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Learning from Success: Interviews & Case Studies

Buttonizer’s Sustainable WP Plugin Business Boosts Website Interactions
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Buttonizer’s Sustainable WP Plugin Business Boosts Website Interactions

The following success story comes to us from The Netherlands, where Jeroen and his team are running Buttonizer, a great-looking “floating action button” plugin for WordPress websites with one purpose: to…

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How Benjamin Denis’ Plugin Hit 10K+ Active Installs in just 1 Year!
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

How Benjamin Denis’ Plugin Hit 10K+ Active Installs in just 1 Year!

This time we are interviewing an exciting entrepreneur from France. Benjamin Denis is the creator and owner of several WordPress plugins, who focuses (when he’s not working full-time at a…

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James Kemp Doubled ‘IconicWP’ Revenues In Less Than A Year By Leveraging Various Freemius Features
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

James Kemp Doubled ‘IconicWP’ Revenues In Less Than A Year By Leveraging Various Freemius Features

A very exciting interview is in store, as this time we get caught up with James Kemp, the founder and owner of IconicWP, a thriving premium WooCommerce plugins store.

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How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support
Alex Castro by Alex Castro

How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support

Katie Keith and her husband Andy co-founded Barn2Media in late 2009. Initially dedicated to designing WordPress websites for clients, they envisioned building their business around selling products since early on….

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MooMoo Agency’s Simple Moves Build Strong Ties with WP Plugin Buyers
Alex Castro by Alex Castro

MooMoo Agency’s Simple Moves Build Strong Ties with WP Plugin Buyers

Vitalii Kiiko is a passionate and experienced WordPress plugin and theme developer, who recently provided us some great feedback and kindly agreed to share his story. He is a co-founder…

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“WordPress Security Solutions Are Still Inaccessible” – Interviewing French “Mister Security”, Julio Potier
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

“WordPress Security Solutions Are Still Inaccessible” – Interviewing French “Mister Security”, Julio Potier

Julio Potier is a prominent figure in the WordPress security scene. Based in France, he developed SecuPress, a plugin that makes securing WordPress websites easy. He also co-founded WP Media,…

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Themekraft’s Plugins Saved From EU VAT Mess With Freemius Migration
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Themekraft’s Plugins Saved From EU VAT Mess With Freemius Migration

This success story will focus on Sven Lehnert’s amazing entrepreneurial journey. Sven is a developer and a businessman from Germany who most famously created BuddyForms. He’s also the CEO at…

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You Shouldn’t Put All Your Eggs In The WordPress Basket – Interviewing CreativeMinds CEO, David Rashty
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

You Shouldn’t Put All Your Eggs In The WordPress Basket – Interviewing CreativeMinds CEO, David Rashty

Today we’ll get to pick David Rashty’s brain about WordPress-based product businesses and entrepreneurship. David owns several WordPress-based products, as well as various Magento-based ones. Additionally, he’s a seed investor, actively…

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After Shifting from Development, Primož Cigler Is The Perfect Technical Marketer for A WordPress Products Business
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

After Shifting from Development, Primož Cigler Is The Perfect Technical Marketer for A WordPress Products Business

I’m finally getting to interview one of my favorite figures in the WordPress community. He’s a dev & CEO at ProteusThemes and also one of the friendliest people I got…

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One WordPress Plugin Developer with A Laptop – The Success Story of Joachim Jensen with Content Aware Sidebars
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

One WordPress Plugin Developer with A Laptop – The Success Story of Joachim Jensen with Content Aware Sidebars

Today we’re going to be focusing on a serial WordPress plugins developer, most known for building the very useful “Content Aware Sidebars”, Mr. Joachim Jensen. Joachim is a full-stack software…

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Interview: Aleksander Kuczek – CEO of Perfect Dashboard & VP of Joomla
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Interview: Aleksander Kuczek – CEO of Perfect Dashboard & VP of Joomla

The first time I met with Alexander Kuczek was through Adam Warner from FooPlugins, a common friend, who introduced us in a lunch we had during the last WordCamp US….

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How Imagely Optimizes User-retention & Keeps ‘NextGEN Gallery’ Popular
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

How Imagely Optimizes User-retention & Keeps ‘NextGEN Gallery’ Popular

This time I want to bring forth a special success story of the very popular WordPress plugin: NextGEN Gallery, by Imagely. In fact, it’s our most popular plugin maker here…

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Jason Lemieux from Postmatic: Balance Life & Business
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Jason Lemieux from Postmatic: Balance Life & Business

Jason Lemieux is an expert WordPress developer and the founder of Postmatic, a nifty and not to mention stylish plugin that allows users to engage in and respond to posts…

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Josh Pollock Is A Busy WordPress Guy – An Inspiring Interview
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Josh Pollock Is A Busy WordPress Guy – An Inspiring Interview

Josh Pollock is a co-founder at Ingot and one of the lead developers behind CalderaWP.

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How ‘Pootle Pagebuilder’ Sold Licenses for $9K on Its 1st Month
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

How ‘Pootle Pagebuilder’ Sold Licenses for $9K on Its 1st Month

This is a deep dive into a very interesting success story with Freemius. You’ll see why it’s interesting in a few paragraphs. This time we are exploring a WordPress plugin…

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