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No Shortcuts, Just Hard Work: How Robert Abela from Melapress Built Security Plugins Trusted by Enterprises
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

No Shortcuts, Just Hard Work: How Robert Abela from Melapress Built Security Plugins Trusted by Enterprises

Success is a journey of continuous learning for many software makers, and Robert Abela’s story is no exception. He believes wholeheartedly that long-term dedication and hard work are the keys…

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Spine-Tingling Software Failures That Haunt 5 Successful Product Makers
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Spine-Tingling Software Failures That Haunt 5 Successful Product Makers

It’s a ghoulish Halloween Special like no other — we’re digging up a product graveyard and uncovering the corpses of five horrific software failures from five successful makers. Each tale…

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Creative Market: An Honest Breakdown for WordPress Product Makers
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Creative Market: An Honest Breakdown for WordPress Product Makers

Creative Market is becoming a popular choice for WordPress product makers, offering access to a community of over 10 million creative professionals. It allows sellers to set their own prices,…

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Software Guru Meets Entrepreneur: How Ivan Halaka and Taurus Sinkus Made Webba Booking a Success
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Software Guru Meets Entrepreneur: How Ivan Halaka and Taurus Sinkus Made Webba Booking a Success

When a talented technical mind meets an entrepreneurial spirit, great products can happen — and this is exactly the case with Webba Booking.

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Make Your Mark: Building Brand Trust, Credibility, and Differentiation in WordPress
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Make Your Mark: Building Brand Trust, Credibility, and Differentiation in WordPress

Nowadays, breaking new ground in WordPress is like herding cats. The market’s matured: almost every possible niche is filled with plugins, themes, or static software offering solutions that compete for…

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Mike Nelson of Print My Blog on Building a Five-Figure Side Project Without Sacrificing All His Free Time
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Mike Nelson of Print My Blog on Building a Five-Figure Side Project Without Sacrificing All His Free Time

For many developers, the satisfaction of making software products lies in creating genuinely useful things for people (all from the comfort of your home office or local coffee shop 😉)….

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How Senol Sahin Launched the First AI-Powered Content Creation Plugin on the WP.org Repo
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

How Senol Sahin Launched the First AI-Powered Content Creation Plugin on the WP.org Repo

Serving others, identifying the right opportunity at the right time, and putting in good old-fashioned grit have been the key factors to success for Senol Sahin’s content generation plugin AI…

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From College Side Gig to WordPress Entrepreneurship: Ben Sibley’s Success Story With Independent Analytics
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

From College Side Gig to WordPress Entrepreneurship: Ben Sibley’s Success Story With Independent Analytics

Ben Sibley has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, as illustrated by the fact that he’s only had one ‘normal’ job — cashiering at a grocery store during high school. While…

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Sailing the Waves: How Alan Fuller Left Corporate Finance & Found Fulfillment & Success In Plugin Development
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Sailing the Waves: How Alan Fuller Left Corporate Finance & Found Fulfillment & Success In Plugin Development

The age-old platitude that it’s never too late to learn or start over? It doesn’t get any truer than for Alan Fuller, founder of Fullworks, a successful WordPress plugin company…

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How to Convert Your WordPress Plugin to SaaS
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

How to Convert Your WordPress Plugin to SaaS

Converting your plugin to Software as a Service could prove to be fanSaaStic for your product-making journey 😁 Seriously, though — SaaS offers developers an opportunity to service bigger markets…

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10 Must-Listen Business Podcasts for Indie Devs, Bootstrappers, & Product Makers
Scott Murcott by Scott Murcott

10 Must-Listen Business Podcasts for Indie Devs, Bootstrappers, & Product Makers

Hear that? That’s the sound of innumerable business podcasts flooding the digital airwaves with an abundance of opinions, information, and… hmm… value? There’s the rub — with that many podcasts…

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How WordPress Solopreneurs Can Join or Start Mastermind Groups — Collective Wisdom III
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

How WordPress Solopreneurs Can Join or Start Mastermind Groups — Collective Wisdom III

You’re back for Part III of our Collective Wisdom series so I’m going to assume you’re keen to have fun and make new friends discuss business topics and overcome challenges…

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6 Things Mastermind Groups Can’t Help WordPress Developers With — Collective Wisdom Part II
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

6 Things Mastermind Groups Can’t Help WordPress Developers With — Collective Wisdom Part II

Welcome to Part II of our Collective Wisdom 🧠 series — we’re happy to have you back for more mastermind group ruminations and observations! Previously, we explored fourteen reasons why…

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Why WordPress Developers Should Join a Mastermind Group — Collective Wisdom Part I
Robert Nolte by Robert Nolte

Why WordPress Developers Should Join a Mastermind Group — Collective Wisdom Part I

You’ve heard that two heads are better than one and that no man is an island. No, we’re not about to share a survival guide for writing an email without…

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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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