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The WordPress community w/ Matt Mullenweg
After Automattic released their experiment with selling $5,000 websites, I published a video, I spell it wordpress now. A video which has been viewed over 1,400 times and caught the attention of...
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In defense of Elementor vs. Webflow
WordPress product pricing is too cheap. Elementor, the most popular page builder for WordPress these days, has announced a price hike which will come into effect on March 9, 2021. Comments are as you...
View ArticleRaising VC funding in the WordPress hosting ecosystem with Miriam Schwab
Entrepreneur, a term that has lost its potency over the years, is finding it’s way back home in today’s story. There are those of us that start businesses out of the desire to control our own destiny,...
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Hecto.io: Helping newsletter creators monetize
Curiosity. Curiosity is what the nocode movement has reignited for me. When I think back to my days of using Drupal 5 with the powerful combination of CCK + Views modules, two things come to mind: Why...
View ArticleWPGraphQL: Playing a role in the web’s operating system
“Operating system for the web” has lingered around the ol’ noodle since I heard Matt Mullenweg mutter those words some 6 or 8 years ago. The headline made news again on Techcrunch back in 2019, along...
View ArticleHow WordPress powers a financial media site w/ Evan Medeiros
It’s easy to overlook WordPress’ capability to expand in parallel with a growing online business. From starting as a simple blog to grow awareness, all the way to fueling a digital e-commerce engine...
View ArticleDefining the Chief Operating Officer (COO) role at a digital agency
It’s all fun and games until the business starts to grow, and I mean, really grow. From 1 to 2 people, 2 to 10, 10 to 50 these are moments in your career that not only make or break the company — but...
View ArticleChoosing the best WordPress themes
What a difference 3-plus-something years makes. Remember the Page Builder race? Then remember when Gutenberg came on the scene smashing the ground, cracking the earth beneath her like Wonder Woman in...
View ArticleBest of Matt Report March 2021
If you’ve skipped around the catalog of amazing episodes published this year, I’ve gathered four here today that should entice you to binge a few more. I stitched together clips from the years top...
View ArticleNathan 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...
View ArticleHow to profit beyond your business
Failures in business become some of our greatest lessons. There are 100 moments of failure in my career that have redirected the course of my business building journey. While they sting in the moment,...
View ArticleThe business opportunity of #nocode w/ Kieran Ball
I’m sure we’re all very familiar with building in public. As someone that has been doing exactly that for the last 15 or so years, I can tell you, it’s the only way I really know how to do something....
View ArticleProducts & services for accessibility in WordPress
Courage might be the most valuable trait running through an entrepreneur’s veins. The stories shared on this podcast are born from some of the most difficult times for the individuals starting a...
View ArticlePlay it forward w/ other WordPress podcasts
Today I’m experimenting with a new type of podcast episode called Play it Forward. I’m “borrowing” this concept from a show called 3 Clips that we produce at my day job, Castos. In that show the host,...
View ArticleOpen-source economist podcast by Christie Chirinos
Over the last few years, I think one of the most important lessons we’ve learned is that our community can go beyond WordPress. From the tools and the code, to the neighboring software’s we use to get...
View ArticleA new business model for no code
I came across Kristen Youngs’ YouTube channel while I was exploring the popular no code Bubble.io platform. At first, I thought she was creating the typical tutorial videos channel around this very...
View ArticleLaunching ZipMessage w/ Brian Casel
It took me a while to draw out what I wanted to say in today’s monologue about our guest. This will be his 6th appearance on the show. With this episode, we’ve covered 4 different SaaS based...
View ArticleBrian Jackson: From marketing Kinsta to building a plugin business
Today’s guest used to sit on the opposite sides of the WordPress hosting competition table from me. At one point in his career, he was pumping out content on Kinsta’s blog like an absolute machine...
View ArticleLindsay Halsey on building Pathfinder SEO
There’s a fine balance between optimizing your services for profits and providing satisfactory value for the money you charge your customers. Let me frame that for you: A high-touch, white glove...
View ArticleMindful School Marketing: Finding a great podcast co-host
Forming a successful partnership in business might be the most powerful, yet, most challenging things to do right. This goes beyond simply linking to each others business or handing over the...
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