Seth S. Scott's story is an interesting one. He up and moved to New York City to pursue a career in game development. He tool a game design boot camp and left with his first commercial game, Membrane. In this episode we talk about risk and how he built a video game. Show Notes Seth S. Scott Seth on Twitter MEMBRANE MEMBRANE on Twitter Unity Sponsored by: Creator Courses | Pantheon ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off w...
Jul 10, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Scott DeLuzio is a WordPress plugin developer who likes to scratch his own itch on some pretty heavy topics, and his latest is no exception. We talk about one of this summer’s hottest topics: GDPR. Scott and I spoke about this just days before the regulation took hold, so we were working through what it is, how it affects us, and of-course how his plugin can help. I should remind you that we are not lawyers. Show Notes Scott DeLuzio PrivacyWP What is GDPR? How to Prepare for GDPR Rian Kinney and...
Jul 03, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Rachel Cherry is a front end developer and lead organizer of WPCampus, a WordPress conference focused on Higher Education. In this episode, we talk about what goes into putting on this conference, from scouting a location to day-of logistics. Show Notes Rachel Cherry WPCampus Chris Lema on How I Built It Liam Dempsey on How I Built It CrowdCast Sponsored by: The Events Calendar | Pantheon ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take ti...
Jun 26, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 82
So we just wrapped up Season 4 a couple of weeks ago and it was my favorite episode for a lot of reasons. I got to talk to great people, the sponsors were fantastic, and we even had a miniseries on starting your own business. Plus, there were a lot of takeaways. I got a lot of immediately actionable advice from my guests. So hopefully you did too. Here’s some my favorites. Sponsored by: WordSesh | Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate...
Jun 13, 2018•20 min
Closing out Season 4 is Beka Rice, Head of Product at Jilt! After an entire season about hearing about Jilt, Beka and I dig deep into how it was built, how to be effective with your abandoned cart emails, GDPR, and much much more. It's a great way to close out the season and I'm very excited to have her on the show! Show Notes Beka Rice Jilt SkyVerge Product Cart Titles Memberships Prospress GDPR Sponsored by: WordSesh | Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for soloprene...
May 29, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Thomas Umstattd is a plugin and agency owner who's has great success in crowdfunding his products. His take is a fantastically interesting one and he offers lots of great advice - so much that we even have a bonus over on Patreon. This is definitely one of my favorite conversations - I learned a ton here that I was able to immediately apply to my own crowdfunding efforts. Show Notes Thomas Umstattd Author Media My Book Table Thomas' original Kickstarter The WordPress Philosophy Get Part 2 of our...
May 22, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Stacy Kvernmo is a UX/UI Developer at OddBird. I met Stacy on another podcast and was really excited to talk to her about a number of tools and views she has about creating good code while working on a team. We talk about process, UX, and more in this episode. She and here team are doing some really cool things in Frontend Development, and it was very interesting hearing about all of it. Show Notes Stacy Kvernmo Stacy on Twitter OddBird Lunch with Brad Herman | on Github True Embracing Code Revi...
May 15, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Evan Calkins created Hoban Press & Hoban Cards after he bought his first letterpress machine. He's a master of his craft and I was really excited to talk to Evan because I'm very interested in that creaft. He creates fantastic looking business cards and sationary, and even did my cards! We'll talk about what it's like doing a highly specialized thing in the real world - a physical product, and hear some good stories along the way. Show Notes Hoban Cards Evan on Twitter Hoban Press Briar Pres...
May 08, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Nancy Hildebrandt has a lot of experience in documentation and software systems, starting back in the Sun/Java days. In this episode, we talk all about building out a good support system and what that process looks like. We also talk about the importance of creating good documentation, listening to your customers, and so much more. It's a great conversation, and one that everyone can benefit from, no matter what the role. Show Notes Nancy Beaver Builder Knowledge Base Episode 54: The GiveWP Team...
May 01, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Dejan Markovic and Tina Todorovic are two halves of the Social Web Suite dream team. They are some of the hardest working, passionate folks I know in the WordPress community and an absolutely joy to talk to. I love the tool and and hearing the evolution of the project and how they work was fantastic. Show Notes Social Web Suite (use code JoeLoveSWS for a discount) Laravel Spark WordCamp Toronto Sponsored by: Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want ...
Apr 24, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Craig Hewitt is a guy who knows podcasting, so I was super excited to talk to him about his acquisition of Seriously Simple Podcasting. He took a relatively focused WordPress plugin and turned it into a SaaS, and that's what we talk about in this episode. Lots of great advice here! Show Notes Craig Hewitt Craig on Twitter Castos Podcast Motor Interactive Advertising Bureau (IBA) Podcast Guidelines Libsyn Sponsored by: Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs...
Apr 17, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Beth Soderberg is a self-taught Front End Developer and speaker, and in this episode I get to talk to her about how she learned her craft. It was fun exchanging stories of our different learning experiences. Beth offers truthful and encouraging words for if you want to start on your journey to web development. Show Notes Beth Soderberg I Learned to Code Through WordPress and So Can You ( slides ) DCFemTech John Duckett's Books : HTML & CSS | Javascript & jQuery Joe's HTML & CSS Cours...
Apr 10, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Brad Williams of WebDevStudios knows a thing or two about client relationships. In this episode, We start at the beginning with finding a client, the proposal process, and touch on things like having a Discovery phase. It puts a nice cap of what we've been talking about for the last 3 weeks - the importance of building relationships. Show Notes Brad Williams Brad on Twitter WebDevStudios Lunch with Brad How Much does a Website Cost? Check out Brad's bonus episode on Patreon Sponsored by: Checkou...
Apr 03, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Jen Jamar is a marketing strategist who currently works for Modern Tribe. Jen really knows her stuff, which I loved because I learned a ton. And the best part? We talk about a strategy for marketing that won’t cost you thousands of dollars in Facebook Ads! In this episode we cover all sorts of stuff like Field of Dreams marketing, how to properly connect with people, and establishing your authority online. Show Notes Jen Jamar Jen on Twitter Modern Tribe Rebecca Gill & DIY SEO Courses Freemi...
Mar 27, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Nicole Kohler is a Growth Marketer at Automattic; most of her job revolves around building and publishing content for her team and her main product, Jetpack. So in this episode, I talk to Nicole about Content Strategy. This is something I struggle with, and usually just publish when I think of stuff. Nicole provides us with some great advice from her time at Automattic, working with both the Jetpack and the WooCommerce teams! Show Notes Nicole Kohler Nicole on Twitter Jetpack WooCommerce Buffer ...
Mar 20, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Rian Kinney is an intellectual property lawyer and today we talk about the legal side of starting a business She's been on Office Hours to discuss contracts so I wanted to talk about IP - copyright and trademark. How it works, what the process for getting a trademark is, what the right text for your footer is, and more! It was a very educational episode for me and I hope it is for you too! Show Notes The Kinney Firm Rian on Twitter Sponsored by: Vast Conference | Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlin...
Mar 13, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Continuing our series on How You Build a Business, today I get to talk to Sara Dunn about niching down. She’s been pretty public with her process, starting a YouTube channel to discuss her decision making. I loved chatting with her about this because it can be tough and scary to decide to limit your potential client pool, but I think Sara is doing it the right way. Show Notes Sara Dunn Sara on Twitter | Instagram Sara's YouTube Channel Sara Does SEO Sara on Office Hours Rebeca Gil StudioPress Ch...
Mar 06, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 69
This is Part 1 of our mini series, "How You Build a Business" In today’s episode, I get to talk to Dr. Sherry Walling. She’s kicking off our miniseries on how to build a business and she helps us answer a very important question: “Am I ready to start my own business?” Sherry is a fantastic person to talk to and a wealth of knowledge. We talk self-publishing, self-knowledge, podcasting, and much more. Show Notes Zen Founder Zen Founder Podcast The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Togethe...
Feb 27, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Josh Koenig is the founder of Pantheon. He is energetic, passionate, and knowledgable in his field. That’s a killer combination you love to see in company leaders. We talk all about the technologically cool stuff Pantheon is doing, so if you’re a developer, you don’t want to miss this one. Show Notes Josh Koenig Pantheon Mythical Man Month Think with Google Fastly Course: Hover & the DNS Sponsored by: Beaver Builder | Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopren...
Feb 19, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 67
In today’s episode, I chat with Blair Williams, a WordPress veteran with lots of great plugins. We’ll talk specifically about MemberPress and what it’s like creating that, the decision making that went into their pricing, wp-cron, and lots more. Show Notes: MemberPress Blair's other plugins wp-cron() COBOL Tutorials Pledge on Patreon Sponsored by: Beaver Builder | Jilt | Liquid Web ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off ...
Feb 13, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Peter Hollens is an incredible artist and creator. You may have seen some of his videos on YouTube. Today we’re going to talk about what goes into making them, as well as his online courses at Hollens Creator Academy. Peter’s incredibly passionate about this project and it shows. I feel like we’re both cut from the same cloth (minus the singing - I wish!) so this is a great (albeit it slightly longer) episode. Show Notes Peter Hollens Hollens Creator Academy Peter on YouTube Sponsored by: Event ...
Feb 06, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Patrick Rauland is a WooCommerce expert who joins us today to talk through everything you need to think about when setting up an e-commerce site. So this is less asking, “how did you build that,” and more, “how would you build that?” It’s a great conversation and Patrick offers some great advice and insights when making an online store, especially with WooCommerce. We discuss building trust, content marketing, conversion rates, and more. Show Notes Patrick Rauland WooCommerce Let's Encrypt Strip...
Jan 30, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Brady Dowdy is a podcast, manufacturer, and most important, pen addict. I’m a big fan and Brad and everything he does, and in this episode, we’re wading into very non-techie waters. Brad and I talk about what it’s like building a physical product – from prototyping to manufacturing. It’s a fantastic conversation and I definitely learned a lot. I like it so much, that we did a bonus episode, for Patrons only. Hear more about that in the show! I think you'll love it. Show Notes Brad on Twitter Noc...
Jan 23, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Cody Landefeld is the co-founder and director of Mode Effect, a company that specializes in WooCommerce. In this episode we talk about how he and his company built those Disney quizzes that are so addicting. On top of that, we discuss working with Enterprise level clients like Disney and of course, e-commerce. This episode kicks off a 5 episode set of e-commerce-based episodes! Show Notes Cody on Twitter Mode Effect Disney Quizzes on Oh My Disney! WPwatercooler This is Episode # 64, the first ep...
Jan 16, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this very special live episode, I had the opportunity to interview WordCamp US attendees and ask them 3 questions: What advice for Frontend Development optimizations do you have for us? How do you level up your skills? If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? Special thanks to everyone I interviews, and to Pantheon for sending me to WordCamp US and making this episode possible! Sponsored by: Pantheon ———— Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for s...
Dec 22, 2017•51 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Morten Rand-Hendriksen is an incredible developer and teacher who brings it all to his online courses. In this extra long Season 3 Finale, Morten and I run the gamut on topics, including courses, empathy, technology, WordPress, and more. I strongly recommend you give this one a good listen because it's a great episode. Thanks so much for a great Season - see you in January! Show Notes Morten Rand-Hendriksen Morten on Twitter Lynda Morten in LinkedIn Learning Episode 5: Carrie Dils Javascript Ess...
Nov 28, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Neill is the President of SiteLock, and has spent a lot of time building a successful company. They are not only good at what they do, but deeply dedicated to the community. In this episode, we talk all about security for your website, who's most at risk, and what can happen if you ignore simple site security. Of-course, we also talk about prevention. Show Notes SiteLock Deleting 3 million spam comments from your WordPress database How I Built It on Patreon How I Built It Facebook Group Sponsore...
Nov 21, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 60
I met Nathan at WordCamp DC over the summer. We got to talking about a really cool project of his, Staging Pilot, so I asked him to be on the show. It's a very interesting conversation because we get pretty developery, which I totally love to do. We talk about this smart algorithm to figure out differences between the production and the staging site, and a whole bunch of other things. Make sure to put your developer hat on for this one because it is a doozy! Show Notes Nathan on Twitter Staging ...
Nov 14, 2017•31 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Jeff and I talk about one of my favorite topics: podcasting. Jeff is a professional podcaster; he does it for other brands, so he doesn't just have his own. He is hired to help people set up their own podcasts. Whether it be to promote their brand or other things that you could do with your podcast that don't necessarily make direct sponsor money. We also geek out about hardware and stuff like that too, so it's really really fun episode. Show Notes Jeff Large Come Alive Creative 9 Ways to Determ...
Nov 07, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Jack McConnell of Made with Fuel talks about his plugin, Better Notifications for WordPress. We talked about scratching your own itch, and getting in there and coding. We also talked about the long game a little bit, so he talked about how he front-loaded a lot of research to make sure that the plugin was worth pursuing. He also talks about hiring out. It's a nice take that developers are sometimes resistant to, but he wanted to make sure he didn't waste as much time spinning his wheels. Show No...
Oct 31, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 57
