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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Today I’m experimenting with a new type of podcast episode called Play it Forward. I’m “borrowing” this concept from a show called 3 Clips that we produce at my day job, Castos . In that show the host, Jay Acunzo, asks his guest to “play it forward” by recommending another podcast that the listener should absolutely be listening to....

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Courage might be the most valuable trait running through an entrepreneur’s veins. The stories shared on this podcast are born from some of the most difficult times for the individuals starting a business. In terms of the economy, there’s an entire cohort of successful agencies and WordPress software products that started during the f...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I’m sure we’re all very familiar with building in public. As someone that has been doing exactly that for the last 15 or so years, I can tell you, it’s the only way I really know how to do something. If you’re unfamiliar with the practice, it starts as early as the idea phase. You might tweet about your idea or write a blog post expl...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Failures in business become some of our greatest lessons. There are 100 moments of failure in my career that have redirected the course of my business building journey. While they sting in the moment, even collapse relationships or new opportunities, I can’t help but learn from them. But failure in business, is not the lesson today....

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Podcasting in the WordPress space can be a thankless job. It’s a labor of love — or pain. I’ve talked about this before, it’s not something that is driven by huge financial gains and certainly not backed by huge financial interest. If you want to earn a living with podcasting about WordPress, you best read up on many multiple streams...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe If you’ve skipped around the catalog of amazing episodes published this year, I’ve gathered four here today that should entice you to binge a few more. I stitched together clips from the years top shows in terms of download count and compelling conversation. Simon Bruce on where he draws his passion for the product space. Amber Hinds...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What a difference 3-plus-something years makes. Remember the Page Builder race? Then remember when Gutenberg came on the scene smashing the ground, cracking the earth beneath her like Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s cut of the Justice League? Okay, well, maybe not that glorious of an entry but mirroring the audiences continued mixed re...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s all fun and games until the business starts to grow, and I mean, really grow. From 1 to 2 people, 2 to 10, 10 to 50 these are moments in your career that not only make or break the company — but will deeply challenge yourself as a business owner. One of the reasons why I’m personally so attracted to creative agency offerings are...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s easy to overlook WordPress’ capability to expand in parallel with a growing online business. From starting as a simple blog to grow awareness, all the way to fueling a digital e-commerce engine powered by WooCommerce. There’s a certain flexibility — almost luxury — business owners have when the first brick in their foundation st...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe “ Operating system for the web ” has lingered around the ol’ noodle since I heard Matt Mullenweg mutter those words some 6 or 8 years ago. The headline made news again on Techcrunch back in 2019, along side the news of Automattic raising $300m from Salesforce Ventures . I don’t feel the need to get caught up in debating what it means...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Curiosity. Curiosity is what the nocode movement has reignited for me. When I think back to my days of using Drupal 5 with the powerful combination of CCK + Views modules, two things come to mind: Why the heck doesn’t WordPress do this natively yet, some tweny years later?! What are my opportunities with nodcode tools AND WordPress?...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Entrepreneur, a term that has lost its potency over the years, is finding it’s way back home in today’s story. There are those of us that start businesses out of the desire to control our own destiny, but then grapple with the inability to see the forest through the trees. Every reason why we started a business to begin with — freedo...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress product pricing is too cheap. Elementor , the most popular page builder for WordPress these days, has announced a price hike which will come into effect on March 9, 2021. Comments are as you expected: Are you freaking kidding me? You guys are hugely successful which means you already make a pleasant amount of cash monthly/y...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe After Automattic released their experiment with selling $5,000 websites , I published a video, I spell it wordpress now . A video which has been viewed over 1,400 times and caught the attention of today’s guest, Matt Mullenweg co-creator of WordPress & Founder of Automattic . I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Mullenweg back i...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe We’re back, with another fine episode of the Matt Report podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe, over at mattreport.com/subscribe because there’s a new podcast coming. I’ll hint at it today and give you the loose backstory on how this all came together. Plus, we’ll hit on my upcoming interview with Matt Mullenweg , simplifying my WordPre...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe There’s a saying being traded around the online business building world, which goes something like this: “Build in the open.” A sentiment that might lead you to believe that this is a method reserved only for people building products or software companies. Though, I’d challenge you to disrupt the phrase and leverage it for building y...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Let’s say you’re a services business — you know, you make websites for people and sell them at fair market value. But, every so often, you get a little jealous about all of these product people running around printing money. You want a piece of that action. Managing customer expectations are daunting. Your master product plan comes t...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Just a quick note about today’s episode: While my son’s really enjoyed hearing themselves with the echo effect on when I let them play with my podcasting set up the other day, I did forget to shut it off. Today’s episode is audio extracted from a recent YouTube video . It’s a response and a feeling piece over the recent discovery tha...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome back to the Matt Report podcast, it’s the show for opinionated resilient business builders. How’s that, “opinionated resilient business builders.” Anyway, we’ll keep working on it, I like it and that’s what is leading us into the 2020 year in review! 1. Finding the Premise for the Matt Report There’s 1.8 million podcasts out...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe While the life of a content creator might look glamorous on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok — it might be one of the most challenging businesses you can start. See, unlike a services business or a development shop, content takes time and an energy that you must dig deep to find. A practice that can exhaust you physically and emotional...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome back to another episode of the Matt Report podcast. Thanks for tuning in nearly every week and staying connected at mattreport.com/subscribe Hey, look, if you have a moment — please drop us a five-star review on iTunes . It’s the lifeblood of the show — right next to all of you fantastic listeners that send me tweets and DMs....

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe We’re kicking off with another solo episode today featuring my thoughts on Salesforce acquiring Slack and #nocode tools. Hope you enjoy today’s episode, please share it with others! Say THANKS to our Sponsors! MalCare  — Looking for a great way to protect your client’s WordPress website? Don’t deal with the hassle of cleaning out mal...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Corey Haines , former Growth Marketer at Baremetrics , joins us to talk about how he’s building out Swipe Files. If you’ve dipped your toe into the #nocoded movement, undoubtedly you’ve come across the Makerpad community + tutorials staring back at you. Now, picture Makerpad but for marketing processes — that’s what Corey’s building....

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I love finding entrepreneurs at the intersections of starting something new, discovering their customers, and earning those first few dollars in revenue. Noah Bragg joins us today to tell us the story of how he recently grew his business, supportman.io to the first few hundred dollars a month in recurring income. What I didn’t know b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome back Brian Casel , for his 5th time appearing on the show! Maybe we’ll keep him away for at least another year — or until he launches another product. 🤫 Fun fact: Bootstrapped Web was the first time I was a guest on a podcast way back in the day ! Creating a solid content marketing strategy + executing on it, might be one of...