MainWP Blog - Todd Jones

“It’s not a mistake. They don’t make mistakes. They don’t do random. There’s always an objective. Always a target.” Nicky Parsons, Bourne Supremacy Do you have an objective when it comes to onboarding clients? Are you like Jason Bourne as Nicky Parsons describes him? The scary part could be that your client is handling your onboarding. Don’t let that happen. Have an agenda for your onboarding. Onboarding is a term that comes from human resources. The initial idea was to Continue reading the post...

“Now, boys, to make a proper Irish coffee, the last step is crucial, so pay attention to this. You have to ladle the cream over the back of the spoon, so it doesn’t just plop in and muddy the coffee and the whiskey.” With these words, Frank Reagan, the Irish Catholic New York Police Commissioner in the hit show Blue Bloods, shows his grandchildren how to make a good Irish Coffee. The Irish are colorful, green it would seem. What Continue reading the post...

Note: In our last post, we looked at a letter written to a fictional person, Freelancer Fred. This is the second part of our advice to the WordPress freelancer. This sentence from the last post applies: “Today, I am going to share a letter I am writing to Freelancer Fred, fictional of course. You may have to put on your imagination cap.” Dear Freelancer Fred, Last time I wrote about some basic things to help improve your freelancer career. I Continue reading the post...

Writing letters have become a lost art. When is the last time you have written someone a letter, especially using your own handwriting? There is something about that task, writing letters, where you spend time writing what you think, what you feel, and taking the time to communicate your message. Today we fire off emails, text messages and other quickly worded messages on social media and the like. The result is, I think, the world seems angrier. We are more impulsive Continue reading the post...

See if this sounds familiar. You get a call about a website. You are excited. The “lead” wants a proposal within the next 48 hours. Everything comes to a stop. No client work, no work on your own business, and you jump into action. You and your team (or dog or cat) start putting together a top-notch proposal. You sort through options for using a template for a proposal. You make sure to have a killer scope, features, and all Continue reading the post...

What does coffee, WordPress heroes, nightmare clients and value pricing have to do with each other? The common thread here is WordPress. The common thread is also podcasts. In our first ever WordPress Podcast Roundup, we recap four recent WordPress podcasts touching on those motley crew of subjects. Nightmare Clients and Growing Your Business with Erin Flynn WPCP: 136 https://thewpchick.com/nightmare-clients-and-growing-your-business-with-erin-flynn-wpcp-136/ Kim Doyal is the WordPress Chick we all love. In this episode, she has Erin Flynn, a young developer who Continue reading the post...

Meeting her for the first time, at the local Starbucks, I could tell that she knew her stuff. She agreed to meet with me for a free consultation and it was one of the best hours I have ever spent. I forged a friendship with Samantha that has lasted since then and have gained a wealth of knowledge. I was trying to make my way in business and Samantha, turns out, is one of the top independent marketing consultants and Continue reading the post...

Ever wondered how you can build a self-contained WordPress maintenance machine to add an additional revenue stream? WooCommerce combined with MainWP can be used to complete the loop of a self-contained WordPress maintenance business with the help of WooCommerce’s Subscriptions plugin.  Here at MainWP, we provide the goods to help website developers build a WordPress Care service and help them build an extra revenue stream. No doubt, you have been searching for a solution to managing the multiple WordPress installs Continue reading the post...

In September 2016, Pippin sent the tweet that was heard around the world; Well, at least the WordPress world. Pippin Williamson, one the world’s foremost leaders in making plugins, said what many people were thinking. Clearly, from reading the following tweets, many developers believe that page builders are, at best, a bit of a shortcut. It has become, they may think, a substitute for doing real development work. For instance, check out this tweet from Ben Furfie. .@pippinsplugins I've been Continue reading the post...

What is it that you love? Is it ice cream or pizza? Maybe you love comics or playing with Raspberry Pi? Who is it that you love? February, so it seems, is the month that we declare our love for someone. Or, is it something? Chocolate? For most of us, we love WordPress. I had a friend to tell me once that WordPress saved him. There’s a story there. This month, the month of love, we explore the love of Continue reading the post...