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Episodes
Using Social Proof to Improve Your Sales with Tevya Washburn
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tevya Washburn reached out to me over the summer and asked if I might be interested in having him on the show - it turns out his timing was great. See...
Using Escape Rooms for Team Building with Greg Koberger
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Koberger is easily one of the most interesting guys I talked to this year. Not only do we talk about team building with escape rooms - a super co...
Onboarding Employees with Micah Rowland
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Micah Rowland isn’t your everyday builder. He doesn’t build homes, cabinets, or even software. As COO of Fountain, Micah builds people, teams, and...
Stop Losing Your Data with Brian Gill
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brian is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Due to his firm belief that data recovery shouldn't be a prohibitively expensive serv...
A Better Way to Spend Your Calendar Time with Woven and Tim Campos
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of speaking to Tim Campos, former CIO of Facebook and founder of Woven - a calendar that actually accounts for your life and your f...
Developing a Mailing List Tool on top of GMail with Ajay Goel
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Recently Pat Flynn talked about the “new, hot marketing tool” that isn’t new but is often forgotten: email. Well today’s guest, Ajay Goel, has...
Write Better Copy and get More Leads with Josh Garofalo
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
That was Josh Garofalo and let me tell you: I loved this conversation. He’s a marketer and research and we dig deep into the latter. He tells us how...
Building Better Marketing Automation through WordPress with Adrian Tobey
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Tobey is a young, energetic entrepreneur who’s build a pretty cool WordPress plugin in Groundhogg - something to help with yout marketing aut...
Building the State Department’s Website with Tracy Rotton
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Rotton is a longtime friend of mine from the WordPress space - we met because we happened to be writing similar books around the same time! Well...
5 Biggest Takeaways from Podcast Movement 2019
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast Movement is a giant podcast conference and expo where 3,000 attendees come from all over the world to talk podcasting. It’s 4 days of events...
Creating Safer Parking Garages with Gordon Stannis and Twisthink
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Stannis, like last week’s guest, Colin, helped create a smart lighting system. But where Colin wanted to improve our homes, Gordon wanted to ...
Automating Your Home with Colin Billings
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Billings has built something that I’m incredibly interested in generally: hardware that contributes to home automation. He built Orro, the fir...
Avoiding Overrun (and Lawsuits) through Better Project Management with Jessica Hall
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Hall is the VP of product strategy and design at 3Pillar Global, and today we are going to talk about something that made a bunch of news a co...
Coaching Entrepreneurs with Alex McClafferty
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex McClafferty has a wealth of business experience to share with us this week. Not only did he build a successful business within the WordPress spac...
How to Change Careers with Kirsten Bunch
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 2 weeks, we discussed mental and physical health as it relates to freelancing and self-employment. To round out this trilogy of overall ...
Staying Physically Healthy While Freelancing with Michelle Schulp
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Schulp is a fantastic web designer in the WordPress space - you make have seen her work on the WP Hierarch chart. Recently she’s launched a...
Mental Health and Freelancing with Allie Nimmons
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Allie Nimmons is a freelance web designer with an unique perspective to my own. She made the transition to freelancing after losing her job, but still...
Season 6 Wrap Up (Bonus Episode!)
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We got lots of great advice over the course of Season 6. Over the course of about 10 minutes, we're going to distill all of that advice into 3 overarc...
How Vaccines and Other Drugs get to Market with Susan Goebel
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It takes the right combination of bioscience knowledge, marketing intelligence, lead generation strategies, operational insight, product R&D exper...
Understanding how Pricing Affects Conversion with Patrick Campbell
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Campbell was curious about how people price products, and how pricing affects conversion - so he built ProfitWell. We discussed pricing, estim...
Building an International Hosting Solution with Jan Loffler and Plesk
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Löffler is the CTO of Plesk, which is fantastic server management software. They're rapidly growing set of sophisticated tools is inspiring., In ...
A Interesting Solution to Contact Management with Jay Gibb
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Gibb is the founder and CEO of CloudSponge - a B2B SaaS company that sells an address book widget. We talked about growing an audience, research g...
Building Better Partnership Programs with Lindsey Miller
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever wondered what goes into creating a fantastic affiliate program, Lindsey Miller from Liquid Web has the answers for you, starting with o...
The Fastest Way to Spin Up WordPress Sites with Brad Touesnard
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Touesnard is a well known developer in the WordPress community, and CEO and Founder of Delicious Brains, a company that makes fantastic WordPress...
Building a Better Toothbrush with Mihran Papazian
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mihran Papazian is the CEO of Brushette, a company that plans to revolutionize...toothbrushes! In a rare episode, we cover what it's like creating a p...
Extending WooCommerce with James Kemp
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Kemp is the founder and lead developer of Iconic, a popular WooCommerce extension shop. James has managed to do well in an increasingly saturate...
Going up Against Spotify and Apple Music with Stephanie Scapa
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Scapa is the Co-Founder and CEO of WEYV, a platform that aims to compete with Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. They have a unique business ...
Why You Absolutely Need a VPN with Yuriy Popov
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Yuriy Popov is the Customer Success Manager at KeepSolid, where they make a suite of apps. The most popular is VPN Unlimited. We dive deep into how Ke...
Selling a Niche Buisness with Sam Brodie
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before Sam Brodie founded OffSprout, he successfully sold a niched business that focused on websites for lawyers. Sam generously shares his advice and...
Building an InVision Competitor on WordPress with Andre Gagnon
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Gagnon has SaaS/Subscription fatigue and decided to do something about it. He helped create and launch ProjectHuddle, a WordPress/plugin-based c...
Building a Nomadic WordPress Plugin Business with Jan Thielemann
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Thielemann is a plugin developer who got his start as a digital nomad who wanted to make enough money to fund his adventures. So he started a smal...
How Live Captioning Works with Amanda Lundberg
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every so often on this show, I will have somebody who knows lots of something I know very little about, and Amanda is one of those people. She is a li...
Personalization is the Path Forward with Brennan Dunn
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brennan Dunn is a freelancer, educator, and founder of RightMessage, a personalization platform. It's used by people like Pat Flynn to make sure their...
A Better Way to Manage Facebook Ads with Dan Stocke
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Stocke knows marketing, and knows the pain of using the Facebook Ads Manager. So he created an easier way to do it. We'll talk about how he took h...
Building and Designing Your Online Courses and Laura Elizabeth
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Elizabeth is a fantastic designer who wants to "teach design to developers." Her story from consulting to products is fantastic, and her method ...
Building Invoicing Software for Freelancers with Mike McDerment and FreshBooks
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike McDerment is the founder of the incredibly popular accounting software FreshBooks. His story is an interesting one - where he started with an MVP...
How Knowing Your Customers Lets You Charge More with Nathalie Lussier
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Lussier is has created a unique, powerful LMS plugin for WordPress that people seem to love. That's because Nathalie, on top of using the pro...
Using Automation to Run Your Consulting Business with Chris Bintliff
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I focused a lot on automation in 2018, so I was really excited to talk to today's guest, Chris Bintliff, on how he used automation for his client-onbo...
Is Drop Shipping Right for You? with Anton Kraly
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anton Kraly is the founder of Drop Ship Lifestyle and has an incredibly story of how he got to where he is today. I'm grateful for Anton's time and fo...
Building an Indie Podcast Network with Myke Hurley
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Myke Hurley is a well-known podcaster and founder of Relay FM. To kick off Season 6, he gives us some fantastic advice on starting shows, sponsors, an...
Bonus: 4 Interviews on Implementing Gutenberg
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the run up to the release of WordPress 5.0, I created a mini-series on Implementing Guteneberg on my YouTube channel. This episode combines the 4 i...
Empowering Developers to Sell with Vova Feldman and Freemius
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vova Feldman started one of the most popular plugin marketplaces in the WordPress space. His story is one that came out of filling a need, but also a ...
Using WordPress to Send Newsletters with Kim Gjerstad and MailPoet
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Gjerstad is one of the founders of the popular newsletter plugin, MailPoet. In this episode we talk about how he’s been able to build a successf...
The Many Hats of a Small Business Owner with Daniel Espinoza
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Espinoza is a man who wears many hats: agency owner, product seller, family man, and more. In the episode we get into how he manages keeping ev...
Setting Yourself Apart (and Time Tracking!) with Liam Martin
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Martin is the founder of Time Doctor. In this episode, we talk all about how he founded the company, from idea to how it's grown to the massive u...
The First Managed WooCommerce Hosting with Chris Lema
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Lema is a man who knows how to build a good product. And in this episode, he's going to tell us all about how he helped build Liquid Web's Manag...
How I Built My Podcast: Looking Back on 100 Episodes
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I can't believe we've reached episode 100! This episode is an introspective (retrospective?) on how I built How I Built It. I'll go over the idea, wha...
White Labeling Premium WordPress Support with Joe Howard
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Howard is the founder of WP Buffs and has lots of experience managing a fully remote team, building a business on Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR),...
Planning and Producing a Virtual Event with Brian Richards
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Richards is officially the first repeat guest on the show, and this time around he's talking about his online conferences, WordSesh and WooSesh....
Developing an App Fit to Write Ulysses with Max Seelemann
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Max Seelemann is one of the founders and developers of Ulysses, one of my favorite Mac and iOS apps. I am excited to talk to him today because it is a...
Video on Demand That gets You Paid with PJ Taei and Uscreen
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
PJ Taei is the founder of Uscreen, a video on demand service for people who are serious about selling videos. Whether it's your online course or a vid...
Getting Paid Consulting using EDD with Mark Zahra
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zahra, among other things, recently released the EDD Bookings plugin for Easy Digital Downloads. I was excited to talk to him about this becaus...
Paywalling Your Premium Content with Jeremy Green
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Green is a developer and founder of Zeen 101. They created an interesting product called Leaky Paywall, which is a plugin that allows you to pu...
Creating a Guided SEO Product with Lindsay Halsey
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Closing out this miniseries on SEO is Lindsay Halsey. She’s the co-founder of Pathfinder SEO and in this episode we talk about how her product basic...
Implementing a Process for SEO with Pam Aungst
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So far this season we've looked at starting an SEO agency and an SEO product. But what we haven't looked at was a good strategy - especially when it c...
John Doherty and Credo
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Doherty is the founder of Credo. I met John at CaboPress, an incredible business mastermind week, and we got to talking about the marketing and S...
SEO for Saas Companies with Jeremiah Smith
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremiah Smith is founder of SimpleTiger, an SEO company that focuses on SaaS companies. This episode is going to kick off a miniseries about SEO and ...
Creating a Hosted Events Platform with Zach Tirrell and Loxi
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking to Zach Tirrell from Modern Tribe. We talk all about how they re-imagined that plug-in as Software as a Service called Loxi. We ...
Better WooCommerce Analytics with Bryce Adams and Metorik
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Adams is creator of one of my favorite tools, Metorik. Bryce tells us about the path the led him to making Metorik, his view on e-commerce, GDPR...
Teaching Web Development with Tessa Kreisel
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa Kriesel is a developer, community advocate, and educator. In this episode we get into our approaches to teaching, why it’s important, and the ...
Designing the Profitable Project Plan with Jennifer Bourn
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Bourn is the founder of Bourn Creative and creator of the Profitable Project Plan. She's also a freelancer who’s doing it right. She has wo...
Mental Health and Gaming with Abbey Perl
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Abbey Perl started the Diverse Gaming Coalition to help combat online bullying through video games and modern pop culture. In this episode, I talk to ...
Designing a Video Game with Seth S. Scott
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Bringing GDPR Protection to WordPress with Scott DeLuzio
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Using WordPress in Higher Ed with Rachel Cherry
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Cherry is a front end developer and lead organizer of WPCampus, a WordPress conference focused on Higher Education. In this episode, we talk ab...
Season 4 Recap
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Recovering Abandoned Carts with Beka Rice and Jilt
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Advice You Need when Considering Crowdfunding with Thomas Umstattd
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Buidling a Good Development Process for Teams with Stacy Kvernmo
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Designing the Perfect Business Card with Evan Calkins and Hoban Press
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
How to Create Great User Documentation with Nancy Hidebrandt
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 abou...
Automating Social Sharing with The Social Web Suite Team
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Building a Modern Podcasting Platform with Craig Hewitt
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 rela...
Learning Web Development with Beth Soderberg
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Forging Client Relationships with Brad Williams
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Building a Marketing Plan with Jen Jamar
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Nicole Kohler and Content Strategy
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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, J...
How to Get a Trademark with Rian Kinney
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 con...
Choosing the Right Niche with Sara Dunn
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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, s...
Choosing Self Employment and Sherry Walling
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 minis...
Creating a Hosting Platform for Developers with Josh Koenig and Pantheon
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
Building a Membership Plugin for WordPress with Blair Williams
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Buidling a 2 Million+ Subscriber Channel on YouTube with Peter Hollens
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
How to Build Your Own WooCommerce Store with Patick Rauland
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Creating Physical Products with Brad Dowdy and Nock Co.
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Building Good WooCommerce Sites with Cody Landefeld
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Special Episode: Live from WordCamp US 2017
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special live episode, I had the opportunity to interview WordCamp US attendees and ask them 3 questions: What advice for Frontend Develo...
Being an Empathetic Teacher with Morten Rand-Hendriksen
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Keeping Your Website Secure with Neill Feather and SiteLock
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 dedi...
Better Website Staging and Testing with Nathan Tyler
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Podcasting for Your Brand with Jeff Large
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 hi...
Cleaning Up WordPress Notifications with Jack McConnell
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jack McConnell of Made with Fuel talks about his plugin, Better Notifications for WordPress. We talked about scratching your own itch, and getting in ...
Building Healthy Communication Habits and Doist and Amir Salihefendic
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist, maker of the popular Task Management app, Todoist. Today we are talking about their new chat app Tw...
Building the First Premium WordPress Forms Builder with Alex Cancado
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gravity Forms is one of, if not the, oldest premium form builders for WordPress. Alex Cancado, one of the founders, and I talk about the research that...
Creating the Best Donations Platform on WordPress with the GiveWP Team
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
GiveWP is a plugin that helps you accept donations on your WordPress site. I got to talk to Matt and Devin about all sorts of other stuff though, like...
Building Your Side Hustle on Open Source with Ben Meredith and Better Click to Tweet
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Meredith is a WordPress man about town, working with lots of great folks in the community like GiveWP, and putting out his own plugins. In this ep...
Becoming a WordPress Plugin Developer with Brian Hogg, Part 2
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Hogg is a Canadian, WordPress Plugin Developer, Educator, and more. He has a few great courses on how to create WordPress plugins and a very inf...
Becoming a WordPress Plugin Developer with Brian Hogg, Part 1
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Hogg is a Canadian, WordPress Plugin Developer, Educator, and more. He has a few great courses on how to create WordPress plugins and a very inf...
Building a Sketchnotes Army with Mike Rohde
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Rohde is a designer and founder of the Sketchnotes Army! He's also a twice-published author and Green Bay Packers fan. In this episode, we talk a...
Becoming a WordPress Theme Developer with Andy Wilkerson Part 2
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andy and I continue our conversation from last week, about general theme development. We discuss our favorite tools and learning resources, plus much ...