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2024 – A Year in review
Another spectacular year is almost over, and I would like to take some time to reflect on it, look briefly into the future, and share some statistics about how my projects are doing. OllieWP Ollie Pro Launch We finally launched Ollie Pro in June of this year. Our cloud-based pattern library features dozens of handcrafted…
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Recap WCEU 2024
Okay, folks, it’s time for my next WCEU recap. This time we all gathered together in Torino, Italy. More specifically, at the Lingotto Conference Center. I learned my lesson this year and arrived on the Tuesday before the event, giving me enough time to explore the city, eat authentic food, and relax before the first…
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Recap Cloudfest 2024
It’s a little late, as it’s been almost two weeks since CloudFest, but I caught the flu and was unable to sit at my desk for about seven days in a row. Now that I’m almost completely recovered, I wanted to sit down and tell you a bit about my CloudFest experience. Arrival As some…
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2023 – A year in review
Welcome to my second year in review post on my blog!The year flew by for most of us, so I think it’s important to take the time to review what happened. New projects OllieWP Earlier this year, Mike and I publicly announced working together on olliewp.com. This is my first time working on a theme…
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Recap WCEU 2023
I finally found time to write down my recap for WordCamp Europe 2023 in Athens. This time was a bit different for me in many ways. First of all, it was the first time I got the chance to speak at a WordCamp.It was also the first time I focussed almost entirely on networking instead…
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Simply Static – the rise of an ecosystem
Simply Static is a by far my most popular plugin now. It’s growing incredibly well and not just money-wise but community-wise. Today I want to talk a bit about the last couple of months of Simply Static, what I’ve done to keep up with the demand, how I tackled marketing, and how the ecosystem is…
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January – what a month..
Hey, it’s Patrick. Sliding into 2023 was a huge challenge for me. I was working quite hard, churn was high, and I may end this month with a revenue decrease of 35%. Let’s start with some good things first. The good things: WP Tavern Podcast I had the pleasure of being a guest on the…
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2022 – A year in review
I’m a huge fan of reading these “Year in review” articles from others ( Feel free to reach out to me if you have one, I include it at the end here!), but I never managed to write my own. This year, I blocked some time in December to finally make that happen and publish…
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#BuildinPublic – webtozip.com
I recently started working on a little side project called webtozip.com. It’s a simplified version of Simply Static, where you can add the URL and your email address and receive a static copy of the website as a ZIP file. How it started The whole idea is born out of a problem some of the…
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Black Friday 2022 – A Review
I never really did any discounts, marketing campaigns, or anything with newsletters for my business. I’ve done Black Friday sales several times but never got much in return. I thought my product or business just wasn’t a good fit for anything related to this. That being said, my expectations for Black Friday were quite low.…
