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You’ve decided to part ways with your developer and you’ve found your new one. Now it’s time to tell your soon-to-be-ex that you won’t be needing his or her services. Here are some tips for getting started and ensuring a successful transition to your new developer. Keep It Professional… Especially At First Even if your developer has completely wronged you, fight the urge to scorch the earth. A scorned developer with nothing to lose can make your life a living hell. Forget trashing you on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. I have heard stories of irate developers who have locked their […]

I’ve often talked about the monumental growth of WordPress as a CMS that powers far more than just blogs today. A significant portion of the Internet now runs on WordPress, which has spawned a sub-industry of consultants, plugins, and themes to support its users. While this certainly presents numerous opportunities, getting a piece of the pie can be surprisingly difficult. I want to share some insights and trends I’ve found in the WordPress industry so you can beat the odds and succeed in selling your WordPress goodies. It’s A DIY Industry A testament to the CMS’s dominance, Indeed’s Job Trends […]

Does the following sound familiar? You want to make a change to your WordPress site. So you fire up the FTP connection, locate your desired file and download it, make the necessary changes and upload it back to the server. After that, you refresh your browser page to see the changes in effect. If that is your workflow, don’t worry. You are not alone. Everyone starts out like that. It’s only later that people professionalize with things like local development and trying out design changes via Firebug before committing changes to style.css. It’s a natural process and you shouldn’t be […]

The best websites evolve over time. These days, if your site isn’t fast, responsive, and rife with current content, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. Oh, yeah, and Google will punish you. Odds are you’re not a proper developer. You’re too busy writing books, running your restaurant, or playing music. As such, you rely on an individual or small firm to keep your website up and running. But is your developer any good? Is the squeeze worth the juice? And when is it time to part ways? In this post, I’ll provide some advice for making this difficult decision. Even […]