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On the podcast today we have Alex Standiford. Alex has established himself as a familiar face in the WordPress ecosystem. With a background that includes time at GoDaddy and Sandhills Development, a stint in freelancing, and now as the creator behind Siren Affiliates, an affiliate solution for WordPress, he brings both technical depth and many other qualities (as you’ll hear!). Over the years, Alex has become a passionate contributor to the WordPress community. This episode sets its sights on a topic that’s everywhere right now… AI. I know, sight, right!?! But before you reach for the skip button, the conversation…
You can be closing deals, paying people, and still be building the exact business you promised yourself you’d never run again.
I used to think I was doing developers a favor by keeping them out of the early planning. Turns out, I was just setting them up to fail. Here’s what I’ve learned about when to actually bring in outside help, and why timing makes all the difference.
Alex Standiford
Today:
Feeling like we’re at the tipping point this quarter. LFG
Alex Standiford
Today has been all about meetings. I’ve got 3 new people on my team, and most of my Mondays go into helping to train them.
So grateful to have help. I didn’t ask for it well enough in the past, and I’m working hard to do that more this year.
Alex Standiford
Rent’s due. Got work to do this week.
1. Interview with some near-shore talent for future projects
2. Finalize estimate on proposal for future project
3. Finish blog post and email draft on personal brand
4. Follow up on existing leads
TGIF. Been a hard week.
Alex Standiford
The grind continues!
Alex Standiford
Today’s a grindy, non-glorious day.
Alex Standiford
Today in my “document all the things” binge, I’m documenting the recommended tooling and solutions we offer for slow websites, based on the result of a pingdom speed test. The hope is my team will be able to more-effectively recommend what I suggest to my clients.
Alex Standiford
Writing up some documents to help AI with advising my sales team on how to pitch Novatorius services to customers.
AI seems to be mostly shifting my time from doing the thing to documenting the thing. Which, I guess needed to happen if I want to grow regardless.
I used to think I was doing developers a favor by keeping them out of the early planning. Turns out, I was just setting them up to fail. Here’s what I’ve learned about when to actually bring in outside help, and why timing makes all the difference.
Alex Standiford
I always laughed at how many open tabs people had open in their browser. I’ve always been a “one tab” kinda person.
And then I started running my own business. That uh…that humbled me a bit.
There’s a big difference between being a problem solver and being a solution creator—and most people get it wrong.
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