In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Matt Medeiros’ conversation. They talk about how running a family-owned agency honed his entrepreneurial and sales skills, constantly giving value to potential customers, and learning effective sales talk.     

Matt is a content creator and the Director of Podcaster Success at Castos. He hosts the podcast, Matt Report, where he talks to a wide range of digital business owners and web consultants. People in the product, marketing, and the agency space are the primary guests.

Episode Resources:

• Matt Medeiros on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook
• Pagely
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:02 Welcome to the pod, Matt!
• 01:52 How did you start your podcast?
• 03:46 Transition from entrepreneurship to joining Pagely
• 07:26 Running a family-owned agency
• 12:35 Selling perspective from an experienced sales person
• 15:57 Conveying the value that you're adding for the client
• 24:21 You learn to speak with people regardless of their position
• 26:12 This giant clip with several overlays
• 29:35 Find Matt online

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Shane Barker's conversation. They talk about why real-time engagement matters more than fake following, how influencers shouldn’t rely on just one platform, and staying visible online through relevant and relatable content.    

Shane is a top digital marketing consultant, keynote speaker, and influencer. He has helped businesses accelerate their growth with customized digital marketing consultation and services. Having won many accolades, he has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, influencers with digital products, and a number of A-List celebrities.

Episode Resources:

• Shane Barker’s Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:50 Welcome to the pod, Shane!
• 02:11 Teaching a course in UCLA
• 04:46 How would you define an influencer?
• 07:20 Fake followers versus real engagement     
• 15:21 Drive social media traffic to your website
• 20:03 When your social media account gets shut down
• 22:21 Think where your audience is at
• 29:14 Presenting yourself on social media without bragging
• 36:55 The pressure of having a lot of visibility online
• 43:11 Find Shane online

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Brian Richards’ conversation. They discuss the ins and outs of virtual conferences, the challenges of making people show up on event day, and finding success in organizing paid virtual events.   

Brian is the creator of WPSessions.com, where he provides training to businesses and developers working with WordPress. He also organizes WordSesh and WooSesh, two entirely virtual conferences for WordPress and WooCommerce professionals. Before getting into training and event organizing, Brian spent his days as a web development contractor and consultant.

Episode Resources:

• WPSessions 
• Brian is on Twitter
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:16 Welcome to the pod, Brian!
• 05:17 The ups and downs of organizing virtual events
• 12:22 Getting people to show up is the challenge
• 22:32 Become the go-to resource person/company
• 32:18 Success in paid virtual conferences
• 38:42 Find Brian online      

Travis Pastrana crashes in on his motorbike and does a triple backflip into our foam pit! He’s here today to talk on mobile apps for WordPress and more.

In this episode we talk about AppPress, the advantages and technical skills needed to work with headless WordPress, and the next generation of web hosting.

Tune in to know the best stunts for your WordPress!

• Static Fuse Website 
• GatsbyJS Website 
• The Product Business Podcast
• AppPresser Website
• Scott Bolinger Twitter

The legendary Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi stops in today to share his ideas on directing and guiding his mentees. 

Today on WPMRR, we discuss the reputation of the endeavor of sales, being a supportive and successful manager, and how Kinsta is diversifying their marketing and sales strategies.

Tune in for tips on having your sales and marketing work in tandem.

• Contact Nathan via email
• Follow Nathan on Twitter
• Check out Nathan’s blog 

Send us your questions to [email protected]

Hermione comes through the Floo Network and enlightens us on the path of the empowering female-led project Women in WP. 

We speak on the history of Sumy Designs, the conception on Women in WP podcast that follows, plus WordCamp experiences and hype!

Don’t miss out and get hit with a Stupefy!

• Women in WP Podcast
• Women in WP YouTube
• Women in WP Facebook
• Women in WP Instagram
• Women in WP Twitter
• Amy Masson Twitter
• Sumy Designs Website
• Sumy Designs Facebook
• Sumy Designs LinkedIn

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Shane’s chat about image optimization. They cover the technical side of image optimization, how the app is designed to compress images across multiple platforms and websites, and the projects currently in development.   

Shane Bishop is a WordPress plugin developer and website performance nut. He's the lead and only developer of the EWWW Image Optimizer, a plugin that was launched on WordPress.org back in 2012.  

Episode Resources:

• EWWW Image Optimizer is on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:41 Welcome to the pod, Shane!
• 03:17 Getting close to million active installations
• 08:25 How image optimization works
• 12:49 Pricing structure that favors users
• 15:49 API offloading the compression
• 21:28 Products are designed to work across multiple sites
• 22:12 Rebranding of the exact DN system
• 26:59 Going back through all previous photos and images 
• 29:05 Future plans for the company
• 32:13 Find Shane online

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe, Justin, and Brent’s conversation about building websites and applications. The beaver Builder team is big on developing products that will largely benefit their community, talent acquisition from the same circle, and what’s keeping them forward and continuously building products around new ideas.   

Beaver Builder is the WordPress page builder you can trust with your business. It's a drag-and-drop page builder that lets you easily create drag-and-drop page layouts, all from a front-end view of your site and without touching a line of code. It's fast and flexible and offers lots of design options to all levels of WordPress users.

Episode Resources:

• Assistant Pro
• Beaver Builder on Twitter
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:17 Welcome to the pod, Justin and Brent!
• 04:31 How Beaver Builder came to be
• 09:35 Coming across a funnel problem
• 14:39 Recruiting talents from the community
• 16:16 Building a community within a community
• 18:25 A page builder, a traditional WordPress theme, and Beaver Themer
• 21:40 Staying true to your north star and what you’re trying to achieve
• 27:11 The Assistant Pro
• 38:16 Building apps around “how can you help people?”
• 41:32 Find Beaver Builder online        

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Sam’s conversation about joining WordPress. They discuss Sam’s stories during his firefighter days, how he stumbled upon WordPress and coding, and his approach on how he successfully managed his time to build his own business.  

Sam Smith is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic, an Orlando WordCamp Organizer, and a Web Developer. 

Episode Resources:

• Sam Smith is on Twitter, Instagram, and WordPress.org
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:18 Welcome to the pod, Sam!  
• 03:16 From a firefighter paramedic to a WordPress developer
• 05:50 Stories of injuries while at work
• 09:17 Taking little bits per day to successfully launch a business
• 17:24 Build on relationships and have real friends in the industry
• 24:59 What’s it like to organize a WordCamp?
• 28:23 Getting a jump on blog impressions
• 30:19 The Martian
• 33:59 Find Sam online

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Mario’s conversation on the enterprise space. They discuss how a paid service should always focus on delivering prime and premium experience per user visit, pros and cons of different invoicing methods, different channels to hunt for potential clients, and the power of inbound sales.  

Mario Peshev is a global SME Business Advisor who's been named "The next Tony Robbins" and "The best tactical strategist out there aside from Neil Patel." His technical consultancy DevriX grew past 50 people and ranked as a top 20 WordPress agency worldwide.

Episode Resources:

• DevriX
• Mario Peshev is on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 04:06 How DevriX started
• 07:39 Focused on enterprise and high-scale projects
• 10:07 Ensuring a huge website serves prime and premium experience per visits
• 14:09 The money-making KPI
• 17:12 A team of research and development team
• 22:42 Distributing resources to keep customers happy
• 26:26 Figure out how to contribute to the bottom line of a specific system
• 29:12 Client invoicing methods
• 31:30 Management and project roles within the company
• 34:31 Inbound sales reel in most of the clients
• 40:08 Strategic partnerships can be tricky
• 42:11 Spaces and channels where you can find more customers
• 44:48 Find Mario online 

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Joost’s conversation around SEO and WordPress. They discuss the story behind Yoast, getting involved in the WordPress community, leveraging SEO for content and marketing, and pushing WordPress into tremendous growth.

Joost is the founder of Yoast, where he's currently the Chief Product Officer. He founded the company in 2010, after working in several different companies as a digital marketing consultant. The Yoast SEO plugin, which started as a hobby, became the main product.  

Episode Resources:

• Joost de Valk is on Twitter
• Yoast
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:56 Where Yoast got its name
• 03:48 It all started with SEO consulting
• 06:54 Growth over the last 7 years
• 09:50 Redesigning WordPress.org
• 11:14 The community is the strongest aspect of WordPress
• 16:34 WordPress’ market share in the web
• 22:44 WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
• 28:24 How smaller companies can push WordPress forward
• 32:28 Find Joost online