Episode 46: The benefits of failure
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 Delicious Brains and WP Migrate Pro plugin. Before Brad was...
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Episode 49: 2.2 million downloads w/ $35k monthly theme sales
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 to the show to tell us all about...
View ArticleEpisode 51: A true WordPress entrepreneur
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 world’s largest free WordPress...
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...
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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...
View ArticleAppPresser: Launching a product with zero competition
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 business, it’s a whole other challenge to...
View ArticleFrom WordPress developer to product designer
Who wants to be in the client services field when you can be in product? After all, the road to the Golden Chalice is lined with riches and bountiful treasures. Create an MVP, launch it, and splash...
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Embrace the suck of your WordPress business
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 me to as we...
View ArticleOff the cuff with Marcus Couch
I’ve had the chance to talk to some really smart and down to earth people lately. Today’s guest, Marcus Couch of WordPress podcasting fame (though don’t say that around him), joins us to chat about the...
View ArticleHow to find determination when the chips are down
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...
View ArticleSegmenting, Outsourcing & Engaging to grow your WordPress business
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...
View ArticleForget the garage — he started from a closet.
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 post readings, and Twitter stream scanning. I knew going...
View ArticlePat Flynn: Software as a business
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 to these type of flash in the pan marketing schemes. Even...
View ArticleGo slowly as fast as you can
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 address the...
View ArticleDo we need another WordPress conference?
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, Josh noticed a trend. He was...
View ArticleHow Blogo secured funding for a WordPress publishing app
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 to include as you fine tune your product...
View ArticleGrowing a $40k+ monthly recurring WordPress support business
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 contestants featured in the first Matt Report WordPress...
View ArticleLeadin plugin: Finding growth within Hubspot
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 plugin, Leadin was expressly...
View ArticleTurn your consulting service into a product
I invited my good friend, Brian Casel, to return to our airwaves and teach us a new lesson — productizing. Brian, like most of us, started as a “web designer” then made the shift to product via...
View ArticleAndrew Youderian of the eCommerceFuel podcast
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 a strong focus on...
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