E174 - Starting a Freelance Career (Sam Smith, gsamsmith.com)
WPMRR WordPress Podcast
English - November 30, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 66.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Marketing business entrepreneur startup wordpress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: E173 - Dominating the Enterprise Space (Mario Peshev, DevriX)
In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Sam’s conversation about joining WordPress. They discuss Sam’s stories during his firefighter days, how he stumbled upon WordPress and coding, and his approach on how he successfully managed his time to build his own business.
Sam Smith is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic, an Orlando WordCamp Organizer, and a Web Developer.
Episode Resources:
Sam Smith is on Twitter, Instagram, and WordPress.org Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes Visit the WPMRR CommunityWhat to Listen For:
00:00 Intro 01:18 Welcome to the pod, Sam! 03:16 From a firefighter paramedic to a WordPress developer 05:50 Stories of injuries while at work 09:17 Taking little bits per day to successfully launch a business 17:24 Build on relationships and have real friends in the industry 24:59 What’s it like to organize a WordCamp? 28:23 Getting a jump on blog impressions 30:19 The Martian 33:59 Find Sam online