 customers, which is a pretty good number in my book. CSS Igniter also has an affiliate program which offers an amazing 50% commission per sale. Not only that, you also get an additional 50% each time a referral of yours decides to renew his/her subscription. Since subscription itself is not the costliest one out there, 50% might not be a gigantic amount if viewed solitary, but if you do manage to send multiple […]

Episode #29: The Brett Favre of WordCamps

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December 19, 2013

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Show Notes Host The guest host of Episode #29 was John Hawkins. How did the John get into WordPress? John Hawkins is a long time web developer, WordPress enthusiast, WordCamp speaker and organizer living on the outskirts of Las Vegas with his wife and two teenage children. In 2009 John co-founded 9seeds, a custom WordPress development company. What were they sippin’ on? John was sippin’ on a Sailor Jerry and Pepsi x 2. Dre was drinking a Diet Coke. Brad a lager . Pressing Topics Discussed WordCamp Las Vegas, including John’s organizing experience, the sandwiches, and how the business track […]

Features As Plugins: How Are We Doing?

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December 18, 2013

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WordPress 3.8, now released in its redesigned glory, was the first WordPress version to make use of the new feature as a plugin development process. I think now might be a good time to take stock of the new initiative and see how it’s been going. Feature as a Plugin? What’s That? Well hello curious WordPresser. Feature plugins were formalized in the development process last August. In truth, the idea has been around for a while, but it is now the official methodology of the WordPress core team. Basically, new features are developed in plugins first, then rolled into core […]

The Past, Present and Future of DesktopServer

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December 17, 2013

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Stephen Carnham has been a good friend for many years now. I first met him when a few of us down here in San Diego were wanting to start Advanced WordPress. Having come from a long and extensive career in Software Engineering, he helped bring a new level of code understanding and complexity to an already advanced bunch of guys. Stephen first started DesktopServer out of his home after many years in the WordPress world. His company ServerPress is not only expanding to three-plus, but is seriously disrupting local WordPress development across the board, and simplifying the lives of many in the process. […]

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