WordPress Core Contributor Stats: 19.9% Sponsored for 6.0 Release
Dan Knauss
The percentage of sponsored contributors has steadily increased to almost 20% now.
Management Code: Management Skills for Female Creative Agency Owners
Dan Knauss
Natasha Golinsky has launched a Facebook group for women who own creative agencies: Management Code: Management Skills for Female Creative Agency Owners. https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1574916297179144192
The Unofficial Directory of WordPress WBEs
Dan Knauss
Last week, Steve Burge asked on Twitter, "how many female-run WordPress companies are there?" A big list emerged in the replies: https://twitter.com/SteveJBurge/status/1569754167241228288?s=20&t=l-zqN1WSUMzOeZ_H-NYNYg
WP Biz Dev Job Board
Dan Knauss
Lawrence Ladomery has launched WP Biz Dev, "the first job board dedicated exclusively to Marketing and Sales roles for WordPress businesses." MORE →
Patchstack Partners with Hostinger
Dan Knauss
Patchstack brings fast virtual patches and safe updates to any plugin or theme vulnerabilities potentially affecting Hostinger's customers.
First of the Independents
Dan Knauss
Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions isn't the only big business story in WordPress. Partnerships are increasing too. Founders investing in founders. Product companies and agencies expanding their own ecosystems. Informal partnerships to protect common interests. There are a lot of ways to grow on your own terms in WordPress.
Business Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022
Dan Knauss
Vito Peleg, Atarim‘s cofounder and CEO, explains how he “cracked” the partnership problem to find alignment with other companies that can help them all accelerate their growth. Alex Denning on the launch of Ellipsis' Weather Report: “We’ve never had this insight before, and it is exciting and terrifying to bring this kind of ‘live' view of the industry, to the industry.” The acquisition trend is still up, on average. Meet Post Status business member Penske Media Corporation — PMC.
The Ellipsis Weather Report is Live
Dan Knauss
Every week, Ellipsis' Weather Report will show how much WordPress and WooCommerce search and advertiser activity has increased or dropped relative to the previous week. By watching these two trendlines, you can gauge whether your own search and sales trends are performing in line with the industry at large.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency
Dan Knauss
WordCamp US, accessibility, disability, Ny's "blood feud" with Uber, and salary transparency are the topics Dan Knauss and Nyasha Green take on this week for The Excerpt.
Why do designers quit their jobs?
Dan Knauss
Matej Latin did a survey of designers who quit their jobs and discovered: No career progression opportunities and unhappiness with the work they do were about equal, at about 20% each.Problems with company culture came next.A lack of UX maturity…
Is there a self-employment gap in WordPress event attendance?
Dan Knauss
Drawing on a gender gap at WCUS noticed by Women in WP, Rob Howard thinks there might be a "self-employment penalty" on conference attendance that disproportionately affects women. There's a lot of speculation in this article, but it's a subject…
Fake Discount Pricing
Dan Knauss
Rob Howard took a look at the prevalence of fictitious "discount" pricing on WordPress plugins in light of US federal and some state laws that may regard this as a deceptive trade practice. Rob will have more to say about…
1,122% 3-Year Growth
Dan Knauss
Multidots was ranked #560 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List this year. Noted at the end of the listing is a massive figure — they posted 1,122% growth over three years as a WordPress VIP Gold partner. They've also…
Atarim and Rocket.net Partnership
Dan Knauss
Vito Peleg, Atarim's cofounder and CEO, explains how he "cracked" the partnership problem to find alignment with other companies that can help them all accelerate their growth. Vito explains what Atarim's latest partnership with Rocket.net brings to both companies and their customers — and he anticipates more deals like this in the year ahead.
A Beautiful Life is All About Maintenance
Dan Knauss
RescueTime, which I've used since they started up, often has pretty good articles on time management and such. This is one. Most good habits are about maintenance. https://blog.rescuetime.com/a-beautiful-life-is-all-about-maintenance/
WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?
Dan Knauss
How to make a user experience that doesn't suck has always remained a kind of trade secret among those who make it their trade. That's understandable, but it's Drupal behavior in a WordPress world.
