EP35: Noel Tock on building products on WordPress

This is part 2 of our interview with Noel Tock. He built a SaaS app on top of WordPress. In part 1 we talked about the thinking behind that, in part 2 we talk about the lessons he’s learned along the way.

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Notable quotes

Classic product myth: “Build and they will come. Just because you have a great product, doesn’t mean people will come.”

“Our best source for traffic is  www.better-restaurant-websites.com”

“The people that come through footer links on our clients’ websites convert the best.”

“Don’t use Bootstrap for your app’s design.”

Show notes

Noel Tock

Happy Tables

www.better-restaurant-websites.com