Thomas Umstattd is a plugin and agency owner who's has great success in crowdfunding his products. His take is a fantastically interesting one and he offers lots of great advice - so much that we even have a bonus over on Patreon. This is definitely one of my favorite conversations - I learned a ton here that I was able to immediately apply to my own crowdfunding efforts. Show Notes<ul><li><a href="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/">Thomas Umstattd</a></li><li><a href="http://www.authormedia.com/">Author Media</a></li><li><a href="http://www.authormedia.com/all-products/mybooktable/">My Book Table</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authormedia/mybooktable-wordpress-bookstore-plugin">Thomas' original Kickstarter</a></li><li><a href="https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/">The WordPress Philosophy</a></li></ul>Get Part 2 of our interview with Thomas on <a href="https://patreon.com/howibuilt.it">Patreon</a> Sponsored by: <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/wordsesh">WordSesh</a> | <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/jilt">Jilt</a> | <a href="http://liquidweb.evyy.net/c/367325/603512/4464">Liquid Web</a>

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