Show Notes Host Siobhan McKeown can be found at siobhanmckeown.com. How the Siobhan got started in WordPress Siobhan setup a WordPress blog to do some freelance writing. Then James Farmer was looking for someone to write about WordPress. She wrote there for a year and a half. What they are sipping? Brad – Water Dre – hefeweizen by Pyramid Siobhan – Allagash, gin and tonic Pressing Topics WordCamp San Francisco Recap (the who’s who of WordPress). The first day was geared toward themers, and the second day was more for plugin designers. A few things to note from WordCamp San Francisco: […]
Matt Mullenweg on Reddit Tomorrow
Matt Mullenweg will be dropping into /r/Iama tomorrow, (Wednesday) July 31, at 3pm PDT. For those of you who are not familiar with Reddit, /Iama stands for “I Am A.” The thread always starts with the person of interest stating: I am ________. AMA. AMA stands for “ask my anything” and AMAA stands for “Ask me almost anything.” Past participants include Bill Gates, Stephen Colbert, Stan Lee and even Barack Obama. We are excited to see what people ask Matt, especially since this is happening right after his 2013 State of the Word address. To catch up on what Redditors are chatting about right […]
Solopreneur Success Fundamentals
Focus, Production, Creativity, Anticipation, and Innovation I put the five keys out there early on to save you time – if you’re as busy as I am – so you can think about them in your sleep. For those of you who are still with me, I’m excited to elaborate on why I believe those five things are key to being a successful, lasting solopreneur (and make your way up to head a growing company under your keen direction). Focus As time goes on, it goes, never to come back again. Time is our most valuable resource with a strong […]
Torque and The WP Daily Archives
Torque is honored to be able to offer to our readers a unique resource: The WP Daily Archives. It was quite a shock to the community when WP Daily withdrew so suddenly, and many people were disappointed. It was one thing that the site itself was calling it a day, but pulling down the content entirely created quite a stir. We at Torque – in the middle of a planning our own launch – just couldn’t stand by and watch all of that influential material disappear into a vortex, never to be seen again. We realized that we quite possibly […]
Why WordPress is the CMS of Choice for Top Internet Marketers
Growing Your piece of the pie. Nearly 20% of the internet is built on WordPress. From small Mom and Pop businesses employing WordPress to further their brands, to big enterprises taking advantage of WordPress as a large-scale CMS, businesses of all kinds are utilizing the extensibility and ease of use that WordPress provides to accomplish their goals. It’s also no secret that WordPress is one of the top choices for internet marketers. The uptick in managed hosting as an industry is proof-positive that the WordPress market and community as a whole are exploding. In fact, about ⅓ of all WordPress […]

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