Watchful's Hot Air Podcast

On the Hot Air podcast, we talk with people involved with digital agencies. We discuss business models, strategies, and tools for making your agency successful. And along the way, we hope to have a little fun and make some friends. On this episode of the pod, we’re speaking with Deb Cinkus. Deb runs a conversion optimization agency called Polished Geek. Deb has made some fascinating and bold choices over the years. She moved with several of her employees from North Carolina to...

On the Hot Air podcast, we talk with people involved with digital agencies. We discuss business models, strategies, and tools for making your agency successful. And along the way, we hope to have a little fun and make some friends. On this episode of the pod, we’re speaking with Sander Potjer and Martijn Boomsma. Sander and Martijn run a development-focused agency in the Netherlands called PerfectWebTeam.com. They've built some of the most high-profile Joomla sites in...

On this week's pod we’re speaking with Matt Schwartz. He runs an agency called Inspry from Atlanta. Matt thrives as part of big network of contractors and sub-contractors. He deals with WordPress, Joomla, Magento and more. With many diverse work requests moving into and out of his office constantly, we talk about his challenges with billing and project management. The post Episode 4 – Matt Schwartz at Inspry appeared first on Watchful Blog.

On today's pod we’re speaking with Donata Kalnenaite and Hans Skillrud. Hans ran and then sold a web agency in Chicago. We talk about how he built and prepared his agency for a successful exit. Then we talk about what came after the sale: teaming up with Donata to launch a privacy-focused service called Termageddeon which helps agency owners and their clients stay on top of new online privacy laws. The post Episode 3 – Donata Kalnenaite & Hans Skillrud at Termageddon appeared first on...

On today's pod we’re speaking with SD Williams from Danico Enterprises. SD runs her Joomla agency from Chicago where she also teaches content strategy at DePaul University. SD uses Joomla for most of her client work, and organizes both Joomla Day Chicago and Joomla User Group Chicago North. We discuss how Danico Enterprises began, what the business model is, and how she attracts new business. We also chat about frameworks/page builders, SEO and speed optimization, user experience for...

On our very first Hot Air pod, we speak with Eoin Oliver from Square Balloon. Eoin is deeply involved with the Joomla community in the UK. He gave an excellent presentation at the Joomlashack Conference at the end of 2019, and we’ve been talking a lot since then. Eoin runs his agency from London, England. We discuss how Square Balloon got started, the impact of a great landing page at the MailChimp resources directory, and debate the best onion metaphors! We'll also talk...