building your wordpress business wordcamp boston 2013

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

Bill EricksonBillErickson.net

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.

Thank You! MattReport.com

@mattreport