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Ben Fox co-founder of FlowPress, WPUniversity.com and Sidekick.pro shares smart ideas about pricing, building a team and having a greater vision for his new product offering.
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What happened during the conversation between Matt and Ben
(times correspond to video)
2:10 What’s happening with WPUniversity?
3:30 How do you balance your time between client services, product development and new business development?
5:10 What was the genesis of the idea for Sidekick Pro?
6:55 How did you set up your partnership?
8:40 What is it like working in an business incubator or accelerator?
11:20 What kind of advice did you get from the accelerator group when WPEngine contacted you?
13:00 How are you setting the pricing for Sidekick Pro?
It’s easier to price on the enterprise level
15:45 How are you getting feedback from customers?
17:30 How are you balancing/managing the customer’s requested features?
19:10 How are you using PivotalTracker to manage your process?
21:45 What is the biggest benefit to using PivotalTracker
23:40 How did you fairly assess what your team was capable of?
28:30 Why is it important to use a Service Level Agreement with clients?
32:00 What is a good way to craft a Service Level Agreement to use with your clients?
36:30 How much detail do you put in your statement of work (before the deposit is paid)?
41:15 How did you decide to reach beyond WordPress with Sidekick Pro?
47:00 What is planned for the EastMeetspress event?
[contact-form subject=’SLAs and contracts’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Let me know when there is a Matt Report ProCast available about creating service level agreements and contracts’ type=’checkbox’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]
Resources
Ben Fox @benjaminefox
email: [email protected]
Sidekick.pro
FlowPress (there is no website)
WPUniversity.com
New Rainmaker
LeadPages
Event: East Meets Press
Trello
Teamwork
PivitalTracker
Freshdesk
Wave Accounting
Leadin
Acronymns Used
SLA: service Level Agreement
MRR: monthly recurring revenue
SOW: statement of work
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Ben Fox co-founder of FlowPress, WPUniversity.com and Sidekick.pro shares smart ideas about pricing, building a team and having a greater vision for his new product offering.
Listening options
Itunes:subscribe to MattReport
Stitcher:subscribe to MattReport
Viewing option
What happened during the conversation between Matt and Ben
(times correspond to video)
2:10 What’s happening with WPUniversity?
3:30 How do you balance your time between client services, product development and new business development?
5:10 What was the genesis of the idea for Sidekick Pro?
6:55 How did you set up your partnership?
8:40 What is it like working in an business incubator or accelerator?
11:20 What kind of advice did you get from the accelerator group when WPEngine contacted you?
13:00 How are you setting the pricing for Sidekick Pro?
It’s easier to price on the enterprise level
15:45 How are you getting feedback from customers?
17:30 How are you balancing/managing the customer’s requested features?
19:10 How are you using PivotalTracker to manage your process?
21:45 What is the biggest benefit to using PivotalTracker
23:40 How did you fairly assess what your team was capable of?
28:30 Why is it important to use a Service Level Agreement with clients?
32:00 What is a good way to craft a Service Level Agreement to use with your clients?
36:30 How much detail do you put in your statement of work (before the deposit is paid)?
41:15 How did you decide to reach beyond WordPress with Sidekick Pro?
47:00 What is planned for the EastMeetspress event?
[contact-form subject=’SLAs and contracts’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Let me know when there is a Matt Report ProCast available about creating service level agreements and contracts’ type=’checkbox’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]
Resources
Ben Fox @benjaminefox
email: [email protected]
Sidekick.pro
FlowPress (there is no website)
WPUniversity.com
New Rainmaker
LeadPages
Event: East Meets Press
Trello
Teamwork
PivitalTracker
Freshdesk
Wave Accounting
Leadin
Acronymns Used
SLA: service Level Agreement
MRR: monthly recurring revenue
SOW: statement of work
★ Support this podcast ★
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