Stop caring what other people think
Two of my favorite entrepreneurs to follow tweeted out some awesome content this week. Gary Vaynerchuck is one of the hardest working dude’s getting shit done in the web tech space. I feel like I have...
View Article“Challenge” Pilot Episode: A Big Thanks
Whew….I just finished recording the pilot episode of the Matt Report WordPress startup challenge. It. Was. Epic! First, I want to say it was a humbling experience getting some of the best folks in the...
View ArticlePressNomics: Not all rainbow hopping unicorns and why that’s a good thing
There’s a certain energy in the air when you first walk into the room at PressNomics. In my perspective, WordCamp’s are light and airy, like a high school reunion. This time, we were amongst other...
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Episode 53: Josh Strebel of Page.ly, PressNomics and Matt Report Pro
Just getting back from PressNomics and flipping through my Rolodex of awesome new connections. Oh and catching up from jet lag — sorry Rebecca. If you’re interested in attending PressNomics or learning...
View ArticleEpisode 54: Brian Gardner of Copyblogger founder of StudioPress
Well, it’s finally happened. I interviewed Brian Gardner. If you don’t know who Brian is, where the heck have you been? He’s the first WordPress entrepreneur to pioneer the premium theme business as we...
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Episode 1: WordPress Startup Challenge
After a month of post production it’s finally here! Wondering what the WordPress startup community is up to? Check out these 4 new startups and join in to hear the judges rate their pitch and business...
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10up founder Jake Goldman invests in seoslides WordPress plugin
Recently at WordCamp Boston 2013, a strange thing happened. Two plugin announcements randomly collided. I attended Steven Word’s talk called “Unconventional WordPress” and unconventional it was. At the...
View ArticleHow to write your first self published e-book
Am I the only one that has an urge to start writing a book when the winter time rolls around? Brian Casel returns to The Matt Report to discuss his latest Launch Design for Conversions. This isn’t a...
View ArticleWordPress slide presentation the WP Present way
Owning your content is sort of the WordPress way, right? We publish a ton of data from our blog’s to our Facebook accounts. Instagram captures our memories and Twitter declares what we’re thinking at...
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Managing Gravity Forms with Zapier and Trello
If you’re looking to organize your Gravity Forms contact submissions, I’ve got just the trick for you. I connect my general Contact form and my Challenge application forms to my Trello account with...
View ArticleInvest in your first 100 customers
Data — It’s what I love to hate as a web marketer and consultant. Data tells us who our customers are, where they come from and how long they spend looking at our content. What device they use, what...
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24 Ways you can build a better WordPress website
Sometimes I should learn to keep my mouth shut. But if I did, we wouldn’t get awesome interviews like this one with James Schramko of superfastbusiness.com. I was listening to James interview on...
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8 Tools for the (almost) daily blogger
Daily blogging is a feat I wish to accomplish at some consecutive rate in the near future. Even a 90 day stretch would feel great because I don’t think I’ll ever get a solid 365 days in like my pals...
View ArticleWhat entrepreneurs don’t like to admit
The hardest part of our work is not the making money part — it’s the focus part. I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but ideas are a dime a dozen, it’s the execution that matters. It’s so easy...
View ArticleWordSesh the WordPress Olympics
For the first time in my life, I might have the podcasting jitters. WordSesh is in full swing and I’m about to take the mic. For those of you that don’t know, the 24 hour marathon of WordPress “stuff”...
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How to start a podcast
This weekend I took part in an Olympian event called WordSesh. I loaded up Google Hangouts to join the discussion with six other hosts that also run their own WordPress podcast. We chatted about why we...
View ArticleBecome a mentor
The holiday season is upon us and it’s time to give thanks to folks near and far. For the last 5 years I’ve been volunteering as a mentor for my local community college. Recently, I was a guest speaker...
View ArticleWordPress through Google Glass
I’m really excited to sit down and chat with the developer of wpForGlass, a WordPress plugin for publishing via Google Glass. When the news broke, the first thing that came to my mind was, “Who is Ozzy...
View ArticleWhat to do with your business in 2014
This is a thought about what to do with your business, not what to do in it. With the new year fast approaching, you might be starting to think about the goals you’d like to achieve. We’re going to...
View ArticleThe Impact of Public Relations
Think about the high performing companies you subscribe to and the image they portray on the web, in social media, and within your inbox. I’m a raving fan of a company that uses a monkey as part of...
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