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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe With the kick-off episode of Season 8, Matt Mederios interviews Ryan Sullivan about entrepreneurial fears and changes that occur in a business. Ryan recently sold WP Site Care,  a maintenance business to Southern Web and wrote an article about this change. Matt is now working for Pagely. They each have an honest discussion of what ha...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe How time flies. It’s been nearly 7 months since I’ve published a new episode of the Matt Report and while it’s been kinda nice not to have all of the podcasting duties on my plate, it’s time to get back to work on Season 8. During this time, I’ve had a chance to reflect on WordPress the software, WordPress the community, and to watch...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe How time flies. It’s been nearly 7 months since I’ve published a new episode of the Matt Report and while it’s been kinda nice not to have all of the podcasting duties on my plate, it’s time to get back to work on Season 8. During this time, I’ve had a chance to reflect on WordPress the software, WordPress the community, and to watch...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros wraps up the season interviewing Michelle Schulp from Marktime Media In Minneapolis. Michelle is an independent designer and front-end developer who works with many agencies and other freelancers. Michelle’s background is in design and she is well known as a WordCamp Speaker. She loves teaching design a...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros is winding down Season 7 by interviewing Kim Doyal, who is “formally” known as the WordPress Chick .  Kim has been obsessed with content since closing out all the service work in her previous business. She is presenting the Content Creator Summit the first full week of March and has a closed Content Cre...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Christie Chirinos a partner and business manager at Caldera Forms . Caldera Forms is known for the drag and drop form builder for WordPress. Christie works on marketing products and consulting jobs to grow the business. She and Matt discuss changes that are happening in the WordPress environm...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode , Matt Medeiros follows up with Troy Dean to discuss what he is doing with his business in 2018. They cover the online and education space. Matt and Troy talk about advanced education in the United States, online education, and online marketing. Troy is the founder of WPElevation and RockStar Empires. Listen to the ep...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews  Cory Miller from iThemes and jokes with him as being his most interviewed guest on the Matt Report. The big news for 2018 is that Cory’s business (IThemes) was recently purchased by Liquidweb.  Matt and Cory talk about the climate around WordPress, how they are working for different hosting...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Sara Dunn from the 11Web Agency. Sara is a website maker and SEO Consultant running a remote business based in Battle Creek Michigan. She talks with Matt about her recent use of YouTube and how she is committed to producing regular content along with creating a niche for her freelance busines...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Today’s guest is my good friend Lisa Sabin-Wilson . She shares her blueprint for increasing profits and client buy-in at WebDevStudios . This is a “lost” episode from a pre-recorded Season 6 of the Matt Report that I was producing during the summer of 2017. Lots of great lessons here for anyone running a 1 or 40 person agency. Let me...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Mederios is winding down the December holiday season with this interview with Dan Roundhill. Dan is a mobile engineer for Automattic and is the project lead on Simplenote a note-taking product which Matt uses and highly recommends.  Automattic  acquired Simperium and Simplenote in 2013. Dan shares the ins and ou...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros continues the impromptu Season 6 with his interview with Tom McFarlin. Tom is a developer and business owner in the WordPress community but is not solely dependent on WordPress. He balances his consulting and development business along with teaching and blogging with a focus on  Object Oriented Programm...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Mederios interviews Peter Kang, the partner, and co-founder of Barrel. The Barrel agency has been in business in NYC for about 10 years and works on a diverse range of projects, from helping startups get their businesses up and running to implementing large-scale digital solutions for corporate clients. Listen t...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I’m not foolish enough to think that the entirety of WordPress’ growth is driven by our love for the software, but that we consultants are responsible for a sizeable portion of it. A portion that shouldn’t be ignored and one that should be welcome to the discussion more often. Under-represented. Perhaps. You can listen to the audio v...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Matt Medeiros is continuing with Season 6 by interviewing guests as he connects with them in the community. In this episode, Matt interviews David Hayes from  WPShout , a premier source for WordPress learning. David along with his partner Fred Meyer also run an agency called PressUp . It is a boutique web consultancy that partners wi...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Nathan Allotey, a digital marketing strategist, web designer and freelancer who has the experience building websites for customers that are not necessarily dependent on WordPress.  He and Matt discuss how the project drives the framework for website creation. Listen to this episode: Matt Repo...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Alex Denning and Ben Gillbanks who have started the newsletter MasterWP .    MasterWP weekly is the newsletter for WordPress professionals. Each week you can get a collection of apps, tools, and links that will make life better and provoke thought.  The newsletter provides a good mix of web s...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe We live in a world of monetized Jetpack. Gone are the days where commercialized plugins were looked at under a watchful microscope, and leadership at Automattic felt that charging for plugins was, well, plain wrong. Today we’re seeing Jetpack as the revenue bridge between .org and .com offerings — and a very big bridge at that. A rea...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode , Matt Medeiros interviews Troy Dean, the founder of WP Elevation and RockStar Empires. They touch on teaching entrepreneurs how to productize their businesses. Matt and Troy discuss the differences of WPElevation and RockStar Empires and the challenges of balancing two businesses.  They wrap up the conversation with...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode Corey and Sam interview Brian Casel about his passion for productized services and how you can launch a SaaS product quickly.  They discuss  Brian’s newest product, Ops Calendar and how that naturally evolved from Audience Ops. Listen to the episode Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners S5B:...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I’m excited to release this interview with Jason Calacanis during the launch of his new book, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000. I’ve been a super fan of Jason  since coming across his show This week in Startups when he produced it on set with blac...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode Sam and Corey interview Thomas Griffin from OptinMonster. The discussion is how you can successfully shift your business from a plugin model to SaaS model. Listen to the show Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners S5B: E11: Thomas Griffin Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, Sam and Corey interview Darren Ethier and Garth Koyle the co-founders of Event Espresso and Event Smart. They discuss how to take your successful WordPress plugin and turn it into a SaaS. This is a lively technical discussion about spinning up a SaaS startup using the WordPress framework. Listen to the show Matt R...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, Sam and Corey hit the halfway mark of Season 5B by interviewing Tom Willmot, the CEO of Human Made. Tom talks about the agency along with the Happytables SaaS Product which has been the niche product when Noel Tock joined Human Made as a partner in 2013. Listen to the show Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for dig...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, Corry Maass and Sam Brodie are interviewing Bryce Adams. Bryce is the creator of   Metorik . Bryce had been running the largest WooCommerce store for Automattic and became increasingly frustrated with the lack of reporting that was available. During the evenings and weekends, Bryce spent his time building WooComme...