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If you're like me, you love WordPress and leverage it to make yourself a tidy living from it. Over the last year, I've had the unique opportunity to interview WordPress entrepreneurs that create some amazing stuff. It's their lessons of success and failure that will teach us to become better at this craft.
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Before we begin (survey)
The Web designer The no contract The $500 client
Matt Medeiros
• Matt Report WordPress business podcast mattreport.com
• Co founder Slocum Studio slocumstudio.com
• Producing the #1 WordPress podcasts & web shows
Building your WordPress business
Freelancer Career Entrepreneur
Who are you?
Intrinsic skills vs your “I can”
Define your goals
Say no
say no a lot
12 in queue x $2.5k = $30k
• Convert this to annual
• Focused on Genesis
• Systems like a boss
• Collects data and analyzes
Cory Miller iThemes.com
Million dollar WordPress business
• Services, products & education
• Multiple streams of revenue
• Constant R&D
• A passion for his team & customer service
Jose Caballer The Skool
“Behaving like an agency and looking like an agency will land you bigger clients”
• $100k+ client work
• Slow the client down
• Create a process that works for both of you
• Charge more for your roles
Chris Lema ChrisLema.com
Excellence Consistence
Present
More traffic More money
Getting better
$ = focus and consistency $$ = sell on value create product
$$$ = engage & connect
say no a lot (the common thread)
To yourself To the wrong client To the wrong product To the distractions To the haters
The WordPress economy is still growing and there’s room for you.
