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WooCommerce and the 1M Downloads

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June 18, 2013

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Nothing but love and much congratulations to the WooThemes team on continuing to develop a product worth downloading. Isn’t that the neat thing about open source? You can entirely validate, at least generally speaking, the quality and success of a product by just looking at the sheer number of downloads. Sure, downloads is just one of many signals of success and especially quality, but if you back that up with an established company with a brand that’s worth noting, it just represents all-around goodness.

Want Advertisements in Jetpack's Carousel?

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June 18, 2013

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Oh wow, you can! For those that are monetizing sites or helping others monetize their WordPress-powered sites then you know that advertising is a very large and important part of their venture. Although there are many ways in which you can monetize a site effectively and that have proven to work it’s sometimes the more difficult strategies that prove to be the most effective. Why don’t most people do them then? Because they are just that, more difficult, costly, and requires more things like A/B testing to prove effective.

WP, Small Business, Marketing and More

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June 18, 2013

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There have been a great number of presentations recently that I’ve been watching in the background as I do other chores such as reading the 1,000’s of blogs that I feel compelled to stay updated with (part of that is my job I suppose) and I noticed a few that seemingly “stuck” together. Building a small business is about a few things: Conversion Content marketing Influence And more… Well, here’s a few presentations that may help you close the gap this year as you grow your own independent WordPress business or practice – enjoy!

Dradcast and Jeff Chandler Talk Business, More

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June 18, 2013

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It’s fun to watch people within our community talk about other people within our community, right? It has a flavor of inception, doesn’t it? No, I’m just playing. Jeff Chandler from WPTavern spent some time with the guys over at Dradcast recently and shared his thoughts and perspectives about being bought by Matt (and him being his new boss) as well as monetizing a blog (among other things). It’s worth a watch.

Jux Says Goodbye, Another One Bites the Dust

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June 17, 2013

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Man, shed another tear? Nope, not me. Another blogging system, this one called Jux, has hit the lowest of low and offered their apologies as they plan to shutdown their service next month: Your work has brought meaning to us, to millions of others, and hopefully to you. By providing a creative layer on top of words and images, Jux has helped you build narratives, hold attention, and connect people. Unfortunately, Jux has not grown fast or large enough to attract further investment. The service will close on August 31, 2013. Bummer. What a crazy interruption it’ll cause for many […]

Learn WordPress From The Experts with WP Sessions!

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June 17, 2013

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Starting this month, Brian Richards is going to begin hosting online courses for those who are interested in learning to become better WordPress developers through the use of his site – WP Sessions. In short: WPSessions.com provides monthly, high quality presentations from experts in the WordPress community. Every presentation is broadcast live to viewers around the web and recorded for indefinite long-term viewing. Sounds neat, right?

Automattic Acquires Poster App

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June 16, 2013

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In a short announcement it seems that Automattic has acquired Poster App, an iPhone / iPad publishing system that was built by Tom Witkin: I’m elated to share that I, along with Poster, will be joining Automattic. I’ll be working with the mobile team where I’ll be both designing and coding. So what’s changing? Poster will no longer be available for purchase, but if you’ve already bought the app you’ll always be able to re-download it. I’m continuing to support it, and I’m always just an email away if you’ve got any questions. We’ve covered it before and I’ve used it myself – […]

Mullenweg Donates $1.5M to Complete Bay Lights Project

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June 16, 2013

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WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg donates $1.5 million to help complete an $8 mil San Francisco Bay project lighting up the Golden Gate. This is in addition to an initial $100k pledge when the project started. Matt originally posted and asked for donations for the project back in May 2012: The $8 million project was $1.5 million short of its fundraising goals to maintain the display, but project officials announced today that blogging platform WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg donated the remaining amount.

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