WordPress is the perfect product for business. It is a great framework for both small and large websites, and thousands of experts are doing full-time WordPress work whether it’s in development, design, SEO, marketing -anything related to the ecosystem. That’s a niche for small businesses and freelancers to grow and share experience over WordCamps.
Corey Maass and Cory Miller continue laying the groundwork for the launch of their new plugin Crop.Express. They strategize ways to attract customers and agencies and gain full adoption as they integrate changes from user feedback.
Bob Dunn breaks down the main types of partnerships he sees working (in different contexts) in the Woo/WP space: Affiliates and income-generating partnerships The Real Business Partnership The Sponsorship Partnership The Soft Partnership Read/listen to the whole thing for good insights and advice on these options to gain value from relationships with others.
Outstanding post by Brian Casel on his experience running Restaurant Engine this last year. This is a must read for anyone running (or thinking about running) a business with WordPress, especially SaaS ones. I absolutely love openness and honesty like Brian showcases here.
Job searching: You have to do it yourself, but you don’t have to do it by yourself.
Cory Miller asks, “What can we do to better support our plugin developers and product owners?” Katie Keith offers some clues with the story of her WordPress/WooCommerce agency and product shop, Barn2 Plugins. Dan Knauss and Nyasha Green talk about microaggressions, the Active Install Growth Data story, and US federal legislation aimed at Open Source Security. In an increasingly “demon-haunted world,” how can we know who is doing what with the hardware and software tools we use? Ben Gabler, CEO and Founder of Rocket.net, is in our Member Spotlight.
Get a sneak peek at WordPress 6.1 with Nick Diego. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 2 — and the Plugin Dependencies feature plugin. Be sure to browse the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates. WP-CLI 2.7.1 is available now.
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I think that discussions about business absolutely have their place at WordCamps. We had our first business session at this year’s WordCamp Jerusalem, and the audience was very appreciative!
Here’s my write up on this topic:
http://wpgarage.com/news-views/should-wordcamps-have-business-sessions/