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Bob Dunn, based on survey results…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Bob Dunn, based on survey results and feedback from his outstanding podcast guests, tells us how 2020 played out for WooCommerce businesses. Some businesses did better than others, and some store owners saw trends like "people requesting free or discounted…

Alex Denning took a deep dive…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Alex Denning took a deep dive into the advertising campaigns of some WordPress businesses, inspired in part by recent events involving Elementor and Bluehost. Alex looks at the different ads WordPress businesses are running and considers why they might be…

Andrea Middleton shares what she feels…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Andrea Middleton shares what she feels are some missed business opportunities in the WordPress space. Because WordPress is open source, any solution or features a third-party developer sells can be added to WordPress Core. That means it's important for third-party…

Justin Ferriman asks the question (and…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Justin Ferriman asks the question (and answers with his opinion) — should you use "WP" in your business brand? "There is no hard-set rule. It comes down to your primary industry and customer — which requires that you do ample…

🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations…

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Dan Knauss
Business
🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations in Post Status' Slack, Matt Mullenweg responded to a question involving acquisitions: "Automattic is also an active buyer and investor — happy to bring the entire team on if the best path is acquisition,…

🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing…

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Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing on long-term goals is so difficult: "Running a business often means dividing your focus... The irony is that long-term goals are what ensures that your design business will still be around years from now.…

The WP Buffs has made its…

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Dan Knauss
Business
The WP Buffs has made its first acquisition: WP EZI. 👏 Allie Nimmons explains how this came about and what's next: "...WP Buffs purchased WP EZI for 5-figures. This included 65 active subscriptions and 343 total customers... WP Buffs won’t…

Hitting 6 Figures in eCommerce Sales…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Hitting 6 Figures in eCommerce Sales in 9 Months In a Pandemic It can be done — it has been done — by Ana Nunez, founder of TheVidaBars.com. Come listen in as Cory talks to his business partner Ana about…

Built by WordPress — .com that is

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David Bisset
BusinessDesign
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…

Joe Buffs posted a year in…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Joe Buffs posted a year in review for WP Buffs covering "biggest screw-ups of the past year" as well as the "biggest successes." The company had total revenue of $1,031,928, up almost 300% from around $376,000 in 2018. It's great…

Anything involving the open-source business model…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Anything involving the open-source business model makes interesting reading — and this piece from Joe Morrison (Aazavea) about the end of Mapbox GL JS as open source didn't disappoint. ⚰️ Joe claims open core is dead: "I still believe open…

Upcoming Events There is a call…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Upcoming Events There is a call for speakers for WordFest Live 2021 which happens online on January 22, 2021. The deadline for speaker submissions is November 18 at midnight UTC. Selected speakers will be notified by December 2. 📅 On…

đź“… Conference and Event Updates Join…

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Dan Knauss
Business
📅 Conference and Event Updates Join Virtual CFO Jeff Meziere and his partner, Cory Miller, on October 13th as they talk about a framework to better forecast your business cashflow. This webinar is especially timely and relevant for agencies looking…

Cory Miller shares his sympathy for…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Cory Miller shares his sympathy for people "starting new projects or businesses," which he compares to "rolling a snowball uphill." It's hard work to maintain patience and focus in a "grind" or struggle state without seeing big results. ❄️ "We…

SkyVerge & GoDaddy

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Brian Krogsgard
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The team at SkyVerge is joining GoDaddy in a full company acquisition. All SkyVerge extensions and Jilt will go under the GoDaddy umbrella. In the announcement from SkyVerge, they gave a hint as to what is next: "While we’ll be…
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