14 Reasons for Firing You (that have nothing to do with your age)
[tweet “The truth is, there are a lot of reasons to be fired that have nothing to do with your age.”] The other day I read a post about 3 reasons millennials are being fired. From the discussions I've seen, ...
See these top WordPress business folks interviewed in 1 day
Did you miss WordCamp Maui? Earlier this year I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with some incredible people and interview them. They had no advance notice of my questions They had no time to prepare They only knew ...
Beaver Builder: Creating a homepage with a video background
Create a Video Background in less than 10 minutes Creating a video background hero shot on your homepage doesn't have to be super difficult. The other day I received an email question about how to do it and I thought ...
WooCommerce Upsells and Cross Sells
Did I mention I love headphones? I do. I love them. I love them so much that I likely have a problem. But the first step is admitting that you have a problem and I've admitted it. In fact, I've ...
You know who needs grace? I’ll tell you
Remember when I said Embrace Grace? The other day I wrote about grace, from the perspective of dealing with drama in a community. My challenge to you was to assume the best in people, to live with the knowledge that ...
Membership Plugin Review: WooCommerce Memberships
WooCommerce Memberships: Sometimes you save the best for last For weeks people have been asking if I was going to review WooCommerce Memberships. The answer was a loud, “Yes!” But I had plans. Because you don't just throw in a ...
Why my corporate sites don’t show “the team”
I'm ok agreeing to disagree… I want to share with you why my corporate sites – I'm talking about any company where I'm one of the execs – won't ever show a “the team” page. It's not because I don't ...
Membership Plugin Review: Paid Memberships Pro
Way back in 2012… My first email to Jason Coleman – the developer behind Paid Memberships Pro – was to request a particular feature. I had written a post about membership plugins and in early 2012 he had written me a ...
Can we talk about Work Life Balance for a second?
The Truth About Money If we’re going to talk about the balance of family, relationships, work, and all that, it seems like it’s pretty important to start with why people even feel like they have to make a choice. Why ...
Why do I need a staging environment? Let me tell you
Does this match your experience? You have a developer working on your website. Whether they're working on it locally (on their own computer), or on some hosting that they have set up for themselves, one thing thing is clear. They aren't coding ...