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WordPress News:

Light week.. not much!

Whatcya wearing/drinking

• Kyle: WordCamp Chicago hoodie
• Adam: WP Give t-shirt 

Work/Life Updates 

• Adam: Sales: Cold Calls/emails
• Kyle: WC Jackson speakers/sponsors open, bought ticket to WC Miami, made hard decision yesterday about a plugin

New Segment” “Reading Options”

• Adam: Book: The Obstacle is the Way” Ryan Holiday
  • “The impediment to action advances action.  What stands in the way becomes the way”
• Kyle:  Book: Two Towers, Podcast: Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botonarium

Questions

1. Stepping out of the game – letting dev licenses expire .. what to do with clients?
2. The WordPress service space is crowded, what are some ways you can differentiate?
3. Voicemail via SpeakPipe about a project that needs mapping.

• Possible options for Juno’s question: Draw Attention Plugin & The Events Calendar

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In the news:

• No news.. light week!

Whatcya wearing/drinking

• Kyle – Everything! Nascar of WordPress swag!
• Adam- nothing ! — well…  nothing WP related.  Water – again WPEngine

Questions

1. How do you find your first clients for a new freelance web dev enterprise?  @evan
2. How helpful have WordPress Meetups and WordCamps been to you? What’s the biggest benefit?
3. How does one become friends with super cool podcast hosts like yourself?

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In the news

• Our Predictions for WordPress in 2017
• Swag for submitting questions

Whatcha wearing/drinking

• Kyle – WC North East Ohio t-shirt  and a  hoodie “Empowered by WordPress”
• Adam- WC Chicago hoodie + Woo “SHIP IT” shirt, drinking water from WP Engine pint glass

Questions

1. What took so long? (referring to us starting this podcast) – asked by John Parkinson @jwparkinson
2. Can WordPress maintain market dominance? What are the biggest threats? – asked by Eric Amundson @sewmyheadon
3. How do you determine your first pricing structure as a freelancer? – asked by Megan Morsie @megabyterose

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In the News

• WordPress 4.7.2 Update

Whatcya wearing/drinking

• Kyle: Pantheon T-Shirt & Siteground socks and drinking warm water in GoDaddy Cup
• Adam: Woo Ninja T-Shirt & water in a pickle jar.

Questions

1. Ways to build confidence in development abilities
2. Client not responding to emails
3. Working from home – does clutter cause distraction?

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News:

• Wrapping things up for end of 2016, prepping for a great 2017!

Whatcya wearing/drinking:

• Kyle: Media Temple T-Shirt, Limited Edition WC North Canton Hoodie, drinking water from a GoDaddy mug with tea brewing to be put into a WC Ann Arbor mug.
• Adam: Wearing beanie from WPEngine, Hoodie from WC Chicago 2016 & drinking Costa Rican coffee from our Costa Rica vacation!

Questions:

1. Charging for Beta testers?
2. What are the standard, must always use plugins for every site?
3. How can I get over my hangups with working on my own site?

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News:

• WCUS Highlights & Recap

Questions:

1. Selling a domain?
2. Any advice for how to keep yourself energized and charged when you find yourself stuck and demotivated?
3. How to maintain my independence and still pay the bills?

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Whatcha wearing/drinking

• Kyle: special edition WordCamp Chicago 2016 Hoodie. Media Temple shirt.
• Adam: WC Ann Arbor 2014 Pullover & WooCommerce Ninja shirt.

What we are working on.

• Kyle: New plugins in development.
• Adam: Delivered 2 client sites – 1 on spec!

Questions:

1. What shifts have you seen in the community and the conversations surrounding WordPress since you got involved yourselves?
2. How do I deal with the struggle of the isolation associated with being a freelancer and working from home?
3. How do you find qualified leads to help build your portfolio when you’re new to freelance web development?

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In the news:

1. WordCamp US 2017 – 2018 Location

This week we answer the following questions:

1. Client Abandonment
2. Collaboration with friends
3. Networking events

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Welcome to the show!  In this short episode, we discuss the who, what and why it exists!

Lets do this!