Brian Mutende

🔭 Senior WordPress developer
🌱 React.JS expert
💻 Bootstrapping brian at noptin dot com

[Brian Mutende @MutendeBrian]

1/ Exactly one year ago today, I quit my job.

I was terrified. I had a young family depending on me, and I had no idea if I’d make it.

Now? My business earns 3x what I used to make in my 9-5.

Looking back, I should have quit way earlier. Here’s what I’ve learned 🧵👇

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@msnmongare @Safaricom_Care @SafaricomPLC @shadrac_matata @MkenyaMzi Shida zingine ni za kujiletea tu. Mbona utumie Safaricom and yet Airtel is cheaper and faster?

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@VictorNyakund10 I make like 3X more than him yet my rent is 10k per month

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@Lion_of_NGX @bonnie_kenny @Abdxllahi @eleliayub @PayPal @AskPayPal Try Wise

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@ArebaHSC @AnuarSaddat I find it hard that someone worth 30 billions works 5 days a week for a salary of 400k.

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@billiongjgly @grok separate facts from myths

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@NahasonNash @NimuKiarie Munalaumu shetani tena 🤣🤣🤣

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@veak_arts @MkenyaMzi Story yako ni kama tu yangu exactly

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@Ronn_wan This is political intolerance, which is in the same hat as racism, sexism, etc. Would you be happy if your boss fired you, his reason being he now only wants to employ ladies?

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@twitgameboy 80 years from now X won't exist

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6 free backlinks to boost your Domain Rating

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@254_icon @grok is this true?

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@jackfriks That's human nature I guess, but I'm trying to be content I guess. I realized no matter how much I make, I'll always want more

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At 15, I used to click on my own AdSense ads.

It got my account banned, but that mistake taught me a lesson I’ve never forgotten 🤣🤣

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Hot take: People love to hate on the US, but the global economy would vanish without the American consumer🇺🇸

I've been running an online business for 8+ years and Americans + Germans bring in 80% of my total revenue. My business would thrive if I only sold to those two countries.

But if I stopped selling to Americans? I’m finished.

I would have to fire my entire team, and even then, I wouldn't be able to pay my own bills.

This is exactly why companies like TikTok are desperate to keep their American audience.

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This hit close to home.

I worked at the same company from 2019 to 2024. Not once did they bring up a salary increase even though my boss constantly praised my work.

So I quit and focused on growing my own WordPress plugin company.

Now I make 3× what I used to… working ~4 hours a day.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

2021: No salary increase
2022: No salary increase
2023: No salary increase
2024: No salary increase
2025: No salary increase

2026:
Employee: “Kindly accept my resignation.”

Boss: “But you’re doing such a great job! Why are you leaving?”

Employee: “I’ve received a new job offer with a 65% salary increase, and there’s also a guaranteed annual raise based on performance.”

48 hours later…

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I used Noptin AI (WordPress) to set up a birthday email automation in under a minute.

Just make sure you’ve added a birthday custom field first.

After that, it builds everything for you.

Here’s the demo 👇

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I’ve been working on making email marketing inside WordPress simpler.

In this demo, I use Noptin AI to create a promotional email announcing a 40% discount on Noptin.

Instead of building everything manually, I just describe the offer. Noptin plans the campaign, writes the email, and designs it in seconds.

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After weeks of work, Noptin AI is live.

Here’s a 60-second demo setting up a weekly "latest posts" newsletter. I just describe what I want, and it builds everything.

If you build sites for clients, there’s something new for you too: https://t.co/igND3FR7dQ

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In this demo, I’m using Noptin AI to create an abandoned cart recovery email for WooCommerce. All I have to do is describe what I want, and Noptin AI takes it from there.

It figures out the right type of email to create, writes the content, designs the layout, and adds the correct merge tags for the customer and their cart.

So instead of building everything by hand, I can go from idea to a ready-to-use recovery email in seconds.

https://t.co/4FBxHR5gi4