the business of wordpress
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Francine Hardaway's keynote from the Business of Wordpress Conference, June 23, 2010TRANSCRIPT
The Business of WordpressJune 23, 2010
Dr. Francine Hardaway
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About Me
Co-founder, Stealthmode Partners
Serial entrepreneurMarketing and PR firm
[Sold to Intel]Now coaching startups &
Angel investor,blogarina
Cdontent management v. Blogging
Monetization strategy - ads v. Leads
is this your corporate website, or a component?
How social are you?
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What Do You Want to Do?
WordPress is a Brand
Its brand promise is community
Great SEO tools
Wordpress.com is its own community
Wordcamp conferences take place all over the world
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Let’s Do the Numbers
• Founded in 2003
• Just launched 3.0, a major release
• 45 million installs
• 70 million plug-ins downloaded
• Most people run at least a dozen plug-ins
• 35 billion page views
Company Hype
WP Powers 9% of the top million sites on the web
12 million users on .com
13 million on .org
Entire sites, not just the company blog, running on WP
• Companies using WP include the NYT, WSJ, NFL, BBC, TechCrunch, SEC
• Mobile apps for iPhone, Android, BB, Nokia
• #1 app Hosted by GoDaddy, DreamHost, MediaTemple
dot.com v. dot.org
Easiest point of entry is .com
It's hosted and free
It has many themes (templates)
But it always looks like a blog and isn't as adaptable
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The Business Power is in .org
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Why? It’s the Platform
Can host it yourself or use a service
Never will go awayAll open source (not like FB
or Twitter)
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And it’s the plug-ins
Add functionalityCome in all sizes and shapes: e-commerce, SEO, social, analytics
Selling Stuff
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