The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @WordCamp Porto

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1. THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency image by boris-baldinger.com
2. THE TEAM how we met
3. Silvan Karin Designer Developer
4. Silvan Velthy Karin Designer Developer Designer
5. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer Designer Developer
6. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer THE TEAM a good mix of skills
7. THE SIDE PROJECT building something without a client involved 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
8. FINDING A JOB irrelevant job-results 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
9. WEB JOB TITLES are not formal nor protected 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
10. THE IDEA a niche job-board with consistent content quality 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
11. MOVING ON the idea never left our minds 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
12. STARTING LEAN a prototype to prove the idea 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
13. FOCUS ON THE CONTENT instead of a fancy feature-set 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
14. SwissWebJobs 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
17. THE NAME find a catchy name 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
18. Freshjobs
19. THE PRICING make it affordable to startups 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
20. THE DURATION finding good staff takes time 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
21. CONTENT QUALITY reviewing every listing manually 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
22. CONTENT QUALITY fix formatting and spelling issues, update meta info for SEO 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
23. SPREAD THE WORD lets tweet 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
24. THE LAUNCH with interesting listings from the beginning 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
26. MISSING FEATURES how we engaged with our clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
27. MISSING FEATURES consistent content and engaging personally with the clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
28. 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 SPONSORING support the web community, giving back what we make
29. HOW TO FINANCE IT get funded or bootstrap it 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
32. THE REBUILT Freshjobs version 2.0 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
33. FRESHJOBS 2.0 all new but still based on WordPress 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
36. STILL DIFFICULT 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 to find web jobs on the major platforms
37. THE ANNIVERSARY 5 years freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
38. THE BALANCE working for clients while running a job-board
39. FOCUS MATTERS only do what you do best
40. UX Design &
41. THE TAKE AWAYS what we learned
42. LET LIMITATIONS GUIDE YOU constraints drive innovation and force focus
43. DON’T BUILD SOMETHING FOR PROFIT ONLY people can sense it
44. AN IDEA BY ITSELF IS WORTH NOTHING it’s the team that executes that makes the difference
45. FALL IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM everything else will follow
46. People who are passionate about solving a problem, are the ones who eventually find each other and make it happen. Obrigado - @karinchristen