Web Agency series – Matt Medeiros from Slocum Studio

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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