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Managing product renewals

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

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…

Liquid Web announced the launch of…

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

Hosting

Liquid Web announced the launch of its managed WooCommerce hosting, which has been in the works for some time. It will be interesting to see how other hosting companies respond. The hosted solution space — especially for eCommerce — is just…

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1)…

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

Design

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1) is out with another healthy list of improvements and additions. As Matias Ventura reports, the update iterates further on aspects of the design and writing flow with enhancements like lighter up/down movers. It also…

WordPress Market Opportunities — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

January 26, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss market segmentation across the WordPress ecosystem.

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on…

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2018

Business

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…

As is his tradition at the…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Business

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…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Business

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…

Awesome Motive has sold Soliloquy and Envira Gallery in a multi-million dollar sale

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Business

Awesome Motive -- the company behind OptinMonster and WPForms -- has sold two of their products in a multi-million dollar deal. Soliloquy and Envira Gallery were first products by Thomas Griffin, who partnered with Syed Balkhi and is now the…

Hosted versus self-hosted eCommerce — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

January 19, 2018

DraftHosting

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss self-hosted vs managed ecommerce and whether or not conferences have outlived their usefulness.

Two Brians are better than one — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

January 16, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian Krogsgard chats with Brian Richards, creator of WPSessions and new co-host of the Draft podcast.

Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on…

Brian Krogsgard

December 23, 2017

Business

Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on his website to provide free and open access to his tutorials. The product side of his business has grown enough that he can't consistently produce new tutorials and provide code reviews, so he's opening up…

Here are some other recent links…

Brian Krogsgard

December 23, 2017

Business

Here are some other recent links to share regarding Gutenberg: If you haven't seen Morten Rand-Hendriksen talk at WordCamp US, I would highly recommend it. He also has two articles on LinkedIn: one high level post on what we need…

Still on the subject of Gutenberg,…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Business

Still on the subject of Gutenberg, Tony Perez shares his thoughts after watching Matt's State of the Word where Matt talks about the ways Gutenberg may affect the WordPress business ecosystem. For those most likely to see their niche market disrupted…

Modern Tribe appears to be getting…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Business

Modern Tribe appears to be getting into the "Calendar as a Service" business as it previews Lumin. Lumin is an "online calendar for users of WordPress and non-WordPress-based sites." In order to maintain its current WordPress calendar plugin and the…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2017

Brian Krogsgard

December 2, 2017

PlanetSecurity

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2017 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.