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Daniel Olson @emaildano
Konichiwa
What I’ve learned helping a Japanese
WordPress start-up grow in the US
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Daniel Olson @emaildano
7+ Years
Client Focused
WordPress Web Development
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Recipe
Design → Build → Rinse → Repeat → Design → Build → Rin
d → Rinse → Repeat →
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Web Development +
Business Development
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A classic case of
produce more, spend less.
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Too Few Too Many
Team
Projects
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Too Many
Team
Too Few
Projects
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Just Right
Team
Too Few
Projects
Just Right
和
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The Fisherman
and The Whaler
An analogy (I think)
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Daniel Olson
COO, DigitalCube
@emaildano
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We develop WordPress SaaS
products on AWS
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Kobe
Sendai
Tokyo
Niigata
Fukuoka
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Philadelphia
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All that together..
I’m still not sure what AMIMOTO is
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Let us fix this
Please
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Branding
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A few observations
through research
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Market Share
First
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%
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0%
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Native Language Support
⺟母国語サポート
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AWS Marketplace
Twitter
Facebook
Developer Docs
Support Chat
Proposals
Welcome Emails
Welcome Emails
SNS
Booth Materials
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300%
Increased conversion across all channels
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Product Focused
Second
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Photo by Sheri Bigelow
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Challenge Yourself
Third
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Third Wave
Huh?
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StaticPress
Serverless + Static + WordPress
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What about AMIMOTO?
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Daniel Olson @emaildano
– Me (Maybe?)
“Your best opportunity is usually
one step out of your comfort zone.”
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Daniel Olson @emaildano
Konichiwa
What I’ve learned helping a Japanese
WordPress start-up grow in the US
https://speakerdeck.com/emaildano