Category: Startups
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Pat Flynn: Software as a business
Want to know how to make $5,000 dollars in a weekend via a $10 Facebook ad? Too bad. You can’t. If you’re like me, you are probably so numb to these type of flash in the pan marketing schemes. Even more so, sick of seeing ads from “web marketers” that are renting 7 series BMW’s to…
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Host Swap: Troy Dean Interviews Japh Thomson
Here’s a special episode today hosted by my good friend Troy Dean. We chatted a while back about putting on a”host swap” of sorts. I interview a guest for his show, he interviews a guest for mine. I had a great time and he really knocked it out of the park on this episode. You…
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Forget the garage — he started from a closet.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I sat down with the founder of Flywheel. I did my usual routine of background checks, blog post readings, and Twitter stream scanning. I knew going into the interview that he did A LOT. I was most interested in how he launched all of…
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How to develop a successful product with Frankie Jarrett
Back at WordCamp Miami, I had dinner with my new friend Topher, where we shared some great food and conversation. In typical podcaster fashion I asked, “Who should I interview next?” Topher said that I HAVE to talk to Frankie, lead on the WP-Stream plugin. Having just found out about the plugin and really loving the power…
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Create a better customer experience
Today I sit down with Cody Landefeld of CodyL.com fame. You may be familiar with the User Experience of a website or app, but what about your business? That’s what we’re focusing on today. How do clients interact with us from the pre-sale, to the mid-project, all the way down to support phase? It might mean…
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Segmenting, Outsourcing & Engaging to grow your WordPress business
Daniel Faggella is the founder CLVboost of a boutique marketing automation and strategic email market consultancy based in Cambridge, Massachusetts Daniel originally started learning and using WP when he was running a martial arts academy. As his professional focus evolved he started offering internet marketing consulting services. WordPress is still Daniel’s web building platform of…
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How to find determination when the chips are down
You might refer to it as crushing it or pushing through or even the grind. Determination is often overlooked in the entrepreneur’s journey. Some will fold when faced with the slightest friction of startup life. Others will give up when they can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Dre Armeda, co-founder of Sucuri, joins us to talk…
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Carrie Dils: From greeting cards to WordPress
Fan favorite Carrie Dils joins the show today to talk about GiggleSnort — I mean WordPress freelancing. Carrie brings us through some amazing stories, from bootstrapping a greeting card service to working at StarBucks and how both experiences impacted her career. If you’re just starting out or working a day to day that you’re trying…
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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…