The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried
Joshua Strebel
Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.
WooCommerce ending renewal discounts is a good thing
Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce has — at least for now — decided to end renewal discounts for extension sales. This is a smart business move and the right thing to do, even if it could've been rolled out better. Matt Mullenweg said in…
Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy…
Brian Krogsgard
Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy Marketing Genesis theme business has been sold to 9Seeds.
Much more interesting than a regular…
Brian Krogsgard
Much more interesting than a regular Jetpack upgrade is how (as I predicted) Jetpack is bringing "professional themes" to the plugin, effectively making it a full-on marketplace. I am very, very interested in how that's going to work, specifically in…
Success in business is not just…
Brian Krogsgard
Success in business is not just what you know but who you know. "Great programming doesn’t equal great sales," according to Chris Lema. He suggests ten practices he has found helpful to leverage the power of networking. Some of my…
Rainmaker goes service only, sells partial stake to Nimble Worldwide
Brian Krogsgard
Rainmaker launched in April of 2014, and now it's moving from a SaaS product model to a service-only model, which includes a partial buyout to a new stakeholder -- Nimble Worldwide. I was excited about the launch of the hosted…
Publish tickets, initial speakers, sponsors
Brian Krogsgard
I'm super excited to finally be able to say that tickets for Publish 2017 are available. The event, as many of you already know, is in Atlanta, on August 3rd and 4th. That's a Thursday and Friday. Go straight to…
Business in a Box is a…
Brian Krogsgard
Business in a Box is a new small business eCommerce toolset from Paypal, and they have partnered with WooCommerce and Xero to provide a bundle to those looking to setup eCommerce sites. Michael Steele goes into more detail about it,…
First web interaction for small businesses
Brian Krogsgard
The great battle for the small business side of the web is for a customer's first web interaction. Want to create a website? Where do you go? That's the battle that every player wants to win: Automattic, GoDaddy, EIG, Envato.…
Breaking into and building community, with WordPress and beyond — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Brian is joined by Matt Medeiros, a veteran of building communities in the WordPress Space. They talk about the challenges and rewards of diving into a new community.
Recurring revenue versus lifetime value
Brian Krogsgard
I enjoyed a conversation in Slack recently where plugin authors were discussing the difference between recurring revenue and lifetime value. I think it's worth restating for the newsletter, as it's a common question. In recent years, there have been several…
Crate wants to help you escape license key hell
Brian Krogsgard
Crate turns your WordPress site into a plugin repository to improve release management between environments and automate Composer support for commercial plugins. That's the promise of Brady Vercher's idea that he's calling Crate. This is something that I would really,…
The importance of tech in government, from Obama’s chief of staff
Brian Krogsgard
Denis McDonough -- President Obama's chief of staff -- spoke to Ezra Klein about how to run the White House. In it, he described a process where President Obama would meet with cabinet secretaries on a quarterly basis, and the…
What you should know about the Sucuri acquisition deal by GoDaddy
Brian Krogsgard
In fewer than six years, Sucuri went from a team trying to decide when the founders should go full time, to a team of more than one hundred people, and an acquisition deal in their hands from one of the…
WordPress.com is testing custom plugins and themes for Business plans
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic is testing the ability for Business plan customers to upload custom plugins and themes on WordPress.com. The test has only been open a few days, and they are enabling the feature for around 10 sites per day, so it's…
Meet me for Publish, in Atlanta, in early August 🔥
Brian Krogsgard
I've paid the deposit for our venue for Publish in Atlanta, August 3rd and 4th. If you liked the first first Publish, I think you'll love this one. It's standalone, in a great venue, in an accessible city, and I'm…
