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Make Your Wildest Dreams
Come True
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Solve Your Blogging Problems with Custom Plugins
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Coming Up…
• Plugin Case Study • Find a Good Developer • Define What You Need • How To Get It Built Right • Cost / Benefit Analysis • How To Afford Cost
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Your Wildest Dreams…
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Never Enough
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Examples – Attention & Income
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Examples – Time
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Theory is Boring
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Custom Case Study
Easy Deals Plugin
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Define Your Problem
• Managing Deal Dates • Handling Recurring Deals • Categorized & Targeted • Separate Wordpress Install • Small Amounts of Information
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Finding a Good Developer
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Avoid This
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Unless You Want This
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If a developer's price is too good to be true, it usually is.
Greg Go – Wisebread CTO
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Finding a Good Developer
• Referrals • Examples • Community
– stackoverflow.com
• Profile – wordpress.tv/category/wordcamptv
• Interview Multiple
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Call This Guy
• Jonathan Wondrush • bybloggers.net
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Defining Requirements
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Guaranteed Disappointment
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Questions To Ask
• Requirements • Communication • Scope Changes • Testing & Feedback • Licensing & Ownership • Milestones & Payments • Support
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Easy Deals - Requirements
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Costs vs. Benefits
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Is It Worth It?
• How Will You Measure Success?
• Feature -> Benefit -> Cost
• Start Small -> Grow In Phases
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Plugin Development Phase
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Sit Back & Relax?
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Nope - Stay Involved
• Agree On Milestones
• Check In Periodically
• Answer Questions Quickly
• Test Cases
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Final Delivery
• Final Payment
• Install Plugin
• Support
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Why Does It Cost So Much?
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What You Get
Lines Of Code: • 1050 php • 135 javascript • 385 css
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What You’re Paying For
• Knowledge of WordPress API
• Coding Best Practices
• Solution To Your Problem
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Ways To Cut Costs
• Get Multiple Estimates
• Reduce Functionality
• Start Free & Tweak
• Share Costs
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Easy Deals - Admin
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Questions!
• What Frustrates You About Blogging?
• What Do You Wish Your Blog Did?
• What’s Your Plugin Budget?