WordCamp Meetup #8March 4, 2012

WordPress Nepalwpnepal.org

facebook.com/groups/wordpressnepal

Giving away things for FREE to make a LIVING

out of WordPress

Chandra Maharzannhuja.com

tweet @maharzan

The best things in life are FREE.

What we will look at:

• What do you need

• Ways to giving things away for free

• How people are doing it

• Success stories

What you need

• Extremely good at what you do

• Passion

• Patience

• Continuity

What next ?

• Create something and give it away for free

• Create regularly

• Create credibility

Success Stories

Orman Clark• Designer, UK,

premiumpixels.com

• gives away graphics, 28000 followers

• over 19000 theme sales

• over $665,000

• $150 / hr

Otto, Viper007Bond

• programmers

• giving tutorials, ideas and plugins for free

• landed jobs with Automattic

• WordPress.org / VIP Hosting

Christopher Ross

• active WordPress.org forums

• Collaborate with other developers

• Get projects

Smashing Magazine

• Runs WordPress

• Writes tutorials

• quality articles / good authors

• 100,000 subscribers

• Ads & books - $190,000 a month

• Others: http://www.incomediary.com/top-earning-blogs

My experience• Nepal

• started with free theme simpleX

• 140,000 downloads

• partnership with Graph Paper Press

• customization work

• top 100 free themes, Mozilla blog

• wpshoppe.com

Conclusion

• Be very good

• Have passion & patience

• Be regular and active - share

• Sky is the limit

Don't run after success, let it come to you.

Thank you