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Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Ok! Long story short: I wrote a cookbook on grownup cookies, found a NY agent, and received stellar “tasting” reviews from publishers. I could not get a publishing contract because I am not on the Food Network (not uncommon apparently). I decided to use WP to get to the top in organic Google, etc. search because publishers would, no doubt, want to see what potential my “profile” had. I quickly got to the top of Google thanks to a few simple approaches and a realistic budget. Yes, I did get a contract and […]

Ideas are limitless – everyone has a great business idea that they know will make a fortune if they only have the ability to get it out there. I’m hoping to convince any reader that hasn’t been swayed by the siren song of WordPress and open source yet that getting started with an idea doesn’t need to take a lot of time or capital, nor a team of developers on payroll to do your work for you. And if you can learn something from my journey and how I pulled this off then you might discover something not only about […]

No, seriously VaultPress, what’s the point? I must be missing something significant because I’ve been kind of scratching my head for the last day or so just thinking about your announcement where you shared that your plugin is now available on the WordPress.org repository. Now, before you go and flame the living daylights out of me let me be clear on two things, to add a bit of flavor and context to this post: We have been swimming in DMs via Twitter and notifications through our Submit News button about this which means very clearly that many of you are […]

Have you seen WPSeek? It’s most simply a search engine for WordPress developers and theme authors. Here’s what you can find via their service: Results page Neat Auto-suggest that maps its content from anywhere within the function name Related Codex Documentation Code Snippets Top Google Search Results User discussions User Notes AJAXified results page; no need to reload page on any operation

I’m not a fan of any “daily deals” website outside of Woot! which was really one of the originals (and actually has great stuff, every single day). All those other ones and especially the likes of Groupon and various spin-offs kill me: No, for the 1,000th time NO, I do not want 90% off a tree canopy ride through the Georgia mountains nor do I want 60% off of a hair waxing service. But when it comes to WordPress-related deals? Sure, yes, I will definitely take a look to at least see if it’s a decent deal to begin with. […]

Show Notes Host Suzette Franck is a  WordPress evangelist from MediaTemple. She can be found on Twitter at MT_suzette and at suzettefranck.com. How the Suzette got started in WordPress Suzette started doing web dev for 8 years. 5 years ago she discovered WordPress. She setup a client on WordPress. She started developing custom themes on WordPress. When the theme shop folded, she applied for a WordPress evangelism position where she now attends WordPress events in the community. What they are sipping? Dre: San Diego Stone Pale Ale Brad: Blub soda. Blueberry Vodka Club Soda Suzette: Mike’s harder lemonade Pressing topics […]