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📣 Freemius Launches plugin.fm Season 2 With Rand Fishkin as First Guest 🚀
Scott Murcott by Scott Murcott

📣 Freemius Launches plugin.fm Season 2 With Rand Fishkin as First Guest 🚀

It’s official — we’ve launched plugin.fm Season 2 and we’re thrilled to share what’s in store 🥳 Season 2 builds on the lessons learned from the previous season and swings…

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How to Build a Thriving Remote Company Culture
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How to Build a Thriving Remote Company Culture

From cutting office costs to choosing from an international pool of candidates, remote work offers plenty of perks to founders and their companies. However, one concern looms large in this…

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Talk the Talk: The Solopreneur’s Guide to Building a WordPress Network
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Talk the Talk: The Solopreneur’s Guide to Building a WordPress Network

We’ve written plenty of articles about improving plugins/software and growing your business. But this time, we’re unpacking a totally different subject 👀 A WordPress network is one of the most…

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Freemius Launches plugin.fm 🚀💥 A Podcast for Software Entrepreneurs to Kickstart & Grow Their Product Businesses
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Freemius Launches plugin.fm 🚀💥 A Podcast for Software Entrepreneurs to Kickstart & Grow Their Product Businesses

After two years of assembly, countless hours of planning, meticulous research, never-ending reviews, and scrutinous editing… It’s my pleasure to announce that Freemius is getting into the podcast game with…

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How to Create and Sell Elementor Templates and Kits to Cash In on No-Code
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

How to Create and Sell Elementor Templates and Kits to Cash In on No-Code

Ready to ride the no-code wave? Elementor Templates have revolutionized how we build websites, and there’s serious money to be made. These easy-to-create static themes have opened doors for both…

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2021’s WordPress Mega-Deal: Marieke van de Rakt on the Yoast Acquisition
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

2021’s WordPress Mega-Deal: Marieke van de Rakt on the Yoast Acquisition

At the end of 2020, then-Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt and her husband Joost de Valk (Yoast’s Founder and Chief Product Officer) had reached a crossroads. Though they’d created…

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The Gamechangers: Awesome Motive’s Syed Balkhi on Charting a Lucrative WordPress Business Exit
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

The Gamechangers: Awesome Motive’s Syed Balkhi on Charting a Lucrative WordPress Business Exit

In November 2021, we launched The Gamechangers: a video series that deep-dives into WordPress mergers and acquisitions with the leading entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and business mavens responsible for the big…

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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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Challenges In Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing A Team
Milan Petrovic by Milan Petrovic

Challenges In Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing A Team

My name is Milan, and I am the owner of Dev4Press, a company dedicated to WordPress and bbPress plugins development. Dev4Press was created in 2009 as a side project, and…

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The Complete Guide to US Small Business Taxes For WordPress Plugin & Theme Developers
Scott DeLuzio by Scott DeLuzio

The Complete Guide to US Small Business Taxes For WordPress Plugin & Theme Developers

As a former accountant who has made the transition into WordPress plugin development, I know how difficult it is to keep track of ever-changing tax laws, especially when you’re a…

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