Coming Up With Product Ideas
Would You Like 5 Ways to Come Up With Product Ideas? I'm often asked for advice on product development. How do you come up with good ideas? How do you know if an idea is any good? How do you ...
How Long is a Lifetime?
The other day I wrote about lifetime licenses. In the software world, and specifically in the world of WordPress, sometimes a plugin author will offer a lifetime license. And that's when you wonder, “How long is a lifetime?” There are ...
There is No Perfect Moment
Can we talk about products, product launches, entering a market and all that? I'm someone who likes to plan. I have spreadsheets. I'm not Tony Perez (the guy who says forget the plan, let's just do this!). But after years ...
Are Your Product RoadMap Themes Complete?
Whether you create a product roadmap or not is immaterial I know people who plan their products without anything written on paper. I know folks who use SaaS products, and others who use checklists. And these days the folks who ...
Building an easy onboarding process for new customers
Long before there was SaaS (Software as a Service), there was ASP (Application Service Providers) and while they're not exactly the same, they've all been “hosted products.” Those are the kinds of products I've been working on since 1995. And in ...
What are product onramps?
Eighteen months ago I discovered this plugin that was a page builder for WordPress—from a long list of solutions I'd tried. I was writing a comparison post in October of 2014 and frankly, I'd never heard of Beaver Builder. A ...
The Problem in WordPress: Musings on Plugins And SaaS
The problem in WordPress isn't what you think it is. It almost has nothing to do with code—and yet it's all tied up in code and software architecture. The Problem in WordPress Notice I didn't write, “The problem with WordPress.” ...
Is there a downside to Transparency Reports?
There are people who share their regular monthly revenues. Or others who do it yearly. And for some of those folks, I get it. It encourages their followers. It assures their audiences. It tells them that they're proof that the ...
How would you like to cut down plugin support costs?
Are you spending a lot of time on plugin support? Are you tired of the costs of phone calls and emails? Would you spend $34 to reduce your burden?
Building your product isn’t the most important thing!
I know you're thinking building your product is the most challenging thing ever. But it's not. It's only one item you need to think about. Here are others.