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WordPress Meetup #11
  Marketting yourself as a WordPress Developer
                Yalamber Subba
Why WordPress developer as
         a career?
                                           • Currenlty Ranks
                                             No. 7 On
                                             Elance.com* for job
                                             trends.
                                           • Powers more than
                                             70 million websites.
                                           • WordPress users
                                             include some high
                                             profile companies.
                                           • There is demand
                                             for WordPress
                                             Developers




* Elance.com is a freelance market place
Why Market Yourself?
 Competition
 To get better value
 To get right type of
  customers not just
  more
  customers/clients

 More projects?
Where and how to get
        WordPress jobs?
Where are the jobs?
 Freelance market places like
  elance/odesk/freelancer.com.
 Support forums
 Job boards
How?
 Build your portfolio of WordPress jobs
 Make your self known in WordPress community
How to get WordPress jobs?
 Help others solve WordPress related problems
 Help in forums like stackoverflow.com
 Give away some free themes and plugins you have
  developed.

 Make you proposals interesting and related to the
  clients projects

 Take available tests that verifies your knowledge
  (smarterer)
Some Tips
 Be honest
 Dare to say NO.
 Know when to increase your rates
 Be friendly
 Provide your suggestions
 Ask for referrals
End
Know more about me at

http://yalamber.com

http://facebook.com/yalamber

http://twitter.com/yalamber

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Marketing yourself as a WordPress Developer - Yalamber Subba

  • 1. WordPress Meetup #11 Marketting yourself as a WordPress Developer Yalamber Subba
  • 2. Why WordPress developer as a career? • Currenlty Ranks No. 7 On Elance.com* for job trends. • Powers more than 70 million websites. • WordPress users include some high profile companies. • There is demand for WordPress Developers * Elance.com is a freelance market place
  • 3. Why Market Yourself?  Competition  To get better value  To get right type of customers not just more customers/clients  More projects?
  • 4. Where and how to get WordPress jobs? Where are the jobs?  Freelance market places like elance/odesk/freelancer.com.  Support forums  Job boards How?  Build your portfolio of WordPress jobs  Make your self known in WordPress community
  • 5. How to get WordPress jobs?  Help others solve WordPress related problems  Help in forums like stackoverflow.com  Give away some free themes and plugins you have developed.  Make you proposals interesting and related to the clients projects  Take available tests that verifies your knowledge (smarterer)
  • 6. Some Tips  Be honest  Dare to say NO.  Know when to increase your rates  Be friendly  Provide your suggestions  Ask for referrals
  • 7. End Know more about me at http://yalamber.com http://facebook.com/yalamber http://twitter.com/yalamber