Meet Brian Jackson
Brian is the co-founder of Forge Media LLC and the former CMO of Kinsta. With over 17 years of hands-on experience in the WordPress ecosystem, he specializes in creating actionable, experience-based content and building performance-focused plugins. A self-taught learner and prolific writer, Brian has authored 5,000+ blog posts and helped websites scale to over 1 million organic visitors per month.
🔗 Learn more: https://forgemedia.io
We’re excited to announce that Brian will be our Honorary Guest for Giveaway #010, helping us select the winner of our 10th Lunch Giveaway!
📅 Giveaway ends: Thursday, 10th July 2025
📊 LinkedIn Poll: https://lnkd.in/dQ-TsK4S
Freelancers are participating via a LinkedIn poll and our WhatsApp group, which now has over 190 members.
🕘 Brian will choose the winner between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, 10th July 2025. We’ll tag him on X.com/FromWPK when it’s time to announce the result!
Previous Guests
- Jeff Starr — Plugin Author at PerishablePress
- Chris Badgett — Founder and CEO at LifterLMS
- Katie Keith — Founder & CEO at Barn2
- Brad Williams — Partner & Co-Founder at WebDevStudios
- Tobias Bäthge — the creator of TablePress
- Satinder Singh — Co-Founder of Cool Plugins
- Bud Kraus — Educator and Podcaster
- Tia Wood — Founder at theWPGirls.com
- Rae Morey — Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Repository
Who’s Next?
Would you like to be our next Honorary Guest for an upcoming Lunch Giveaway?
👉 📩 If you’re interested, please get in touch — we’d love to hear from you!
A big thank you to everyone who has accepted our invitation and supported us as an Honorary Guest. Your time and presence truly make these giveaways special!