It’s no secret, I love the WordPress platform. It can be used for simple blogging and for complex Enterprise level websites. I often consult with people who either haven’t heard of it at all or have heard about it but aren’t quite sure how to get started with WordPress. This post will be short and sweet […]
Nice Morning – I Made Another WordPress Influencer List
My apologies if this entire post seems braggish, but I wanted to share because I’m proud to be listed alongside 98 other “Top WordPress Influencers of 2015”. 99Robots put together this list and the order is based on the number of Twitter followers each person currently has. I made #59. You can see the entire […]
5 Unique WordPress Plugins You Didn’t Know Existed
I’m immersed in the WordPress community and because of this I see a lot of plugins and other tools that don’t seem to get enough love (in my humble opinion). This post details 5 plugins that I think you should know about because of their unique functionality, but also because I know the developers behind […]
Measuring the Financial Success of a Free WordPress Plugin
We recently released a free version of FooBox on the WordPress plugin repository. The purpose of doing this was two-fold: To give back to the WordPress community To capitalize on the Freemium business model Why Releasing Free Code is Good for Business Let’s talk about those two things a bit more in depth. After that, […]
Resurrecting My Bread and Butter
So you might know about WP Pro Business and you might not. It was one of my main projects before we launched FooPlugins.com a year ago. What Is WP Pro Business? That site contains content that is focused on helping other to build businesses powered by WordPress and also hosted several video tutorial courses and […]
Finding the Right Business Partner
Why Am I Sharing This Story? First and foremost, I hope this story encourages others who are yearning to create their first online business or product or who are looking to grow their existing business. Another reason is because finding the right business partner was a very long and difficult journey for me and I […]
The Ups and Downs of Working from Home
How to Work from Home and Be Happy Doing It Working from home presents some unique challenges that a typical 9-5 day in an office or factory setting doesn’t. I’ve been working from home full time for almost two years now and find myself very grateful for some things and still struggling with others. Starting […]
How to Sell Photos in WordPress
Yesterday we released the Fotomoto FooBox extension plugin for WordPress. This is an addon plugin for our popular FooBox media lightbox plugin and allows you to insert your Fotomoto purchase links directly into the FooBox lightbox modal window. Why We Built this Photo Sales Extension Plugin for FooBox This is one of those plugins that […]
8 Ways to Be Nice and Make More Money
People amaze me sometimes, and I don’t mean in a good way. If you want my money, just be nice. It’s really that easy. A couple of days ago I stopped by the local shopping mall to pick up an item and because it was getting close to dinner time, I decided to grab a […]
To Merge or Not to Merge, that is the Question
If you’ve known me for any number of years, especially in the WordPress space, then you might know that before starting FooPlugins with Brad, my two main WordPress-focused sites were WP Modder and WP Pro Business. Unfortunately, both of these sites haven’t been updated in almost a year. What!? Now I’m left with the decision […]