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Should I use the Genesis Framework by StudioPress?
It all started with a tweet... The other day I tweeted that I'd migrated a site over to Liquid Web. Someone saw the tweet, clicked the link, visited the site and noticed it was using the Genesis Framework by StudioPress. Their next question was similar to one many people have. Should I use the Genesis...
If you spend a year developing a WordPress theme, are you wasting your life?
This is an open letter to the developer who spent a year developing a WordPress theme and couldn't sell it anywhere. An Open Letter to Chris Dear Chris, My name is Chris too. And that's not the only thing we have in common. I've been in the exact same spot you've been in. And the...
If you need a new WordPress site, skip the middle man
Are you looking to get a new WordPress site built? Have you seen the television show, The Wire? It's an incredible show - great visuals, great story, great everything. And it's intense. But mostly, what stood out to me when watching was that there was so much stuff that was regularly hidden from so many people. That...
Why Choose WooCommerce?
Einstein once said, \"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.\" Does this hold true for WooCommerce? Should you pick this popular WordPress eCommerce plugin? Every few days on Clarity, I am asked about eCommerce and WordPress. Can WordPress handle eCommerce? Will it scale? Isn't WordPress just for...
Understanding network effects helps you build better products
For more than eight years, I was lucky enough to work at a software company focused on vertical markets. I didn't step into the company with any expectation that it would be any different from any of the software companies where I'd worked before that. I was wrong. It was a software company, like many others. And...
New year planning: Four things to get right
When it comes to new year planning, most people make resolutions. Resolutions that frankly fail within the first few weeks of the new year. So if you want to do new year planning the right way, I suggest you steer clear of resolutions and instead focus on these four things: Relationships Every year I create...
Free Course on MemberPress & Beaver Builder
Yes. A Free Course! If you are trying to build a membership site, then you know one of my favorite plugins is MemberPress. And if you want your site to look good, you know I recommend Beaver Builder. So I've created a free course - six parts - that walk you thru the exact steps to creating a membership...
Have you been waiting for WooCommerce Apple Pay integration?
WooCommerce Apple Pay integration is here! Christmas came early this year - especially if you're a store owner who has a majority of their customers arriving on iPhones. If you're one of the people waiting for WooCommerce Apple Pay integration, then your wait is basically over. As I was looking over the Stripe gateway for WooCommerce -...
eCommerce Trends in 2017: Push Notification Automation
Predicting eCommerce Trends We're just days away from the start of 2017, so it makes sense that we should start making guesses about what 2017 will bring with it, and nothing is more interesting than trying to predict trends in eCommerce. If you hadn't heard already, WooCommerce now powers 42% of all of the internet's online...
Are you registering a new domain?
If you are, then maybe you've been doing what I've been doing forever—using GoDaddy. For years I've been buying domains from GoDaddy. And before you start thinking about all the negative feelings you have about the company, you should know that I've rarely had any issues with their domain registration services. Additionally, I've gotten to...
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