The business of WordPress.
In an interview, gdgt co-founder Ryan Block hints that his team was hired at AOL for “technology”, not content. As more media orgs like AOL continue to choose in-house platforms, what can WordPress developers do to help keep WP relevant in the enterprise?
Matt Medeiros has been doing a number of good video interviews on his site, Matt Report. His latest is with Jose Cabeller, and they discuss how to grow your web consulting business. They key seems to be focusing on your value as a consultant, versus just as a programmer or designer. Sound familiar?
Jonathan Dingman poses interesting questions on his WP Force blog. Why do WordPress theme companies struggle with so much fraud compared to other industries? And I’d rephrase his second question just a bit – as I think it’s obviously a trend that theme shops are closing affiliate programs. I’d ask just how big is this…
Drew Strojny, of Theme Foundry, describes how people should not be afraid to try selling themes on their own, and be willing to forgo the marketplace. He also mentions Memberful as an easy way to ease the technical burdens of selling on your own.
A low-price guarantee where you refund the difference for customers who purchased within 30 days of a promotion may actually increase sales.
I’ve admired WooThemes’ openness as long as I’ve been reading their blog. Last week, Adii Pienaar laid out exactly how WooTheme’s transition to ZenDesk support has gone, including their number of tickets, response times, and more. As a WooThemes customer (mostly WooCommerce products), I love seeing stuff like this. It makes a company feal so…
In the process of setting up a legal entity for our upcoming business launch, I reached out to several people seeking advice on how best to create our business structure. I’m really grateful for the willingness of everyone to share their knowledge and experience. This will be the first in a series of posts. Here’s…
This morning, I listened to the latest episode of the Non-Breaking Space podcast. Non-Breaking space is one of my favorites, and this episode they had on Gene Crawford and Carl Smith to talk about web businesses. It’s not directly related to WordPress, but if you freelance or run a small web business of any sort,…
Here’s an excellent article from one of the top sources in the world on WordPress and web security. Tony chimes in on the challenges that lay ahead for WordPress as it ventures further into the world of the enterprise. His post was in response / addition to Chris Lema’s article on WordPress in enterprise over…
Memberful is a project by Drew Strojny and the folks at The Theme Foundry. It’s not on WordPress, but it will have easy integrations built in. The Theme Foundry has been using it for over a year to process payments. Consider Memberful to be like a hosted version of Easy Digital Downloads, meaning they take…
A concise breakdown of the various organizations involved with WordPress, how they are related, and how they are different, and their role in the WordPress economy.
Collis Ta’eed has posted on WP Daily again, to say that Envato is doing a survey of their authors to gauge interest in a 100% GPL option for sellers. I can’t imagine how Collis could’ve written this post in a more responsible way. Major props to him for being so mature in this discussion. He…
If you’re not following Dave Donaldson’s blog this year, you’re doing it wrong. His openness is so refreshing. Dave runs Max Foundry, and has been pouring out every detail of how running the plugin business has been a struggle. Today, he’s written about product marketing, and the fallacy of, “if you build it, they will…
Here’s a nice post from WordPress community member James Dalman. He give you all the right tips on how to fail as a freelancer. He’s right too, people are doing it every day. If you’re struggling as a freelancer, or thinking about starting freelancing, be sure to read this so you’ll know what to not do.
Here’s a pair of sister sites I’ve never heard of, but they look to have some pretty useful content. They’re for people that want to learn to make themes (on YinPress) and to sell them and market their business (on YangPress). PS, the logo links to both sites. Kind of confusing at first.
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.
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