WPMRR WordPress Podcast

In today’s episode, Joe talks to Gary Gaspar, the co-founder and CEO of Marker.io - a platform that encourages a simple way to report bugs on live websites and collect client feedback along the way. This 6-member team with over 2M feedback reported and 1,500 plus customers, continue to make it easier for people to report live website issues in real time.

Gary shares how he met his two co-founders at a totally unexpected place, shutting down the agency to focus on growing the business, the integrations they planned as they expand, and focusing more on conversion than website traffic.

Episode Resources:

• Gary is on LinkedIn, Twitter
• Marker.io
• New MRR Merch, discount code: AUGUST31
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community
• The 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 06:35 Welcome to the pod, Gary!
• 07:25 Instead of a live chat, Marker.io utilizes capture screenshot with annotations
• 12:34 Why there are 3 co-founders
• 20:25 Shutting down the agency and going full-time
• 23:33 The value of owning your company despite having a low paycheck
• 26:57 It took a while to find the right product-market fit, future plans
• 30:18 Marker.io was built with integrations in mind
• 34:35 Original business structure attracted non-targeted customers
• 37:37 Build relationships with folks to reach more people in the community
• 41:58 It’s useless to do all the marketing channels
• 47:01 SEO and integration marketing works
• 49:24 Finding the right person to join the team
• 53:16 Giving the team a lot of creative freedom

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Sam’s conversation about joining WordPress. They discuss Sam’s stories during his firefighter days, how he stumbled upon WordPress and coding, and his approach on how he successfully managed his time to build his own business.

Sam Smith is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic, an Orlando WordCamp Organizer, and a Web Developer.

Episode Resources:

• Sam Smith is on Twitter, Instagram, and WordPress.org
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:18 Welcome to the pod, Sam!
• 03:16 From a firefighter paramedic to a WordPress developer
• 05:50 Stories of injuries while at work
• 09:17 Taking little bits per day to successfully launch a business
• 17:24 Build on relationships and have real friends in the industry
• 24:59 What’s it like to organize a WordCamp?
• 28:23 Getting a jump on blog impressions
• 30:19 The Martian
• 33:59 Find Sam online

In today’s episode, Joe talks to Dan Maby of Big Orange Heart - a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes positive well-being and mental health within remote working communities. The Big Orange Heart Health Hubs are designed to provide holistic support for the individual.

Dan shares how Big Orange Heart came from the challenges he and his team faced while handling a digital marketing agency, and the organization’s mission to help support the mental health of workers in a remote setting. They also discussed the upcoming WordFest Live, a virtual event to be streamed in six continents in a 24-hour period.

Episode Resources:

• Big Orange Heart
• Big Orange Heart Support
• Dan Maby Website
• WordFest Live, register Here
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community
• The 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:01 Welcome to the pod, Dan!
• 03:20 The funny story at the WordCamp US 2019
• 05:30 What’s keeping Dan busy
• 06:55 Big Orange Heart born from the challenges of handling an agency
• 08:36 Things take different priorities at different times of your life
• 10:34 Mental health is a challenging topic to talk about
• 14:26 Supporting as many network as possible
• 16:55 Varying levels of support for different groups of people
• 22:31 Getting a core group for individuals to get support together
• 25:35 Encourage the community in Slack to help
• 28:37 WordFest Live 2021: The festival of WordPress
• 36:12 WordFest 2021 to deliver within six continents in a 24-hour period
• 39:33 A diverse organizing team in the background across seven time zones
• 43:32 WordFest was supposed to be an annual event
• 48:11 The virtual setting has opened many more interesting environment
• 53:40 Live Streaming in-person previous events were leading to the hybrid event style
• 54:38 Find Dan online

Hermione comes through the Floo Network and enlightens us on the path of the empowering female-led project Women in WP.

We speak on the history of Sumy Designs, the conception on Women in WP podcast that follows, plus WordCamp experiences and hype!

Don’t miss out and get hit with a Stupefy!

• Women in WP Podcast
• Women in WP YouTube
• Women in WP Facebook
• Women in WP Instagram
• Women in WP Twitter
• Amy Masson Twitter
• Sumy Designs Website
• Sumy Designs Facebook
• Sumy Designs LinkedIn

99 topics and thousands of podcast minutes later, there’s still many burning questions left unanswered.

To celebrate WPMRR’s 100th episode, Joe and Christie weigh in on premium hosting, how often to send client reports, and why you shouldn’t worry about c-Panel hacking.

Listen now to fill the gaps in your WordPress knowledge.

Episode Resources:

• Leave us a 5-star review on iTunes
• Send your questions to [email protected]
• Check out our Care Plan course
• Binge on past episodes you missed