WordPress for Toastmasters*Toastmost.org is a web hosting service for clubs that want to use the WordPress for Toastmasters software without managing all the technical details themselves. In 2020 to date, it’s attracted 37,505 page views according to Google Analytics, with a recent surge of interest related to the current interest in online clubs (several of which use the service).
More details in these downloads.
It’s been a while since I’ve shared these statistics, which could be of interest to those interested in advertising or otherwise supporting this service for Toastmasters. I’m also interested in recruiting others with skills in training, documentation, usability, promotion, fundraising, design, programming, usability, and anything else that could make this project better.
You can contact me at david@wp4toastmasters.com.
A Note on Financing
I’ve been running this project largely as a one-man-show for the past several years as a loss leader for my small business, Carr Communications Inc. I’m lucky to have a small group of supporters who have given me moral and in some cases financial support. But even with the $30 per club website I recently began charging for toastmost.org (after a one-year free trial), I am not profiting from this venture — nor am I trying to. My selfish interest is in learning from the experience and gaining professional exposure that might lead to opportunities.
I would happily form a nonprofit foundation to oversee WordPress for Toastmasters, except that would be a project in and of itself that I’d need help with.
If I seem defensive, it’s because I’ve been attacked for trying to “profit from my relationship with Toastmasters” when in my own mind I’ve been trying hard to give my contributions away for free, or as close to free as I can afford to do.
Suggestions? david@wp4toastmasters.com.
