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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I’m a firm believer in fully understanding the essentials (or fundamentals) of any problem you’re trying to solve. For instance, you might not be a designer, but you’re quoting design work for your digital business. It’s imperative you understand the scope of work the  design process covers and entails. This will help you formulate b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Enter part 4 of our web design series, Managing the Fifty-Thousand Dollar Web Project. The Matt Report Web Design Series Part 1: Discovery Process Part 2: Setting the budget & expectation   Part 3: Managing the $5 – $15k web project I’m stoked for this episode, not just because of the size budget we’re discussing, but because we...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome to part 3 of our web design series, Managing the $5k – $15k web project. The Matt Report Web Design Series Part 1: Discovery Process Part 2: Setting the budget & expectation   Today’s guest is the founder of 9Seeds and recovering podcast host, John Hawkins . I can’t remember exactly when I came across 9Seeds, but I do rem...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s easy for us to sit back and tell consultants to raise their rates and set better expectations, but it’s another story when  we are the customer. Today’s guest is re-launching his company website and he’s here to tell us how he approached the process. Meet, Jason Resnick , expert WordPress developer, consultant, and business owne...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The podcast is back! We’re (finally) entering into that web design story line I’ve been promising you for quite some time now. I’ve been sitting on the entire series for the last 2 months, wrestling with ideas on how to release it. One at a time? In episode chunks? Netflix style? I’ve settled on doing a hybrid approach. We’ll do some...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Life has a funny way of introducing you to a perfect stranger, forming that into a strong bond, and then ripping it away from you at the blink of an eye. Last night, I learned of the passing of my friend Clint Warren a month ago to this day. Still beside myself of the news, I’m pressing publish in honor of his spirit. The hardest par...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Today, I’m excited to finally have Matt Mullenweg join us on the Matt Report podcast. We’re going to satisfy our typical entrepreneur appetite by diving into his day-to-day routine and we’ll learn what it’s like being the CEO of Automattic . Want to know where Mullenweg’s vision for WordPress is going to take us? No problem, we’ve go...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Last week I showed you how I reverse engineer my competition in 10 minutes. Today, Nathan Wright of Theme of The Crop joins the Matt Report podcast to tell us how accurate my findings were. We’ll also explore what he’s doing to improve on the weak points I had identified in this analysis of his digital business. So how did Nate react...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I don’t recall exactly how I stumbled across Andrew’s podcast, eCommerceFuel , but when I did I was hooked. Here’s an entrepreneur talking strictly about the e-commerce market, with a strong focus on physical goods. Normally in our space, we’re hearing all about the ins and outs of digital product sales, so it was refreshing to hear...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In just over two years time, I’ve finally accumulated 100 published iTunes episodes of the Matt Report. It’s been a fun ride and I’m looking forward to the next 100. The WordPress podcasting space is  very interesting. It’s getting more competitive as I predicted and more WP focused podcasts continue to come to the airwaves. In fact,...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Update: It’s with heavy-heart that I mention Clint’s passing. He will be missed. Think about why you ventured into client services. Did you quit your cushy day job for extravagant visions of the 4 Hour Work Week? Perhaps you are purposely driven to help others accomplish their goals through consulting and technology. Whatever might b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I invited my good friend, Brian Casel, to return to our airwaves and teach us a new lesson — productizing. Brian, like most of us, started as a “web designer” then made the shift to product via Restaurant Engine .  This is not — let me repeat —  not an easy task. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know this is something tha...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Leadin is a project that was conceived and continues to be nurtured at the Hubspot headquarters. While there is a plugin to integrate WordPress with the Hubspot system plugin, Leadin was expressly created to use as a standalone WordPress marketing automation plugin for small businesses. The creators, Nelson Joyce and Andy Cook, were...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe This is not the first time Dan Norris has been featured on Matt Report. In November 2013 Dan applied and was accepted as one of the 4 business contestants featured in the first Matt Report WordPress Startup challenge. In this interview Dan gives a glimpse into the progression at WPCurve and his other active projects. Dan explains how...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Zoe Rooney’s business niche has evolved into being known as the designer’s developer. Shaping a narrower focus has helped Zoe’s business grow in a sustainable way and has allowed her to work on the problem solving part of website projects she really enjoys. Zoe’s primary specialty is websites for eCommerce product sales. While most o...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Several years ago Amure Pinho started as a Blogo user and now is the CEO @GetBlogo. Amure shares his experience with growing Blogo and provides insights for you to include as you fine tune your product offering. Invest in yourself before going after investors for your product. Get a good team together and produce a starter version of...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe For Tracy Levesque co-owner of Yikes, the details make a difference in the delivery. Beyond adding a client’s logo to the WordPress login screen, it’s about really listening to how your client will use the new WordPress website you are creating for them. Tracy explains how she fine tunes the dashboard elements to give comfort and own...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Since the early days of BuddyPress plugin, David Bisset has focused his freelance developement business around integrating it into his highly customized client projects. He has been able to add value to his client projects by suggesting the addition of a social layer using BuddyPress during the early stage of development. Considering...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe How Josh Broton (along with co-founder Kiko Doran) came up with the the idea for Prestige Conference might suprise you. After speaking 20 conferences over the last year, Josh noticed a trend. He was bad at selecting good sessions at conferences, especially inexpensive, multi- track tech conferences. To solve that problem, the idea fo...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Imagine you are working with new client and during your discovery meeting the business owner tells you they want to work with you to fix up their website, especially the area for to be used for blog posts. The business owner shares their commitment to writing weekly content to increase awareness about their new product line. The cont...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Attention WordPress agency owners…or hopeful owners! In today’s episode, I sit down with Jennifer Bourn of Bourn Creative and hash out what it takes to go from freelancer mode to agency mode. One of the lessons I’d like you to take away from this chat is  sharpening your onboarding process. That subtle, yet oh-so-important phase from...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Being a freelancer means you get to run your business your way. More than likely you start by building your personal brand. You take a deep breathe and look at yourself in the mirror.  Who am I? What do I offer? How can I deliver value? What is the purpose?  When you meet Ozzy, you get a feeling that this guy gets it. As well he shou...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Shawn DeWolfe, co-founder of ThoseDeWolfes Creative, reaches his hand into both the WordPress and Drupal “cookie jars” depending on the nature of the project he’s working on. With WordPress, you get the illusion that you can do something complex real fast. In early July 2014, Shawn released his product Share Cluster plugin into the W...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Ben Fox co-founder of FlowPress, WPUniversity.com and Sidekick.pro shares smart ideas about pricing, building a team and having a greater vision for his new product offering. Embrace and address the challenge of pricing your new product by talking directly to your prospective customers to fine tune your offering to the needs of your...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It has almost been 1 year since I met Troy Dean as a guest on his own WordPress podcast. Shortly after that, I met him at PressNomics, where we became great friends and chased after the same guests for our audience. In between sessions, we plotted our podcasting world domination scheme. We’ve kept in touch talking strategy, doing a h...