Digital Growth with Mario Peshev

What's one piece of advice you wish you'd been given before you went freelance / independent consultant? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Mario Peshev, CEO of DevriX, on Quora: If I had to name only one piece of advice, it would be, “Your technical skills are a small percentage of what it takes to be a successful freelancer.”

Welcome to the newest entry in our Pirate Interviews series! It’s been a bit since our last talk with a WordPress expert, but here we are again bringing you another set of insights, this time coming from a technical person’s point of view. Mario Peshev shares a wealth of awesome ideas, so this is definitely one you won’t want to miss!

The confusion between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress is just one of the many factors that make the software a unique marketing challenge. Mario Peshev, CEO of DevriX, identified many more obstacles that enterprises find in using WordPress. Several of these include misconceptions about security, scaling, and limitations for functionality beyond blogging. WordPress’ Marketing Team aims to provide agencies with free resources to combat common misconceptions and show real-world examples of where the software is quietly powering enterprise websites behind the scenes.

A certain portion of the software development industry will become automated and obsolete to some extent - opening jobs for configurators, site builders and the like. That’s always been the case whenever various elements are repetitive and could be bundled together in order to optimize the workload and increase the efficiency of a company - especially given the competitive market out there.

How do I make web dev/programmer friends when I'm a beginner? originally appeared on Quora, the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus. The best path to making friends in the programming world when you're a beginner would be to find folks who are at the same step of the learning cycle as you are. Sure, you can find more experienced folks or complete beginners who are...

Whether hiring remote workers or in-office workers, the goal is typically the same: find the best person for the job and the company. But when it comes to recruiting and hiring remote workers, the methods employed by many remote companies offer unique insights into how remote companies function, and why the process of recruiting remote workers needs to be different. We’ve interviewed remote company leaders from over 100 organizations to find out how they make it all work.

Content marketing is a strategy that involves using blog posts, videos, and other web content to attract and retain customers. It’s a relatively new field that is evolving every day, which makes predicting the future of content marketing a very difficult task. Nonetheless, when you ask marketers what the future has in store, there is one trend that everyone seems to agree on. While in the past, text like blog posts was the dominant form of content, in years to come, expect to see video become...

An interview for Mastermind.fm going over the quintessential elements of working with enterprises in the WordPress field, building SaaS solutions and other aspects of growing a multinational distributed team.

As you can probably guess, there are a lot of intertwining considerations and points that need to be looked at carefully before taking a dive like this. Luckily, we were able to connect with someone who has built a SaaS business and has worked closely on the development of this model. Mario Peshev is the CEO and Business and Technical Lead of DevriX, which provides development, creative, and business growth services for WordPress platforms in need of many services, including SaaS creation.

Being an entrepreneur and owning a business can require a high level of self-discipline, especially when you are the "Rocket Commander" within your company and the only one that has to make sure everything is going well. Usually, the way you start the day will generally determine the type of the day you will have, and I think one of the best things is to develop a morning or daily routine and keep up with it. At the same time, we should say that not everyone has the same morning routine...

Run a quick search in Google and you'll find hundreds of articles on hot new marketing tricks for SaaS products. While these articles are great, you don't have the time to read all those articles and test all those tactics. You need to find the best one and make it work now So I tried a different approach: I went straight to the source and asked dozens of experts a simple question: "What's your #1 marketing trick for Software-as-a-Service products?"

We really enjoyed this interview with Mario Peshev who is a top rated developer and business owner in the WordPress community. John recommended we should get Mario on the show and he was right. I was just so impressed by Mario’s ability to explain complicated subjects in a direct and clear manner!