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Dr. Sherry Walling is a psychologist and entrepreneur, adept at, “helping smart people do hard things.” She was gracious to talk in a Post Status Webinar with Cory Miller, about how to navigate life in uncertain times like we have now. Topics discussedManaging fear, worry, and anxiety The Coronavirus, and how to handle it Isolation, social distancing, remote work, and our mental health Q&A on work boundaries, stress, and more LinksZen Founder Dr. Sherry Walling's website @zenfounder — Dr. Walling's Twittr Episode Parter: WordFenceIf your website is mission-critical you can't afford the downtime, reputation challenges or SEO impact of getting hacked. That's why so many sites rely on the real-time protection provided by Wordfence . Wordfence protects your websites with the best WordPress security available, and offers a powerful and efficient way to manage security for multiple sites in one place with Wordfence Central.

Ken Wallace runs Mastermind Jam, which according to the website, “gives you everything you need to , create, and manage your mastermind group, all without having to waste time cobbling together a bunch of different software, forms, and shared documents, even if you don't have a large personal network.” Some of the topics discussed about Masterminds Defining what a mastermind is The difference between a mastermind and other community channels Why masterminds are important to hold with peers outside of your company Learning to trust your mastermind The importance of consistency, and setting up a regular cadence How to structure conversations How to find people for a mastermind Episode Parter: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you're working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development probably has a tool that can help you. Easy Digital s – Sell digital products with WordPress WP – A full-featured marketing solution Restrict Content Pro – A powerful hip plugin for WordPress Sugar Calendar – WordPress event management made simple WP Simple Pay – A lightweight Stripe payments plugin

Ken Wallace runs Mastermind Jam, which according to the website, “gives you everything you need to , create, and manage your mastermind group, all without having to waste time cobbling together a bunch of different software, forms, and shared documents, even if you don't have a large personal network.” Some of the topics discussed about Masterminds Defining what a mastermind is The difference between a mastermind and other community channels Why masterminds are important to hold with peers outside of your company Learning to trust your mastermind The importance of consistency, and setting up a regular cadence How to structure conversations How to find people for a mastermind Episode Parter: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you're working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development probably has a tool that can help you. Easy Digital s – Sell digital products with WordPress WP – A full-featured marketing solution Restrict Content Pro – A powerful hip plugin for WordPress Sugar Calendar – WordPress event management made simple WP Simple Pay – A lightweight Stripe payments plugin

Syed Balkhi s me to discuss the acquisition of AIO SEO. Some of the questions he answers: So who is your target customer with All in One SEO? How is the model structured? You’re directing strategy… is there a Christoff or Atchison in this setup? How does your vision for AIOSEO compare to what you see in Yoast SEO? How do you envision the free/ divide? What are the first three things you plan to do? How did the conversation w/ Michael start? You approach him? He approach you? Tell me a story. How far do you think you can scale this business model? What do you think about the consolidation we’re seeing in the plugin ecosystem — the consolidation you’re a major player in? Links: Awesome Motive AIO SEO on WP.org Acquisition announcement

Syed Balkhi s me to discuss the acquisition of AIO SEO. Some of the questions he answers: So who is your target customer with All in One SEO? How is the model structured? You’re directing strategy… is there a Christoff or Atchison in this setup? How does your vision for AIOSEO compare to what you see in Yoast SEO? How do you envision the free/ divide? What are the first three things you plan to do? How did the conversation w/ Michael start? You approach him? He approach you? Tell me a story. How far do you think you can scale this business model? What do you think about the consolidation we’re seeing in the plugin ecosystem — the consolidation you’re a major player in? Links: Awesome Motive AIO SEO on WP.org Acquisition announcement

Syed Balkhi s me to discuss the acquisition of AIO SEO. Some of the questions he answers: So who is your target customer with All in One SEO? How is the model structured? You’re directing strategy… is there a Christoff or Atchison in this setup? How does your vision for AIOSEO compare to what you see in Yoast SEO? How do you envision the free/ divide? What are the first three things you plan to do? How did the conversation w/ Michael start? You approach him? He approach you? Tell me a story. How far do you think you can scale this business model? What do you think about the consolidation we’re seeing in the plugin ecosystem — the consolidation you’re a major player in? Links: Awesome Motive AIO SEO on WP.org Acquisition announcement

A lot of folks in the WordPress economy, whether employed with a side hustle or self-employed, manage multiple things. Also, many of us work with partners, or are interested in partnerships. Cory has long worked with partners, and we're now running Post Status as partners. Also, we are both working on several projects. In this episode of Draft, we talk about how to balance multiple things, how we try and structure our weeks, and some things to consider when working with partners. Show linksKolbe Strengthsfinder Wait But Why Sponsor: PagelyPagely offers best-in-class managed WordPress hosting, powered by Amazon's Cloud, the Internet’s most reliable infrastructure. Pagely helps big brands scale WordPress. Their new platform NorthStack is a completely serverless solution for managed application hosting. Thank you to Pagely for being a Post Status partner!

A lot of folks in the WordPress economy, whether employed with a side hustle or self-employed, manage multiple things. Also, many of us work with partners, or are interested in partnerships. Cory has long worked with partners, and we're now running Post Status as partners. Also, we are both working on several projects. In this episode of Draft, we talk about how to balance multiple things, how we try and structure our weeks, and some things to consider when working with partners. Show linksKolbe Strengthsfinder Wait But Why Sponsor: PagelyPagely offers best-in-class managed WordPress hosting, powered by Amazon's Cloud, the Internet’s most reliable infrastructure. Pagely helps big brands scale WordPress. Their new platform NorthStack is a completely serverless solution for managed application hosting. Thank you to Pagely for being a Post Status partner!

A lot of folks in the WordPress economy, whether employed with a side hustle or self-employed, manage multiple things. Also, many of us work with partners, or are interested in partnerships. Cory has long worked with partners, and we're now running Post Status as partners. Also, we are both working on several projects. In this episode of Draft, we talk about how to balance multiple things, how we try and structure our weeks, and some things to consider when working with partners. Show linksKolbe Strengthsfinder Wait But Why Sponsor: PagelyPagely offers best-in-class managed WordPress hosting, powered by Amazon's Cloud, the Internet’s most reliable infrastructure. Pagely helps big brands scale WordPress. Their new platform NorthStack is a completely serverless solution for managed application hosting. Thank you to Pagely for being a Post Status partner!

I created Post Status in January 2013 and started the Club in January 2015. January 2020 marks another huge milestone for this community and business. I’m very excited to share that Cory Miller is now an equal partner of Post Status. Cory purchased half the business and will be working with me in the day-to-day management, writing, community engagement, and everything else we do with Post Status. Many should know Cory from his ten years running iThemes. After they sold the business to Liquid Web and he spent some time there, he decided to step away and continue his entrepreneurial journey. He’s working on a few projects, and Post Status is a significant part of where he’s dedicating his time and energy. Cory is a long-time friend, and iThemes has been a Post Status sponsorship partner since 2015. Cory understands the community, the role Post Status plays in the space, and he brings so much to the table, from established community relationships to product and business experience. We’ve known one another going back to 2010 or so. I got to watch as he navigated the WordPress space as the CEO of a theme company turned plugin company, from inception to exit. Cory has so many qualities I ire. Most of all, I ire his honesty, his comion, his ion for people, and his vision for what’s possible. I look forward to working with a true partner on Post Status after so many years of managing the primary responsibilities with much help from many friends and contractors along the way. In addition to Cory and myself, David Bisset and Dan Knauss continue to be integral parts of the Post Status effort. Cory and I are thankful for their energy, consistency, and talents. We are working together in Oklahoma City this week to finalize our plans for the 2020 year. We already have a lot planned and are looking to get these new initiatives and processes off to a rocking start. Potential in the WordPress communityThere is so much potential in the WordPress community, and Post Status plays an important role through news, community, and professional development. We are going to continue to do that, and we are also going to make changes that we think will benefit the community as a whole and Post Status Club in particular. If you’ve ever thought about ing the Post Status Club, it’s a great time to do so. At a minimum, anyone in the WordPress community should subscribe to the newsletter. If you’ve been a member before, we thank you, and we hope we are able to continue to serve you for years to come — better than ever, better together. Cory's thoughtsI asked Cory to share a couple of his own thoughts on why he’s investing in Post Status, both with his money and energy. I’ve been a fan and er of Post Status since the beginning. At iThemes we were one of Brian’s first sponsors. Over the years I leaned on Brian’s insights and counsel — personally as well as through Post Status — to inform and grow iThemes. When Brian approached me about becoming a partner my first reaction was, “Heck yes!” Over our weeks and months of conversations, my excitement grew and grew as our goals and aspirations for Post Status were revealed to be so well aligned. I truly believe in what Brian has built. And I only want to be a value add and look forward to coming alongside Brian, the Post Status team and this great community. We're so excited to finally be able to make this official. We look forward to continuing to serve you our readers, our Club , our partners, and the broader community.

I created Post Status in January 2013 and started the Club in January 2015. January 2020 marks another huge milestone for this community and business. I’m very excited to share that Cory Miller is now an equal partner of Post Status. Cory purchased half the business and will be working with me in the day-to-day management, writing, community engagement, and everything else we do with Post Status. Many should know Cory from his ten years running iThemes. After they sold the business to Liquid Web and he spent some time there, he decided to step away and continue his entrepreneurial journey. He’s working on a few projects, and Post Status is a significant part of where he’s dedicating his time and energy. Cory is a long-time friend, and iThemes has been a Post Status sponsorship partner since 2015. Cory understands the community, the role Post Status plays in the space, and he brings so much to the table, from established community relationships to product and business experience. We’ve known one another going back to 2010 or so. I got to watch as he navigated the WordPress space as the CEO of a theme company turned plugin company, from inception to exit. Cory has so many qualities I ire. Most of all, I ire his honesty, his comion, his ion for people, and his vision for what’s possible. I look forward to working with a true partner on Post Status after so many years of managing the primary responsibilities with much help from many friends and contractors along the way. In addition to Cory and myself, David Bisset and Dan Knauss continue to be integral parts of the Post Status effort. Cory and I are thankful for their energy, consistency, and talents. We are working together in Oklahoma City this week to finalize our plans for the 2020 year. We already have a lot planned and are looking to get these new initiatives and processes off to a rocking start. Potential in the WordPress communityThere is so much potential in the WordPress community, and Post Status plays an important role through news, community, and professional development. We are going to continue to do that, and we are also going to make changes that we think will benefit the community as a whole and Post Status Club in particular. If you’ve ever thought about ing the Post Status Club, it’s a great time to do so. At a minimum, anyone in the WordPress community should subscribe to the newsletter. If you’ve been a member before, we thank you, and we hope we are able to continue to serve you for years to come — better than ever, better together. Cory's thoughtsI asked Cory to share a couple of his own thoughts on why he’s investing in Post Status, both with his money and energy. I’ve been a fan and er of Post Status since the beginning. At iThemes we were one of Brian’s first sponsors. Over the years I leaned on Brian’s insights and counsel — personally as well as through Post Status — to inform and grow iThemes. When Brian approached me about becoming a partner my first reaction was, “Heck yes!” Over our weeks and months of conversations, my excitement grew and grew as our goals and aspirations for Post Status were revealed to be so well aligned. I truly believe in what Brian has built. And I only want to be a value add and look forward to coming alongside Brian, the Post Status team and this great community. We're so excited to finally be able to make this official. We look forward to continuing to serve you our readers, our Club , our partners, and the broader community.

I created Post Status in January 2013 and started the Club in January 2015. January 2020 marks another huge milestone for this community and business. I’m very excited to share that Cory Miller is now an equal partner of Post Status. Cory purchased half the business and will be working with me in the day-to-day management, writing, community engagement, and everything else we do with Post Status. Many should know Cory from his ten years running iThemes. After they sold the business to Liquid Web and he spent some time there, he decided to step away and continue his entrepreneurial journey. He’s working on a few projects, and Post Status is a significant part of where he’s dedicating his time and energy. Cory is a long-time friend, and iThemes has been a Post Status sponsorship partner since 2015. Cory understands the community, the role Post Status plays in the space, and he brings so much to the table, from established community relationships to product and business experience. We’ve known one another going back to 2010 or so. I got to watch as he navigated the WordPress space as the CEO of a theme company turned plugin company, from inception to exit. Cory has so many qualities I ire. Most of all, I ire his honesty, his comion, his ion for people, and his vision for what’s possible. I look forward to working with a true partner on Post Status after so many years of managing the primary responsibilities with much help from many friends and contractors along the way. In addition to Cory and myself, David Bisset and Dan Knauss continue to be integral parts of the Post Status effort. Cory and I are thankful for their energy, consistency, and talents. We are working together in Oklahoma City this week to finalize our plans for the 2020 year. We already have a lot planned and are looking to get these new initiatives and processes off to a rocking start. Potential in the WordPress communityThere is so much potential in the WordPress community, and Post Status plays an important role through news, community, and professional development. We are going to continue to do that, and we are also going to make changes that we think will benefit the community as a whole and Post Status Club in particular. If you’ve ever thought about ing the Post Status Club, it’s a great time to do so. At a minimum, anyone in the WordPress community should subscribe to the newsletter. If you’ve been a member before, we thank you, and we hope we are able to continue to serve you for years to come — better than ever, better together. Cory's thoughtsI asked Cory to share a couple of his own thoughts on why he’s investing in Post Status, both with his money and energy. I’ve been a fan and er of Post Status since the beginning. At iThemes we were one of Brian’s first sponsors. Over the years I leaned on Brian’s insights and counsel — personally as well as through Post Status — to inform and grow iThemes. When Brian approached me about becoming a partner my first reaction was, “Heck yes!” Over our weeks and months of conversations, my excitement grew and grew as our goals and aspirations for Post Status were revealed to be so well aligned. I truly believe in what Brian has built. And I only want to be a value add and look forward to coming alongside Brian, the Post Status team and this great community. We're so excited to finally be able to make this official. We look forward to continuing to serve you our readers, our Club , our partners, and the broader community.

In this episode, Scott and I dig into his world as an indie developer within the WordPress landscape. Scott has long used JavaScript as a core technology with AppPresser. I think he's on the forefront of thinking about various technologies that are newer to WordPress but out in full force in other worlds. Scott is really into JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, Markup). He's working on Static Fuse now, which helps connect WordPress to Gatsby -- which has a lot of attention in the web space right now. We also dig pretty deeply into the challenges and opportunities facing independent developers, and the interest levels in WordPress from the indie dev crowd. It's an interesting episode and I learned a lot from Scott. I hope you enjoy. Other links from the showGraphQL and WPGraphQL Scott's website The Product Business podcast Zac Gordon's JavascriptforWP courses   Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentSandhills Development makes a suite of excellent plugins to power your WordPress website. Whether you need to sell digital s, restrict content, create an program, or manage an events calendar, they’ve got you covered. Thanks to Sandhills for being a Post Status partner.

In this episode, Scott and I dig into his world as an indie developer within the WordPress landscape. Scott has long used JavaScript as a core technology with AppPresser. I think he's on the forefront of thinking about various technologies that are newer to WordPress but out in full force in other worlds. Scott is really into JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, Markup). He's working on Static Fuse now, which helps connect WordPress to Gatsby -- which has a lot of attention in the web space right now. We also dig pretty deeply into the challenges and opportunities facing independent developers, and the interest levels in WordPress from the indie dev crowd. It's an interesting episode and I learned a lot from Scott. I hope you enjoy. Other links from the showGraphQL and WPGraphQL Scott's website The Product Business podcast Zac Gordon's JavascriptforWP courses   Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentSandhills Development makes a suite of excellent plugins to power your WordPress website. Whether you need to sell digital s, restrict content, create an program, or manage an events calendar, they’ve got you covered. Thanks to Sandhills for being a Post Status partner.

In this episode, Scott and I dig into his world as an indie developer within the WordPress landscape. Scott has long used JavaScript as a core technology with AppPresser. I think he's on the forefront of thinking about various technologies that are newer to WordPress but out in full force in other worlds. Scott is really into JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, Markup). He's working on Static Fuse now, which helps connect WordPress to Gatsby -- which has a lot of attention in the web space right now. We also dig pretty deeply into the challenges and opportunities facing independent developers, and the interest levels in WordPress from the indie dev crowd. It's an interesting episode and I learned a lot from Scott. I hope you enjoy. Other links from the showGraphQL and WPGraphQL Scott's website The Product Business podcast Zac Gordon's JavascriptforWP courses   Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentSandhills Development makes a suite of excellent plugins to power your WordPress website. Whether you need to sell digital s, restrict content, create an program, or manage an events calendar, they’ve got you covered. Thanks to Sandhills for being a Post Status partner.

Today I talk to Matt Medeiros, in a wide-ranging conversation about the WordPress ecosystem. It's informal and we cover a lot of different topics, but they all narrow down to various fears and uncertainties some in the WordPress community are experiencing in recent years. What's the future of WordPress? How about the business community? Can smaller businesses make it? What threats exist: leadership, corporate, other platforms? We cover a great deal here. It's not very structured, but I do think it's valuable to be able to capture a common line of sentiment in the WordPress community. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks to Matt for being so open with me in this episode. Links from the showMatt Report Matt on Twitter WP Governance Partner: JiltJilt offers powerful email marketing built for eCommerce. From newsletters to highly segmented automations, Jilt is your one-stop show for eCommerce email. thousands of stores that have already earned tens of millions of dollars in extra sales using Jilt. Try Jilt for free

Today I talk to Matt Medeiros, in a wide-ranging conversation about the WordPress ecosystem. It's informal and we cover a lot of different topics, but they all narrow down to various fears and uncertainties some in the WordPress community are experiencing in recent years. What's the future of WordPress? How about the business community? Can smaller businesses make it? What threats exist: leadership, corporate, other platforms? We cover a great deal here. It's not very structured, but I do think it's valuable to be able to capture a common line of sentiment in the WordPress community. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks to Matt for being so open with me in this episode. Links from the showMatt Report Matt on Twitter WP Governance Partner: JiltJilt offers powerful email marketing built for eCommerce. From newsletters to highly segmented automations, Jilt is your one-stop show for eCommerce email. thousands of stores that have already earned tens of millions of dollars in extra sales using Jilt. Try Jilt for free

Today I talk to Matt Medeiros, in a wide-ranging conversation about the WordPress ecosystem. It's informal and we cover a lot of different topics, but they all narrow down to various fears and uncertainties some in the WordPress community are experiencing in recent years. What's the future of WordPress? How about the business community? Can smaller businesses make it? What threats exist: leadership, corporate, other platforms? We cover a great deal here. It's not very structured, but I do think it's valuable to be able to capture a common line of sentiment in the WordPress community. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks to Matt for being so open with me in this episode. Links from the showMatt Report Matt on Twitter WP Governance Partner: JiltJilt offers powerful email marketing built for eCommerce. From newsletters to highly segmented automations, Jilt is your one-stop show for eCommerce email. thousands of stores that have already earned tens of millions of dollars in extra sales using Jilt. Try Jilt for free

I talked with Kira Leigh, a full-stack creative entrepreneur and consultant. Skeptic may be too strong of a word, but she makes it clear that she thinks WordPress is too often used when it’s not necessary. Kira handles every part of her projects, which typically stem with marketing and copywriting, but she takes on design, development, and whatever is required to get the job done. She is the type of person who WordPress should be able to serve quite ably. But more than not, she would rather steer clear. In this episode of the Draft Podcast, I talk to her about her work, why she is pained by WordPress, and try to come to some conclusions from it all. I am not sure if I accomplish much, but I do feel like I am better able to see where she’s coming from. This conversation stemmed from a friend linking me to a post Kira wrote that was (to my mind) a bit aggressive toward WordPress — and while perhaps not 100% accurate, it is 100% her perception of the reality that is working with WordPress. Links from the show There Is No Design — Kira’s business Kira on LinkedIn Assembly — a pretty neat page builder I’ve never seen before Sponsor: Pagely Pagely offers best in class managed WordPress hosting, powered by the Amazon Cloud, the Internet’s most reliable infrastructure. Pagely helps big brand scale WordPress. Their new brand Northstack is a completely serverless solution for managed application hosting. Thank you to Pagely for being a Post Status partner.

I talked with Kira Leigh, a full-stack creative entrepreneur and consultant. Skeptic may be too strong of a word, but she makes it clear that she thinks WordPress is too often used when it’s not necessary. Kira handles every part of her projects, which typically stem with marketing and copywriting, but she takes on design, development, and whatever is required to get the job done. She is the type of person who WordPress should be able to serve quite ably. But more than not, she would rather steer clear. In this episode of the Draft Podcast, I talk to her about her work, why she is pained by WordPress, and try to come to some conclusions from it all. I am not sure if I accomplish much, but I do feel like I am better able to see where she’s coming from. This conversation stemmed from a friend linking me to a post Kira wrote that was (to my mind) a bit aggressive toward WordPress — and while perhaps not 100% accurate, it is 100% her perception of the reality that is working with WordPress. Links from the show There Is No Design — Kira’s business Kira on LinkedIn Assembly — a pretty neat page builder I’ve never seen before Sponsor: Pagely Pagely offers best in class managed WordPress hosting, powered by the Amazon Cloud, the Internet’s most reliable infrastructure. Pagely helps big brand scale WordPress. Their new brand Northstack is a completely serverless solution for managed application hosting. Thank you to Pagely for being a Post Status partner.