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The Unintended Consequences of Freemium

agency-adviceOct 26, 2013

We've lost any sense of the real value of people working hard. That's the unintended consequences of freemium.

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Product companies: Are you tracking these three metrics?

marketing-communicationsOct 25, 2013

I'd like to suggest three metrics that WordPress product companies should collect and monitor.

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WordPress and Enterprise Software

wordpressOct 24, 2013

Today I read the suggestion that healthcare.gov should have used WordPress. When it comes to WordPress and enterprise software, I have some opinions.

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Help someone accelerate their growth. Be a mentor!

coachingOct 23, 2013

You can have an impact and help someone grow, even without a formal program to be a mentor. It's just a choice to have an influence. One only you can make.

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One touch deployments and staging environments for WordPress

wordpressOct 22, 2013

If you're looking for staging environments, check out WP Engine. But if you aren't going to use them, here's how to do it anyway.

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Pressnomics: The Good, The Bad, and the Awesome

wordpressOct 21, 2013

You knew I'd write one. Here's my summary of the good, the bad, and the awesome - of the second annual Pressnomics conference - the Business of WordPress.

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Hiring for a High Performance Culture

insightsOct 20, 2013

I could try to buy high performers onto my team and hope they stick. But I don't trust that approach. Instead, I build a high performance culture.

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Embracing the Impostor Syndrome

coachingOct 18, 2013

The impostor syndrome can get a bad rap. If you can use it to drive and fuel your growth, it can't be all bad, right?

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GoDaddy & Media Temple: The Direction of Influence

coachingOct 15, 2013

GoDaddy purchased Media Temple today. Here's a lesson we can learn about the direction of influence - which can help even our next hire.

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A WordPress Triberr: ManageWP.org And Buffer

wordpressOct 14, 2013

What if you could go one place and gather all the WordPress articles you wanted, to make sharing easy? It would be like a WordPress Triberr. Now it exists.

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