About Me

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Quick Bio

Marcus Burnette is a web designer and developer, amateur photographer, podcast host, and virtual event moderator. As Senior Manager of Strategy and Customer Experience at Bluehost, Marcus is dedicated to enhancing the WordPress agency experience by shaping industry-leading products and support. With a passion for empowering agencies and freelancers, he focuses on creating innovative solutions for building exceptional websites on premium WordPress and WooCommerce platforms.

The (Still Brief) Full Story

For the better part of the last 10 years, I’ve been a WordPress designer and developer, focusing on small- to medium-sized businesses that wanted to sell their products online. I worked for a small marketing agency and also on my own.

As a freelance web developer, I spent the majority of my weeks’ time working from the comfort of my own home. 🏠

Starting in early 2020, at the very beginning of a global pandemic, I joined an amazing team of distributed, WooCommerce-focused customer support specialists at SkyVerge. This position gave me the opportunity to share the knowledge I had gained as a developer with other developers and agencies.

In October of 2020, SkyVerge was acquired by GoDaddy. Though our ownership changed, our mission remained the same: to level the playing field for eCommerce businesses everywhere.

Almost a year later, in September of 2021, I joined the GoDaddy Pro team to bring my WooCommerce expertise to a group of people devoted to helping web professionals—agencies and freelancers—build the best sites and online stores they can for their clients! I actively shared insights about The Hub by GoDaddy Pro and our Managed WooCommerce products through the community and virtual events.

In November of 2024, I joined Bluehost as Sr. Manager, Strategy and Customer Experience, focusing on building the best WordPress agency offering by enhancing our product, support, and overall customer journey. My goal is to ensure agencies have the tools and resources they need to succeed in the WordPress ecosystem.

In addition to my work at Bluehost, I also co-host one podcast episode per month for Do the Woo and can be found on all kinds of other podcasts and YouTube videos.

When work is over and it’s time to play, I enjoy photo walks, travel, basketball, and indulging in time with my beautiful wife and our wonderful daughters. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

WordPress TV

Bluehost

GoDaddy Pro

Podcast Episodes 🎙️

PRESS Talks

Post Status

WP Coffee Talk

The WP Minute+

Kitchen Sink WP

Seriously, Bud?

⬇️ I was the guest host for this one.
⬇️ I was the guest for this one.

Do the Woo

I co-host a monthly episode of WP Agency Tracks With Cami MacNamara (part of the Do the Woo network) and have since January 2025.

I co-hosted a monthly episode of Woo BizChat with Katie Keith (part of the Do the Woo network) from 2022 to December 2024.

The SDM Show

StellarWP - WP Constellations

WP Builds

Hallway Chats

eCommerce Unscripted

Let’s work together! đź’Ş Whether you have a project to collaborate on, a new plugin idea, or want me to join you on your podcast, I’d love to hear from you!