Author: Matt
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Episode 46: The benefits of failure
What goes up must come down or in our case, what went down came back up?! You be the judge in my latest interview with Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains and WP Migrate Pro plugin. Before Brad was helping you migrate WordPress databases, he had visions of bringing an app store like experience to WordPress.…
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How to find more clients
“How do I find more clients for my WordPress business?”, he asked. The folks sitting in the room shifted in their seats as if it were some choreographed routine. “Hustle!”, someone blurted out. There was a collective laugh with a taste of pain and uncertainty. Like we’ve all been there before and we know what…
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Episode 45: Who’s behind TorqueMag.io
Oh the WordPress media industry — how we love thee. When the news of WPDaily.co shutting down landed on us so abruptly, it left a few of us scratching our heads to say the least. What would happen to it? Who would buy it? Where’s my WordPress news? Well it’s been a few weeks since the…
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Giving birth as a WordPress developer
I’m about to get a little weird on you. First, I’m not a developer so I’m telling this story like a man (which I am) describing birth (which I’ve never experienced) in some kind of crazy way to relate to developers (which I am not). Second, we’re super excited to announce the birth of our…
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Episode 44: Avoid getting burned by other agencies
What do you do when your agency is burned by bad service and unlucky outsourcing? Roll your own offering. Our latest guest Robert Neu of YouNeedFat.com takes us down the journey of starting his WordPress agency and why web marketing along with seo services became the cornerstone of his success. Armed with a developers background…
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A WordPress business resource bomb by @justlikeair
Shane is the man. I tried to get him on the show a while back but our schedule’s didn’t line up. This past weekend, he ran on the business track at WordCamp San Francisco 2013. Moderated by Matt Mullenweg and joined by past guest Brad Williams and future guest Jake Goldman Shane shared his knowledge on maturing from…
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WordPress News & Media
Here’s the deal, WPEngine is funding an independent voice for WordPress news with the acquisition of the WPDaily archives. Dubbed a publication, no WordPressy title in the name and almost magazine-like it’s a twist on what seems to be a tough nut to crack these days. The WordPress media transformation is upon us. Not news — media. Things are going to…
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Episode 43: How CobaltApps found a way to $20k in monthly revenue
At the MattReport, we’re always looking for new and interesting ways folks have launched their WordPress business. Some people believe that there’s no difference in a WordPress business, than say, a banana stand — I disagree. Enter Eric Hamm creator of the Catalyst framework and the Dynamik Website Builder to challenge just that thought. Eric has…
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Episode 42: How BraveNewCode built a million dollar business from WPtouch
If you’re a premium WordPress shop or just running your own business, where do you set the bar? My next guest has a relentless pursuit to create something awesome that his users will love. But hey, that’s easy when you’re total revenue from a premium plugin exceeds $1 million in sales right? Not so much.…