WordPress News

Crowd Favorite to be acquired by VeloMedia

Brian Krogsgard

November 15, 2013

Crowd Favorite and VeloMedia have reached an agreement where VeloMedia will acquire Crowd Favorite, with the transaction to occur early next year. Crowd Favorite was founded by Alex King, one of the earliest regular contributors to WordPress. King's freelance web…

ZippyKid relaunches as Pressable, makes changes to business

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2013

BusinessHosting

ZippyKid is a managed WordPress host that's been around around three and a half years. They have grown their business consistently since their launch in May 2010, and today have a number of high profile blogs and corporate profiles as…

Basis, a business theme with an intuitive content builder

Brian Krogsgard

November 13, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The Theme Foundry has released their vision of a business WordPress theme, called Basis. Basis is yet another theme by The Theme Foundry that reiterates why I like having them as a partner. Basis has a content builder in it…

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

Brian Krogsgard

November 12, 2013

BusinessDraft

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting WooThemes HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout the week I had the opportunity to interact with WooThemes' co-founders Mark Forrester and Magnus Jepson, as well as the rest of the Cape…

Ten bootstrapping tips from Collis Ta’eed, CEO of Envato

Brian Krogsgard

November 7, 2013

Business

Collis Ta'eed recently did a Twitter "series", if you will, highlighting ten bootstrapping tips of his to celebrate the seven year anniversary for Envato. They haven't blogged the list anywhere that I can tell, and I don't want it to…

Half ski getaway, half mini conference for WordPress business owners

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

It's called Big Snow Tiny Conf, and it's happening at Sugarbush, VT in January. Spots are limited so act now if you want in!

Explicit browser support

Brian Krogsgard

October 29, 2013

BusinessDesign

Browser support is not a minor thing to consider when building web projects. Whether developing a website for a client or building a product, one of the most important things to clarify right away is what level of browser support…

WordPress websites and businesses acquisitions

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

Business

Oli Dale has done a pretty thorough roundup of the history of WordPress websites and businesses that have been purchased. I'm a little disappointed that so many people do not reveal the price of their transactions. I know there is…

Why did Automattic gobble up an iCloud alternative?

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

Business

You should remember from earlier this year that Automattic acquired Simperium, maker of Simplenote. Simplenote is a great app by the way. John Paul Titlow, of FastCompany, interviews Matt Mullenweg and writes about the technology behind Simperium and how their…

Interview the interviewer: Matt Medeiros of Matt Report

Brian Krogsgard

October 22, 2013

BusinessDraft

Matt Medeiros is a WordPress entrepreneur and podcaster from a town between Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. Matt is also a co-founder of Slocum Studios, a web consultancy. One of Matt's podcasts is the Matt Report, where he interviews…

Lessons learned trying to convert customers and monetize

Brian Krogsgard

October 17, 2013

Business

Groove is a support software that markets itself for SaaS and eCommerce services. It looks pretty nice, kind of like a Help Scout Plus, maybe. I read a post on their blog about 7 lessons they learned to reach $30,000…

How long does it take to master WordPress?

Brian Krogsgard

October 15, 2013

Business

Tom McFarlin received an email asking him how long it would take to master WordPress. Tom's answer is fantastic. I do have something in addition to what Tom said to keep in mind as you are on your journey (note…

Lessons learned from being first to the WordPress theme market

Brian Krogsgard

October 10, 2013

Business

Adii Pienaar has written a post that's an absolute must read for anyone looking to get into WordPress products. They've learned a lot of lessons at WooThemes, some of which would not be obvious at all without insight from someone…

WP Engine rebrands and restructures

Brian Krogsgard

October 8, 2013

BusinessHosting

Few brands in tech have skyrocketed in exposure like WP Engine in the past couple of years. WP Engine has experienced massive growth, and they are showing signs of acting very much like a grown up company. Rebranding WP Engine…

How to make your customers better at customer support

Brian Krogsgard

October 7, 2013

Business

Most end-users want to ask good questions, they just don't know how. Copy and paste this guide into your own support center to help your customers ask better support questions.

Take the WordPress economy survey

Brian Krogsgard

October 2, 2013

Business

The folks behind Pressnomics are asking business owners to fill out a survey to help them put together some statistics on the WordPress economy. It's an anonymous survey about your company and revenue. Make sure only one person from each…