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Marc Benzakein shares a retrospective on running ServerPress for a decade in the WordPress space. We unpack the history on discovering the beloved software development tool and partnering…
What if you locked yourself in a room and threw away the key to work on your business? Stop the Slacking, the doom scrolling, but forced to focus…
Today’s guest, Ines van Dijk, is helping WordPress product owners get better at customer support. With over a decade of experience in the WordPress customer support space with…
What does the word entrepreneur mean anymore? To you? I think there’s that slightly jaded view of the TechCrunch Disrupt vision of days gone by. Building a unicorn.…
From Expression Engine to WordPress, Rob Howard has built his WordPress agency as a flagship for larger agencies to source work to. Unqualified customers are the biggest threat…
What’s the side effect from WordPress changing so rapidly? We’re dragging blocks, inserting patterns, and visually building our themes these days. There’s been great discussion spurred around themes,…
When you hear the phrase high performance WordPress websites, what examples come to mind? This is a phrase that I see a lot of companies using in their…
Hey listener, before we get started, if you’d like to support WordPress community member Andrey Savchenko or anyone else currently in the Ukraine, please donate here or here.…
If you found your way to this episode from my newsletter, thanks for taking part in one of the areas I lack most in: emailing my list. If…
I’ve known today’s guest before I even ventured into the professional WordPress industry. In fact, it wasn’t his themes that revolutionized my thinking, it was the checkout process.…
I typically open up my monologue with setting some tension or to attempt to provoke how a grand idea might come together in the upcoming audio. I don’t…
A tricky part about all of this stuff we do in business and online is to not let the work consume you. I know people say that your…
“Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in” a famous line from Godfather Part III and a recurring theme I’ve noticed for those of who…
Now that the WordPress acquisition market has cooled a bit, it’s time to stoke the fire on all things Gatsby and JAMStack-y-ness….again. Don’t let Full Site Editing steal…
The WordPress acquisition world was rocking this week. If this week were a heavyweight fight between Learn Dash and Sandhills Development, Pippin would certainly be the beloved veteran.…
Even with all of the WordPress consolidation happening, there’s still plenty of opportunity ahead for the industry. There’s lots of potential users, customers, and room for investment (note:…
Is there ever a right time to start a business? We could subscribe to every podcast, take every online course, thumbs up every video Troy Dean puts out…
I appreciate a good side hustle story. Someone slogging away in the cubical but slowly building up an audience on Twitter on the weekends. I’m sure you know…
Probably just like you, the exploration for the secret ingredient to running a successful business is a tricky one. Speaking for myself, I can tell you that I’m…
The important role of an in-house media creator (or content creator) to a brand, especially in the software space, has been a topic weighing on my mind for…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Let’s say you’re a services business — you know, you make websites for people and sell them at fair market value. But, every so often, you get a…
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…
Welcome back to another episode of the Matt Report podcast. Thanks for tuning in nearly every week and staying connected at mattreport.com/subscribe Hey, look, if you have a…
Corey Haines, former Growth Marketer at Baremetrics, joins us to talk about how he’s building out Swipe Files. If you’ve dipped your toe into the #nocoded movement, undoubtedly…
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…
Chris Badgett is a life-long teacher of — things. He’s taught people how to make the perfect omelet, how to win a dog race in Alaska, all the…
Are you gripping to the handlebars of your product launch rollercoaster ride? Buckle up, as you’ll appreciate Lesley’s story in today’s episode. She’s the co-founder of Newsletter Glue…
Today’s guest is Sebastiaan van der Lans, the Founder & CEO of WordProof.io, a new business working to build trust over the internet through blockchain and WordPress. This…
The last time Dan was on the show, we talked about staying small, operating without that burning desire to scale to unruly levels. I think now, more than…
Working and learning from Sean during his time at Pagely was a real blessing for me. It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but Sean has…
If you follow on me on Twitter you may have come across my announcement of the Business 5000 idea accelerator program. In today’s episode, I’ll dive a bit…
It only took half a decade to get my good friend Vova Feldman on to the show, and like most things in life, it was worth the wait.…
Jordan Gal joins the podcast today to review the 5-year journey he’s been on with CartHook. I know many of you might know him from co-hosting the Bootstrapped…
I have to be honest, I get a tad jealous when people say they aren’t coders, then go out to build a SaaS company as if they have…
In today’s episode, I welcome back repeat guest Rob Walling, who’s new endeavor as co-founder of TinySeed, has elevated his expertise in “indie funding” startups. SaaS companies that…
In our last episode, Keith guided us through the twisty caverns of WordPress project pricing only to find our way to the next challenge — product pricing.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I’m excited to release this interview with Jason Calacanis during the launch of his new book, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who…
It’s been nearly three years since I last interviewed Mason here on the show, which is far too long for someone that delivers great insights into our industry.…
Getting a lesson on open source “laws” from Richard Best of WP and Legal Stuff is the perfect way to end Season 4 of The Matt Report podcast. I’ve…
Doubling your agency rate is a great way to grow your business. Even if you’re a beginner freelancer, moving from $50/hr to $75/hr can start to move the needle…
WordPress support companies are one of the fastest growing business models that I’ve seen in our space in quite some time. The concept being, for a monthly fee, you get…
Shawn Hesketh is the creator of WP101, an online library and learning resource, for WordPress. When you don’t want to spend the time training your clients, or answering…
The word of the day is: Evolve. Beka Rice, WooCommerce Team Lead at SkyVerge, joins the Matt Report to discuss the makings of a modern day WordPress agency.…
Hooray! Season 4 is here! First and foremost, thanks for always tuning into the Matt Report, and craving great stories and how-to from our guests. Second, thanks to…
I love a good actionable story about how to grow your business, especially in the competitive SaaS space. If you’ve been into digital products over the last few…
I interview Rob Walling, the co-founder of Drip, an e-mail marketing automation tool, recently acquired by Leadpages. Rob Walling is also the co-creator of Microconf, a popular conference for self funded startups.
I'm joined by Rachel Baker from The Wirecutter, to talk about how the popular review site uses WordPress for high-traffic publishing, and to uncover why we don't have the REST API in core yet.
Brian Krogsgard spills the beans on how he started the successful WordPress membership and news website, Poststatus. A great episode for anyone interested in launching a similar business.
In this episode, I interview Daan Tol the new owner of WPLift.com to talk about his recent $205k purchase of the domain, where it's going, and what he has planned next.
Brad Williams joins us to talk about Pluginize a new premium product offering from his company, WebDevStudios. We'll learn how he grew his company to service brands like Microsoft and Discovery, while uncovering the new challenges ahead for the product space.
Creative accounting. Have you heard that phrase used before? I certainly didn’t until I met today’s guest, Jason Blumer. Jason runs a virtual accounting practice specifically designed for…
What is a website teardown? A common practice in which someone evaluates a website “line-by-line” and provides feedback to the website owner within a given context. For instance,…
With so many tools and communication channels available to us, choosing how you support your WordPress product can be a real head-scratcher. Luckily, in today’s episode, Devin and I…
We’re back with Season 2 Episode 2 documenting the launch of my latest product, Julep. This week I’ve invited returning guest, Troy Dean of WP Elevation, to talk…
Today, I’m excited to finally have Matt Mullenweg join us on the Matt Report podcast. We’re going to satisfy our typical entrepreneur appetite by diving into his day-to-day…
Last week I showed you how I reverse engineer my competition in 10 minutes. Today, Nathan Wright of Theme of The Crop joins the Matt Report podcast to…
I don’t recall exactly how I stumbled across Andrew’s podcast, eCommerceFuel, but when I did I was hooked. Here’s an entrepreneur talking strictly about the e-commerce market, with…
Leadin is a project that was conceived and continues to be nurtured at the Hubspot headquarters. While there is a plugin to integrate WordPress with the Hubspot system…
This is not the first time Dan Norris has been featured on Matt Report. In November 2013 Dan applied and was accepted as one of the 4 business…
Several years ago Amure Pinho started as a Blogo user and now is the CEO @GetBlogo. Amure shares his experience with growing Blogo and provides insights for you…
How Josh Broton (along with co-founder Kiko Doran) came up with the the idea for Prestige Conference might suprise you. After speaking 20 conferences over the last year,…
Imagine you are working with new client and during your discovery meeting the business owner tells you they want to work with you to fix up their website,…
Shawn DeWolfe, co-founder of ThoseDeWolfes Creative, reaches his hand into both the WordPress and Drupal “cookie jars” depending on the nature of the project he’s working on. With…
Ben Fox co-founder of FlowPress, WPUniversity.com and Sidekick.pro shares smart ideas about pricing, building a team and having a greater vision for his new product offering. Embrace and…
Want to know how to make $5,000 dollars in a weekend via a $10 Facebook ad? Too bad. You can’t. If you’re like me, you are probably so numb…
Here’s a special episode today hosted by my good friend Troy Dean. We chatted a while back about putting on a”host swap” of sorts. I interview a guest…
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I sat down with the founder of Flywheel. I did my usual routine of background checks, blog…
Back at WordCamp Miami, I had dinner with my new friend Topher, where we shared some great food and conversation. In typical podcaster fashion I asked, “Who should I interview…
Today I sit down with Cody Landefeld of CodyL.com fame. You may be familiar with the User Experience of a website or app, but what about your business? That’s…
Daniel Faggella is the founder CLVboost of a boutique marketing automation and strategic email market consultancy based in Cambridge, Massachusetts Daniel originally started learning and using WP when…
You might refer to it as crushing it or pushing through or even the grind. Determination is often overlooked in the entrepreneur’s journey. Some will fold when faced with the slightest friction of…
Fan favorite Carrie Dils joins the show today to talk about GiggleSnort — I mean WordPress freelancing. Carrie brings us through some amazing stories, from bootstrapping a greeting…
One day I’ll write a book about how the experience of selling cars should be a precursor to becoming an entrepreneur. In fact, I’ve put some thoughts together…
I have the honor of sitting down with legacy WordPress entrepreneur Alex King of Crowd Favorite in today’s episode. Rounding off my release of big name WordPress agency…
In today’s episode I finally make it around to inviting my good friend Jake Goldman on to the show. If you don’t know Jake, he’s running one of…
There is managed WordPress hosting and then there is the VIP platform. Ok, so maybe you don’t make the leap THAT fast, but if you’re a Fortune 50…
Are you afraid to start because you’re not in San Francisco, New York, or Austin? What if I told you that today’s guest is doing just fine out…
Some of the best conversations I’ve had with WordPress entrepreneurs are those coming from a military background. Embrace the suck is a phrase that today’s guest Nathan Hangen introduced…
Dare I say it’s easy to launch a product when there’s a competitor in the wild? How about easier? It’s one challenge to build a competing product and grow a…
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…
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…
You’re an entrepreneur still trading time for dollars — how do you get out of that? You launch a new WordPress website for a client and everyone is…
I can’t believe it took 51 episodes to get the guy who puts the hustle in being a WordPress entrepreneur. Meet Syed Balkhi the man behind WPBeginner.com, one of the…
Roughly 2.2 million total free downloads across 9 themes and monthly revenue upwards of $35k a month. Meet Trent Lapinski, CEO of CyberChimps themes. I invited Trent on…
What goes up must come down or in our case, what went down came back up?! You be the judge in my latest interview with Brad Touesnard of…
Oh the WordPress media industry — how we love thee. When the news of WPDaily.co shutting down landed on us so abruptly, it left a few of us scratching…
At the MattReport, we’re always looking for new and interesting ways folks have launched their WordPress business. Some people believe that there’s no difference in a WordPress business,…
If you’re a premium WordPress shop or just running your own business, where do you set the bar? My next guest has a relentless pursuit to create something…
Brad Williams founder of WebDevStudios joins us to give us a behind the scenes look at this fast growing WordPress agency. He’s also a fellow WordPress media man…
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,…
I invited Adam Warner on to the show to talk about his revenue at FooPlugins. For this episode, I was looking for someone who has grown their WordPress…
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…
Every now again you come across an entrepreneur who’s doing things a bit differently. Meet Blair Williams founder of the WordPress membership plugin Memberpress. Blair joins the program…
I found Paul Goodchild when someone tweeted: “Do we really need another WordPress management tool?” Well, if you listen to Paul’s interview, you’re going to find out why…
Learn what Adam Pickering did to grow his WordPress theme shop and build his brand. Adam is co-founder of Mint Themes and designer of the Astoundify crowd funding…
Do you know how hard it is to craft a headline about a guy who spends his time writing headlines? Introducing Brian Clark, founder of Copyblogger Media, is…
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…
WordPress is an amazing platform when it enriches the publishing power of a business or an individual. It’s even better when it empowers an entrepreneur to find a…
What happens when your plugin business outgrows itself? What about if the WordPress plugin model turns your business into a commodity? Learn how Travis Ketchum the founder of…
I don’t like to play favorites, but this has been one of the best interviews so far. Cory Miller has built a massively successful WordPress business over at…
Becoming an entrepreneur takes a special person. Some might say passionate, driven, and even crazy. I only have two words to describe Mr. Saddington: Focus and clarity. If…
The Matt Report is all about learning from other WordPress entrepreneurs and their respective business. We’re not just listening to the journey of designers and developers — but also marketers,…
Every business is faced with the question, “how are we going to make money?” The web app world is no stranger to this question. A majority of startups…
How do you land the $100k project? Watch this interview with Jose Caballer. If you’re a freelancer, startup, or growing agency one thing you will always face is…
Are you ready to learn how to find a niche business? One of the things I really want to do for MattReport.com is to seek out folks who…
Last week I released the awesome 2 part interview with Andy Stratton. Andy is a kick ass freelance WordPress entrepreneur who is setting out to revolutionize his business.…
Making money while you sleep is awesome. Making money while you sleep using WordPress is even better. Meet Brian Casel of CasJam Media. In episode #3 of The…
Watch this interview to learn how Jesse Friedman went from newbie WordPress developer to noted WordPress author of The Web Designers Guide to WordPress (aff. link) in just…
