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In today’s podcast, we talk about what’s new for Brad and Pippin, and we also talk about some topics relating to hiring and project management.

Brad just got back from Bacon Biz, a very small conference on business education held in Philadelphia. The speakers were great and he learned a lot. One major takeaway is that he should be promoting his product more to already-subscribed members right on his web page, instead of including the “subscribe” link. He will be using Drip to customize these pages based on whether the reader is already a customer.

He also found out that Datahawk is not trademarkable, as the name is too close to that of another company’s product. The name is changing, and it will be announced in a blog post soon. In other news, he is still in the hiring process for a web developer.

Pippin pushed out the beta version of EDD 2.6. He talks about the major new features of the update, which include a new importer, multiple-email support, and support for processing refunds. He’s hoping to speed up the release cycle for new versions to once every three to four months, instead of once every six months, and is making progress toward that goal.

Some of the topics discussed include: