• Streamlined Solopreneur Wins Best Business Process Podcast Award

    My podcast, Streamlined Solopreneur, has been named the Best Business Process Podcast in the First Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Awards.

    From the press release announcing the awards:

    “Many bootstrapped indie podcasts have paper-thin budgets and are led by overworked and under-appreciated podcasters,” says Frank Racioppi, executive editor of Ear Worthy and owner of Willow Grove Communications LLC. “Indie podcasters wear more hats than any network-supported podcaster. They are creator, writer, producer, sound engineer, I.T. troubleshooter, researcher, host, distribution pro, marketing guru, public relations professional, and, most important of all, financial backer for the podcast.”

    This is my show’s first award (to my knowledge), and certainly the first since the rebrand in March.

    These awards highlight indy podcasters, who are some of the hardest working people in the industry. To be recognized for the effort is truly an honor.

    Read the full article and be sure to subscribe to Ear Worthy for deeper coverage on all the winners.

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    The Profitable Podcast is Now Available for Purchase

    Earlier this week, I did a paid workshop to help people build the proper foundations to make their podcast profitable. That workshop is now available for purchase and instant download. You can get it here for $78. Here’s what you’ll learn:

    • To attract the audience brands want to reach.
    • 4 paths to revenue that aren’t sponsorship.
    • How to build a content pipeline your audience can’t get enough of.
    • The fastest way to launch a podcast website
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    Announcing WP Learning Paths

    The WordPress ecosystem has seen big changes over the last couple of years. The acquisitions seem to be coming fortnightly, full site editing is rapidly evolving, and new areas of expertise, from site builder to DevRel are taking shape.

    It’s a lot to think about!

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    Creator Courses is now on Nexcess’ Managed WooCommerce Hosting

    A couple of weeks ago I made the decision to move Creator Courses off of an early version of Liquid Web’s Managed WordPress hosting and onto their new Managed WooCommerce Hosting by Nexcess. I was concerned about a number of things, like performance/speed, development environments, and overall feature set. Let me tell you: I am not disappointed.

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    How I Built the “WordPress: Year in Review” Website

    Earlier this month I launched WordPress: Year in Review, a content project where I’m wrapping up everything that happened with WordPress and in the community this year through an eBook, podcast, and video series. It’s an immense undertaking, so I decided to seek community support through sponsors and crowdfunding. We’re 3 weeks into September and I’m nearly 2/3 of the way to my crowdfunding goal which is exciting! I thought I’d take some time here and explain how I built the site.

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    How I Built It is Officially Hosted by Castos!

    Castos is a fantastic WordPress-centric podcast hosting platform that I’ve been recommending in my courses and coaching calls. But I have a confession to make: since Castos launched after I launched my podcast, I’ve been using Libsyn.

    For a long time, I’ve considered making the switch, but the migration process always seemed so daunting. On top of that, I’d need to make updates to my website and it never felt like the right time. Well that changes today!

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    Announcing the (Unofficial) WCUS 2020 Speaker Interview Series

    I’ve sorely missed going to WordCamps. I love traveling, I love hanging out with people, and I love public speaking. I also know how much time and effort goes into planning a WordCamp, as well as WordCamp talks. I was also super bummed about WordCamp US 2020 cancelling its virtual event (though I totally understand virtual event fatigue).

    I wanted a way to give back at least a little to those who worked so hard, so I have a plan…and the first part of it is interviewing potential WCUS 2020 speakers on my podcast, How I Built It.

    Saving Wasted Time

    I know how much time goes into figuring out a good topic and putting applications together.Because I don’t want that work to be wasted, I’m doing an interview series on the podcast.

    I’ll pick 15-20 people who applied to speak to do 10 minute interviews with – it won’t be a formal talk, but they’ll have the opportunity to chat about their topic. I have a decent platform, and I wanted to lend it to some people who were looking forward to speaking.

    Send in Your Applications!

    I should make it clear that this is an unofficial series – it’s not backed by the WordCamp Organizers or the WordPress Foundation…though I’ve been told by members of the team that this is a good idea 🙂

    If you applied to WordCamp US 2020, fill out the form here. Please only submit one form. If you submitted multiple talk ideas, pick your favorite.

    If you’re selected, I’ll be in touch. Applications close on August 31st.

    Apply to be interviewed about your WCUS 2020 talk

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    Podcast Liftoff is Out Now!

    Back in 2018 I attended a conference called Podcast Movement. Thousands of people coming together to talk podcasting. On the very first day – in fact, the vert first session – I talked to a couple of people who were having trouble with their websites. It was a podcast convention but they were way more interested in the fact that I was a web developer. They were surrounded by podcasters.

    After that conversation, I got a crazy idea that there should be a course on how to launch a podcast website. My rationale was there was already [one] podcasting course I knew about, so the market was saturated. I set off to make that course, and a few months later, I launched it….to crickets.

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