Category: Work/Life
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Episode 44: Avoid getting burned by other agencies
What do you do when your agency is burned by bad service and unlucky outsourcing? Roll your own offering. Our latest guest Robert Neu of YouNeedFat.com takes us down the journey of starting his WordPress agency and why web marketing along with seo services became the cornerstone of his success. Armed with a developers background…
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Episode 39: Accidental Entrepreneur Jeff Chandler of WPTavern.com
Yes, I jumped Jeff of WPTavern ahead of the line! The orignal WordPress media man has been all in the news lately. One fascinating thing about Jeff is, he never fancied himself an entrepreneur. Like many of us, he stumbled upon WordPress and started using it on his own. He fell in love with writing…
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Episode 36: Connecting the WordPress world via WordSesh
With so many WordCamps and new WordPress meetups cropping up it’s hard to decide where to spend your frequent flyer miles. But, what if you don’t have to leave your couch? By day Scott Basgaard serves happiness at WooThemes — by night he’s bringing the entire world together in a 24 hour marathon of WordPress sessions…
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Episode 34: Why you’re afraid to copy John Lee Dumas
I’m always trying to find new blood for our little community here. Today I bring you John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire fame. Here’s a local New Englander that started almost a year ago with 0 fans, followers, and podcast downloads. He managed to build a podcast and community to over 100k downloads a…
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Episode 29: Rafal Tomal lead WordPress designer at Copyblogger
Have you ever had that mouth wide open, I just met a celebrity feeling? That’s the way I felt when I interviewed Rafal Tomal lead WordPress designer at Copyblogger. Ok, you might not love WordPress themes as much as I do, but if you do, I bet you love the stuff Rafal has put out.…
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Episode 28: Is WordPress recession proof?
A lot of the entrepreneurs I’ve interviewed started in the last economic downturn of 2008. So that got me thinking, is WordPress recession proof? WordPress services can be sliced and diced in many ways. It’s not creating “work” that’s the hard part, it’s finding the right vertical. Rebecca Gill of Web Savvy Marketing joins us…
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Episode 27: How to dominate in a niche WordPress business
These are the stories I love. Folks who are honing in on one vertical industry and putting out a great product or service. Angie Meeker of Angie Meeker Designs walks us through her journey of starting out in the WordPress world to finding a niche vertical business. If you’re all about focus and growing — don’t miss…
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Episode 26: From WordPress freelancer to working at WebDevStudios
You have to wear many hats as a freelancer. The question is, do you really want to? Ryan Duff joins us in Episode 26 to discuss his journey from freelancer to working at WebDevStudios one of the fastest growing WordPress shops around. Don’t miss this episode if you’re looking for a change in your WordPress…
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Episode 25: Growth hacks for WordPress freelancers w/ Aaron Holbrook
Looking for ways to find more clients, land bigger projects, grow a network of trusted peers and increase revenue? I sit down with Aaron Holbrook of A7 Web Design to discuss how he’s doing just that and more. Aaron shares his unique story and how it has unfolded into building his virtual agency. Don’t miss…