Company News – May

For the team at WebDevStudios (WDS), May is kicking off in high gear and we are busy. WDS continues to remain focused on the success of our clients, contributing to the WordPress community, expanding our knowledge base, and growing our team. See for yourself. Here’s the latest WDS company news.

Email Newsletters

Not only did WDS launch our new bi-monthly email newsletter, our WordPress maintenance and support company, Maintainn, is now publishing a quarterly email newsletter. To subscribe to the WDS newsletter, simply scroll to the bottom of this blog post and leave your email address. Subscribe to Maintainn’s email newsletter via the Home page and scroll to the middle of the page.

You can check out the WDS newsletter online here. Read the latest from Maintainn here.

Twitter Milestone

Thank you for following WebDevStudios on Twitter. Earlier this month, we hit 8,000 followers! That number is continuing to grow. So, if you’re not following us on Twitter just yet, now’s a great time to start. We love sharing interesting, helpful articles, our blog posts, how we’re giving back to WordPress, and loads of entertaining GIFs. Follow us @webdevstudios.
 
 
 
 
 

Upcoming Live Panel Discussion

On May 21, 2020 at noon PDT, BlogVault is hosting “Managing The Current Uncertainty – Hear From The Best in WordPress,”a Live Panel Discussion where WordPress Experts share their experience, learning and advice regarding dealing with the pandemic. Among the panel members will be WDS CEO, Brad Williams. You have to join BlogVault’s Facebook Group to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Join here.

CMS Philly

PhillyTechWeek was held virtually and kicked off on May 1, 2020 with CMS Philly, an online event designed for people and businesses who want to build their own website and content management system enthusiasts, creators, maintainers, designers, developers, and strategists interested in attaining professional development. WDS Director of Business Develeopment, Jodie Riccelli, presented her talk, “Selling a CMS to Enterprise Clients.” Don’t worry if you missed it. You can watch it below!
 

Professional WordPress Plugin Development Interview

Did you miss this live AMA with the co-authors of Professional WordPress Plugin Development? Among the featured interviewees was Brad, who is one the co-authors. If you missed out, you can watch a recording of the interview online at Post Status.
 
 
 

Maintainn Maintenance and Hosting Billing Changes

In an effort to offer subscription rate discounts to our Maintainn clients without requiring a larger upfront investment, we’ve recently made changes to the Maintenance Plans and Hosting Plans pages on our website to replace the yearly billing cycle option with quarterly billing.

Maintenance subscribers with quarterly billing will receive an 8% discount over monthly billing while hosting subscribers will yield a 5-7% discount depending on the plan selected. If you are an existing subscriber and would like to take advantage of these discounts by changing your billing cycle from monthly to quarterly, login to your account, choose the Subscribe Now button for your plan from within the respective plans page, and the checkout page will reflect the prorated amount. Maintainn still offers yearly billing cycles and volume discounts for both services at an even greater discount.

More Remote Work Tips

Who better to turn to for tips on creating and sustaining a remote work company culture than Brad, our CEO and Co-Founder? He was recently featured in an interview with Remote Habits. You can read it in its entirety here. Read about more remote work tips on our blog.
 
 
 
 
 

We’re Hiring!

WDS just added a new position to our Careers page. We’re on the hunt for a Lead Engineer, who has a positive attitude, a good work ethic, and enjoys helping others. Apply today or recommend this opportunity to someone you know.