The business of WordPress

A quick look at the different ways people make a living out of WordPress.

Transcript

1. I am Kimb Jones http://makedo.in @makedoin http://mkdo.co.uk @mkdohq @mkjones / http://mkjones.co.uk
2. The business of WordPress
7. Some of the business of WordPress hopefully without all the boring stuff
8. Lets begin....
10. 27th of May 2003
12. The features include...
13. A fully compliant XHTML/CSS admin interface.
14. A link manager that has everything you’d expect, from Weblogs.com
15. Highly Intelligent Line Break system
16. Fully compliant with XHTML standards up to 1.1
17. Awesome
18. 9 years, 10 months, 31 days
21. WordCamp SF
23. Back to business
24. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
25. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
27. http://wpcandy.com/covers/wonderthemes/ OR Google "wonderthemes wpcandy"
28. http://slideshare.net/mkjonesuk/how-wordpress-themes-changed-the-world
29. http://slideshare.net/mkjonesuk/how-wordpress-themes-changed-the-world SLIDE 34
30. I'm sick of talking about themes
31. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
32. http://codecanyon.net
33. http://gravityforms.com
34. http://woothemes.com/plugins
35. Can somebody help me?
36. Support, support, support support, support, support, support, support, support, support
37. Themes OR Plugin selling Good support = Profit
39. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
40. Software as a Service
41. Modern SaaS IS BIG BUSINESS According to the Gartner Group SaaS sales in 2010 reached $10 billion, and were projected to increase to $12.1bn in 2011. Gartner Group estimates that SaaS revenue will be more than double its 2010 numbers by 2015 and reach a projected $21.3 bn.
42. http://happytables.com
43. http://restaurantengine.com
44. BOTH WordPress SAME Sector DIFFERENT Approach
46. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
52. 1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5. Automattic
56. I was Kimb Jones http://makedo.in @makedoin http://mkdo.co.uk @mkdohq @mkjones / http://mkjones.co.uk