Business, Interview, Marketing, Startups

Statamic a WordPress alternative by Jack McDade

It’s undeniable that agency owners and consultants have started to look at alternative WordPress CMS software solutions over the last two years. From talking to people here on the podcast to seeing consultants change business offerings after years in business, I can’t help but feel it’s healthy to know your options. While we’ve always known…

April 9, 2019 Matt 0

Business, Interview, Marketing, Work/Life

Content & podcast creator Jeff Large

I normally ignore cold outreach requests to be on my show. I’ve written about being a great podcast guest, recorded a video about it, and ranted on the topic before. Coincidently, here was Jeff Large reaching out to be on my show right around the time I published the rant video. Boy was he in…

March 15, 2019 Matt 0

Business, Interview, Startups, Work/Life

Starting again; Founder of iThemes Cory Miller on leaving Liquid Web

Friend of the show Cory Miller returns after recently joining us last season, to talk about starting again. I’ve always enjoyed Cory’s outlook on life and business so hearing how he’s approaching the new journey just a short year after joining Liquid Web was a reminder that you should never let go of the fundamentals. Jobs,…

March 1, 2019 Matt 0

Business, Interview, Marketing, Work/Life

Becoming a YouTube creator with Justin Reves

I have a love/hate relationship with creating content for YouTube. Creating a video, even a talking head video, can be super time-consuming. As a perfectionist who sucks at creativity, it’s one of those things where uploading a video can be awful satisfying or just plain awful. On top of that, YouTube viewers are always hungry for…

February 21, 2019 Matt 1

Blog, Business, Freelancers, Startups

Paul Jarvis Company of One

We’re back with another amazing episode of The Matt Report! Paul Jarvis, the author of Company of One and creator of Fathom Analytics & WPComplete, joins me to talk about his new journey of publishing a “real” book. I mean, he’s published e-books before but surely this is *more* real because it’s printed on trees…

February 19, 2019 Matt 0

Blog, Business, Interview

What does it feel like to sell your decade-old business? Cory Miller explains.

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 companies,…

February 14, 2018 Matt 0

Blog, WordPress

The blue-collar WordPress worker and the 2,500+ websites built to grow the CMS

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…

November 14, 2017 Matt 21