Clarity for your digital business. Matt Report episodes uncover the most resilient digital business builders in the digital, WordPress, SaaS, and no-code space. If you're building a sustainable online brand or business, this is the best podcast to follow.
Featuring guests like: This week in Startup's Jason Calacanis, Automattic's Matt Mullenweg, Startups for the Rest of Us Rob Walling, and Copyblogger's Brian Clark.
I met Topher a few years back when we were plopped down near one another at a WordCamp after party. We never met, or crossed paths before. In fact, I think our beards dueled for a bit before we started chatting — or maybe it was the ice wine? To my delight, I enjoyed the…
Have you been planning to launch that brandy new online course of yours? Who better than Carrie Dils, WordPress podcaster and Lynda trainer, to teach us the ins and outs of setting up your first course. She’ll take us through the mindset of planning, all the way through production of our educational material. I’ve invited her…
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 years, you may have heard of Nathan Barry, and his success in the e-book space. Surely not his only accolade over the years, but one where I…
Rob Walling has been building online businesses for years. His latest venture, Drip, an e-mail marketing automation SaaS, has been the standout win within his portfolio of seemingly smaller projects. That’s not to say Rob’s other companies weren’t special, or less profitable, or even less fun to work on for the serial entrepreneur. Growth is hard Drip achieved…
For me, and hopefully for you, this episode opens you up to two areas of WordPress interest: Learn what it’s like to be the Lead Engineer at The Wirecutter. Hear all the fancy things they do with WordPress. Learn what the REST API is, what it can do, and kinda-sorta grasp why we don’t have…
What’s the secret to freelancing success? Deliver. Good. Shit. Let’s be honest, Megan Gray’s work deserves more than that paltry summary, but there many freelancers who forget the foundation of a sustainable business. They often get lost in how to create bigger profits, rather than putting out respectable work. Some time has passed since I’ve…
What does being a freelancer mean to you? In today’s episode, I’m joined by Paul Jarvis, or as I like to call him — the epitome of a freelancer. That is, if you define a freelancer to be one not only engaging in work for hire, but also creates product, has recurring revenue services, and…
Marketing sucks for (most) WordPress developers. Two major issues being there’s not enough time to do it, and there’s a certain stigma that it becomes to sales-y. Throughout my travels, I’ve noticed a lot developers that have successful products — still — are afraid to really build up the marketing arm of their business. Even when…
Today I’m joined by my enemy, I mean friend — frenemy? — Brian Krogsgard. All joking aside, I have an enormous amount of respect for what Brian has created over at Poststatus and for his outlook on the WordPress space. If you don’t know who Brain is, he’s the publisher behind Poststatus. Poststatus is a mix of WordPress…
WPLift, a popular WordPress blog/review site, was recently acquired for $205k USD through a sale on Flippa. It’s one of the few WordPress blog sites that was able to “stick around” and survive the noise of this crowded publishing market. One reason being Oli, the creator of WPLift, put in the effort and dedication to publishing…
Can you believe it’s been nearly three years since I last talked to Chris Lema? Just like last week’s guest, Brad Williams, many years have gone by since we last checked-in and there’s a lot to talk about. Chris is well-known in the WordPress space for providing tremendous insight for us product and service owners. He recently…
Nearly three years ago, I sat down with Brad Williams, CEO of WebDevStudios, to talk about his journey in the WordPress business world. A lot has changed since our last discussion, and today he’s here to review where his business has grown and the lessons he’s been able to learn. Season 3 Episode 2 – Brad Williams…
With so many WordPress themes available on the market, it might sound crazy to even try and start a business selling your own. There are super-huge, multi-purpose themes selling $100k worth a week with option panels the size of their revenue charts, others with big passionate communities supporting them, and countless other shops just as…
I’ve been in the business of serving web clients for well over a decade, and I can say with resounding confidence: it’s not getting any easier. Digital service businesses are not exempt from the same challenges that traditional businesses face. There’s always a need to find more customers, the market is increasingly competitive, all the…
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 creative agencies and development firms. I love this business idea because it focuses on a specific vertical, with a specific customer type, translating to a better level…
