Thinking about transitioning from client services into a product company? Jason Lemieux is doing just that with Postmatic; a plug-in that allows you to comment on a WordPress site by email. Think about how that could increase the engagement on your website.
Jason is giving away a single site license of Make Plus, the awesome drag-and-drop builder, valued at $99. Leave a comment under the video and tell us the number one thing you would like to see in WordPress comments.
Congratulations Daron George! Jason has chosen you as the lucky winner of the competition! Thanks for your contribution and keep elevating! (April 2015).
Some of the highlights of this episode include:
• the truth about non-profits not having any budget for web development
• why really big projects are sometimes more damaging to the business than small ones
• the importance of getting out of the building and onto the farm
Elevation Round Answers
Here are the answers to the questions in our Elevation round. Watch the interview to get the full scoop.
1. Who customers are and what makes them tick
2. Find a good niche and do quality work
3. Ignore the competition and do your best work
4. Do phone calls and estimates
5. Pipeline Deals
6. Get them on the phone
7. Do good work
8. Bring your personality
You can reach out and thank Jason via his Twitter on @gopostmatic or his website https://gopostmatic.com/.
Jason suggested I interview Silviu-Cristian Burcă from Scribu. Silviu-Cristian, keep your eyes on your inbox.
Hint: to enter the competition, leave a comment below and tell us the number one thing you would like to see in WordPress comments.
12 Responses
I would like to see the ability for the commenters of the blog to have the ability through Postmatic to invite others to comment on the blog
I would like to see the ability for the commenters of the blog to have the ability through Postmatic to invite others to comment on the blog
I would love to see a way to +1 or up/down vote comments.
I would love to see a way to +1 or up/down vote comments.
I’d love to see a digest of responses vs single notifications
I’d love to see a digest of responses vs single notifications
We’ve built dozens of junior school websites with WP. Postmatic will really help parents keep track on student posts and comments without using rss or mailchimp. Invitation tools are very handy, plus a system that would help site editors/authors (teachers in our case) keep track or be cc’d into comments and/or activity.
We’ve built dozens of junior school websites with WP. Postmatic will really help parents keep track on student posts and comments without using rss or mailchimp. Invitation tools are very handy, plus a system that would help site editors/authors (teachers in our case) keep track or be cc’d into comments and/or activity.
I was thinking something close to what @darongeorge:disqus already suggested, but a little bit further. I’d like it combined with social sharing features.
It will be easier to increase engagement and I think it’ll be helpful to the site owner / blog author.
Just like you can share a blog post on social media (I don’t think there’s anyone out there who isn’t using a social sharing plugin), you should be able to share a comment and invite your “social friends/followers” to comment. Makes sense? :/
Example A: If I want to get my peers to comment on a post and join the discussion, it’ll be much easier to do so if I’m able to share my comment (or any comment) and get them to reply to that, instead of sharing the post.
Example B: If I want to invite John to the conversation, I’d like to be able to invite him via let’s say Twitter where we follow each other instead of trying to find his email (which I might not even have).
PS: Btw, I’m not a fun of Disqus and the like either, but I believe the reason these services became so popular is their social features.
I was thinking something close to what @darongeorge:disqus already suggested, but a little bit further. I’d like it combined with social sharing features.
It will be easier to increase engagement and I think it’ll be helpful to the site owner / blog author.
Just like you can share a blog post on social media (I don’t think there’s anyone out there who isn’t using a social sharing plugin), you should be able to share a comment and invite your “social friends/followers” to comment. Makes sense? :/
Example A: If I want to get my peers to comment on a post and join the discussion, it’ll be much easier to do so if I’m able to share my comment (or any comment) and get them to reply to that, instead of sharing the post.
Example B: If I want to invite John to the conversation, I’d like to be able to invite him via let’s say Twitter where we follow each other instead of trying to find his email (which I might not even have).
PS: Btw, I’m not a fun of Disqus and the like either, but I believe the reason these services became so popular is their social features.
Great podcast, guys, keep it up. Going to check this plugin out for sure.
Thanks for the feedback Dylan. Let us know what you think of the plugin.