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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, I unpack Joost de Valk’s recent post on ProgressPlanner.com, where he describes the “two faces of WordPress”: the community-driven contributors and the commercially-driven businesses. While I largely agree with his premise that there's a widening gap between the two, I think there’s more nuance that needs to be ackno...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe If you’ve ever said “I suck at marketing” or felt like you just don’t have what it takes to get your business out there, you’re definitely not alone. In this episode, I dig into why so many of us (myself included) feel overwhelmed by marketing and think we’re just not cut out for it. The truth is, marketing can feel like an endless c...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode of The Matt Report , I fire up the mic after years of dormancy to explore a timely rabbit hole: how AI platforms like ChatGPT are surfacing and ranking content—especially in response to queries like “best WordPress podcasts.” I noticed that The Matt Report still shows up in these AI-generated lists, despite not publis...

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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Been a while right?! I’m back with an update to what’s going on with Matt Report, and a potential new direction I’ll be taking the content through the new year. While I love all of the deep conversations I’ve had about WordPress, the new home for that is The WP Minute. That’s where I’ve been focusing all of my WP energy these days, w...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Heading to a major WordCamp event can be an overwhelming experience for the brand new 'camper. Having hundred if not thousands of WordPress-loving peers under one roof might have you stuck in your tracks, no pun intended. How do you meet new people? How do you get noticed? How do you recharge if you're an introvert? Thanks to Gina, w...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Web accessibility was something I was afraid to discuss with clients, when I ran my agency. I didn't know much about it, where to begin, or how much time it would it take to implement the various practices. That fear steered me away from presenting it as part of a web design project. I'm not in the agency space anymore, but I know th...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I forget that some WordPress users, even freelancers, don't realize the sheer size of WordPress. From billion dollar hosting companies, to boutique agencies, WordPress is quite vast. It took Yaw a few years to even realize that Automattic, the commercial entity behind WordPress, even existed! We'll explore his story today, starting o...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Marc Benzakein shares a retrospective on running ServerPress for a decade in the WordPress space. We unpack the history on discovering the beloved software development tool and partnering with Steve Carnam, alongside Gregg Franklin. What makes this WordPress business so challenging from others? What held back some of the development...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Just because you're an introvert doesn't mean you can't build a business. It doesn't mean you're afraid to get on stage and talk about your success -- or failures. Ken Elliott knows this role all too well. He's a self-described "networking introvert" that built a WordPress agency with his co-founder, will be emceeing WordCamp US next...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What if you locked yourself in a room and threw away the key to work on your business? Stop the Slacking, the doom scrolling, but forced to focus on the agenda of improving...everything. That's exactly what Kim Coleman, co-founder Paid Memberships Pro & Sitewide Sales, did to re-focus the Sitewide Sales business. Running a busine...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Corey is no stranger to building product. In part one, we chatted about his legacy of products , and selling his WordPress plugin. Today, we'll be back chatting about what goes into making great products. Important links Corey on Twitter Gelform Mexican Train Online Where will the WordPress middleclass go? Check out the NEW stuff fro...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I'm chatting with Corey Maas, former owner of the Kanban for WordPress plugin. After a few years back in the saddle of day jobbing, he's now running Social Link Pages plugin for WordPress. He also spent some time during the pandemic launching a new online game -- built on WordPress. Come learn what it's like to sell your plugin busin...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In today's episode, I want to chat about the current vibe in WordPress. Compare and contrast the community vibe, to the business vibe. Porto looked like a ton of fun, sad I missed it! The WP Minute showed up in a big way, so I'm really thankful for that. Plus! I couldn't hold off from ranting about the WordPress content space...again...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Rachel Winchester is challenging us to think about WordPress as a canvas for art. WordPress as a paint brush, not an NFT. In this episode we uncover how she found WordPress and bringing those skills to her day job at DigitalCube. As a loyal Elementor builder, what does Rachel think about Gutenberg and FSE? Tune in to find out! Find R...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The most common piece of advice I think WordPress freelancers receive first is to "find your niche." Easier said than done. Niches are still hard to find. Crowded markets together with figuring out what you're best at providing to customers can be a challenge. What if that niche involves web sustainability? That's not a crowded space...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Today's guest, Ines van Dijk , is helping WordPress product owners get better at customer support. With over a decade of experience in the WordPress customer support space with WooCommerce and Automattic, Ines knows what it takes to run a successful support team. You can hire her team to help build you a complete plan for supporting...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe There's an entire industry built on selling you the Holy Grail of raising your rates. Courses, memberships, ebooks, videos all assuring you that $10,000 projects are just a click away. Why wouldn't you believe them? They're on the gram throwing hundred dollar bills off a boat or speeding away in a Lambo. To be fair, I haven't seen a...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe There's a new cohort of WordPress celebrity hitting the spotlight these days and I'm here for it. When we look back in the Gutenberg history books we'll be able to show that blocks, patterns, and javascript not only rocked the code of the project, but the community as well. Some immediately dropped out, other stayed, and new stars ap...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What does the word entrepreneur mean anymore? To you? I think there’s that slightly jaded view of the TechCrunch Disrupt vision of days gone by. Building a unicorn. Changing the world. Buying that Porsche you always wanted. It’s about the endgame we so cleverly convince ourselves of. However, some of the best business builders are do...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe From Expression Engine to WordPress, Rob Howard has built his WordPress agency as a flagship for larger agencies to source work to. Unqualified customers are the biggest threat to the early days of building a business. Also known as bad product fit, when we're offering something to the wrong customer, the whole relationship is settin...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What's the side effect from WordPress changing so rapidly? We're dragging blocks, inserting patterns, and visually building our themes these days. There's been great discussion spurred around themes, where Matt Mullenweg What's the side effect from WordPress changing so rapidly? We're dragging blocks, inserting patterns, and visually...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe When you hear the phrase high performance WordPress websites, what examples come to mind? This is a phrase that I see a lot of companies using in their marketing, which includes Malcare , today’s guest and sponsor of this show. Products and services targeting the type of buyer that might be managing a high traffic site like a Buzzfee...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Hey listener, before we get started, if you’d like to support WordPress community member Andrey Savchenko or anyone else currently in the Ukraine, please donate here or here . (read his original tweet https://twitter.com/Rarst/status/1497516263597387782 ) I can comfortably admit that I didn’t see Artificial Intelligence as the next b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe If you found your way to this episode from my newsletter, thanks for taking part in one of the areas I lack most in: emailing my list. If you’re like me, stuck in a proverbial hamster wheel of self-doubt & content creation, today’s episode is for you. In fact, if it weren’t for today’s guests, I would have never got back into pre...