Course creators, product makers, and community builders — oh my!
Matt continues with Season 8 with the second roundtable episode talking to Jennifer Bourn, Davinder Singh Kainth and Chris Badgett. This panel represents the thought leaders in the WordPress community...
View ArticleFinding opportunity while WordPress is changing
Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with the third roundtable episode talking to Naomi Bush, Brad Williams, and Rebecca Gill. Matt discusses a recent podcast with Matt Mullenweg and Kara Swisher where he...
View ArticleHow WordPress business owners measure success in life and business
Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with this interview discussing changes in the WordPress community. Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys are running WordPress businesses, they are consultants and produce a...
View ArticleWhy exiting solopreneurship is the right move
Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with the roundtable format asking the question is there change in the WordPress ecosystem? John Turner and Phil Derksen are the special guests that share what...
View ArticleBeaver Builder in a Gutenberg world
Matt Medeiros finishes Season 8 with this interview of Robby Mccullough, who is a co-founder of the Beaver Builder page builder and is from the Bay area. Matt and Robby discuss how the Gutenberg...
View ArticleMental Health with Dan Maby of WP&UP
Matt Medeiros starts 2019 and the second part of Season 8 with his interview with Dan Maby. Dan is a self-described wearer of many hats and is the director of Blue 37, a digital agency based in London....
View ArticleBirgit Pauli-Haack on Serving Nonprofit & Community
Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with his interview with Birgit Pauli-Haack. Birgit is a web developer in Naples, Florida and started as a freelancer in 2002. She became a developer because there was...
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Paul Jarvis Company of One
We’re back with another amazing episode of The Matt Report! Paul Jarvis, the author of Company of One and creator of Fathom Analytics & WPComplete, joins me to talk about his new journey of...
View ArticleBecoming a YouTube creator with Justin Reves
I have a love/hate relationship with creating content for YouTube. Creating a video, even a talking head video, can be super time-consuming. As a perfectionist who sucks at creativity, it’s one of...
View ArticleStarting again; Founder of iThemes Cory Miller on leaving Liquid Web
Friend of the show Cory Miller returns after recently joining us last season, to talk about starting again. I’ve always enjoyed Cory’s outlook on life and business so hearing how he’s approaching the...
View ArticleContent & podcast creator Jeff Large
I normally ignore cold outreach requests to be on my show. I’ve written about being a great podcast guest, recorded a video about it, and ranted on the topic before. Coincidently, here was Jeff Large...
View ArticleStatamic a WordPress alternative by Jack McDade
It’s undeniable that agency owners and consultants have started to look at alternative WordPress CMS software solutions over the last two years. From talking to people here on the podcast to seeing...
View ArticleSaaS vs WordPress vs MicroConf vs WordCamp with RogueStartups
I love getting new perspectives on our “little” WordPress business world we live in. Today, I’m happy to bring you Craig Hewitt and Dave Rodenbaugh of RogueStartups fame to help us distill the...
View ArticleWhat’s next for the largest page builder on the planet
Can you imagine a world where you set out to create a product that becomes so popular, that — according to today’s guest — it powers 4% of the internet? Me either. You might have come across a plugin...
View ArticleMarieke van de Rakt CEO of Yoast
The Yoast plugin is arguably one of the first plugins most WordPress site owners install once they get up and running. I know it’s been a staple for the small business websites I’ve consulted on over...
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Automattic’s Happy Tools w/ Matt Wondra
If you haven’t heard, Automattic is embarking on a new challenge to make remote work easier for small teams and organizations. They’re starting with a tool called Happy Schedule, part of a larger...
View ArticleDare to run a WordPress support business like WP Buffs?
Authenticity and that digital handshake is such a hard formula for companies to get right these days. All too often I see content or marketing campaigns treated as, well, campaigns. When a business...
View ArticleCreating products that empower users
Five years ago we launched Conductor plugin, our very first commercial WordPress plugin, and one that (in my opinion) was too far ahead of its time. We were creating an alternative to the (then)...
View ArticleBiggest lesson learned with $15k in seed funding
Did you know I started Dropbox before Dropbox was — Dropbox? I’m sure you invented Facebook before that existed too. Be an entrepreneur long enough and you surely see ideas come and go, learning the...
View ArticleWatching a $4,000 launch day fade away
In part 3 of my journey into digital product sales, I share the experiences of launching Conductor to $4,000 in sales on day one, only to watch it slowly plateau and fall short to bigger trends in the...
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