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Tips for a better eCommerce website

Brian Krogsgard

April 21, 2014

I've seen it many times. A business owner goes to a consultant, and they want an eCommerce offering for their products. They may even have some functionality in mind that they'll need. But have they considered the things that will…

Lessons learned from the Obox affiliate program

Brian Krogsgard

April 21, 2014

Business

Obox has run their affiliate program since 2009, but made it invite-only last week. It was not an easy decision for them, since there were some months that their affiliates accounted for more than 30% of all revenue. That said, after investigating…

Press75, one of the oldest WordPress theme shops, is for sale

Brian Krogsgard

April 15, 2014

BusinessWordPress Community

Started in 2008, Press75 is one of the oldest WordPress theme shops. Jason Schuller has run the site for years, and according to the listing, it was once a half a million dollar per year business. Now it's for sale. Jason…

Keys to building a successful remote workforce

Brian Krogsgard

April 14, 2014

BusinessSecurity

Stack Overflow co-founder Jeff Atwood writes why companies are not hiring the best and the brightest employees. While the title says the article is about hiring, it's really about working. His points boil down to a promotion for distributed workforces.…

Devin Price is the new owner of DevPress

Brian Krogsgard

April 11, 2014

Business

Devin Price is a developer from Austin, Texas and owner of WP Theming, an excellent WordPress blog. He also hosts his plugins and themes on WP Theming. Devin is the author of the popular Options Framework plugin, the Portfolio Post…

DevPress sold for $14,000 on Flippa

Brian Krogsgard

April 6, 2014

BusinessDesign

Update: Devin Price is the new owner. DevPress has a storied four year history, and today it's been sold on Flippa for a mere $14,000. What started as a partnership between four well known WordPress community members was eventually reduced…

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…

Tips for clients hiring a web consultant

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2014

Business

Chris Lema has dropped some excellent tips for clients looking to hire a web developer / consultant. My favorite part was his description of why clients should know their budget: Sure, low prices exist, but in parts of town that…

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

Brian Krogsgard

March 20, 2014

BusinessDesign

AutoDesk is an enormous company. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq, they have a market cap just under $12 Billion. You may have heard of AutoCAD, the thirty year old drafting software that's an absolute titan in a broad range of…

WordPress.com has opened applications for commercial themes

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2014

BusinessDesign

Automattic has added a new page on WordPress.com inviting theme makers to submit their theme shops to the platform. Historically, Automattic has invited particular theme makers to be a part of the WordPress.com commercial theme program. I have heard from some…

The evolution of 10up

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2014

BusinessDesign

The ecosystem of businesses that have been built around WordPress is huge, but shallow. Few companies are both large (relatively speaking) and central to a broad WordPress community. With 60+ employees, some of which are very well-known WordPress developers, 10up…

Everything I know about the news business

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

I thoroughly enjoyed a recent Medium post by Sean Blanda, where he discusses the news business. I have a lot of interest in publishing and news, something WordPress is core to. Sean highlights a number of challenges for the news…

Quick tip: Freelance toolkit by Modern Tribe

Brian Krogsgard

March 13, 2014

Business

I found the Freelance Toolkit landing page on Modern Tribe's website today thanks to a Tweet from Tom Willmot: https://twitter.com/tomwillmot/status/444143641569660928 It's apparently been around for a while, but this was the first time I've seen it. The toolkit is a…

PushUp offers push notification integration for WordPress and Mac OS X

Brian Krogsgard

March 7, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

PushUp is a new product from 10up that offers push notification integration between WordPress and Mac OS X Mavericks. Currently, only Safari is supported and users must opt-in by viewing a website in Safari, where they are greeted by a…

Getty Images are now “free” to embed, but they are awful

Brian Krogsgard

March 6, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

I read an article on The Verge this evening about how Getty Images have made their images freely embeddable. The photo above of Matt Mullenweg is an example. Getty Images is dropping the watermark for the bulk of its collection,…

Tips for a better eCommerce website

Lessons learned from the Obox affiliate program

Press75, one of the oldest WordPress theme shops, is for sale

Keys to building a successful remote workforce

Devin Price is the new owner of DevPress

DevPress sold for $14,000 on Flippa

How to market your first WordPress product

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Tips for clients hiring a web consultant

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

WordPress.com has opened applications for commercial themes

The evolution of 10up

Everything I know about the news business

Quick tip: Freelance toolkit by Modern Tribe

PushUp offers push notification integration for WordPress and Mac OS X

Getty Images are now “free” to embed, but they are awful

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