A lot of steps go into building a WordPress plugin. I’ve released many premium plugins, free plugins, and even one plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Today I thought I’d talk about what it actually takes to build a plugin, whether it’s free or paid. First […]
Over a year ago now, I launched my managed WordPress hosting business, Book Host. I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of the pros and cons of running a hosting business. Pros of running a hosting business I can provide my clients […]
As a freelancer, the line between whether or not I’m working is VERY blurry. I love my work, and I’d be doing a lot of the things I do on a daily basis regardless of whether or not it was making me money. I’d still […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done an income report. I think I got tired of doing them every month because it felt like my numbers were almost always the same. I last left off in September and October so here’s a super quick overview […]
I’m in the process of starting a freelance business and need a way to send invoices once I get those lovely customers. How do you do it? or what would you suggest? Veronica Hi Veronica! This is such a great question, thanks for getting in […]
I’ve stumbled upon a lot of upsetting Twitter conversations lately. I know these people aren’t TRYING to be upsetting, but it has that effect on designers and developers who make a living from their business. Some people think you should only pay $50 for a […]
It devastates me to say that one of my customers has committed fraud. My goal here isn’t to name and shame this person (a book blogger, which actually makes me even more sad). My goal is to shed some light on what can and does […]
People often don’t realize how much work freelancers do that they DON’T get paid for. Even I don’t usually realize it because I only time myself when I’m doing the “paid” work (like actual web design and development). But what else is there? Doing taxes/accounting. […]
Hello! I’m interested in becoming a web designer, but there are some aspects that I’m not sure about. For example, how do you deliver premade themes to customers? Hi there! 🙂 There are several ways to create a premade theme store. The absolute best way […]
Whenever I make changes to my design site, I always struggle with my portfolio. How much information should I put in there? How much information do you really care about? I started with a detailed portfolio When I first launched my site, my portfolio was […]