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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, Corry Maass and Sam Brodie are talking with Brad Touesnard. Brad is an entrepreneur, developer, and designer living in Nova Scotia, Canada. Brad runs a successful business called Delicious Brains which is known for two popular products called WP Migrate Pro and WP Offload S3. Brad discusses his approach to SaaS  (...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, we’re talking to James Law.  James talks about how to prepare your product for SaasS (Software as a Service). He is an accomplished developer who built Ninja forms in 2011 with his business partner Kevin Stover even though there were many form builders in that space. Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, we’re talking with Brent Jett.  Brent is a lead designer and WordPress developer at Nehmedia. He is an accomplished photographer who loves taking photos. He also loves his beagles and drinking coffee. Brent spends a lot of his time bridging the gap between good design and development at Beaver Builder during his e...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, we’re talking for the first time with Davinder Singh Kainth.  Davinder is an author and has been published on many sites including BasicWP, Simple Pro Themes, and ProBeaver. Davinder has been creating and implementing online spaces for over a decade. He has experience with web design, development, blogging, and SE...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe On today’s episode, we’re talking with Chris Wallace of Lift UX. Chris has been a partner of Lift UX where he has been running a high-end agency with Brad Miller for seven years. Lift UX specializes with WordPress and has realized the benefits of using Beaver Builder for smaller web projects where a lot of custom designs are not need...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Jonathan Perez has been running a successful side hustle called SureFire Web Services. He shares the lessons he has learned about running a business and how you should never be afraid to try new ideas and pivot when you need to. Jonathan has started a Facebook group called 0to30K, now called Devenaires. If you create websites full ti...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Page builders have become very popular in the last couple of years. We are discussing how Beaver Builder has had explosive growth and how it impacts the user experience. What will the impact be for WordPress users in years to come? There are two guests on this show that have a very strong presence in the Beaver Builder community. Lis...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s that time again where I catch up with my good friend, Jake Goldman. Jake runs a distributed agency called  10up , well known for their contributions to WordPress core and portfolio projects leveraging our favorite content management system. It’s been two years since the  last time Jake was on the show , plotting out the roadmap...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s been nearly three years since I l ast interviewed Mason here on the show, which is far too long for someone that delivers great insights into our industry. Mason runs a company called Valet  and recently rolled out a new SaaS offering called Valet Metrix , which literally makes the web a better place. Full disclosure, they were...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Getting a lesson on open source “laws” from Richard Best of WP and Legal Stuff  is the perfect way to end Season 4 of The Matt Report podcast. I’ve admired Richard’s work from afar for quite a while. His e-book, A Practical Guide to WordPress & the GPL , is a must-have for anyone launching a product business within the WordPress...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Doubling your agency rate is a great way to grow your business. Even if you’re a beginner freelancer, moving from $50/hr to $75/hr can start to move the needle considerably. Sounds obvious, but so many people that I talk to still won’t take the leap. Which totally makes sense, it’s a move filled with fear and uncertainty. You’ve been...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress support companies are one of the fastest growing business models that I’ve seen in our space in quite some time. The concept being, for a monthly fee, you get a dedicated WordPress support company that can tackle all of your technical needs — around your WordPress website. Here’s the issue, it’s easy to  start a company lik...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Everyone loves a good “how to make seven figures in software sales” story, but not every business owner desires to claim that headline. If there’s one trend throughout season 4, it’s that we don’t need world domination as a driving force to grow our business. Throughout my conversations with guests on the show, and business owners at...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Shawn Hesketh is the creator of WP101 , an online library and learning resource, for WordPress. When you don’t want to spend the time training your clients, or answering the pesky support e-mails, you use a service like WP101. Shawn and his team tirelessly script, record, edit, produce, and publish top-notch training materials for th...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe AJ Morris , Product Manager at Liquid Web , shares the lessons he learned from running his own boutique agency before joining the web hosting company. There’s a lot of little lessons threaded throughout our conversation, but there’s one stand out point, every WordPress business owner should be thinking about. Interview with AJ Morris...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The word of the day is: Evolve. Beka Rice , WooCommerce Team Lead at SkyVerge , joins the Matt Report to discuss the makings of a modern day WordPress agency. SkyVerge is a WooCommerce service agency, the largest developer of 3rd party add-ons in the WooCommerce marketplace, the company behind  SellWithWP.com , and they’ve expanded i...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Remember that line in the Social Network, “A million dollars isn’t cool, you know what’s cool? A billion dollars.” Well…maybe not for all of us. Dan Cameron of Sprout Apps, is a great example of an entrepreneur that wants to stay small and isn’t motivated by the billion dollar dream. That’s not to say he doesn’t want to see his reven...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Have you ever wondered how WordPress is made? Today’s guest, Helen Hou-Sandi of 10up, is leading the WordPress 4.7 release and joins us to discuss how the pieces of the puzzle come together. If you’re curious on how features get decided or how it’s all managed, this is a  great episode for you. Interview with Helen Hou-Sandi of 10up...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Debating WordPress Page Builders is like your crazy uncle talking politics at the holiday dinner with the family. But let’s do it anyway? Full disclosure, I sell a plugin called Conductor , that often gets confused as a page builder. There’s a lot of noise in this space, and lots of strong opinions. For good reason. A page builder ch...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Hooray! Season 4 is here! First and foremost, thanks for always tuning into the Matt Report, and craving great stories and how-to from our guests. Second, thanks to my two content sponsors for this season: Pagely.com & Valet.io . Without them, the Netflix style release wouldn’t have been possible. Kicking of Season 4 is my friend...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Wrapping up the gap season, I’ve invited Diane Kinney to host her very own Q&A on the show. I met Diane a few years ago, after launching my now failed Matt Report Pro membership. We chatted at WordCamp Miami, and she shared some of her own opinions on how I could (have) made the membership a success. Looks like I should have take...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The main goal of my gap season is to introduce new ideas, conversations, and concepts from around the WordPress community. Today, I’m proud to have had the opportunity to share this episode with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. The show Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital b...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I met Topher a few years back when we were plopped down near one another at a WordCamp after party. We never met, or crossed paths before. In fact, I think our beards dueled for a bit before we started chatting — or maybe it was the ice wine? To my delight, I enjoyed the conversation we had, inspired by the work my new friend was doi...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Have you been planning to launch that brandy new online course of yours? Who better than Carrie Dils , WordPress podcaster and Lynda trainer, to teach us the ins and outs of setting up your first course. She’ll take us through the mindset of planning, all the way through production of our educational material. I’ve invited her to “ta...

Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I love a good actionable story about how to grow your business, especially in the competitive SaaS space. If you’ve been into digital products over the last few years, you may have heard of Nathan Barry, and his success in the e-book space. Surely not his only accolade over the years, but one where I first discovered his work. What a...