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Top ten search terms for themes on the MOJO Marketplace

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2013

Here's a quick but interesting little post. MOJO Themes has shared their top ten searched terms for themes on their website. Does it shock you as much as it shocks me that 'Real Estate' is number one? The others are a…

Bring any slides to WordPress with seoslides

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2013

Business

A new WordPress plugin called seoslides aims to bring slides straight to your WordPress website. Alorum worked with 10up to build seoslides. You can build presentations right in the WordPress admin using a fancy HTML 5 canvas interface, and you…

Behind churchthemes.com

Brian Krogsgard

September 26, 2013

BusinessHosting

I've written a non-traditional "launch post" for churchthemes.com, telling the story of how this theme shop came together in the last year. Included are thoughts and experiences relating to business, development philosophy, pricing models, web hosting and marketing.

Automattic has acquired Cloudup

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2013

Business

Matt Mullenweg recently teased a large acquisition for Automattic, and today they've announced the acquisition of the Cloudup service. Cloudup is a file sharing service that's still in beta. However, it looks like a promising project with a lot of…

Why the WP App Store failed

Brian Krogsgard

September 24, 2013

Business

Brad Touesnard shares the story of his WP App Store project, with a sobering but super insightful account of why it failed. This is a great read for anyone that's got "a great idea" and is ready to pounce on…

Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

BusinessSecurity

Automattic is acquiring a security firm that has yet to be named or officially announced. The acquisition is said to be Automattic's largest yet. Matt Mullenweg spoke to TechWeekEurope about security within WordPress and a bit about this acquisition. Well,…

Customers don’t care about ideas

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

Business

Brian Casel has written a great post debunking a never-ending myth that ideas by themselves are valuable. Brian tells us how to differentiate ourselves with how we solve problems and how we serve our clients. I also love his note…

Niche themes: How to research, create, sell

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2013

Business

Can you make the best WordPress theme in the world? You can if you target a niche. Here's how to find and target niches for your next theme, and a list of 230 niches included to kickstart your research.

The Year Without Pants

Brian Krogsgard

September 16, 2013

BusinessWordPress Community

Scott Berkun's The Year Without Pants is a first person narrative of his time employed at Automattic from August 2010 to May 2012. Berkun entered Automattic as employee number fifty six when the company was replacing its totally flat structure…

5 tips you can learn from a car salesman

Brian Krogsgard

September 6, 2013

Business

Matt Medeiros shares some common sense sales wisdom for making the experience for potential and existing customers better.

WP Curve provides development support for a monthly fee

Brian Krogsgard

September 4, 2013

Business

WP Curve reminds me of Elto (formerly Tweaky), except it's based on monthly fees versus one-off pricing. Dan Norris and Alex McClafferty started WP Curve recently, and Dan notes in this great interview with Brian Casel that WP Curve is…

How to run a viable freelance business

Brian Krogsgard

August 27, 2013

Business

Curtis McHale has released his latest book: Don't be an idiot: Learn to run a viable business. Curtis has experience as a WordPress consultant and freelancer. His previous book released from WP Theme Tutorial on how to become a WordPress…

8Bit is shutting down

Brian Krogsgard

August 21, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

8Bit, the maker of the Standard Theme, is shutting down. The four founders of 8Bit are all significantly involved in various parts of the large WordPress ecosystem. You can follow John, Tom, Jared, and Chris going forward. The Standard Theme…

Tips for marketing WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

August 21, 2013

Business

I see a lot of WordPress products and product websites as a consultant. I also get "pitched" a pretty decent amount, requesting me to check out someone's new product to blog about here. Because of this experience seeing and judging…

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

August 19, 2013

BusinessDesign

Philip Arthur Moore is the Premium Theme team lead at Automattic. I'm thrilled to have been able to ask Philip some questions about WordPress.com premium themes, their processes, and working at Automattic. His answers are thorough and very insightful, and…

The freelancer’s guide to long term contracts

Curtis McHale

August 14, 2013

Business

This is a great ebook for anyone looking to get in to long term contracts with clients. Eric walks you through the benefits and pitfalls of the practice. He is a seriously smart dude.