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Latest Episodes

How to increase creative agency profits
January 24, 2018

Today’s guest is my good friend Lisa Sabin-Wilson. She shares her blueprint for increasing profits and client buy-in at WebDevStudios. This is a “lost” episode from a pre-recorded Season 6 of the Matt Report that I was producing during t

Peer into the future of Simplenote w/ Dan Roundhill
December 12, 2017

In this episode, Matt Mederios is winding down the December holiday season with this interview with Dan Roundhill. Dan is a mobile engineer for Automattic and is the project lead on Simplenote a note-taking product which Matt uses and highly recommends.

How Tom McFarlin manages a product & services business
November 30, 2017

In this episode, Matt Medeiros continues the impromptu Season 6 with his interview with Tom McFarlin. Tom is a developer and business owner in the WordPress community but is not solely dependent on WordPress. He balances his consulting and development bus

Stop chasing products w/ Peter Kang
November 22, 2017

In this episode, Matt Mederios interviews Peter Kang, the partner, and co-founder of Barrel. The Barrel agency has been in business in NYC for about 10 years and works on a diverse range of projects, from helping startups get their businesses up and runn

The blue-collar WordPress worker and the 2,500+ websites built to grow the CMS
November 14, 2017

I’m not foolish enough to think that the entirety of WordPress’ growth is driven by our love for the software, but that we consultants are responsible for a sizeable portion of it. A portion that shouldn’t be ignored and one that should

Creating information products w/ David Hayes of WPShout
November 07, 2017

Matt Medeiros is continuing with Season 6 by interviewing guests as he connects with them in the community. In this episode, Matt interviews David Hayes from WPShout, a premier source for WordPress learning. David along with his partner Fred Meyer also

What consultants need to know before they open for business with Nathan Allotey
November 03, 2017

In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Nathan Allotey, a digital marketing strategist, web designer and freelancer who has the experience building websites for customers that are not necessarily dependent on WordPress.  He and Matt discuss how the pro

Alex Denning & Ben Gillbanks of the MasterWP WordPress newsletter
October 23, 2017

In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Alex Denning and Ben Gillbanks who have started the newsletter MasterWP.    MasterWP weekly is the newsletter for WordPress professionals. Each week you can get a collection of apps, tools, and links that will m

How to disable Jetpack upsell ads
September 13, 2017

We live in a world of monetized Jetpack. Gone are the days where commercialized plugins were looked at under a watchful microscope, and leadership at Automattic felt that charging for plugins was, well, plain wrong. Today we’re seeing Jetpack as the rev

How to build an online community with Troy Dean
August 21, 2017

In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Troy Dean, the founder of WP Elevation and RockStar Empires. They touch on teaching entrepreneurs how to productize their businesses. Matt and Troy discuss the differences of WPElevation and RockStar Empires and t