Category: Work/Life

  • Nathan Wrigley on hosting the WP Tavern Jukebox podcast

    Nathan Wrigley on hosting the WP Tavern Jukebox podcast

    Podcasting in the WordPress space can be a thankless job. It’s a labor of love — or pain. I’ve talked about this before, it’s not something that is driven by huge financial gains and certainly not backed by huge financial interest. If you want to earn a living with podcasting about WordPress, you best read…

  • Founder marketing

    Founder marketing

    We’re back, with another fine episode of the Matt Report podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe, over at mattreport.com/subscribe because there’s a new podcast coming. I’ll hint at it today and give you the loose backstory on how this all came together. Plus, we’ll hit on my upcoming interview with Matt Mullenweg, simplifying my WordPress branding,…

  • Collaboration in the WP Builds content business

    Collaboration in the WP Builds content business

    There’s a saying being traded around the online business building world, which goes something like this: “Build in the open.” A sentiment that might lead you to believe that this is a method reserved only for people building products or software companies. Though, I’d challenge you to disrupt the phrase and leverage it for building…

  • 2020 End of Year Review

    2020 End of Year Review

    Welcome back to the Matt Report podcast, it’s the show for opinionated resilient business builders. How’s that, “opinionated resilient business builders.” Anyway, we’ll keep working on it, I like it and that’s what is leading us into the 2020 year in review! 1. Finding the Premise for the Matt Report There’s 1.8 million podcasts out…

  • Building a business through content & education

    Building a business through content & education

    While the life of a content creator might look glamorous on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok — it might be one of the most challenging businesses you can start. See, unlike a services business or a development shop, content takes time and an energy that you must dig deep to find. A practice that can exhaust…

  • Software eats world; I eat software

    Software eats world; I eat software

    We’re kicking off with another solo episode today featuring my thoughts on Salesforce acquiring Slack and #nocode tools. Hope you enjoy today’s episode, please share it with others! Say THANKS to our Sponsors! MalCare — Looking for a great way to protect your client’s WordPress website? Don’t deal with the hassle of cleaning out malware or…

  • Building a business on Intercom

    Building a business on Intercom

    I love finding entrepreneurs at the intersections of starting something new, discovering their customers, and earning those first few dollars in revenue. Noah Bragg joins us today to tell us the story of how he recently grew his business, supportman.io to the first few hundred dollars a month in recurring income. What I didn’t know…

  • Solo Founder Content Marketing

    Solo Founder Content Marketing

    Welcome back Brian Casel, for his 5th time appearing on the show! Maybe we’ll keep him away for at least another year — or until he launches another product. 🤫 Fun fact: Bootstrapped Web was the first time I was a guest on a podcast way back in the day! Creating a solid content marketing…

  • Funding a WordPress podcast

    Funding a WordPress podcast

    Monetizing “WordPress content” like a blog, a podcast, or a YouTube channel is tricky business. Results are rarely immediate for most creators, with the Google SERP odds being stacked against you. If you want to fast track it: You will find more opportunity producing largely searched for content like how-to tutorials or topics on design…