wcbos

  • Armchair WordCampers: @WordCampBoston has the WP Gumbo this weekend w/ @horlix @karmatosed @marybaum @Jodie_Riccelli @gelform @Josh412 @jeckman @aurora_morales #wcbos

  • Armchair WordCampers: @WordCampBoston waves a WP flag this weekend w/ @mgratch @lujeffcoat @wilto @professor @csixty4 @johnmaeda #wcbos

  • It’s amusing sometimes to see your tweet as “top” for a conference that you never attended or watched. 😛 twitter.com/search?q=%23wc… #wcbos

  • “Auto welcome ones to your membership site/service, give them renewal reminders, and/or check in with them after a month.” @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • How well does @Krogsgard treat his @post_status subcontractors? I’ll let you know as soon as the check arrives (or doesn’t). #wcbos

  • “You’re missing out is if you don’t offer bulk subscriptions to your website. It’s difficult, but it’s getting better.” @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • .@chrislema he told me that if someone looks at a charge and they didn’t utilize it… it’s called incremental regret. @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • .@post_status so far has a 85% renewal rate this year. @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • .@theinformation a tech blog that’s entirely subscription based and escaping scary land of advertising-based publications. @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • wpelevation.com – they were going after people and they went at a higher price point @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • pinchofyum.com is a food blog – nice example of pitched content and discussion forums @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • .@Krogsgard mentions @stratechery run by Ben Thompson who is managing to earn living from a membership site: stratechery.com #wcbos

  • “You’re not just going to be able to turn on a membership site and make money from day one.” @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • “I apologize for making you participate, but if you could raise your hand…” @Krogsgard has gone Canadian. #wcbos

  • “@post_status has 700+ members and 12 corporate partners. 1st year I made about $91l dollars in revenue.” @Krogsgard #wcbos

  • Special thanks to @whitecoatcapxg @asignia for the live transcription of @WordCampBoston this weekend. #wcbos

  • “That’s shiny.” It’s the new “fo shizzle”. @obenland #wcbos

  • “We stripped the custom CSS feature from @jetpack, because Jetpack has things we don’t really need.” @inderpreet99 #wcbos

  • “Boston University is a multinetwork, multi-domain, multi-site network. There’s lots of MU plugins that we run there.” @inderpreet99 #wcbos

  • Cool: Boston University has documented tech solutions, including WordPress: bu.edu/tech/services/… @inderpreet99 @awbauer9 #wcbos

  • “Similar to WordPress.com, students request a site & few hours later they have it ready to go.” @inderpreet99 @awbauer9 #wcbos

  • Boston University highest traffic sites run on WordPress: 8-10 million page views a month across 6.3k+ sites. @inderpreet99 @awbauer9 #wcbos

  • “How do you know a college has a brand? If your kid will wear it on their clothes before they get there or graduate.” @DianeDanielson #wcbos

  • Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) viciously vocalized volumes by @matthewdorman at #wcbos (from @10up) github.com/Varying-Vagran…

  • Site performance tools where you can signup, get some free info: pingdom.com statuscake.com @matthewdorman #wcbos

  • sitespeed.io is an open source tool that analyze your website’s speed/performance. @matthewdorman #wcbos

  • Like side dishes at an all-you-can-eat buffet, many devs just keep adding more fonts and graphics to slow down pages. @matthewdorman #wcbos

  • Stanford Law site done in WordPress by @ModernTribeInc that @travistotz mentioned: law.stanford.edu #wcbos

  • “Don’t just choose to use a hamburger or mobile menu because it’s what’s being used elsewhere. Test and then decide.” @travistotz #wcbos

  • Armchair WordCampers: Sail away and follow @bostonwp w/ @gradyetc @ataylorme @DianeDanielson @ashleykolodziej @ethomsen @kherbrandson #wcbos