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The business of WordPress.

The theme directory disconnect

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Brian Krogsgard
In many ways, the WordPress theme directory is an invaluable resource -- for theme developers to have access to put their work out there in the wild for a huge audience, and for users to have a relatively safe way…

And let me leave you with…

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Brian Krogsgard
And let me leave you with one more weekend read: Business Insider goes in-depth on why Medium's business model isn't lining up with their funding model. And it might cost them the company. I hope they crawl out of it;…

LoopConf in review

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Brian Krogsgard
LoopConf 2, hosted in Salt Lake City, was a great WordPress developer-focused event. Post Status was there, taking pictures and video. Here's our review.

WordPress.com digital only ad campaign sign of things to come

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Brian Krogsgard
Automattic created a digital only advertisement geared toward the Super Bowl. When it was discovered, some folks thought it may air nationally, either during or around the game. I confirmed with Mark Armstrong of Automattic that it's actually a digital…

Customization opportunities

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Brian Krogsgard
Mel Choyce laid out a slew of customization opportunities for the next several months. Customization is one of three core focus areas, along with the editor and the REST API. She defines the goal for the customizer work as this:…

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

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Sami Keijonen
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Stripe Atlas is a program for…

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Brian Krogsgard
Stripe Atlas is a program for easily creating a business. It came out a while ago, and I know at least a couple Post Status members have used this already. It can be especially helpful if you're trying to create…

Easy Digital Downloads has raised prices,…

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Brian Krogsgard
Easy Digital Downloads has raised prices, pretty much across the board, for extensions. For most extensions, they've increased prices between 30% and 50%, though a few were more than that. It'll be really interesting to see how the changes affect…

Seriously Simple Podcasting sold

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Brian Krogsgard
Hugh Lashbrooke has sold Seriously Simple Podcasting to Craig Hewitt of Podcast Motor. This is not because I no longer believe in the product or the mission to democratise podcasting – far from it – I am in fact selling…

The ROI of WordCamp sponsorship

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Brian Krogsgard
Tony Perez guest posted on WP Tavern about the ROI of WordCamp sponsorships. He provides great insight into the thinking behind sponsoring events, which is highly valuable for WordCamp organizers, business owners, and the broader WordPress community as well. Even as event…

I enjoyed this post from Justin Sainton on…

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Brian Krogsgard
I enjoyed this post from Justin Sainton on the self-asked question of, "What advice would you give your younger self?" He says: margins. Creating margins – and avoiding having no margins, or negative margins – is the key to improving your business…

Publish presentation announcements

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Brian Krogsgard
I'm really excited to finally announce the Post Status Publish presenters. There are twelve awesome folks (plus me) ready to share their knowledge with you. I have already said that I wanted to make Publish feel like the hallway track,…

Why grow a service agency?

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Brian Krogsgard
Shane Pearlman is a partner and the CEO of Modern Tribe. In his ManageWP AMA, Ahmad Awais asked him a great question, and I really enjoyed his answer. Ahmad has observed that it's difficult to advance in the WordPress economy…
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