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The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
Matteo Duò by Matteo Duò

The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers

As you might already know, product people—especially developers—usually don’t enjoy doing marketing. Developing plugins, themes, or other types of digital products gets their creative juices flowing, but when it comes…

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Creative, Modern Ways To Reach New Relevant Audiences For Your WordPress Product
Stefana Zarić by Stefana Zarić

Creative, Modern Ways To Reach New Relevant Audiences For Your WordPress Product

“Building a WordPress plugin or theme is just the beginning. Without an engaged and relevant audience, it’s tough to justify the time and resources spent on development and maintenance. In…

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Nelio WordPres Plugins Are a Hybrid Model Between Products & Services
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Nelio WordPres Plugins Are a Hybrid Model Between Products & Services

David Aguilera is the Chief Product & Quality Officer at rapidly growing Nelio. We met at the last WordCamp in Paris and, after chatting for a while, I figured it would…

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How to Create A Video That Easily Drives More Downloads and Sales for Your WordPress Plugin
Dave Kiss by Dave Kiss

How to Create A Video That Easily Drives More Downloads and Sales for Your WordPress Plugin

If you haven’t yet noticed, online video is changing the way that we learn and make our buying decisions. The ability to use video as an interactive storytelling medium makes…

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Niche vs. Mass Market: Choosing the Right Audience for Your WordPress Plugins & Themes
Goran Mirkovic by Goran Mirkovic

Niche vs. Mass Market: Choosing the Right Audience for Your WordPress Plugins & Themes

The WordPress market is overflowing with fantastic products. Competition is fierce in every niche imaginable, so — naturally — trying to enter with a new solution and winning over customers…

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How We Use Email Marketing Automation to Fill The Gaps for New Subscribers And Bump Up The Blog’s Conversion Rate
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

How We Use Email Marketing Automation to Fill The Gaps for New Subscribers And Bump Up The Blog’s Conversion Rate

We’ve recently decided to take advantage of MailChimp’s (free) email marketing automation feature in order to fill a gap we’ve been unable to manually bridge for our new blog subscribers….

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How GIFs Increase Your Plugin’s Conversion Rate in The WordPress.org Repository
Alex Castro by Alex Castro

How GIFs Increase Your Plugin’s Conversion Rate in The WordPress.org Repository

Plugin marketing pages are the most valuable resource for getting your plugin into the hands of your users. Regardless of which type of business model you follow, the quality of…

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How to Code AND Promote WordPress Products at the Same Time
Patrick Rauland by Patrick Rauland

How to Code AND Promote WordPress Products at the Same Time

One of the most surprising things about selling products is that quality doesn’t affect sales. At least not on its own. Something I’ve seen over and over again while working…

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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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Our WordPress Product Launch Had Unusual Results! Here’s How to Replicate It
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Our WordPress Product Launch Had Unusual Results! Here’s How to Replicate It

If somehow you happened to have missed the successful product launch of Freemius Insights for WordPress Themes from a couple of weeks ago – just read this to get updated….

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How to Promote Your WordPress Plugin With Content Marketing & Outreach
Tom Ewer by Tom Ewer

How to Promote Your WordPress Plugin With Content Marketing & Outreach

Promoting a WordPress plugin the ‘old-fashioned’ way is becoming harder and harder. People have become savvy to outbound marketing strategies.

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