The WP Elevation podcast is the premier WordPress business podcast. We bring you interviews with successful entrepreneurs in the WordPress industry to help you build a successful WordPress business.
Watch the video of this podcast here. David Hobson has been working online for most of his career, and when he can’t find a way to do something he turns to technology for the answer. Since working at Foundr with Nathan Chan, he’s been using LinkedIn as a tool for business development. He likes it…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Have you ever noticed the same ad popping up on different sites while you’re surfing the web? That’s a form of retargeting, and it can be highly lucrative when done properly. An expert on that subject and all things pay-per-click (PPC) is Mike Rhodes. Mike is a PPC…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Nik Thakorlal specializes in lead generation products and helping businesses grow through high yield lead generation. He also owns a software company, despite not having a background in software development. The first thing we talk about was how he recruits his team members. He explains the initial step…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Nate Wright is a developer at heart. In fact, for the last three years as the creator and founder of Theme of the Crop, he’s built a suite of plugins using hooks extensively and has always designed his themes to deliberately integrate with his plugins. When asked how…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Kate Toon has been working in the advertising world for almost 20 years, and she got her start in the digital era back in 1997. She’s worked with such notable clients as eHarmony, Curash, and Kmart; her first major digital job was creating Marks and Spencer’s e-commerce website…
Watch the video of this podcast here. In his role with GoDaddy, Andy is a member of the content team and works on content in one form or another, including everything from webinars to blog posts to ebooks. But his primary focus is on his GoDaddy pro clients and helping them take full advantage of…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Simon’s career began in the world of print marketing and media. His role was to sell ad space in architecture and construction magazines, to architecture and construction companies. About a year later he took a job with Ignite Media Brands, a solutions agency for channels with digital and…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Back in 2009, Eric Hamm got his start with a theme called Frugal. As he continued to teach himself code, he continued to build – first Frugal, then Catalyst Theme, then Dynamik. Eventually, he moved everything over to Genesis. Since his start, he’s witnessed a lot of big…
Watch the video of this podcast here. When I first heard the title of Carrie Dils’ book I knew immediately I wanted to have her on the show! It’s called Real World Freelancing: The No Bullsh*t Survival Guide, and Carrie says the content is based on the roadmap she wished she had had when starting…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Jack Arturo’s journey began like many people’s: he was a WordPress developer who learned the ropes while working for a big company. After a spell, he went out on his own as a freelancer. But being the savvy entrepreneur he is, when multiple clients began asking him for…
Watch the video of this podcast here. When Brian Gardner began his entrepreneurial journey he never thought productizing development is what he would end up doing! But it has become the cornerstone of his work. He says at the beginning of his journey he was new to WordPress. He noticed everyone was doing free themes,…
Justin Ferriman is a passionate expert on all things e-learning. He made his bones early on as an e-learning consultant setting up global training programs and services for Fortune 500 companies. WordPress had always been a hobby on the side until one day a typical conversation changed all of that. He was discussing what learning…
Watch the video of this podcast here. Dre’s passion for security and educating people about risk and prevention clearly translates in his delivery of information and strategies in his discussion with Kristina.Let’s Begin With Some Dre- Stats: There are 1.1 billion active websites on the internet today 33 percent are powered by some sort of CMS (so…
On the show today the five of us talk about what you can expect on the upcoming episodes of WP Elevation. In handing over the reigns, I’m humbled and chuffed to have these four extraordinary coaches step in and become regular hosts. And I’m also freaked out to let go! But after two years of…
For this week’s show, I sat down with one of WP Elevation’s business coaches, Kristina Romero, to speak with Jeff and Vlad. We started off by asking them about their backgrounds. Now, if you’ve ever used ManageWP, you probably already know about Vlad and how he became an entrepreneur. But just in case you haven’t,…
