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Five Reasons why similar-looking websites cost different amounts
\"Wait, How much is it going to cost?\" If you've ever asked someone what it would take to build you a website and then were shocked by the price, I'm going to try to explain it to you. Maybe you've even asked two different people (or companies) for quotes and got two numbers that were...
For complex membership sites using WordPress, my answer is always the same
Let's be honest--there are straightforward membership sites and complex ones. Straightforward membership sites don't have to be simple. I'm not saying that. Straightforward vs. Complex Membership Sites What I am saying is that if your focus is the following, I'd call that a straightforward membership site: Charge someone to join the membership site Put them into...
Protecting yourself against WordPress plugin collisions
WordPress plugin collisions aren't fun What do you do when you have a stable website and then you want to install a new plugin? How do you know that it will all work? That the plugins won't destroy each other? It's not supposed to be that way. They're all running on top of WordPress...
I don't hire for culture and neither should you
The research is in. Employees perform more effectively--and this is a highly correlated finding--when they have someone at work that they call a best friend. In fact, Gallup found that having a best friend at work meant more than just employee engagement, it was also highly correlated with: employee retention customer metrics productivity profitability Don't...
Has Website AI Arrived?
If you haven't heard of website artificial intelligence, the concept is not hard to grasp. Instead of a designer or developer building your website, software creates it. And it does so by leveraging all sorts of logic rules and best practices. Some might argue that these logic rules and best practices are what help great...
There is no such thing as 100% uptime
I work for a software company where we develop websites and web applications for large companies. So the question of uptime is one I get a lot. And the notion is that if we work hard enough, test out the hosting companies enough, talk to enough people, and generally get smarter, we can find and...
Do one thing well
I like products with \"all the things.\" For months before the first iPhone was released, I was sure that I wasn't going to get one. The rumors, and there were several, were constantly uninspiring. There was not going to be an easy way to have a favorites list It wasn't going to work with my...
Folks to Watch in 2016
We're just a day or two away from 2016, so I thought I would round up my predictions and some of the folks that I'm keeping a close eye on in 2016. The WordPress ecosystem continues to evolve Here's what I can tell you. Nothing is standing still. When I was a kid I would...
Rainmaker Marketing Automation: Giving prospects a tiny nudge
This is a post in a series on Rainmaker--the platform created by the folks formerly known as Copyblogger. My family took another cruise! I was just on a cruise last week--spending an entire week in the Caribbean with my family. It was nothing short of amazing and incredible. We'd been on the same exact boat almost...
The Best Thing about WordPress
Today I turn 45. The day after Thanksgiving. And I'm thankful for many things... WordPress powers 25% of the web If you missed it, the new data is out, and WordPress--the open-source software that makes it easy to build websites and blogs--powers 25% of the web. That's pretty awesome if you've been a part of...
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