Category: Blog
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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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Your customer is ruining your brand
If there’s one thing I’m sick of it’s flash in the pan web marketers. Crappy ads and “consultants” that promise WhatsApp money in a weekend’s worth of SEO and retargeting work. “Don’t worry, we’ve been doing this for 6 months and our e-book will make you richer than Mark Zuckerberg after his exit from Facebook. Just…
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On Matt Report Pro and being scared to launch
If you follow me closely you know I’m embarking on a new journey. A real step up to the plate, face the music, look at myself in the mirror kind of journey. Launches are scary and unnerving, but don’t worry, I’ll bring you along for the ride. 2013 was very exciting for my personal brand…
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From WordPress developer to product designer
Who wants to be in the client services field when you can be in product? After all, the road to the Golden Chalice is lined with riches and bountiful treasures. Create an MVP, launch it, and splash into your pool of coins like Uncle Scrooge. No one ever warns you about the long weekends, iterations,…
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WordPress blogs to follow in 2014
Now that those darn daily blogging resoluters are cooling off…who remains and who are you going to follow? Sure there’s Tom and Chris or perhaps even Curtis. We know that Brad and Pippin do their thing too. Oh and John. We can’t forget about John. But who else are you following throughout 2014 in the…
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WordPress business toolkit part 1
Running a WordPress business? Of course you are! If you’re not, you can use these services for any form of online business. In part 1, we’ll briefly cover WordPress hosting, a few plugins, and a couple or my choice productivity tools. There’s some cross compatibility from the blogging tips post, but I’ve wrapped some new context…
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Pricing a WordPress product
It looks like 2014 WordPress entrepreneurial resolutions include launching new products. I’m also on that list and because of that I’ve been thinking a lot about pricing. In fact, my friend Chris recently published a new e-book, The Price is Right An Introduction to Product Pricing that I downloaded for my two-day getaway in Maine.…
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A/B Testing Gravity Forms & Mailchimp
The Matt Report will be getting a minor facelift soon to accommodate the Pro membership portion. Instead of landing on the homepage and seeing the blog roll, the visitor will be presented with a unique landing page with a few new options. I’ll be using the Gravity Forms plugin and the Mailchimp addon to connect…