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Episode 72: WPForms with Jared Atchison

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Today we have a special guest, Jared Atchison, the owner of Atchison Consulting and WordPress developer. He’s been writing code for over a decade and growing his business for about five years. He’s also the lead developer of WPForms. Today he gives us some great insights from the perspective of a developer.

Some of the topics you’ll hear about today include:

  • Some of the changes and highlights in Jared’s personal life and business since he was on the show two years ago.
  • How Jared would describe WPForms: It’s a form plug-in which focuses on the user and usability. He goes into more detail about what to expect with this plug-in and what sets it apart.
  • What made Jared want to dive into such a competitive market and how he navigated the process of developing and releasing the plug-in.
  • Some of the challenges Jared had when developing WPForms.
  • The primary marketing channels for WPForms; the biggest one is content marketing.
  • Jared’s favorite and least favorite parts of developing WPForms.
    • Links and Resources:

    Post Status  (Sponsor)

    Draft Podcast

    Episode 17 with Jared

    WPForms

    Behind the Scenes of WPForms blog post

    WPBeginner

    Jared on Twitter

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    Transcript
    INTRO: Welcome to Apply Filters, the podcast all about WordPress development. Now here’s your hosts, Pippin Williamson and Brad Touesnard.

    BRAD: Welcome to Episode 72. Today we are joined by a special guest, Jared Atchison. Say hello, Jared.

    JARED: Hey, guys.

    PIPPIN: Glad to have you.

    JARED: Absolutely. Thanks. Thanks for having me on.

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