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On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Brian and Jennifer Bourn of Bourn Creative. They are a vibrant, creative studio that delivers purpose driven design and engaging experiences for businesses who want to stand out and step into the spotlight. Brian and Jennifer love challenges and deadlines, and are brand building, WordPress wielding, Lego playing nerds dedicated to creating beautiful, flexible, powerful platforms for rapidly growing businesses. In this 38-minute episode Jennifer Bourn, … [Read more...] about How to Sustain a Profitable Creative Agency

The team here at StudioPress is very pleased to announce today’s release: Genesis 2.4.0. This version of the Genesis framework includes several enhancements, bug fixes, and general housekeeping items. A big thanks to Ron Rennick and Gary Jones for stepping up this release cycle and contributing tons of code. As always, this community continues impress. Thanks guys! Read on to find out more about Genesis 2.4. Markup API In Genesis 2.2, we introduced something we called “Genesis Markup API.” … [Read more...] about Genesis 2.4 for WordPress Now Available

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Bill Erickson. Bill is a WordPress Developer, an entrepreneur, a husband, a father, a skier, an avid reader, a gardener, and a winemaker living in Georgetown, TX. He’s been developing with WordPress and contributing to the community since 2006. Bill has written 20 plugins, which have been downloaded 668,661 times and has spoken at 13 conferences regarding WordPress. Last, but certainly not least, Bill is a core contributor to our very own Genesis Framework … [Read more...] about How to Scale a Freelance Business

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Carrie Dils. Carrie has been around the Genesis community for a number of years. She’s a WordPress developer, consultant, speaker, and teacher. She loves sharing what she’s learned with others to help them be more successful in their business. She hosts a weekly WordPress podcast at OfficeHours.fm and is a course instructor for Lynda.com. In this 29-minute episode Lauren Mancke, Carrie Dils, and I discuss: What open-source means How … [Read more...] about Why Open-Source-Based Communities Are So Powerful

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Tonya Mork of Know the Code. Tonya likes to rethink the way she does things to find a better path, one that is more efficient, effective, leads us forward, and is balanced with intent. She likes to share ideas, plant seeds, and inspire folks to consider a different approach. Her blog, Hello from Tonya, is all about the way she thinks. It’s meant to inspire you to stop, assess, and rethink the way you are doing things. In this 30-minute episode Lauren … [Read more...] about How to Build an Online Education Business

With Elegance, Stephanie Hellwig has created a gorgeous theme that showcases your photos with a combination of large images, stately typography, and no distractions. If you’re ready to elevate your site presentation, Elegance is the way to go. Looking for refinement and polish in a theme? You’ve found it. Elegance is designed to highlight your work while being responsive, image-friendly, and highly customizable. Some of the powerful features specific to Elegance are: Custom built-in page … [Read more...] about The Elegance Theme for WordPress Introduces Your Photography with Grace and Style

If you aren’t already running it, download and activate Genesis Beta Tester plugin and “update” to Genesis 2.4 Beta. Because of some of the more significant changes, specifically with the Markup API, we’re going to give this beta a 2 week test, so we can locate as many issues as possible, and make 2.4 as stable as we can before releasing. As always, feel free to send any bug reports to our support team, or you can simply give me a shout on Twitter (@nathanrice) and I’ll look into it. See … [Read more...] about Genesis 2.4 Beta Now Available

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Shay Bocks of Feast Design Company. Shay started hustlin’ in 2008 to connect her creative gifts and ravenous curiosity with the ambition of creative entrepreneurs. Nowadays, that dream has manifested into a full-time operation serving other dreamers just like herself. Within the Genesis community, Shay is best known for her Foodie Pro theme, one that has continually been the #1 selling theme on StudioPress. She followed that up with a theme … [Read more...] about The Business of Food Blogging: Is it Lucrative?

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Rebecca Gill of Web Savvy Marketing. Rebecca is a WordPress developer, an SEO consultant, and a general business consultant. She’s an active member of the WordPress community with a variety of participation as a WordCamp speaker, podcast guest, and SEO educator. Her company, Web Savvy Marketing, was founded in 2009 and is a creative agency based in Southeastern Michigan. They work with clients across the globe who range from bloggers and small businesses … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to SEO that Works

This fresh new theme from the makers of Foodie Pro offers a buffet of features aimed at food bloggers who also value the beauty of minimalism. Mouth-watering and easy on the eyes, Cook’d Pro makes responsiveness and crisp design a priority — while giving you a host of tools for featuring images and recipes. The Cook’d Pro theme is a satisfying solution for content-hungry visitors This third-party theme comes packaged with a variety of powerful features and is designed to help your content work … [Read more...] about Welcome to Cook’d Pro: An Appetizing Minimalist Theme