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First of the Independents

Dan Knauss

September 23, 2022

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

September 23, 2022

BusinessThe Week in Review

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

September 23, 2022

BusinessPlanet

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

September 22, 2022

BusinessDesign

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

September 22, 2022

BusinessCareers

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

September 22, 2022

BusinessCareers

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

September 22, 2022

BusinessNotes

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

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

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

September 20, 2022

BusinessDesign

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

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

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

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

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.

The Cure for Burnout Is Not Self-Care

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessCareers

This is a good interview with burnout expert and author Amelia Nagoski on "quiet quitting." She concludes: Quiet quitting is a step toward rational and fair labor practices, but not everyone will have that choice. This is why we say…

Lessons in Maintenance

Dan Knauss

September 19, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

What's the best approach to maintenance — in software, sailing, or anything else? Hope for the best? Stewart Brand takes a famous solo, non-stop, round-the-world sailing race as a parable about maintenance styles that will win, go beyond winning, or drive you mad.

Agency Business Brief for the Week of September 12

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2022

BusinessPlanet

WordPress Founders Invest in Atarim • Gridpane and Automattic Team Up to Serve Agencies • Salary Transparency — Why Not? • Learning Together in Post Status Slack: Adobe's Figma Acquisition and PayPal vs. Stripe

DEI = Salary Transparency

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2022

BusinessCareers

https://twitter.com/dimensionmedia/status/1568670894939344897 @Stratacomm again: Biggest applause line of @camikaos DEIB talk: “In order to have equity, we have to have salary transparency.” #WCUS @Piccia digs deep into that very subject this week at Post Status.

Salary Transparency: Why Not?

Piccia Neri

September 16, 2022

BusinessCareers

On the Post Status job board, like many others, most of the WordPress employers who use it don’t include salary ranges on their job listings. Should they? Piccia Neri asked them all why they do or don't practice salary transparency. She also put the question to agencies, freelancers, the WordPress community, developers, and designers on Twitter. Find out what Piccia learned and why she thinks salary transparency should be a universal practice where it hasn't yet become a legal obligation.