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Kimb Jones
April 27, 2013
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The business of WordPress
A quick look at the different ways people make a living out of WordPress.
Kimb Jones
April 27, 2013
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Transcript
I am Kimb Jones http://makedo.in @makedoin http://mkdo.co.uk @mkdohq @mkjones /
http://mkjones.co.uk
The business of WordPress
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Some of the business of WordPress hopefully without all the
boring stuff
Lets begin....
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27th of May 2003
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The features include...
A fully compliant XHTML/CSS admin interface.
A link manager that has everything you’d expect, from Weblogs.com
Highly Intelligent Line Break system
Fully compliant with XHTML standards up to 1.1
Awesome
9 years, 10 months, 31 days
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WordCamp SF
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Back to business
1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
Automattic
1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
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http://wpcandy.com/covers/wonderthemes/ OR Google "wonderthemes wpcandy"
http://slideshare.net/mkjonesuk/how-wordpress-themes-changed-the-world
http://slideshare.net/mkjonesuk/how-wordpress-themes-changed-the-world SLIDE 34
I'm sick of talking about themes
1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
Automattic
http://codecanyon.net
http://gravityforms.com
http://woothemes.com/plugins
Can somebody help me?
Support, support, support support, support, support, support, support, support, support
Themes OR Plugin selling Good support = Profit
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1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
Automattic
Software as a Service
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.
http://happytables.com
http://restaurantengine.com
BOTH WordPress SAME Sector DIFFERENT Approach
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1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
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1. Theme sellers 2. Plugin merchants 3. SaaS-ers 4.Yeh-we-only-do-WordPress 5.
Automattic
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I was Kimb Jones http://makedo.in @makedoin http://mkdo.co.uk @mkdohq @mkjones /
http://mkjones.co.uk