Author: Elizabeth Ehrenpreis

Welcome New Front-End Developer & Designer, Jo Murgel!

Another week, and another awesome dev joins the WDS team! Meet our newest front-end developer and designer, Jo Murgel. A little bit more about Jo: Jo Murgel comes from a design and illustration background. Upon graduation from Boise State University (go Broncos!)...

Another Two Devs Join the WDS Team: Meet Shannon and Carrie!

Shannon MacMillan Shannon’s illustrious web development career began in 2006 with a $100 online class in HTML/CSS, intended to supplement her (non-)income as an actor/theater director in NYC. She took the leap into WordPress a few years later (v. 2.8.2) and never...

What Are You Paying For When You Hire a Developer?

Usually folks hire someone else for a task for one of two reasons: They are either short on time or skill. In particular, when it comes to creative works like design, development, writing, marketing, et al., it means you’re also paying for a unique perspective...

What WDS Did During Five for the Future: May 2016

Although contributing to the open source–and specifically, the WordPress–community has always been a central component of WebDevStudios’ philosophy, it wasn’t until October of 2014 that we figured out how to formally contribute as a full company. We started participating in Five for...

Upcoming Webinar: Why Enterprise Companies Should Use WordPress

As many of you know, our team is filled with folks who love going to events, both WordCamps and otherwise. In particular, our executive team is well-known for organizing and presenting at events across the world, and their eclectic backgrounds have given...

Another Project Manager? Heck yes! Welcome Jim Byrom!

We have brought another Project Manager on board! Please join us in welcoming Jim to the WebDevStudios team! We’re excited about this addition to our rockstar project management team; please expect to see much more of Jim around these parts, and find...

Prestige Conference 2016, HELLO!

Another spectacular Prestige Conference is coming up next week, May 24th-25th, and we are so jazzed to head to Minneapolis! Like PressNomics, Prestige is a tech conference that focuses on business and career development, rather than tech itself; most of the presentations...

Say Hello to Our New WordPress Support Technician, Russell Aaron!

We’ve had another member join the WDS family! Join us in welcoming our new WordPress Support Technician, Russell Aaron. More about Russell: Russell is a WordPress user, first and foremost. In 2011, he attended his first Las Vegas WordPress Meetup. Since...

Simple Marketing Strategy Don’ts

While marketing may look like black magic to those who don’t have a knack for it, it’s not the mystery it may seem to be from the outside. Excellent marketing is merely the concentrated application of empathy to strategy. The accessibility of Internet marketing...