Category: Interview
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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…
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Using Facebook ads to grow a list. Announcing a new co-host.
I turned to Facebook ads this week in my quest to grow the Julep beta list to 100 subscribers. If you’ve been following along, I’m actively developing a new plugin that will make your WordPress images a little more fun for readers. The plugin hit a bit of a snag these last 2 weeks, with…
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Overcoming product launch fear & growing your list
We’re back with Season 2 Episode 2 documenting the launch of my latest product, Julep. This week I’ve invited returning guest, Troy Dean of WP Elevation, to talk about the fears of launching a product. We also get into providing some advice for growing your e-mail list for a product launch. Sit back, take a…
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Web Design Essentials & Designing For A Platform
I’m a firm believer in fully understanding the essentials (or fundamentals) of any problem you’re trying to solve. For instance, you might not be a designer, but you’re quoting design work for your digital business. It’s imperative you understand the scope of work the design process covers and entails. This will help you formulate better proposals,…
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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…
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Managing the $5k to $15k web project
John Hawkins founder of 9Seeds, joins us to breakdown how to sell, support, and manage a 5 – 15k web project budget.
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Setting web design budget and expectation
It’s easy for us to sit back and tell consultants to raise their rates and set better expectations, but it’s another story when we are the customer. Today’s guest is re-launching his company website and he’s here to tell us how he approached the process. Meet, Jason Resnick, expert WordPress developer, consultant, and business owner. He’s in…
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3 Critical Phases of the Discovery Process
The podcast is back! We’re (finally) entering into that web design story line I’ve been promising you for quite some time now. I’ve been sitting on the entire series for the last 2 months, wrestling with ideas on how to release it. One at a time? In episode chunks? Netflix style? I’ve settled on doing…
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Interview with Matt Mullenweg
Today, I’m excited to finally have Matt Mullenweg join us on the Matt Report podcast. We’re going to satisfy our typical entrepreneur appetite by diving into his day-to-day routine and we’ll learn what it’s like being the CEO of Automattic. Want to know where Mullenweg’s vision for WordPress is going to take us? No problem, we’ve…