Category: Business
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
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: 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
Pricing Service-based Projects: Part 2 – Hourly Pricing AKA the Unsung Hero
This is the second part in the Pricing Service-based Project series. Check out Pricing Service-based Projects: Part 1 – My Way or the Highway. I spent my first five years of “professional” Web development as part of a team who billed by the hour. Hours were currency, and it was a constant balance between billable […]
Posted: May 23, 2016
Pricing Service-based Projects: Part 1 – My Way or the Highway
One of the most common recurring topics in our industry is that of pricing. A lot focuses on product or SaaS pricing but I have the most experience with pricing for client service. I want to note down what I’ve learned over 10 years of building websites for clients. I also want to jot down […]
Posted: May 18, 2016
Improving Your Process: Vetting Clients from the Start
I listen to podcasts every day. Many of them focus on business in a number of capacities, many of them don’t. I found it interesting that two podcasts I listened to nearly back-to-back discussed client onboarding. It wasn’t the focal point of either episode, they each touched on the topic for just a few minutes, […]
Posted: July 07, 2015
Taking Value-based Pricing Too Far
Value-based pricing has been a hot topic for the past couple of years. As is often the case with newer concepts, many people have varying definitions of what ‘value-based pricing’ really is. For some it’s simply a flat rate for a project. For others it’s an in-depth analysis of project scope to determine a market […]
Posted: February 09, 2015
Forcing a Single Term in a WordPress Taxonomy
Taxonomies in WordPress are a wonderful thing. Their purpose is to facilitate relationships among posts (not just Posts) and they do a great job with it. In my client work there have been many times where a taxonomy was appropriate but I only wanted to allow a single term to be associated to each post. […]
Posted: September 03, 2014