Author: Jon
Rethinking WordPress Product Pricing Models
I just fully rebuilt and relaunched OrganizeWP. I’m experimenting with the pricing model; licenses for updates and support will be sold for each major version, and they don’t expire. I’ve got some (many) thoughts on pricing WordPress products and (as I’ve come to accept as typical for me) my thoughts go against the grain a […]
Posted: August 11, 2022
I Sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive
Today’s a big day! I’m excited to announce that I have sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive! Summary: SearchWP is in good hands going forward. I’m going to work on new projects & write about it along the way. Sign up for my email list on my site to keep up to date (and so I […]
Posted: July 07, 2021
CMS Tree Page View has been adopted — by me!
I’ve been a part of the WordPress ecosystem for a long time now. Such a long time in fact, it’s been the platform upon which I’ve built my livelihood. That’s come in many forms: consulting, custom development, and products like SearchWP. I got started wedging my way into the WordPress world primarily by blogging what […]
Posted: July 21, 2020
Customer Driven Marketing
I’ve been working on SearchWP 4 for the past few months. It’s so close to being done. That means I’m spending time these days working on all of the content updates that have to happen on the website to reflect the changes. This process has allowed me to regroup on the site. A full redesign […]
Posted: May 13, 2020
Product Rescue: Improving Site Copy
When trying to market something I quickly hit a familiar question: Does the potential success of conversions outweigh the need to get more visits? I’m not sure if that question is clear so I’ll try again: Is the promotional material (in this case a website) set up to convert well? Does that even matter if […]
Posted: October 23, 2019
Product Rescue: Evaluating the Landscape
About a year ago I launched a new product: OrganizeWP — this particular product has been one in the making for a long time prior, and even has an initial concept on the .org repo initially posted back in 2012! The original build of that plugin, and the inspiration behind OrganizeWP can be found in […]
Posted: October 18, 2019
Simple Product Revenue Forecast Spreadsheet
If you’re selling a product it’s important to be mindful of your financial situation. Whether that be to handle payroll, marketing costs, or building up an emergency fund, having a pulse on cash flow will help you to make more informed (read: better) decisions over time. There are a ton of tools out there, some […]
Posted: September 17, 2019
Livewire has kinda blown my mind
Right now I’m spending quite a bit of time researching and learning Laravel. It’s been a long process and I’ve yet to really dive in deep and build anything worthwhile, but it feels like that’s finally happening for me. Part of my process has been to research the community, which I’m finding quite refreshing. There’s […]
Posted: June 05, 2019
These canaries aren’t dying
The web design/development ecosystem is an interesting one. Technology flourishes, careers blossom, trends come and go, and lives are changed both for creators and consumers. I’ve been thinking about canaries a lot lately. Not the birds themselves but the adage. I think I’m seeing (exhibiting?) a lot of canary-like behavior right now by observing an […]
Posted: April 23, 2019
How to prevent EDD failing subscription manual license renewal
NOTE: This issue was resolved in EDD’s Recurring Payments in version 2.10.2 released on March 4, 2021 🎉 (Honestly I have to apologize for the title of this post but after spending five minutes trying to do it well I just gave up.) I’m a big fan of Easy Digital Downloads and I use it […]
Posted: April 15, 2019