The Best Time to Buy is Now
Brian Krogsgard
A low-price guarantee where you refund the difference for customers who purchased within 30 days of a promotion may actually increase sales.
Customer happiness reports
Brian Krogsgard
I've admired WooThemes' openness as long as I've been reading their blog. Last week, Adii Pienaar laid out exactly how WooTheme's transition to ZenDesk support has gone, including their number of tickets, response times, and more. As a WooThemes customer…
Creating the Legalities of a WordPress Business
Brian Krogsgard
In the process of setting up a legal entity for our upcoming business launch, I reached out to several people seeking advice on how best to create our business structure. I’m really grateful for the willingness of everyone to share…
Non-Breaking Business
Brian Krogsgard
This morning, I listened to the latest episode of the Non-Breaking Space podcast. Non-Breaking space is one of my favorites, and this episode they had on Gene Crawford and Carl Smith to talk about web businesses. It's not directly related…
WordPress, the enterprise, and security
Brian Krogsgard
Here's an excellent article from one of the top sources in the world on WordPress and web security. Tony chimes in on the challenges that lay ahead for WordPress as it ventures further into the world of the enterprise. His…
Memberful wants to help you sell stuff
Brian Krogsgard
Memberful is a project by Drew Strojny and the folks at The Theme Foundry. It's not on WordPress, but it will have easy integrations built in. The Theme Foundry has been using it for over a year to process payments.…
Understanding The Difference in WordPress.com, WordPress.org, Automattic, and Audrey Capital
Tom McFarlin
A concise breakdown of the various organizations involved with WordPress, how they are related, and how they are different, and their role in the WordPress economy.
Envato is reviewing their licensing
Brian Krogsgard
Collis Ta'eed has posted on WP Daily again, to say that Envato is doing a survey of their authors to gauge interest in a 100% GPL option for sellers. I can't imagine how Collis could've written this post in a…
If you build it, they will come. But you have to drag them.
Brian Krogsgard
If you're not following Dave Donaldson's blog this year, you're doing it wrong. His openness is so refreshing. Dave runs Max Foundry, and has been pouring out every detail of how running the plugin business has been a struggle. Today,…
How to lose money as a freelancer
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a nice post from WordPress community member James Dalman. He give you all the right tips on how to fail as a freelancer. He's right too, people are doing it every day. If you're struggling as a freelancer, or thinking…
YinPress and YangPress: learn to make themes and then to sell them
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a pair of sister sites I've never heard of, but they look to have some pretty useful content. They're for people that want to learn to make themes (on YinPress) and to sell them and market their business (on…
Restaurant Engine Year 1: Learning Lessons the Hard Way
Brian Krogsgard
Outstanding post by Brian Casel on his experience running Restaurant Engine this last year. This is a must read for anyone running (or thinking about running) a business with WordPress, especially SaaS ones. I absolutely love openness and honesty like…
