Pressing Matters

A WordPress podcast talking about what matters most to WordPress developers & WordPress business owners.

Hosted by @jackmcconnell & @polevaultweb

[Pressing Matters @pressingfm]

📣 Episode 49: 2022 Goals

🎙️ Back in the saddle for 2022, we discuss our business goals for the year and how we plan to achieve them, as well as some personal goals.

https://t.co/LkLD4cCH09

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📣 Episode 50: WordPress 5.9 & WordCamp EU

🎙️ For our 50th episode (🎉), Jack and I discuss his recent plugin updates, #WordPress 5.9 and what Full Site Editing means for site builders, and @WCEurope 2022 happening in Portugal this summer.

https://t.co/XDtbJmaEQg

[Iain Poulson @polevaultweb]

Hey #WordPress plugin developers, what do you use to sell your plugins?

Please RT for reach 🙌🏻

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📣 Episode 48: Black Friday

🎙️ This week we discuss our approach to Black Friday and email marketing (or lack of), the recent @wp_acf release, the @lemonsqueezy WordPress plugin and GoDaddy's acquisition of @Pagely.

https://t.co/SBzRybiSpA

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📣 Episode 47: Performance, EDD & Selling Products

🎙️This week we discuss the new WordPress performance team, the acquisition of Sandhills Dev by Awesome Motive & we think about what platform we would use to sell WordPress plugins if we started today.

https://t.co/1bba7Oo6Ef

[Iain Poulson @polevaultweb]

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The folks @heropress have put together a great resource -

https://t.co/AOxxacjNmU

[Pressing Matters @pressingfm]

📣 Episode 46: Moving, Plugin Rank & FlipWP

🎙️This week Jack and I return after a short break, catching up with Jack’s house move, my sale of @PluginRank, Delicious Brains acquiring @wp_acf, and the launch of my new project FlipWP @flip_wp.

https://t.co/crZWXCxOlA

[Iain Poulson @polevaultweb]

Announcing FlipWP 🚀

The private acquisition marketplace for WordPress.

Together with @AlexDenning, I’ve just launched @flip_wp, a service to connect sellers of #WordPress businesses with buyers looking to specifically acquire WordPress companies.

https://t.co/b8xOXtEpRc

[Delicious Brains @dliciousbrains]

A WordPress Announcement of Epic Proportions https://t.co/htNHlAmwiE

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📣 Episode 45 - Plugin Releases and University

🎙️ This week Jack and I have a catch up talking about plugin releases (@eddwp, @wpmigratedbpro and @wpusermanager, university education and more.

https://t.co/wAyzR8XuAd

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Thanks to our lovely sponsor @FastSpring 🙌🏻

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📣 Episode 44: Quick Catch Up

🎙️ This week Jack and I chat about taking time off when it comes to running a business, outsourcing WordPress plugin support, my struggles wrangling freelance developers, and Jack’s wife applying for a role at Automattic.

https://t.co/D8DWX2D6R3

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📣 Episode 43 - WP Trends and WordPress 5.7

🎙️ This week we discuss the latest WordPress core release - WordPress 5.7 & talk about my new WordPress business focussed newsletter @wp_trends.

Sponsored by the lovely folks @FastSpring

https://t.co/XovdLTvw2x

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📣 Episode 42: Hello 2021

🎙️This week Jack and I have a good catchup, discussing improvements to the BNFW website, the server issues I was having for Plugin Rank, and how to grow revenue without just continuing to add new features.

https://t.co/oZnv9NhOUh

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@harryandrews Cheers Harry, glad they were useful. Merry Christmas!

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📣 Episode 41: That’s a wrap 2020

🎙️ In the last episode of 2020, Jack and I reflect on the year, chat about our plans for working less over Christmas, and what our focus will be for 2021.

https://t.co/a1EmGi2fJm

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📣 Episode 40: Chatting with Hannah Smith

🎙️ We had a great chat with @hanopcan talking about the environmental impact of tech and what you can do to start reducing your carbon footprint on the web.

https://t.co/J9P5OrWtLa

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📣 Episode 39: Chatting with Lesley Sim

🎙️ We had a great chat with @lesley_pizza talking about her WordPress plugin @NewsletterGlue, marketing a WordPress plugin & choosing the right platform to sell WordPress plugins.

https://t.co/FtxBxmbRdC

[Pressing Matters @pressingfm]

Thanks as always to our lovely sponsor @FastSpring 🙌🏻

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📣 Episode 38: Chatting with Peter Suhm

We had a great chat with @petersuhm talking about -

📦 His WordPress plugin @WP_Pusher
🚀 His WordPress deployment SaaS app @thisisbranch
💸 His experience with @tinyseedfund funding
🎙️ His 2 podcasts!

https://t.co/BnzOZBAveW