1. Simon Dickson
Code For The People
@simond

2. Tips, tools & techniques
for making a living
from WordPress
(from someone who actually does)

3. WordCamp Birmingham, 2008

4. WordCamp Birmingham, 2008

5. ecosystem n. a biological community
of interacting organisms and their
physical environment

6. Big fish
+ Little fish
+ Environment
= ecosystem

7. Agencies
+ Freelancers
+ WordPress
= ecosystem

8. big fish need little fish

9. little fish need big fish

10. the pond needs fish

11. Tip 1.
Decide which you are now,
and which you want to be.

13. Tip 2.
Choose a name quickly.
Don’t obsess over it.

14. Tip 3.
Wear your WordPress
t-shirt with pride.

16. •Differentiation
•Filtered queries
•General goodwill
•Cultural expectations
•Strategic focus

17. Tip 4.
Establish your credibility
in whatever way you can.

19. •Speak at an event
•Write for a blog (or start one)
•Shout about your work
•Produce an awesome plugin
•Get your name on the core Credits

20. “I’m the guy who...

21. Wordpress expert

22. Tip 5.
capital_P_dangit()

23. “I thought WordPress was
just a blogging platform?”

24. No mate, you’re thinking of...

25. “I thought WordPress was
just a blogging platform?”

26. “What’s your
hosting SLA?”

27. “But you’re just a
tiny operation”

28. Tip 7.
Be patient.

29. “We almost never ever
come in through the top,
we always come in
through the bottom.”
Matt Mullenweg

30. Tip 8.
Remember why you
came to WordPress
in the first place.