E168 - Project-Based WordPress Work is Becoming Old-School

Oct 19, 2021

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Christie’s conversation about switching from project-based work to subscription-based model. They also discussed how WordPress developers doing freelance work can focus on creating prototypes of productized services, how engaging in competitor research can help identify flaws in your own products, and the best way to test out what product to build during your free time.

Episode Resources:

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What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:55 Transition to project-based work to subscription model
• 06:28 From building a $5,000 website to a $20,000 website
• 12:34 Prototypes of productized services
• 14:20 The best way to get into products is to do project-based work
• 18:03 Engage in competitor research, identify customer needs
• 23:57 Aim for enough people buying the product in any given hour 
• 26:35 Moving from project-based to subscription-based 
• 31:17 When you don’t need full service assistance
• 34:23 What's the smallest thing that you can do to figure out if your idea is good?