Author: Matt
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Amber Weinberg: Conquer your freelance career; become a professional WordPress developer
Think freelancing is a tough gig? Try moving half way around the world and rebuilding your business from the ground up. In this amazing interview with Amber Weinberg, she’s going to share that story with us. We’re going to discuss the journey of selling WordPress sites to anyone that wanted one, to now working strictly…
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WTF interns?!
As I write this post, the intern I’m suppose to meet for a kickoff meeting is now 20 minutes late. I just shot her an e-mail and still have yet to receive a response. Benefit of the doubt, it’s the holiday season and the traffic is insane. But this isn’t the first time it’s happened.…
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Andrea Rennick customer advocate at Copyblogger on building a community in WordPress
What makes a support team, business, or community successful? Someone with awesome drive, who communicates well, and genuinely cares about the customer. That’s just a small part of what makes Andrea Rennick rock at her job at Copyblogger Media. I want you to watch or listen to this interview (because we had some technical difficulties half way…
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Tom McFarlin: How to make a living and find success using WordPress
Some of us love what we do and some of us do not. Tom McFarlin joined me to talk about building his WordPress freelance career. He’s a partner at 8bit and co-creator of The Standard Theme. He works with a wide range of clients and considers himself successful in doing so. It’s not because of…
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3 Amazing interviews with people who make a living using WordPress
I’ve started a new journey that I hope can help others. I’m pivoting with MattReport. I’m going to build a web show based around interviewing folks who make a living using WordPress. They are designers, developers, marketers, SaaS leaders, and even small business owners that have a WordPress powered site. If WordPress helps you earn…
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Launching a SaaS product using WordPress with Brian Casel
Making money while you sleep is awesome. Making money while you sleep using WordPress is even better. Meet Brian Casel of CasJam Media. In episode #3 of The Matt Report, Brian and I discuss the life of a freelancer transitioning into a solo entrepreneur with a software as a service product. Brian built his product…
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How to become a better freelancer and find the right clients with WordPress developer Curtis McHale.
I had the chance to interview one of my favorite WordPress personas on Twitter Curtis McHale. I’ve been following Curtis for a while and just love the type of content he puts out. If you make a career out of using WordPress or a Freelancer in general you should read his blog and follow him…
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Web Designer’s Guide to WordPress: How this developer became a noted WordPress author.
Watch this interview to learn how Jesse Friedman went from newbie WordPress developer to noted WordPress author of The Web Designers Guide to WordPress (aff. link) in just 5 years. Also, we talk about doing WordPress the right way, the WordPress community, and how you can get involved and accelerate your career. Stick around to…