Honorary Guest #010: Brian Jackson

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

1. Jeff Starr — Plugin Author at PerishablePress
2. Chris Badgett — Founder and CEO at LifterLMS
3. Katie Keith — Founder & CEO at Barn2
4. Brad Williams — Partner & Co-Founder at WebDevStudios
5. Tobias Bäthge — the creator of TablePress
6. Satinder Singh — Co-Founder of Cool Plugins
7. Bud Kraus — Educator and Podcaster
8. Tia Wood — Founder at theWPGirls.com
9. 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!