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Matt Medeiros is the first guest of our series of interviews with web agencies around the world. 

This American guy with Portuguese ancestry has a strong presence in the global WordPress community, and we meet him through its podcast Matt Report, a well-known WordPress podcast for digital business owners.

Besides his podcast, we talked about the business he co-founded with his father Mark Medeiros, in 2008, called Slocum Studio, a WordPress digital agency. At Slocum Studio, Matt is a business developer and manages a team of developers and designers.

This episode was recorded in English.

Main topics:

• Welcome & intro [00:00:13 ]


• How did 10web start [00:00:30 ]


• Why did Matt start his podcast, and the importance of it in his life (Matt Report) [00:02:05 ]


• What is Matt job [00:05:07 ]


• Impact of Matt Report for his we agency (Slocum Studio) [00:06:15 ]


• Types of clients Slocum Studio has [00:08:00 ]


• Slocum Studio as B2B or B2C [00:09:30 ]


• People at Slocum Studio [00:10:13 ]


• The most challenging projects [00:15:18 ]


• Strategy to get WordPress themes noticed [00:18:00 ]


• Advices for WordPress developers that are starting their career [00:21:45 ]


• Is there US companies that still does not understand Internet [00:24:40 ]


• Handling content for websites [00:29:35 ]


• The potential of WordPress REST API [00:38:32 ]


• The next big thing happing WordPress related [00:42:10 ]


• Quick questions [00:47:00 ]

Quick questions:

• What do you see coming in the next 12 months that is going to create a big impact on the web?
  
  The “open Internet” and Internet privacy issues


• Which is the mobile app you couldn’t live without?
  
  Wunderlist – a todo app


•  Which is the productivity tool indispensable for your day to day?
  
  Tweetbot – a bot for twitter app


• A fundamental podcast or book?
  
  Podcast: Six Pixels of Separation, by Mitch Joel, about Digital Marketing


• A conference you wouldn’t miss?
  
  PressNomics, about WordPress economy


• Any suggestions for our next guest?
  
  Ionut, co-founder of themeIsle

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