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5 Takeaways From Rachel Carden’s AMA

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November 12, 2015

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ManageWP secured web designer and developer, Rachel Carden. Carden works in higher education, as a web developer for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Alabama. She is also a self-proclaimed multisite lover and Netflix watcher. People sent in questions surrounding multisite, design, and what it’s like to work in higher education. Here are five takeaways. Multisite Can Be The Best And The Worst. Carden stated that she loves mulitisite, so naturally many people had questions. Multisite is great because you only have one code for everything you do however that means if one plugin starts having problems, […]

5 Takeaways From Chris Lema’s AMA

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November 5, 2015

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Chris Lema headed this week’s ManageWP AMA. Lema is the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, public speaker, and voracious blogger. Having authored five ebooks about how to manage an online team, Lema knows a lot about teaching and working on the Internet. There were questions about how to make intelligent hires, why he chose to work with the WordPress community, and as always, the future of WordPress. Here are five takeaways. Hire Smart People Who Are Willing To Learn. While it may seem like common sense, Lema talked about how important it is to hire people who are […]

Your Assumptions Are Wrong: A Lesson from WordCamp Denver

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June 16, 2015

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Three WordCamps in three weekends? Seems a bit crazy but I did it: Miami, Orange County, and this past weekend, Denver. Here’s what I learned from Denver. Break Free of Your Assumptions “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” – Isaac Asimov Our brains love to take complex ideas and simplify them so they are easier to understand. From what I’ve read, it is a primary driver in our species’ ability to survive. This is where our assumptions come from. Problem is, assumptions can be hard to break, and can […]

Short Interviews from WordCamp San Francisco

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October 28, 2014

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We had a great time hanging out and chatting with everyone at WordCamp San Francisco this weekend. Throughout the weekend, we were lucky enough to interview some of the attendees and ask them about their WordCamp experiences. In this article, we’ve shared a few of our favorites, but you can see the full set of interviews here. Thanks to all our old and new friends for their time! Crafty Chica Crafty Chica is a legend in the craft community. Her talk focused on how bringing passion to whatever you do can pay off. As a side note, Kathy’s blog was an early […]

Interview with Chris Lema on Thinking Strategically

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October 23, 2014

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Starting and growing a successful business requires focus, hard work, and a great deal of industry knowledge. Understanding how to select and appeal to a target market, increase efficiency, and grow revenue are just a few of the important facets that should be considered. To bridge this knowledge gap, hiring a third-party consultant to improve your company’s business strategy is a great option. For some strategic insight into business development we reached out to Chris Lema — CTO & Chief Strategist Crowdfavorite and speaker, coach, and daily blogger. Q: How did you start? A: From 1997 until 2006 I worked in five software startups in San Francisco. I […]

The 4 Things Subscription Businesses Have in Common

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March 10, 2014

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Online membership sites are big business.  Are you thinking of using WordPress to create a subscription business? Membership sites regularly charge customers—on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. These make them subscription sites; and I thought it would be helpful to look at a particular aspect of WordPress membership sites that most people forget about when picking plugins and getting to work. Like I said, membership sites are big business, they’re not just little sites charging $20/month for some marketing tips. Subscription sites also include Amazon Prime—where some twenty million users not only get discounted or free shipping, but also […]

Monetizing Your Blog

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December 5, 2013

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It Started With a Normal Email The email was pretty much like every other one I’ve ever received asking if I have any time for a quick call to provide some insight. That week was pretty free in the afternoons, so I replied that I could get on a call a bit later in the week. I scheduled it and didn’t think about it for a day or two. Then when we got on the phone, I started listening to a story I’d heard a million times before. The software company was focused on building products but struggling under the […]

Pricing Your Projects Better

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November 25, 2013

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Does Anyone Know the Secret to Charging More? I’m regularly asked the secret to charging clients more money. Developers, designers, sales, and account folks all have the same question. This presumes three dynamics (which may or may not be true). The first presumption is that there is a single strategy, which once learned, will open the door to riches. The second is that it’s a simple strategy that can be adopted by anyone. The last presumption is that I know it and am willing to share it. Like I said, I don’t know if those three dynamics are all true. […]

WooThemes Has Raised Their Prices

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August 1, 2013

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You want to blame someone? Blame Steve Jobs. Seriously – here’s why. He created a computing ecosystem that suggested tens of thousands of dollars in software development costs could be recouped at $.99 per transaction. That’s not a model. There’s no feedback loop to that model. In the end, some companies are wildly successful because more and more people make one-time decisions, while other companies just fail and disappear. But this isn’t a post about Steve Jobs. I just thought that if you wanted to get to the bottom of all this, we should look to him – as he’s […]

Edge Case Hosting

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July 25, 2013

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“Why are they edge cases? Because they’re likely to happen in only the rarest of circumstances.” Leveraging the Pareto Principle Several years ago I was invited to assemble a team that would create a new version of an existing platform. It was a platform for car sales and real-time auctions – all for off-lease vehicles that companies like Ford Credit wanted to offload to their franchise dealers. We did what any smart team of software engineers did. We focused on the core features (the 20% that made up 80% of the use cases) in a way that would make Vilfredo […]

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