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Lift has acquired ChurchThemes and intend to enter the hosted church website market

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2014

ChurchThemes was started by Frankie Jarrett in 2011. Frankie is now the Head of WordPress Product at X-Team, makers of Stream -- a product I reviewed a few months ago. Frankie also talked about Stream and ChurchThemes on the Matt Report recently.…

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…

Week in review: VIP learning, Javascript pervasiveness, and changing lives with WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 7, 2014

HostingPlanet

Welcome to the second "Week in Review" on Post Status, where I hope to offer up some of the things you may have missed in the last week or so. WP Sessions VIP My friend Brian Richards is going full-force…

WP eCommerce: What’s old is new again.

Brian Krogsgard

June 10, 2014

BusinessDraft

WP eCommerce is one of the oldest WordPress plugins you'll find. That it's an eCommerce plugin -- built on WordPress, well before such a thing seemed sensible -- is even more of a testament to just how impressive this plugin…

Are WordPress themes a commodity?

Brian Krogsgard

May 28, 2014

WordPress News

Chris Wallace of UpThemes touches on niches and marketing in response to David Perel's recent article on the state of the WordPress theme industry. If you want to be successful in the WordPress theme industry, you need to have a…

The state of the WordPress theme industry

David Perel

May 27, 2014

BusinessDesign

Editor's Note: This story is republished from Medium, with author David Perel's permission. David has a unique take on the industry and has some very poignant thoughts that I wanted to share with this audience. The times, they are changing.…

The ROI of blogging

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2014

DesignHosting

Ever wondered if your blogging efforts are worth it? Well, you can do like Groove did and calculate it yourself. Blogging may be more expensive than you think. Here's their setup: Aside from my own time spent on the blog…

Why unlimited or lifetime product plans are sometimes good

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2014

Business

Syed Balkhi talks about product life cycles, churn, and marketing in his post about the psychology of unlimited or lifetime product pricing. At one point or another, you’ve probably wondered should I implement unlimited in my business? Is unlimited really…

BackupBuddy Gold and unlimited updates

Travis Northcutt

April 30, 2014

Business

This week, the iThemes launched "BackupBuddy Gold" - a new pricing tier for their BackupBuddy plugin. They already had a $150 tier, which included a license to use the plugin on unlimited sites, as well as support and updates for one year.…

From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business

Brian Krogsgard

April 22, 2014

BusinessDesign

Mike McAlister has been an active member of the commercial WordPress theme space since 2009. He started by selling themes on ThemeForest. He transitioned to the Okay Themes brand in December of 2011. And at the end of March of this year, Mike…

AffiliateWP launches with aim to make affiliate marketing with WordPress easy

Brian Krogsgard

April 9, 2014

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

Pippin Williamson and Andrew Munro have just launched Version 1.0 of AffiliateWP, an affiliate marketing plugin for WordPress with simplicity and ease of use in mind. Pippin is well known in the WordPress community for his work as a plugin…

How to market your first WordPress product

Brian Krogsgard

March 27, 2014

Business

Oli Dale has put together a nice post outlining methods he's found to be effective for marketing his WordPress themes and plugins. I wrote tips for marketing WordPress products last year, but my list was more focused on what I…

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2014

BusinessDraft

Pantheon is a website development, deployment, and hosting platform. But they aren't just any host. They like to think of their product as a hosting killer, because in their mind, they do much more than just hosting. I heard about…

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

BusinessDesign

I had the pleasure to interview Drew Strojny, founder of The Theme Foundry, about their work at The Theme Foundry, their philosophies about themes, and their latest theme release, Oxford. [audio src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/PostStatus/DraftPodcast/Post-Status-Draft-3-Drew-Strojny-ThemeFoundry.mp3"] Direct Download Drew is a former Duke football…

Aesop, a Medium-esque “story engine” for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2014

BusinessDesign

Aesop is a self-described "story engine" for WordPress. The plugin boasts "components designed for rich storytelling experiences." Basically, it creates an admin interface that allows a site owner to create interactive stories, similar to those popularized by projects like Medium…

Client resource: beginner’s guide to SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2014

WordPress News

If you're like me, you've been frustrated before when a client asks you if you are "SEO proficient". SEO is one of those terms that's so mainstream, many prospective clients ask about it without knowing too much about what they…

Lift has acquired ChurchThemes and intend to enter the hosted church website market

Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin are joining forces

Week in review: VIP learning, Javascript pervasiveness, and changing lives with WordPress

WP eCommerce: What’s old is new again.

Are WordPress themes a commodity?

The state of the WordPress theme industry

The ROI of blogging

Why unlimited or lifetime product plans are sometimes good

BackupBuddy Gold and unlimited updates

From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business

AffiliateWP launches with aim to make affiliate marketing with WordPress easy

How to market your first WordPress product

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

Aesop, a Medium-esque “story engine” for WordPress

Client resource: beginner’s guide to SEO

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