Awesome Motive

Syed Balkhi on Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 6, 2020

In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive's acquisition of All In One SEO, the long-running SEO plugin by Michael Torbert, which boasts more than 2 million active installs.

RafflePress is an upcoming product from…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

RafflePress is an upcoming product from Awesome Motive (makers of OptinMonster) that promises to provide a method "to easily create giveaways, contests and rewards" in WordPress. 🎫

SeedProd, owned and operated by John…

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

SeedProd, owned and operated by John Turner, has joined Awesome Motive. John initially applied for the WP Beginner accelerator fund, but CEO Syed Balkhi worked out an acquisition deal instead: After several conversations, we decided that a full acquisition makes…

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…

Brian Krogsgard

May 11, 2018

Business

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have acquired Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress, which according to Syed is the second most popular analytics plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Its new name is ExactMetrics. The move fits within the goals of Awesome…

Awesome Motive has sold Soliloquy and Envira Gallery in a multi-million dollar sale

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Business

Awesome Motive -- the company behind OptinMonster and WPForms -- has sold two of their products in a multi-million dollar deal. Soliloquy and Envira Gallery were first products by Thomas Griffin, who partnered with Syed Balkhi and is now the…

The WordPress product market is completely different now

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2017

BusinessPlanet

Building a WordPress-based product business is a much different process than it used to be. People have to do something different and better than what has come before.

The Awesome Motive team (the same…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2016

The Awesome Motive team (the same people behind Envira Gallery, OptinMonster, and other plugins) created SupportAlly – a page meant to give tech support teams better ways to confirm a client’s web environment (browser, etc) and thereby able to provide better support.…

WPForms enters the market, targeting beginners

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2016

WPForms is the latest project under the Awesome Motive umbrella. Syed Balkhi is partnered up with Jared Atchison, and Thomas Griffin is serving in an advisory role. Syed posted the backstory on his blog about where WPForms came from. It's…

Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin are joining forces

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2014

BusinessPlanet

Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin first partnered together when they created Floating Social Bar, a free WordPress social sharing plugin. They decided to collaborate after meeting and getting along at WordCamp Raleigh. From there, their relationship blossomed, and they decided…