Charles Costa is a content strategist and product marketer based out of Silicon Valley. Feel free to learn more at CharlesCosta.net.
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We review accepting Bitcoin payments on your WordPress sites as payment for goods and services, and why it can be a great option for businesses to consider.
Charles Costa discusses some must-know trends for software development professionals in 2015 that he picked up at CEA Innovate 2014.
While it's impossible to explain every WordPress issue within this article, this guide should help you navigate a few of the most common mistakes.
Charles Costa discusses how an accelerator works and how they can be helpful, but also may hurt your startup.
Charles Costa delves into the elements of a successful startup. Yes, there can be luck involved but ultimately it's how you shape the team around you.
There's no doubt speed matters. In this article we cover some of the common methods used for tuning WordPress to handle higher amounts of traffic.
Using freelancers or hiring designers to create infographics is expensive. Charles runs us through how easy it is to create infographics using online tools.
Fortunately thanks to WordPress' extensibility, you can easily convert your WordPress website into a mobile app using an API provided by a standard plugin.
Managing your site can be time consuming. This article reviews how Zapier can automate some of the most mundane WordPress tasks streamlining your workflow.
Simplify your work in WordPress by using IFTTT (short for If This Then That) which is a a robust macro creation tool, with a simple to use interface.
There are many myths surrounding best practices in email marketing. Charles exposes a few of these and explains that what works for you is most important.
This article will help you create WordPress landing pages without worrying about hacking up a theme to do something it isn't primarily intended to do.
So you've got a great idea and you're sure it will make a bunch of money. How do you get investors to realise your project's potential?
How much do bloggers really make? Is it really a world full of free stuff and travelling to exotic locations or do real bloggers work hard over many years?
WordPress security plugins are a great way to harden your site, but they often have unintended side effects that can give users a false sense of security.
Here is a small sampling of the different self-hosted business solutions out there which stand out from the crowd, all built upon WordPress.
By following a few common sense precautions, you can reduce the chances of downloading a WordPress theme which can pose a threat to your website.
By following a couple of common sense measures, you can protect yourself from many malicious WordPress plugins.
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When it comes to securing yours systems, there are a few tools than scan for WordPress vulnerabilities which can help you spot errors before they get out of hand.
Startups are a lot of work. What if, after you invest months of work, your idea fails? Here are some questions to ask to evaluate your startup idea.
By using Lean development principles, you can quickly find out whether your startup idea will work--without spending months building the software first.
Choosing a web host can be one of the toughest decisions you make as a web development professional. In this article we discuss managed WordPress hosting.
We hear about "the cloud" every day. Why is it such a popular marketing term? And why is using it such a terrible idea?
Should you use crowdfunding to raise money for your software project? It can be done, but a few caveats apply.
Divide allows any business to allow their employees to manage their business activities in a secure window on virtually any Android device.
Apps for your smartphone which help to maximize your savings on groceries and more when at the store.
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