Building WP Minute, a 5-figure side project without a huge audience - Matt Medeiros, WP Minute

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Matt Medeiros is the founder of WP Minute, a weekly podcast highlighting WordPress news in less than 5 minutes. He’s a podcasting expert, having previously worked as Director of Podcasting success at Castos and now hosts & produces Breakdown, a podcast by Gravity forms. This episode talks about how you can make a sustainable 5-figure side project, with a niche audience while working a full time job and increasing your opportunities as you do it.

Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:32 From the family car business to digital agency with his dad
• 03:35 Becoming a Wordpress Expert and Starting Matt Report
• 04:45 Using podcasting as a networking tool
• 05:56 From Matt Report to WP Minute
• 08:08 Monetizing WP Minute
• 09:36 Making money from a small audience
• 10:58 Having a profitable side project alongside a full time job
• 12:08 Does Matt want to sell WP Minute?
• 14:48 Recommendations

Recommendations

• Podcast about Books: Six Pixels of Separation
• Podcast: Podcasting 2.0
• Indie Hacker: Carl Hancock

My links

• Twitter
• Indie Bites Twitter
• Indie Bites YouTube
• Join the membership
• Personal Website
• 2 Hour Podcast Course
• PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
• This Indie Life Podcast

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