Category: Business

  • Stop chasing products w/ Peter Kang

    Stop chasing products w/ Peter Kang

    In this episode, Matt Mederios interviews Peter Kang, the partner, and co-founder of Barrel. The Barrel agency has been in business in NYC for about 10 years and works on a diverse range of projects, from helping startups get their businesses up and running to implementing large-scale digital solutions for corporate clients.

  • Alex Denning & Ben Gillbanks of the MasterWP WordPress newsletter

    Alex Denning & Ben Gillbanks of the MasterWP WordPress newsletter

    In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Alex Denning and Ben Gillbanks who have started the newsletter MasterWP.    MasterWP weekly is the newsletter for WordPress professionals. Each week you can get a collection of apps, tools, and links that will make life better and provoke thought.  The newsletter provides a good mix of web standards…

  • S5B: E11: Thomas Griffin

    S5B: E11: Thomas Griffin

    In this episode Sam and Corey interview Thomas Griffin from OptinMonster. The discussion is how you can successfully shift your business from a plugin model to SaaS model.

  • S5B: E8 Bryce Adams

    S5B: E8 Bryce Adams

    On today’s episode, Corry Maass and Sam Brodie are interviewing Bryce Adams. Bryce is the creator of  Metorik. Bryce had been running the largest WooCommerce store for Automattic and became increasingly frustrated with the lack of reporting that was available. During the evenings and weekends, Bryce spent his time building WooCommerce extensions, WordPress plugins, and small…

  • On running a WordPress product & service business

    On running a WordPress product & service business

    I co-hosted episode #100 of OfficeHours.fm and received a batch of great listener questions. I thought it best to drill down and expand upon what it’s like running a WordPress consultancy, while trying to sell digital products.

  • Getting started with Drip for WordPress

    Getting started with Drip for WordPress

    This week we find ourselves diving deeper into the Drip marketing service and exploring how to connect it to our WordPress websites. Last week I eluded to the idea that a lot of marketing tools and tactics fall victim to becoming fads. Unfortunately, many of the tools and web marketing strategies of today are perceived as quick fixes that…

  • S2 E4: Catching up with Julep & Maps Builder Pro

    Who knew that getting married and going on honeymoon would take up so much time? Devin and I are back to recap where we’ve been and what we’ve accomplished over the last month. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned? Business and life are going to constantly challenge you — sometimes at the same time. Give…

  • Managing the $50k web project

    Managing the $50k web project

    Enter part 4 of our web design series, Managing the Fifty-Thousand Dollar Web Project. The Matt Report Web Design Series Part 1: Discovery Process Part 2: Setting the budget & expectation  Part 3: Managing the $5 – $15k web project I’m stoked for this episode, not just because of the size budget we’re discussing, but because…

  • Your customer is ruining your brand

    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…