Web Design Business with Josh Hall 222 - Where WordPress, Divi & Website Builders are Headed with David Blackmon
Oct 31, 2022
David Blackmon, CEO of WP Zone and long-time WordPress entrepreneur, talks diversification beyond Divi and building resilient businesses. He covers e-commerce tooling and a SaaS analytics tease. Conversations touch on WordPress versus hosted builders, the value of community, coopetition, and focused marketing strategies.
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Diversify To Protect Your Business
- Diversify your product and platform exposure to protect your business from single-vendor risk.
- Move beyond a single page-builder niche when you want long-term stability and growth.
Turn Manual E‑commerce Data Work Into A SaaS
- Build tools that solve deep pain points you currently workaround with spreadsheets and manual exports.
- Consider SaaS to deliver granular e-commerce analytics across multiple store platforms.
Owning Your Digital Real Estate Matters
- Owning your digital real estate is like owning physical land in the modern economy.
- Platforms you rent can change terms overnight and destroy businesses built on them.