WordPress Consulting

Early in July, Topher DeRosia asked me to write an essay for HeroPress. In it I talk about my experience with the East Bay WordPress Meetup and how it led me deeper and deeper into the WordPress community.

I assure you I have never in my life considered myself a kingpin of any kind, but Brian Lee Jackson interviewed me for the Kinsta Kingpins series. If you want to hear more about my background and how I came to be a WordPress consultant, hop on over and read it.

If you’re a WordPress professional, one very important thing you have to learn is how to price projects. That’s not just a matter of how much to charge, but how to charge. The main options are hourly, flat-rate, and value-based, and each has its place.

Not every WordPress professional is a good fit for every project, even if they have perfect integrity. If you’re looking to hire someone to (re)build your site for you, take 2 minutes and watch this video by Cody Landefeld.

In WP-Tonic 126, Jonathan Denwood, Jackie D’Elia, Kim Shivler and I focused on the surprisingly-overlooked fact that your website does not exist in a vacuum. It’s part of your overall business marketing strategy (on and offline) and your online marketing strategy. If you don’t figure out why you want a website, you’re inevitably going to…