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Off the cuff with Marcus Couch
I’ve had the chance to talk to some really smart and down to earth people lately. Today’s guest, Marcus Couch of WordPress podcasting fame (though don’t say that around him), joins us to chat about the ups and downs of running your own business. From landing large national client’s with hundreds of websites, to losing…
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WP Valet: Leveraging customer data
There’s a great resource that so many of us overlook. It starts with the time you spend invoicing, speaking on the phone and training clients. It’s the time it takes to update a plugin starting from the first click to login. There’s top pages, posts and podcasts that your audience consumes on a monthly basis.…
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James Dalman is disrupting web design (again)
One day I’ll write a book about how the experience of selling cars should be a precursor to becoming an entrepreneur. In fact, I’ve put some thoughts together on that topic before. There’s no better training than working with cold calls, negotiations and rejection that the car lot affords you. After a few years, you…
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Alex King: Invest in team building and creating value
I have the honor of sitting down with legacy WordPress entrepreneur Alex King of Crowd Favorite in today’s episode. Rounding off my release of big name WordPress agency founders, Alex paints the portrait of his 10+ year WordPress career. We cover the recent acquisition from VeloMedia to learning the hard lessons of building a team.…
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Jake Goldman on building a WordPress agency
In today’s episode I finally make it around to inviting my good friend Jake Goldman on to the show. If you don’t know Jake, he’s running one of the largest WordPress agencies on the planet. If you’re looking to scale your own shop, we talk about some very important steps starting with recruiting the right…
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How to optimize your blog images
Speeding up your WordPress blog is super important and almost a no-brainer in today’s SEO world. One of the biggest culprits weighing us down are the featured images we use to showcase our content. It’s important to pick a great photo that lures the reader in. Great photos sometimes come with a cost in bytes…
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Automattic and the VIP Platform with Paul Maiorana
There is managed WordPress hosting and then there is the VIP platform. Ok, so maybe you don’t make the leap THAT fast, but if you’re a Fortune 50 looking for a strong SLA tied closely to Automattic, you might choose VIP. Paul Maiorana, VP of Platform Services, joins us to talk about what it’s like…
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Ethan Marcotte: Responsive design with a side of WordPress
It’s not often one has the chance to share a stage with guru of responsive design Ethan Marcotte, as I did during WordCamp Boston 2013. Ok, so it wasn’t a stage, it was a podium. And we didn’t share it, I just came on after him — but I digress. In this episode of Matt…
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Garrett Moon of Todaymade & CoSchedule
Are you afraid to start because you’re not in San Francisco, New York, or Austin? What if I told you that today’s guest is doing just fine out in North Dakota? Garrett Moon is co-foudner of Todaymade a software company that launched CoSchedule a few months back. And by a few months I mean October/November…