Clayton Morris of Fox Tech Take started out this segment—titled WP Curve takes WordPress to the next level—by asking his viewers this: What percentage of the web do you think is run on WordPress? Ding ding ding! Torque readers all know the answer to this one. As WP Curve‘s Alex McClafferty confirmed, the answer is: over 20% of the entire internet. Strangely, this doesn’t seem to be common knowledge outside of the WordPress ecosystem. In response to the revelation, Clayton Morris exclaimed: So that’s a great business opportunity! It is indeed. As Alex explained in the interview, WordPress has a thriving ecosystem that continues to grow […]
Community Managers in the WordPress Ecosystem
When I was first getting started in my professional career I read a book called Microsoft Secrets. The biggest takeaway was a tiny fact embedded in their hiring process. According to the book, Microsoft had no trouble hiring developers or marketing staff. They’d just visit the best computer science schools or MBA programs, respectively. The real effort was finding their program managers that connected both groups. It was the missing role that once put in place, really helped them grow by bringing more (and better) products to market. Today, if you look at WordPress companies that focus on plugin or […]
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