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Over at WeGlot, they’ve put together…

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Brian Krogsgard
Over at WeGlot, they've put together a detailed summary of how they've scaled their support capacity with HelpScout to handle 500 customer emails a week and non-stop live chat. That means 70+ conversations a day and a commitment to never shut…

James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his…

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Brian Krogsgard
James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his cofounder at Ninja Forms) and Phil Derksen (founder of WP Simple Pay) on the Mastermind.fm podcast. If you want to learn more about business models and what it's like selling a business, add this episode…

WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.9.3 introduced a bug that causes a fatal error during automatic update attempts — effectively preventing future minor updates triggered by WordPress.org’s update system. The only way to fix it is to either manually upgrade or hosts to take…

Liquid Web has acquired iThemes

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Brian Krogsgard
Liquid Web has announced the acquisition of iThemes in an all cash deal that includes the entire iThemes team moving over to Liquid Web as an independent unit, and iThemes products will be included in various Liquid Web offerings.

Managing product renewals

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Brian Krogsgard
There was an interesting conversation over the last few days in the business channel on Post Status Slack, where members discussed the merits and potential pitfalls of various renewal strategies. Joe Guilmette kicked it off describing how auto renewals for…

  Pippin Williamson was interviewed on…

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Brian Krogsgard
  Pippin Williamson was interviewed on one of my favorite blogs -- Indie Hackers. He talked about how he created his business and has turned it into one generating nearly $200k in revenue per month. Also from Pippin's team, they…

The blend of crypto assets, blockchain, and the web

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Brian Krogsgard
This is a bit of an overlap post for me. Many readers may know that I have been active in the cryptocurrency space the past year. It's a bit of an open secret. In fact, I have dug in extremely…

As is his tradition at the…

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As is his tradition at the end of each year, Pippin Williamson wrote out his 2017 year in review. He covers his price changes, revenue, the closing of the EDD marketplace, and other significant milestones for his company. I wish…

The first WordPress conferences of 2018…

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Brian Krogsgard
The first WordPress conferences of 2018 will soon be upon us. Two to point out: LoopConf is happening from February 21 to 24 with a solid speaker lineup. It's back in the same venue at Salt Lake City, Utah. If you're…
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