The Pagely Podcast

Pagely

We interview pillars of the Business of WordPress space, luminaries from peripherally-related technologies and accomplished domain experts who can help teach you powerful ideas to get ahead in business and in life.

  1. 02/03/2020

    Ep 23: Craig Martin. On tuning high-traffic WP sites, creating one of the first Travel podcasts & growing an all-remote consulting business

    For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-23-craig-martin/ Craig Martin of Performance Foundry is one of the most long-standing partners of Pagely having helped to resolve performance bottlenecks and tune high-traffic WordPress sites. In this conversation Sean interviews Craig about what's involved in diagnosing performance issues and resolving performance scaling issues, Craig's long history of nomadic travel and how he's built his company to be location-independent, how he won the Lonely Planet award for Travel Podcasts and more. Enjoy!

    1h 12m

  2. 01/27/2020

    Ep 22: Katie Hess. Turning a passion into a thriving business and bringing flower power to the world

    For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-22-katie-hess/ Katie Hess converted her fascination with the healing power of flower essences into a robust business that employs an all-female team of ten women across three countries. They are bringing transformational experiences to the masses via in-person events, online educational programs and by selling physical flower essences products. In this interview Sean interviews Katie on her entrepreneurial journey having had no previous business experience prior to starting her company, stories of transformations she's enabled, the benefits of mindfulness training, the meaning of travel and where Katie is taking her business next. Enjoy!

    54 min

  3. 01/20/2020

    Ep 21: Drew Olanoff. The miracle of stem cells, lethal flying scooters and 76ers fandom

    For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-21-drew-olanoff/ Drew Olanoff got his start in computers at a young age moderating BBS's. He was offered an internship for America Online and thus began a long and illustrious career working at companies like Yahoo!, TechCrunch, NextWeb and more. In this interview Joshua interviews Drew on his journey in tech, winning his bout with cancer through the miracle of stem cell technology, the barometer of the VC industry in Silicon Valley, a thought experiment on universal 20% time devoted to solving societal issues, bone marrow registries and more. Enjoy!

    1h 1m

  4. 01/16/2020

    Ep 20: Rahul Bansal. Optimizing your company's culture around Mission, Values and Vision

    For links, show notes, transcription, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-20-rahul-bansal Rahul Bansal has built RTcamp from scratch to be a hugely successful WP dev agency. We were honored to have him speak this year at PressNomics 6 on the lessons learned from growing his organization. In this conversation Sean interviews Rahul about the pillars of a solid company culture, how to implement them in one's own company and Rahul's lessons from growing his dev agency. Enjoy!

    1h 10m

  5. 01/04/2020

    Ep 19: Andy Wibbels. On product positioning, marketing and winning a book deal from having his blog

    For video, links, transcript, show notes and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-19-andy-wibbels/   Andy Wibbels was one of the first people to land a book deal from having a popular, early blog. He's been in tech marketing and product since the early dotcom days and has strong opinions on how compelling story telling should be conducted to drive consumer demand. In this conversation Joshua and Andy discuss some of Andy's key learnings in the realm of brand positioning, the evolution of San Francisco as a place to live and the political landscape in America today. Enjoy.

    46 min

  6. 12/14/2019

    Ep 18: Francisco Dao. Crashing trucks in Peru and launching a caffeinated energy bar

    For links, show notes, transcript, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-18-francisco-dao/  Francisco Dao has served as a columnist for Inc.com, founded an exclusive adventure sports retreat company for entrepreneurs, served as COO for an AI-focused incubator and is currently bringing a caffeinated energy/nutrition bar to market. In this interview Joshua interviews Francisco on his entrepreneurial journey, the underbelly of the self-help market and his current challenge founding a consumer product goods company. They also talk about vehicular carnage in the deserts of Peru and sailing the British Virgin Islands. Enjoy this spicy episode.

    1h 7m

  7. 12/03/2019

    Ep 17: Carl Alexander. Self-publishing a book that made $11k in its first week and becoming a public speaker

    For links, show notes, transcript, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-17-carl-alexander/ Carl Alexander found himself in a quarter-life crisis bouncing between software jobs unfulfilled and not sure how he would sustain his career for another forty years through to retirement. He transitioned into a freelance career and self-published a book to teach the basics of object oriented programming for WordPress and had over $11k in sales in his first week. He's since become a public speaker and is focusing on honing a craft which he could have never foreseen enjoying. Hear about his journey and the lessons he's learned along the way.

    59 min

  8. 11/25/2019

    Ep 16: Dave Amirault. From humble beginnings to developing an award-winning ad campaign for a major ski resort

    For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-16-dave-amirault/ From humble beginnings on the east coast riding back mountains & tinkering with perl scripts to winning an Adweek award for his ingenious "one-star" ad campaign, Digidave Amirault is a marketing wizard. In this interview Joshua talks to Dave about his humble beginnings hand-coding HTML sites, to making a marketing a name for himself at multiple ski resorts, the development and success of his famous "one star" ad campaign, what it's like hob-nobbing with celebrities and a look to the future. Enjoy!

    55 min
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We interview pillars of the Business of WordPress space, luminaries from peripherally-related technologies and accomplished domain experts who can help teach you powerful ideas to get ahead in business and in life.

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  • Creator
    Pagely
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Pagely
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    The Pagely Podcast