Speakers: Kyle Johnson

  • Using Gutenberg as a Development Foundation, Not Just a Block Builder

    WordCamp Birmingham 2023Speaker: Kyle Johnson

    January 15, 2024 — The Block Editor is Gutenberg, but Gutenberg is not the Block Editor. As developers we can create interfaces that are powered by the Gutenberg framework in new and innovative ways. Here’s what that means and why plugin owners should pay attention.

  • Kyle Johnson: Separate Your Time From Your Income

    WordCamp Birmingham 2016Speaker: Kyle Johnson

    November 2, 2016 — Most freelancers sell WordPress as a service: installing WordPress, customizing WordPress, and extending WordPress. These freelancers, and the services that they offer, share one thing in common: income is directly related to time spent. If you want to make more money, you have to find more clients and put in more hours. It just doesn’t scale.

    What if I told you that the opportunity for a product business goes beyond plugins and themes. You can productize your services and scale your work so that your hours don’t increase at the same rate as your profits. Using personal examples and identifying use cases scattered throughout the WordPress ecosystem, I will show how to separate your time from your income with a product approach to selling WordPress.

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