Business

Lessons learned trying to convert customers and monetize

Brian Krogsgard

October 17, 2013

Groove is a support software that markets itself for SaaS and eCommerce services. It looks pretty nice, kind of like a Help Scout Plus, maybe. I read a post on their blog about 7 lessons they learned to reach $30,000…

How long does it take to master WordPress?

Brian Krogsgard

October 15, 2013

Business

Tom McFarlin received an email asking him how long it would take to master WordPress. Tom's answer is fantastic. I do have something in addition to what Tom said to keep in mind as you are on your journey (note…

Lessons learned from being first to the WordPress theme market

Brian Krogsgard

October 10, 2013

Business

Adii Pienaar has written a post that's an absolute must read for anyone looking to get into WordPress products. They've learned a lot of lessons at WooThemes, some of which would not be obvious at all without insight from someone…

WP Engine rebrands and restructures

Brian Krogsgard

October 8, 2013

BusinessHosting

Few brands in tech have skyrocketed in exposure like WP Engine in the past couple of years. WP Engine has experienced massive growth, and they are showing signs of acting very much like a grown up company. Rebranding WP Engine…

How to make your customers better at customer support

Brian Krogsgard

October 7, 2013

Business

Most end-users want to ask good questions, they just don't know how. Copy and paste this guide into your own support center to help your customers ask better support questions.

Take the WordPress economy survey

Brian Krogsgard

October 2, 2013

Business

The folks behind Pressnomics are asking business owners to fill out a survey to help them put together some statistics on the WordPress economy. It's an anonymous survey about your company and revenue. Make sure only one person from each…

Top ten search terms for themes on the MOJO Marketplace

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2013

Business

Here's a quick but interesting little post. MOJO Themes has shared their top ten searched terms for themes on their website. Does it shock you as much as it shocks me that 'Real Estate' is number one? The others are a…

Bring any slides to WordPress with seoslides

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2013

Business

A new WordPress plugin called seoslides aims to bring slides straight to your WordPress website. Alorum worked with 10up to build seoslides. You can build presentations right in the WordPress admin using a fancy HTML 5 canvas interface, and you…

Behind churchthemes.com

Brian Krogsgard

September 26, 2013

BusinessHosting

I've written a non-traditional "launch post" for churchthemes.com, telling the story of how this theme shop came together in the last year. Included are thoughts and experiences relating to business, development philosophy, pricing models, web hosting and marketing.

Automattic has acquired Cloudup

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2013

Business

Matt Mullenweg recently teased a large acquisition for Automattic, and today they've announced the acquisition of the Cloudup service. Cloudup is a file sharing service that's still in beta. However, it looks like a promising project with a lot of…

Why the WP App Store failed

Brian Krogsgard

September 24, 2013

Business

Brad Touesnard shares the story of his WP App Store project, with a sobering but super insightful account of why it failed. This is a great read for anyone that's got "a great idea" and is ready to pounce on…

Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

BusinessSecurity

Automattic is acquiring a security firm that has yet to be named or officially announced. The acquisition is said to be Automattic's largest yet. Matt Mullenweg spoke to TechWeekEurope about security within WordPress and a bit about this acquisition. Well,…

Customers don’t care about ideas

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

Business

Brian Casel has written a great post debunking a never-ending myth that ideas by themselves are valuable. Brian tells us how to differentiate ourselves with how we solve problems and how we serve our clients. I also love his note…

Niche themes: How to research, create, sell

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2013

Business

Can you make the best WordPress theme in the world? You can if you target a niche. Here's how to find and target niches for your next theme, and a list of 230 niches included to kickstart your research.

The Year Without Pants

Brian Krogsgard

September 16, 2013

BusinessWordPress Community

Scott Berkun's The Year Without Pants is a first person narrative of his time employed at Automattic from August 2010 to May 2012. Berkun entered Automattic as employee number fifty six when the company was replacing its totally flat structure…