Podcast appearances and mentions of liam dempsey

Welcome to Episode 300 of the Total Saints Podcast, your home for all things Southampton Football Club!It's a milestone episode, and we're celebrating in person! Something of a 'visual special' the TSP panel got together in a studio for the first time ever and filmed this episode of the podcast. *We had some audio issues that persisted for the first 25 minutes before getting partially fixed, unfortunately, this episode ended up as a better viewing than a listening experience. Sorry!Watch TSP 300 here •Russell Martin Sacked – It's official. Russell Martin's time as Saints manager is over. Was it the right call? Where do Saints go from here? And who should step into the dugout next?•Spurs Review – A complete disaster at St Mary's. Five first-half goals, a toothless response, and a performance that's left us rock bottom at Christmas. What went wrong?•Liverpool League Cup Preview – We're still in the Quarter-finals, but does anyone believe in a miracle against Liverpool?•Fulham Preview – Can Saints salvage some pride and points before Christmas with a trip to Fulham?Thanks to Liam Dempsey for hosting us and, Steam Town Brewery for sponsoring this episode. Grab a Total Saints Pilsner from our friends at Steam Town Brewery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for our next in-person event in Exton on September 18th. Register HereNow in its 27th year, the Kennett Brewfest is a leading beer festival held yearly in Kennett Square. Arguably the oldest beer festival in the Philadelphia region, the Brewfest provides support to the Kennett Collaborative. We speak with the founder and long-serving lead organizer of the festival, Jeff Norman. An architect by trade, Jeff has lead efforts to organize and deliver the famed Kennett Brewfest since its inception. We talk about the history of the festival, its evolution over time, and of course, all things beer.OUR PARTNERSouthern Chester County Chamber of CommerceLINKSKennett BrewfestWebsite: kennettbrewfest.comInstagram: instagram.com/kennett.brewfestFacebook: facebook.com/KennettBrewfestJeff Norman on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-norman-5004382Other Kennett Square FestivalsKennett WinterfestKennett SummerfestMushroom FestivalKennett CollaborativeWebsite: kennettcollaborative.orgInstagram: instagram.com/kennett.collaborativeFacebook: facebook.com/kennettcollaborativeAdditional LinksWaywood BeverageVictory BrewingBraeloch BrewingTwo Stones BrewingJeff's favorite beer: Avec Les Bons Vœux from Brasserie DupontDressler Estate (Ciders)Excursion CidersServPro of Kennett Square/OxfordKennett RunAles for ALSTranscriptThe transcript will be posted as soon as it is available.

UNEQUAL SEQUEL - Some Best Bits of Series 6 ~  Just some of the best bits of Series 6 in one handy episode. You'll hear gems from Tez Ilyas, Matt Brothers, Genevieve Hassan, Tom Melia, Alex Kealy, Jei Ikhinmwin, Darryl Edge, Chris Thorburn, Liam Dempsey, Giles Alderson, Heidi Regan and Phil De Semlyen. (and breath) That's a lot of awesome in one podcast!  If you like what you hear and want even more of us then check out our subscriber service at www.anotherslice.com/unequalsequel it's only £2.99 a month for loads more bonus content.  We'd love it if you could share our little pod with your friends and family. All you need to do is send them a link like one of these...  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5BRZK1OAklN8AAF0zpAO9L  Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unequal-sequel/id1569119013  If you want to get in touch with the show here's how:  EMAIL: unequalsequel@hotmail.com  TWITTER: @UnequalSequel  INSTAGRAM: @unequalsequel  We hope you enjoy the pod and don't forget please give us a rate and review (5 stars would be great!) and if you want to hear what other great guests are coming up on the pod then click the subscribe button to always know when the next episode drops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UNEQUAL SEQUEL - Some Best Bits of Series 6 ~  Just some of the best bits of Series 6 in one handy episode. You'll hear gems from Tez Ilyas, Matt Brothers, Genevieve Hassan, Tom Melia, Alex Kealy, Jei Ikhinmwin, Darryl Edge, Chris Thorburn, Liam Dempsey, Giles Alderson, Heidi Regan and Phil De Semlyen. (and breath) That's a lot of awesome in one podcast!  If you like what you hear and want even more of us then check out our subscriber service at www.anotherslice.com/unequalsequel it's only £2.99 a month for loads more bonus content.  We'd love it if you could share our little pod with your friends and family. All you need to do is send them a link like one of these...  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5BRZK1OAklN8AAF0zpAO9L  Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unequal-sequel/id1569119013  If you want to get in touch with the show here's how:  EMAIL: unequalsequel@hotmail.com  TWITTER: @UnequalSequel  INSTAGRAM: @unequalsequel  We hope you enjoy the pod and don't forget please give us a rate and review (5 stars would be great!) and if you want to hear what other great guests are coming up on the pod then click the subscribe button to always know when the next episode drops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for our next in-person event in Exton on September 18th. Register HereGreen or clean energy regularly garners press coverage and is often a topic of vigorous public debate. We speak at length with Ron DiSabatino about sustainable and fossil-fueled energy to better understand the factors and considerations around the debate. Ron is the VP of Nuclear Engineering with Constellation, the largest provider of carbon-free energy in the US. We also explore employee recruitment, engagement, and retention, discussing how Constellation works to attract top talent to its nuclear power plants.OUR PARTNERSouthern Chester County Chamber of CommerceLINKSConstellationConstellation Energy website: constellationenergy.comTwitter: @ConstellationEGLinked In: linkedin.com/company/constellation-energyInstagram: @constellationenergy Facebook: facebook.com/ConstellationEnergyYouTube: Constellation – YouTubeNuclear Energy Information & StatisticsUS Department of Energy: Multimedia Resources | Department of EnergyNuclear Energy Institute: Nuclear Energy Institute – nei.orgYucca MountainAdditional LinksThaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyCybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Tick Tock Early Learning CenterTranscriptThe transcript will be posted as soon as it is available.

UNEQUAL SEQUEL - S06 EP09 - LIAM DEMPSEY~ Joining Dave and Rich on this episode to discuss his best ever sequel, worst ever sequel and dream sequel is the wondrous Liam Dempsey. You may know Liam from the outstanding Spocklight podcast, which is one of our favs. You might also know him from talking about TV and Movies on BBC Radio Sussex and other local BBC Radio stations.  If you like what you hear and want even more of us talking to Liam then check out our subscriber service at www.anotherslice.com/unequalsequel it's only £2.99 a month for loads more bonus content. We'd love it if you could share our little pod with your friends and family. All you need to do is send them a link like one of these... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5BRZK1OAklN8AAF0zpAO9L Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unequal-sequel/id1569119013 If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: unequalsequel@hotmail.com TWITTER: @UnequalSequel INSTAGRAM: @unequalsequel We hope you enjoy the pod and don't forget please give us a rate and review (5 stars would be great!) and if you want to hear what other great guests are coming up on the pod then click the subscribe button to always know when the next episode drops. Thanks, we love you -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UNEQUAL SEQUEL - S06 EP09 - LIAM DEMPSEY~ Joining Dave and Rich on this episode to discuss his best ever sequel, worst ever sequel and dream sequel is the wondrous Liam Dempsey. You may know Liam from the outstanding Spocklight podcast, which is one of our favs. You might also know him from talking about TV and Movies on BBC Radio Sussex and other local BBC Radio stations.  If you like what you hear and want even more of us talking to Liam then check out our subscriber service at www.anotherslice.com/unequalsequel it's only £2.99 a month for loads more bonus content. We'd love it if you could share our little pod with your friends and family. All you need to do is send them a link like one of these... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5BRZK1OAklN8AAF0zpAO9L Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unequal-sequel/id1569119013 If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: unequalsequel@hotmail.com TWITTER: @UnequalSequel INSTAGRAM: @unequalsequel We hope you enjoy the pod and don't forget please give us a rate and review (5 stars would be great!) and if you want to hear what other great guests are coming up on the pod then click the subscribe button to always know when the next episode drops. Thanks, we love you -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tommy James (Little White Lies, Zavvi) and Liam H Dempsey (Spocklight podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Tommy's choice They'll Love Me When I'm Dead. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) is a documentary about the ill-fated final Orson Welles film The Other Side of the Wind. The Other Side of the Wind (2018) was intended to be Welles' comeback but he died before it was completed. Peter Bogdanovich, who also stars, ended up completing the project and it was released by Netflix in 2018. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead is the perfect companion piece to The Other Side of the Wind. Watching them in that order as well will give you a good context to go in with. Recommendability scores for They'll Love Me When I'm Dead were strong, as well as providing an insight into the making of The Other Side of the Wind you also get an insight into the life of Welles, the issues he faced and filmmaking in the 1970s. Slightly lower scores for repeat viewing give an overall rating of 3.41. [supsystic-tables id=364]     Episode #351 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 351 Tommy James and Liam H Dempsey   Please make sure you give them some love   More about They'll Love Me When I'm Dead For more info on They'll Love Me When I'm Dead can visit They'll Love Me When I'm Dead IMDB page here or They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We meet with two leaders from Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital to discuss the medical needs of the local community and how the teams providing that care are being supported. Dr. Karen Pinsky, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer at the hospital and a practicing clinician specializing in pediatrics. Her colleague, Ed Callahan, is the Chief Human Resources at the hospital. We cover everything from addressing health inequity, the challenges following local hospital closures, finding the right medical team, staff retention, and more.OUR PARTNERSouthern Chester County Chamber of CommerceLINKSPenn Medicine Chester County HospitalWebsite: chestercountyhospital.orgDr. Karen Pinksky: pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/karen-pinskyPediatrics and Children's HealthCareers with Penn Medicine: pennmedicine.org/careersAdditional LinksChester County Community Foundation's Idea Council

This week we are joined by none other than Liam Dempsey! In this thought provoking episode, you'll learn how social media is negatively impacting your hobby, why you might not actually need to even paint your models, and how you can spend your precious and limited time on the things that you enjoy most! You'll also gain an insight into the struggles of balancing hobby and work as professionals, our own struggles with motivation over the years, and much more!Also, stick around for our question of the week, about which franchises we want to see miniatures and games for (with some absolutely unhinged and unexpected answers). Lastly, we have a special parting Hobby Hack from Liam himself, sharing his special technique for unclogging glue needle applicators!Chapters (main topic is around 20 mins)0:00:00 Intro0:00:26 Liam Dempsey is here!0:04:14 Garagehammer0:09:09 Starting a YouTube channel0:15:02 Liam's Joe0:20:43 This MISTAKE is killing your motivation0:26:11 It doesn't need to be incredible0:35:33 The most fun part of the hobby0:40:38 This will motivate you…0:49:11 Do you NEED to paint Warhammer?1:03:37 Will Amazon ruin the hobby?1:12:10 Warhammer is like…guitars?1:18:01 Keeping things fresh 1:25:49 QOTW: What franchise needs miniatures? 1:34:44 HH: Unclogging glue applicators 1:37:00 Support the show New Overlords PodcastThe New Overlords Podcast where we talk about video games and what's fun right now!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyPaint Perspective is a miniature painting podcast brought to you by Siege Studios, featuring James Otero (Siege founder & CEO), Joe Hart (Siege Ops Manager) and George Coleman (Siege Content Creator & Commission Painter). Each week, our three co-hosts discuss a new topic from the point of view of people who work in the miniature painting industry.Follow us: @siegestudios / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

We chat to 40K gaming hero Liam Dempsey! We talk playing 40K, getting rid of re-rolls? and loads more. Make sure you give Liam a follow here:  @LiamDempsey40k  Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/thepaintingphase Merch: https://thepaintingphase.creator-spring.com Streaming: https://www.twitch.tv/thepaintingphase01 Help Support the channel with our affiliate links: UK & EU: https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1214 UK: https://elementgames.co.uk/?d=10835 EUROPE: https://taschengelddieb.de/?affiliate=tpp US: use code paintingphase to get 10% off at https://www.goblinshut.com/ Gaahleri airbrush: https://www.gaahleri.com/?ref=Thepaintingphase We Print Miniatures: https://weprintminiatures.com/thepaintingphase THEPAINTINGPHASE for 10% off Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/thepaintingphase/ https://www.instagram.com/__peachy_tips__/ https://www.instagram.com/geoffsavory/ https://www.instagram.com/pileofshamepaints/ Where we get our music: https://artlist.io/Patrick-75781 Contact us: thepaintingphase@gmail.com

In this episode- recorded just before Christmas- I'm joined by not one but two very special guests to discuss a very special film. The film in question- which incidentally turns 40 years old this year(!)- is 'Ghostbusters' from director Ivan Reitman. My fantastic guests are Dave Corkery from The Cinemile podcast and Liam Dempsey, one of the hosts of Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast. And the three of us are all huge fans of this movie and we could have easily talked for double the length of this episode on our thoughts and feelings for this stone cold classic and the films which have proceeded it (we even touch briefly on 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' which comes out later this year).

Get busy listening or get busy doing something else with your time. Matt, Daryl, and returning guest, Liam Dempsey (@LiamHDempsey) crawled through a river of sh*t to bring you this episode! You can hear Matt, Liam, and previous guest, Paul over on the Spocklight podcast. A Star Trek podcast from a non-Trekkie perspective. Available via your favourite pod-catcher. You can find all season artwork designs (from the ridiculously talented Stephen Trumble) on our Teepublic store. We also have our intro themes and interludes over on Bandcamp. As with Greers, the opening theme to Won't You Take Me To... Clancy Brown was performed and produced by Mike Hall and Daryl Bär. Please drop us a Five Star Review us at Apple Podcasts, or a Five Star Rating on Spotify. Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@ispauldanook), and drop us an email at ispauldanook@gmail.com

Paul Willson and Liam Dempsey from Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Paul's choice The Last Castle. The Last Castle is a 2001 military action film directed by Rod Lurie. It stars Robert Redford as Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin who is sentenced to 10 years at a maximum security military prison for violating orders that resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers. In charge of the prison is James Gandolfini's Colonel Ed Winter, an admirer of Irwin. Who despite having never seen combat keeps a coveted collection of military artifacts and inflicts punishing behaviour on the prisoners. After a prisoner is killed by a rubber bullet the prisoners start regarding Irwin as their leader and a battle of control between Winter and Irwin intensifies. Mark Ruffalo and Delroy Linda co star. Although released in 2001 The Last Castle would feel at home in the 1990s action genre, all the effects are practical, not digital and how many 00s films feature Robert Redford shirtless carrying rocks in the midday heat? The Last Castle is an easy watch, it might be corny and a bit predictable but the star power of Redford and its no nonsense approach makes it quite endearing. The scores for recommendability reflect this and fall into firmly into the three point fives to four marks. Slightly lower scores for repeat viewing due to its two hour plus runtime give an overall rating of 3.79.   [supsystic-tables id=319] Episode #306 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #306 Crew of David Llong and Neil Gregory from We Needed Roads podcast Find their Websites online at https://twitter.com/BBCSussex and at https://twitter.com/spocklightpod and at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spocklight-a-star-trek-podcast/id1150816497?mt=2 Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Last Castle For more info on The Last Castle, you can visit The Last Castle IMDb page here or The Last Castle Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liam Dempsey and Paul Willson from Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast join Flixwatcher to review Liam's choice Boiling Point. Boiling Point is a 2021 British drama, directed by Philip Barantini it stars Stephen Graham as Andy, a head chef at an high profile restaurant in London. When we meet Andy he is not having a great day, his restaurant has been downgraded from five to three stars for hygiene, it has been overbooked for the evening and he is having problems in his personal life. Thrown into the mix is also a customer with a nut allergy, a racist diner and tensions in the kitchen all which create a pressure cooker environment. Shot in one take Boiling Point is a thrilling drama, Graham is excellent as the unfortunate Andy. Watching his situation deteriorate on what could end up being the worst night of his life is both stressful and compelling. Recommendability and engagement scores for Boiling Point were very high to give a very impressive overall rating of 4.01.   [supsystic-tables id=296 Episode #297 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #296 Crew of David Llong and Neil Gregory from We Needed Roads podcast Find their Websites online at https://twitter.com/BBCSussex and at https://twitter.com/spocklightpod and at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spocklight-a-star-trek-podcast/id1150816497?mt=2 Please make sure you give them some love   More about Boiling Point For more info on Boiling Point, you can visit Boiling Point IMDb page here or Boiling Point Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operatives Matt Brothers and Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight podcast, partake in a little holiday espionage with Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones while decoding the 1989 political thriller The Package.  Directed by Andrew Davis. Starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Dennis Franz and Pam Grier. Check out Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Hear more from Matt on the Is Paul Dano OK? and Sudden Double Deep podcasts, available everywhere. You can also follow Liam on Twitter. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Pick up exclusive SpyHards merch, including the "What Does Vargas Do?" t-shirt by @shaylayy, available only at Redbubble Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes. Theme music by Doug Astley.

"So this is show business." For those who cherish Disney, worship at the altar of Spielberg, love nothing more than immersing themselves into the world of Aardman, let us introduce you to Not Just For Kids. This is the podcast that revisits the films we cherished growing up, be they family films or something we maybe shouldn't have been watching. Host Russell Bailey continues our fifth series, taking a look at the musical genre from its heyday at the birth of the talkies to today. The podcast Liam Dempsey (https://twitter.com/LiamHDempsey) from Spocklight pod (https://twitter.com/spocklightpod) joins this week to discuss beloved 70s musical gem, Bugsy Malone Email us: notjustforkidspodcast@gmail.com Find us on Twitter, Instagram and Letterboxd: @adultstoopod Give the Not Just For Kids Movie Club a listen: https://anchor.fm/russell-bailey2 Check out the short film, Ambush , starring Liam: https://youtu.be/-uG1o4en19Q  

In this episode- part of our Marvel Phase 2 coverage- I'm joined once again by Liam and Matt, two of the hosts of the fantastic Star Trek podcast Spocklight to talk about James Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. We find much to discuss in this episode, including the influences on the film and how Quill seems to be a combination of all the great movie heroes, the vocal stylings of Mr Bradley Cooper, the fall from grace of Chris Pratt, 'It's Always Sunny in Space' and much, much more.

This episode is brought to you by Mindsize. If you’re looking for monthly WooCommerce support, look no further than Mindsize.com You know how it goes, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. In the News There was a lot of excitement this week around LTDs (LifeTime Licensing Deals). There were several posted reactions to the email sent from Delicious Brains, the new owners of Advanced Custom Fields. The email was not well-received (to say the least) by some users that have had Lifetime Licensing because it was asking for a part-time donation for the product. Twitter exploded with reactions and many in the WordPress community responded as well. We covered this on the WPMinute and Sarah Gooding also wrote about both perspectives — positive and negative — in her article over on the WPTavern. The bottom line is that the lifetime licenses are tough, and very few still remain in the WordPress space. ACF (read: Brad) will continue to honor the pricing for legacy customers. With the recent delay of WordPress 5.9 the team is looking for testers for Beta 1. Angela Jin posted the link for the helpful testing guide. Feel free to participate and let them know how you “broke” it. Testing is very important for a successful release. A JSON Schema for theme.json and one for block.json are now available to help with building block-based themes. The schema can be used by code editors to provide things like tooltips, autocomplete, and validation while editing theme.json or block.json. The WP Live Streams Directory pick of the week “Building Modern WordPress Plugins With Plugin Machine (Part 2)*” presented by Josh Pollock, formerly of WPCaldera, on December 7th at 11pm UTC / 6pm EST / 3pm PST. In Part 1 of his talk, Josh laid the foundation of the mess that modern tooling has become for plugin development. In Part 2, Josh will show us a demo of Plugin Machine, a new app he’s building that helps developers create plugins and add features to them easily. You can catch this by registering for the Pittsburgh WordPress Developers and Designers meetup. Other News From Our Contributors Shopify Engineering announced that they had their biggest Black Friday Cyber Monday ever in 2021. They were proud of the uptime and traffic across the infrastructure along with their partner Google Cloud. Liam Dempsey shared this post by Andy Stitt thanking WordPress for helping him find Digital Accessibility. This is a great article of how WordPress helped Andy advance and allow him to concentrate on accessibility now. Giving Tuesday And now, I'd like to introduce you to Mary Job, who's leading the

It's the WPMinute! I am Liam Dempsey with the following news and updates. This episode is brought to you by Easy Support Videos. Support your WordPress users by embedding videos and screencasts right inside the WordPress admin. Learn more at EasySupportVideos.com. You know how it goes, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. In The News Jetpack is acquiring WPScan. WPScan is being used across the WordPress ecosystem to identify vulnerabilities in WordPress core, themes, and plugins. Besides creating an outstanding security offering, Jetpack's goal for this acquisition is to make malware data and APIs more open source. As part of the acquisition, two of the WPScan founders, Ryan Dewhurst and Erwan Le Rousseau, will be joining Automattic to continue their work improving security for the WordPress ecosystem. WPScan will continue to operate independently in the near term and may be integrated into Jetpack Scan in the future. There has been a lot of news around core updates on make.wordpress.org. There is a core editor improvement with a new view that lets folks have a space to focus specifically on editing a single template part (like the header or footer). You will be able to access this mode in a few ways once Gutenberg 11.9 is released. If all goes well, then in WordPress 5.9. Around the FSE program (Full Site Editing that is) the team went into round three of questioning that was gathered through the FSE outreach program. There were many questions around themes, the customizer and fonts. Keep your eyes open for a round four. Paul Lacey recently spoke with Vikas Singhal of Express Tech & InstaWP on the WPMinute about his company’s upcoming FSE (Full Site Editing) Theme Launch. It was interesting to see a practical implementation of FSE design. The theme is called Guten and launches in December. You can check this out on the WPMinute to get a review of the FSE Theme implementation and design. Spencer Forman also at the WPMinute spends time talking about how many more theme years are we going to see? Are we ready for a default theme that flexes Gutenberg's block-based approach over a designed theme like Twenty Twenty? Go listen to Spencer's take on the release of styled themes with major WordPress releases. Justin Tadlock, at the WPTavern, wrote a great blog post on the third-party plugin WooCommerce and asked the question Where are the Block Themes for WooCommerce? WooCommerce is a third-party plugin and is unrelated to the core WordPress and Gutenberg projects. But as we know, WooCommerce is owned by Automattic. So, one can assume that there is some crossover among developers. For a deeper look at what is ahead, read Peek into the WooCommerce Blocks Roadmap, which is developer-specific. You may come to the realization that the size and scope of WooCommerce Block integration is not simple and far off for FSE. SEO Google

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Forming a successful partnership in business might be the most powerful, yet, most challenging things to do right. This goes beyond simply linking to each others business or handing over the occasional customer referral. I'm talking about two (or more) partners both handling responsibilities and working towards a shared goal for the overall mission. Tara Claeys, founder of Design TLC, has a certain knack for this stuff. She co-hosted the WordPress podcast Hallway Tracks along side Liam Dempsey and is now laying down the roots with a new partner in podcasting, Aubrey Bursch. So I think it goes a little something like this: Aubrey invests her knowledge and experience with Easy School Marketing into the podcast content, while Tara flexes her strengths in design, compassion and years of podcast experience. Together they host Mindful School Marketing, The Go-To Podcast for Independent School Professionals. 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Add on that search wp.com. Thanks for supporting the show. [00:01:49] Forming a successful partnership in business might be the most powerful, yet most challenging things to do. Right. That's probably an understatement of the year. This goes beyond simply linking to each other's businesses or handing over the occasional customer referral. I'm talking about two or more partners, both handling responsibilities and working towards a shared goal for the overall mission.  [00:02:10] Tara clays, founder of design TLC has a certain knack for this stuff. She co-hosted the WordPress podcast hallway tracks alongside Liam Dempsey, and is now laying down roots with a new partner in podcasting, Aubrey Birch. So I think it goes a little, something like this. Aubrey invests her knowledge and experience with easy school marketing into the podcast content while Tara flexes her strengths and design compassion, and years of podcast experience. Together. They host mindful school marketing, the go-to podcast for independent school professionals.  [00:02:40]You're listening to the Matt report, a podcast for the resilient digital business builder. Subscribe to the newsletter at maryport.com/subscribe and follow the podcast on apple or Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts better yet. Please share this episode on social media. We'd love more listeners around here.  [00:02:56] Okay. Let's talk to tara and aubrey and why they started this [00:03:00] crazy podcasting thing that they  [00:03:02] Tara: [00:03:02] First of all. Thanks for that. Nice mention and hallway chats is really a labor of love that Liam Dempsey and I did for three years. And I think that was it a great experience for us and introduced me to podcasting and it was a complete community donation, there was no business development involved with it at all. [00:03:21] And so, and we loved it and I continue to love it. But As time went on during that three-year period of time, I started niching down my own WordPress agency to do work for mainly schools and nonprofits. And as part of that process reached out and met other people in the school, community, marketing community, Adria among them. [00:03:38] And she and I have been in a mastermind for over a year now. And so we struck up a good friendship and also collaboration, our services sort of overlap. And so the long answer is that we in that. In that relationship that we built as hallway chats was sort of winding down. I really didn't even miss a beat before reaching out and seeing if Abby would like to do a podcast that that was directed toward our, our common target audience, but also that we could have fun doing as well. [00:04:12]So there is a business development aspect of this for us, as well as a community aspect as well. [00:04:18]Matt: [00:04:18] The, yeah, you've obviously have a knack for finding. [00:04:25] Great co-hosts, which is not an easy feat in the podcasting world. It's one that I have failed miserably at for about nine years as a podcast. It's like just trying to find somebody who just wants to talk to me for an hour every week. What's wrong with that. [00:04:39] Shouldn't be that difficult. It's very difficult. Aubrey, I'm going to pass the question over to you. Is this your first time into podcasting? And if so, how did you feel  [00:04:49] joining  [00:04:50] Aubrey: [00:04:50] And it's been a blast. And I am so thankful every day that Tara actually asked me to do a podcast with her because I was thinking around February, 2020, I was like, I should launch it. Podcast. And I'm so glad I didn't act on that first impulse because Tara's kind of taken me under her wing and really like showed me everything that goes into, preparation for a podcast, execution, everything. [00:05:15] And it's just been a great learning process for me. And also Tara? [00:05:19] is one of the most generous, amazing. Like solid people you're you've ever met. I, as you probably know, Matt. And so we just kind of hit it off in terms of, understanding each episode and what our flow was with the episode. [00:05:34] And so we jumped right in and she's been just such a great guide and such a great co-host. I couldn't have asked for a better one and I'm so grateful for the opportunity for sure.  [00:05:45]Matt: [00:05:45] I'm looking at the website right now. Mindful school marketing.com seven episodes in you probably have a couple others you haven't finished and uploaded yet. Has there been one major surprise to you Audrey about this whole podcasting thing, [00:06:00] something more challenging or more exciting than you [00:06:03]Aubrey: [00:06:03] Well, I would say the challenging [00:06:04] thing is I guess when you have a co-host and it's not a challenge, it's more like putting together the pieces, right? Like we'll be talking and we'll be typing in the chat. Sometimes we'll be like, oh, like, okay, this is conversation is going. Do you want to ask the next question? [00:06:17] Or should I, and so that I had never, I've never, Co-hosted or co interviewed anyone. So that was, I don't want to say it was a challenge, but it was like a new experience. And just what was it challenging and rewarding? I would say this whole, just the people we meet, it's just amazing, like the, the little hidden gems that they sprinkle throughout their conversation. [00:06:37] I just feel like, my bookshelf has grown tremendously because we always ask like a question about like, what's your favorite book? Or like, what book would you Recommend for the high school curriculum or something like that. And we are getting some great books in there and like, there's, what is it? [00:06:52] The anglers fly fishing, person we add on. That's just fantastic stuff. Things come up like really good conversations that, in this busy life that we live, it's so rare to kind of dive deep in like center and focus on, on someone for like 30 or 40 minutes. So it's been fantastic.  [00:07:08]Matt: [00:07:08] I feel like just picture like a smoke-filled bar and me and Tara, just sitting at the bar with our whiskies going, oh, she's got, oh, that's what she thinks right now until, until we're on like episode 20. And, and then Arby's. The whole demeanor changes about podcasting. This sucks. Why didn't you tell me to do this, that's exactly what we'll hear in about three months, but Hey, everything's great right now.  [00:07:30] Tara, how much of your. Of doing the hallway chats and, and marketing and everything you've done up until this point in your career. Did you, how did you funnel into, I'm going to read the byline of the podcast right now, the go-to podcast for independent school professionals. [00:07:45] There's no messing around. We know what this is about. How did you come to this and what are some tips for people who are struggling to get a premise  [00:07:54] Tara: [00:07:54] well, I think there are a [00:07:55] couple of things. Aubrey has a great personality. She's got so much energy that I think it's really easy to work with her and to have a team that way. So thinking about going to your question about, choosing co-hosts and Liam and I had a similar kind of, we each covered the basis, I think. [00:08:10] For this podcast, positioning ourselves that way. One of the things that we thought about a lot was the fact that there were really no other women in this space doing a podcast. And that a lot of the people that, that do these jobs, these marketing jobs within schools, private schools, independent schools are women. [00:08:28]So we saw an opportunity there to bring a sensibility that we have as moms, as women entrepreneurs, as women in general too. Should this space. So I think that sets us apart from there. Aren't that many, to be honest, like enrollment related podcasts for schools like this. So, there was an opportunity there, but I think what we wanted to do was to, to feed our own sensibility that we learned about each other during the, our mastermind. [00:08:56]As we've gotten to know each other, is that. We're both super [00:09:00] interested in. Self-improvement like, we both love all the books about that. Oh, we're we just are. Really can't get enough of that kind of thinking , and to have that mindset and apply it to any job, you can, this podcast could be the, anything mindful school marketing podcast, really, because it is about, I there are specific things, certainly that we. [00:09:21] Talk about that are related to challenges that schools face, but in general, to do a good job at anything, you have to be mindful about it. And so it's been really fun for us to talk to people who, who deal with that. People who work with different personality assessments and continuous learning and self-improvement type stuff. [00:09:43] And it also has helped us. I think we identify. The roles that we play in this podcast partnership based on those types of personalities. So it's a really, well-rounded I think conversation that we have in general on the podcast. And that's what I think makes it a go-to podcast is that it's not one, it's not one week after another, about Facebook ads and marketing funnels and stuff like that. [00:10:05] It's it really, we touch on those things, but we also bring into it lifestyle stuff, which is really  [00:10:10] great. I think.  [00:10:12] Matt: [00:10:12] is this a fair statement? In the WordPress space? And RB, I'm not sure how much you know about WordPress podcasts, but there are many, there are many, sometimes too many, sometimes not enough, but there's like probably 20, at least reoccurring WordPress podcasts and as exciting and as large as the WordPress market is. [00:10:34]Folks like Tara and I, there's very few of us who actually care so much about the inside baseball of WordPress to do a podcast. And that is to say that a lot of folks show up on Tara's old podcast, my podcast, other podcasts, it's the same person doing the same, routine and there's nothing wrong with it. [00:10:51] It's just that the listener, the audience says. I heard her story on this other podcast. I'll skip this episode or I heard his thing over there. I'm going to skip this episode. Do you feel a little bit of that? Not to put words in your mouth, Tara, this is a long way of getting it. Do you feel like that's alleviated when you're doing a podcast like this? [00:11:10] Because it's so concrete, it's so precise versus the [00:11:14] hallway chats.  [00:11:14]Tara: [00:11:14] I would say what hallway chats was designed to absolutely. Get around that. So we talked to people who didn't share their story before in this case, I think because we're not talking to people who are only in that space. We the people who are listening to our show, maybe haven't heard that story before, because they're not familiar with that person. [00:11:35] So, in WordPress, there are the WordPress people who, people, the stories who we've heard and who are super smart and have great things to share on podcasts. But if you brought in somebody from Squarespace or, some other kind of web world, they would. They may be famous in their world or popular or well-known, but they're coming into a new environment. [00:11:55] So I kind of see that. I don't know ABI  [00:11:57] if you agree, but we're not just talking to  [00:11:59] people in the [00:11:59] school  [00:12:00] [00:11:59] Aubrey: [00:11:59] yeah, I would absolutely agree. I think that's what makes it really interesting. And I think valuable for people listening are independent school market because they are used to hearing from the same people over and over in the space and by Making our podcast about so much more than just, delivering the hardcore marketing behind and for independent schools, I think that's really opened the doors to some very interesting conversations and some unique guests that our audience would not hear from  [00:12:27] otherwise.  [00:12:28]Matt: [00:12:28] Aubrey on the marketing side, pass the questions back to you on the marketing side. Is there anything that you're doing on a. Or how you think or how you approach or how you edit the show on either a per episode base or just podcasts from a 50,000 foot view. Anything you're doing specifically on marketing to make sure that I hate to say the word return on investment, because a lot of people in the podcasting space get caught up in that three letter acronym, but is there anything you're doing hyper-specific on the marketing side to say every episode that goes out is a chance for us  [00:12:59] to get  [00:13:00]Aubrey: [00:13:00] And please tear, add to this. I would say it's a lot about brand awareness for us at this point. And we've strategically made sure that? we're sending to an email list. We share it on our email lists. We have our guests share the podcast on their platforms. We use it at least I use it as an entry way also to other speaking engagements too, because it adds to your credibility in the space. [00:13:22] Immediately. Oh, you have a podcast. It's a great conversation starter too. So, we've definitely utilized obviously the social platforms to promote it. And then some of our colleagues have shared it on their lists too, which they have quite large lists. So it's really been quite easy. I would say to promote at this point just naturally using using the resources we already have.  [00:13:44]Matt: [00:13:44] Yeah, my full-time job is at a podcast hosting company and fielding questions from, beginner, podcasters and veteran podcasters alike. And a lot of the questions are around monetization advertisement, sponsorship. How many downloads do I need before Coca-Cola knocks on the door and says, we want to sponsor your podcast. [00:14:01] It's like, well, get in line with the rest of us. So you're either going to do direct sales or you're going to find a creative way to do it. What people often forget is the relationships that you build in the random opportunities that show up because you have a podcast.  I can't even account how many dollars that has added up for me over, eight or nine years as a podcast, or it's tremendous, very hard to measure, very hard to rely on, but it happens. [00:14:31] It's almost like if you. Yeah. Like you can do a podcast and nobody can listen, but they just know you do a podcast. And they're like, oh yes, they're putting in the work over there. But if you ever stopped doing a podcast, they'd be like, oh, they gave up, oh, why do they give up? Just the mere fact that you do a podcast heightens your investment in.  [00:14:50] Tara: [00:14:50] Yeah, that's an interesting point. Actually, when you say that I'm thinking about it because our podcast is relatively new. We launched with four episodes and we've had, about, we're doing two per month. So yeah. When we [00:15:00] look at the download numbers, it, they're not huge at this point. And so if you focus only on the download numbers, I think then you're, it's going to be harder to translate that to that return on investment. [00:15:11] But what you've described, what ABI was talking about, just the, the authority that it brings to each of us and to us as a team is I think not measurable, but really, really helpful. And that's probably right now at this phase in our. Podcasting career is, is the key. And then once that grows and then the downloads, I think will follow because people will know more about us. [00:15:33] So, and we haven't delved into sponsorship yet, but that's on our list. That's something I don't have experience with because we didn't do that on holiday chat. So  [00:15:40] I'll be reaching out to you, Matt, for help when we get to that point.  [00:15:44] Matt: [00:15:44] Yeah, well, this is an, it's an interesting segue, cause I literally have your sponsorship page in front of me. Cause I wanted to talk about this. It's sponsored by of course the both of you. So you have easy school marketing and design TLC, but this is very interesting because I'm interested to know how you balance and I know you. [00:16:01] I know you're obviously both not shouldering to have the best call to action up in front of everybody every time. Like it's my turn this week, or maybe you do a interested to learn like design TLC has a special offer. Take our free website test, right? So you can click and get that. Or easy school marketing has joined our free virtual monthly school leaders, power hour meetups, two vastly different sort of call to actions and values split amongst two. [00:16:26] Co-hosts kind of interesting. Have you seen some good. Return on. I know it's young, still seven episodes in, but it's an interesting way to think about it. How did you think about it? And will you go to the [00:16:38] paid sponsorships?  [00:16:39] Tara: [00:16:39] Do you want me to answer that Aubrey? So I built the website and we did is, did a sponsorship page. And so it was really, to be completely blunt, it was the natural way to put content on that page was to have us each put our own information because right now, yes, we are funding it and producing it. [00:16:55] And so we are the sponsors of it. We're not driving traffic to that page. I think. Once we have a little bit more time and downloads under our belt, then the plan is to go to some authoritative companies within the school marketing space and, and, and share some sponsorship package ideas with them. But we are not quite there yet. [00:17:19] And I think That's something that we need to think about and plan, I always had this issue with, with hallway chats or issue concern. I want to make sure that any sponsorships, I see them also as endorsements. And so, I think you have to be particular about that. And especially in these times that you're choosing companies that you feel good about having involved this year podcast. [00:17:43] So that's, that's a key element  [00:17:44]Matt: [00:17:44] When I booked on your calendar, it was like three months out or something like that. You had, you have a pretty good pipeline already of shows. Do you feel like you're already getting booked too far out ahead? [00:17:55] Aubrey: [00:17:55] Think we're in the sweet spot  [00:17:57] right now. The w w what we did was we [00:18:00] actually intentionally batched as many episodes as possible, and the first couple of months it was a whirlwind, but actually it was really good. And I think good practice for me being new to podcasting. To do that. [00:18:12]And we strategically set the episodes to go the more timely ones, obviously we'll go before the ones that are more timeless. So I think we're set and we're set for the summer, which I think was key to both of us who are looking for work-life balance which we talk about on our show. So we're living it too. [00:18:30]And then we have a funnel for potential guests that we want to have on. Moving forward into the fall, like, and we'll start reaching out to them and then creating another batch wave. I think that's key for us. My schedule is incredibly busy. I know Tara's is due. So it's, it's really planning strategically and then making sure we have the right people in line next.  [00:18:50]Matt: [00:18:50] Aubrey as the marketer in you, or does the marketer in you scream to say, look, I got all this content now. Like I can do clips. I can do Instagram posts. I can do top 10 episodes. Like there's all these things I can do. Is that starting? Are you starting to get the itch for that already? As, as you start to plan and plot going into the fall  [00:19:09] Aubrey: [00:19:09] I talk to my clients about all the time. I think we have to look at our bandwidth, and what's realistic. So what can we do given the time and the energy and the resources that we currently have, and then figuring out strategically. Okay. Obviously I would love to do all those things, man. [00:19:24] I'm a creative by nature and I'm a marketer and terrible tell you I'll throw a million ideas to Sunday, right? So it's picking and choosing which ones to use and then, putting those into practice because we can all try to be perfectionist and try to create the perfect podcast plan with the top 10 list and everything like that. [00:19:43] But that's, it's just not. It's not going to be executed well, and it's either going to burn us out and then we're going to lose the joy for what we're doing. So I think that's the key and that's how the mindset I'm going into it with. And Tara, please feel free to chime in, but I think that's really important. [00:20:00] It's like we're doing it and we love doing it. And so we want to keep looking, do we want to keep, keep loving doing it? And so, we're, we have to just be strategic about where our time and energy goes and what, and how we're going to market, how we're going to market it.  [00:20:14]Matt: [00:20:14] is there an inverse there where the, where. I remember when I, the reason why I started well, the podcasts that we're talking on today was to try to find a way to grow my, at the time WordPress agency, that I was running day to day. And I use the episodes as leverage in, in sales, not. You're not a known agency, didn't have any real brands or logos in the portfolio of recognition. [00:20:37] So the only leverage I had was, Hey, check out these at the time, whatever 50 or 60 episodes, that was an iTunes. If you like what I'm talking about there, maybe we'll, we should be pretty good for doing business. Have you seen it the other way around where you're now leveraging this podcast for the business in, in specifically in sales opportunities for people to get to know you a little bit better? [00:20:57] Tara: [00:20:57] Yeah, I think we talked about before this whole [00:21:00] idea of authority and, our tagline is the go-to podcast and there's a great book called be the go-to that I've been reading, as I explored diving into this, this vertical of schools and how to, how'd you approach that it's a very, it's a very small market, I think relative, relatively, so becoming known in it. [00:21:21] Requires putting your name out there and in a certain number of ways, speaking at conferences well, COVID, kind of has put the kibosh on that. And and so the podcast is a way. To build that authority. So I think I'm not sure if that's answering your question, but I do an Abra does when, whenever we do presentations, we mentioned this podcast. [00:21:38] I mentioned it when I'm chatting with clients about about our services prospective clients. And then there are episodes also that have good pieces of information that I think are, are easy to share. As well with existing clients. And I will point them to this episode. This is a great tidbit that we heard about Facebook advertising, check it out, that type of thing. [00:21:59] So yeah, it's, it's multilevel something that will help our businesses grow. We hope right. And if not, we're having fun and we're sharing great information with people and meeting really cool people. So that's, I think you have to have that perspective. We committed to a year of doing it and we'll see what happens and, and  [00:22:16] hopefully it'll go on from there.  [00:22:18]Matt: [00:22:18] Remember when you said you  [00:22:19] Tara: [00:22:19] We did. Yeah. Each year, one at a time. [00:22:22] Well, like you said, you have to, like, if you can't commit to a year, you're you shouldn't be doing it. So  [00:22:27]Matt: [00:22:27] Let's shift to the, to the business side of the businesses that, that you both run. And specifically in that, in the market of, let's just say educate, and maybe I can't bucket this in to this category, but education school, the school department, school systems. I remember when I sold a WordPress hosting for a company called Pagely primarily to higher education, like the sales process. Was like year and a half long, to just to get, Hey, we've got this idea. We want to switch hosting to a year and a half later, they finally made the switch. If I was lucky when I was selling websites at my agency, just local school systems, nothing major, but local school systems, same thing, huge long drawn out decision by committee process, I guess. [00:23:11] Rightfully so. Has COVID changed this at all for web and marketing, from what you both see in, in your respective spaces, are people moving a little bit faster or are they a little bit more open to being flexible or is it same thing?  [00:23:24] Same day [00:23:25]Aubrey: [00:23:25] COVID change has changed many things in the educational space. Both public and private. And so. The clients that I work with, which are mostly private school heads of school for small and medium sized independent schools. It, I think this time period has, has opened their eyes to the necessity of marketing. [00:23:46]A lot of schools unlike businesses. Well, that's not true. Some businesses are like this too, but haven't really expanded their marketing dollars or marketing team. To meet the new needs of what marketing looks like [00:24:00] now. And with independent schools, what a lot of schools saw was that in spring 2020, They sell massive attrition. [00:24:06] And so there was a scrambling during that summer to really market hard. And then a lot of what happened was, some public schools went back virtual and so then the private school sector saw a swing in the opposite direction with enrollment. So I do think there's, there's been at least over the past two years, I've really seen schools more likely to embrace. [00:24:28] Marketing efforts. And to truly understand that they might have an admissions team of like two, but the marketing is like half a person. Who's also the receptionist who does like 18 other things. Like they're seeing the need to really grow, grow that and expand and use strategies that are not necessarily used traditionally in independent schools.  [00:24:50]Tara: [00:24:50] Yeah, I would echo that and I work specifically on their websites, obviously. So, I've seen. I've seen people holding off and also refreshes and updates are tricky because all of the content that they have is from the past year, if they want to update their photos and stuff, all the kids have masks on. [00:25:08] And so how do you deal with that? You have to bring in people over the summer and do different Photo shoots and things like that. So I think schools are trying to balance the reality of the future with the present and the recent past in their communication strategy and in their messaging and their imagery and all of that type of thing too. [00:25:29] So, and, and because we work mostly with small private schools, it's different than higher ed for sure. Way different. I've done a little bit with higher ed and yeah, that is a whole different ball game. One of the. One of the blessings. One of the things I love working with the organizations that I work with is that they are small. [00:25:47] So they actually can pivot really fast. And that really helps them during COVID because they were able to make really quick decisions. And they were the schools that were doing hybrid or doing in person. And so a lot of them had a really great year with enrollment because a lot of families wanted their kids in school. [00:26:04] it's really makes it easier working with them because they can make those decisions. They don't have to go through five levels, same way with a public school. Also, you have boards and, and, and just word of education and all of that to go through. So, so they're nimble, which  [00:26:17] is nice. [00:26:18]Matt: [00:26:18] I had some friends that I have young children. They're not, my oldest will be going into kindergarten this year. But I had some friends that have their kids are older, but they're in private school like elementary level private school. And they were in, they were in class, I think probably like 90%. [00:26:36] Throughout like this whole COVID thing. Whereas the flip side is like all my friends who have kids in private, in public schools, everybody was home losing their minds, trying to balance this and then the hybrid stuff. And that was, and the thing, luckily I avoided that I think going into the fall, I don't think I'll be dealing with that for like a kindergarten level. [00:26:58]But it's amazing how things like [00:27:00] this. I don't really have a question here. It's more of just like a. Noticing this it's amazing how COVID shook up things that you'd never expect till it, for it to unearth like, like private schools, right? You might all of a sudden find more private schools coming online. [00:27:16] Because of what just happened, where maybe it was reserved for high income, communities. Now you might have somebody like, Hey, it makes sense now to put my kids in private school, because it's just a different level of service with air quotes in the air. If you're not watching this, it's amazing what COVID did to shake up all these different impact, these different industries, [00:27:36] education  [00:27:37] Tara: [00:27:37] yeah, for sure. Yep. And also doing more online stuff too. I have some clients that do after-school programming and so they had to completely pivot to offer online learning, offer cooking classes, online, developing whole curriculum. In a totally different way than they were used to doing with videos and all that type of thing. [00:27:56] So pivoting has been a key word and in the past year, and it's been, it's been exciting to see some of these smaller businesses organizations accomplish that pretty smoothly.  [00:28:08] Yeah. [00:28:10] Matt: [00:28:10] I assume you're still using WordPress. Aubrey, are you a diehard WordPress  [00:28:15] Aubrey: [00:28:15] but I always send all my WordPress questions to Tara.  [00:28:18]That's pretty much it. I my website platform is don't. I feel like uttering, these words might, hate mail might come my way, but like right now, my platforms on Kajabi, just because I started building out online courses on the backend, but I am not selling Kajabi, nor am I. [00:28:34] Saying that's your go-to WordPress is much more functional and you can do all sorts  [00:28:38] of cool stuff with it.  [00:28:41] Tara: [00:28:41] I've trained her very well. You can see.  [00:28:43] Matt: [00:28:43] I was just about to say that sounds like Tara speaking right through her.  [00:28:47] Tara: [00:28:47] Yeah. Yeah.  [00:28:49] Matt: [00:28:49] so you haven't, so you haven't convinced Aubrey to switch to like lifter LMS and build all her  [00:28:54] Tara: [00:28:54] no, her website's great. And I think, I actually am looking into Kajabi a little bit just to understand what it does, because I think it is a good resource. WordPress is not for everybody and for everything. And I think we learned that more and more now. And so a lot of times. Third-party platforms that are built for a specific purpose, like membership or online courses. [00:29:14], it's a lot easier. It's a lot more user-friendly and they don't have the maintenance to have to deal with. So yeah, I think that's fine at WordPress is a great solution for the target audience that we serve. And there are a lot of small schools who use WordPress. There are some third-party CMS is out there that that do. [00:29:35] A really great job and they're really, really expensive. So, some schools use Wix, some use Squarespace. Most of them use the third party system or WordPress. So there is, there is definitely a good opportunity there to, to help schools with  [00:29:49] their WordPress websites. Yeah,  [00:29:52] Matt: [00:29:52] it's always interesting to see WordPress users, heads explode when they're like somebody pays for a CMS. Well, yet, because it works and it [00:30:00] works well. And then that's what they need at the end of the day. It's, it's, it's amazing. I've been interviewing a lot more folks on no-code platforms, bubble web flow. [00:30:09] And there's another one that's escaping escaping me right now that is very popular, but that community loves the tools that just empower them to get the job done. And they're happy to just give up that ownership side of the code to just [00:30:27] have it work and do the [00:30:29] thing that they're paying for it to  [00:30:30] Tara: [00:30:30] I just, yeah, I just talked to a PTA president this morning, whose website I've been managing for a while and they had a parent redesign it and. So the licenses are all out of, they're not on the site anymore and I'm trying to manage it and it's just kind of a headache. And when you have organizations like a PTA that you have transition in leadership, and then you have loss of information and continuity, something like WordPress. [00:30:54] If you don't have a con a con. Continuous person managing it like an agency, then you can really be in trouble because all that information gets lost. Whereas if you put it on Squarespace or something like that, sorry to mention that. But I think Squarespace has a great, it serves a great need. You don't have any of that. [00:31:11] It's all there. It's all. Or some or Kajabi or whatever. You don't have any of that. Plugins to maintain and licenses to update and all that kind of stuff. So there definitely are use cases where WordPress is not the best solution. And I'm the first person to say that as much as I love  [00:31:26] WordPress  [00:31:26]Matt: [00:31:26] mindful school marketing.com mindful school marketing.com. Get the podcast where everywhere, right? What else? What else can people say? Thanks. Where else can people go to say thanks for joining us on the show today. [00:31:38]Tara: [00:31:38] I'm Tara clays on Twitter. 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Forming a successful partnership in business might be the most powerful, yet, most challenging things to do right. This goes beyond simply linking to each others business or handing over the occasional customer referral. I’m talking about two (or more) partners both handling responsibilities and working towards a shared goal for the overall mission. Tara Claeys, founder of Design TLC, has a certain knack for this stuff. She co-hosted the WordPress podcast Hallway Tracks along side Liam Dempsey and is now laying down the roots with a new partner in podcasting, Aubrey Bursch. So I think it goes a little something like this: Aubrey invests her knowledge and experience with Easy School Marketing into the podcast content, while Tara flexes her strengths in design, compassion and years of podcast experience. Together they host Mindful School Marketing, The Go-To Podcast for Independent School Professionals. 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Add on that search wp.com. Thanks for supporting the show. [00:01:49] Forming a successful partnership in business might be the most powerful, yet most challenging things to do. Right. That’s probably an understatement of the year. This goes beyond simply linking to each other’s businesses or handing over the occasional customer referral. I’m talking about two or more partners, both handling responsibilities and working towards a shared goal for the overall mission. [00:02:10] Tara clays, founder of design TLC has a certain knack for this stuff. She co-hosted the WordPress podcast hallway tracks alongside Liam Dempsey, and is now laying down roots with a new partner in podcasting, Aubrey Birch. So I think it goes a little, something like this. Aubrey invests her knowledge and experience with easy school marketing into the podcast content while Tara flexes her strengths and design compassion, and years of podcast experience. Together. They host mindful school marketing, the go-to podcast for independent school professionals. [00:02:40]You’re listening to the Matt report, a podcast for the resilient digital business builder. Subscribe to the newsletter at maryport.com/subscribe and follow the podcast on apple or Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts better yet. Please share this episode on social media. We’d love more listeners around here. [00:02:56] Okay. Let’s talk to tara and aubrey and why they started this [00:03:00] crazy podcasting thing that they [00:03:02] Tara: [00:03:02] First of all. Thanks for that. Nice mention and hallway chats is really a labor of love that Liam Dempsey and I did for three years. And I think that was it a great experience for us and introduced me to podcasting and it was a complete community donation, there was no business development involved with it at all. [00:03:21] And so, and we loved it and I continue to love it. But As time went on during that three-year period of time, I started niching down my own WordPress agency to do work for mainly schools and nonprofits. And as part of that process reached out and met other people in the school, community, marketing community, Adria among them. [00:03:38] And she and I have been in a mastermind for over a year now. And so we struck up a good friendship and also collaboration, our services sort of overlap. And so the long answer is that we in that. In that relationship that we built as hallway chats was sort of winding down. I really didn’t even miss a beat before reaching out and seeing if Abby would like to do a podcast that that was directed toward our, our common target audience, but also that we could have fun doing as well. [00:04:12]So there is a business development aspect of this for us, as well as a community aspect as well. [00:04:18]Matt: [00:04:18] The, yeah, you’ve obviously have a knack for finding. [00:04:25] Great co-hosts, which is not an easy feat in the podcasting world. It’s one that I have failed miserably at for about nine years as a podcast. It’s like just trying to find somebody who just wants to talk to me for an hour every week. What’s wrong with that. [00:04:39] Shouldn’t be that difficult. It’s very difficult. Aubrey, I’m going to pass the question over to you. Is this your first time into podcasting? And if so, how did you feel [00:04:49] joining [00:04:50] Aubrey: [00:04:50] And it’s been a blast. And I am so thankful every day that Tara actually asked me to do a podcast with her because I was thinking around February, 2020, I was like, I should launch it. Podcast. And I’m so glad I didn’t act on that first impulse because Tara’s kind of taken me under her wing and really like showed me everything that goes into, preparation for a podcast, execution, everything. [00:05:15] And it’s just been a great learning process for me. And also Tara? [00:05:19] is one of the most generous, amazing. Like solid people you’re you’ve ever met. I, as you probably know, Matt. And so we just kind of hit it off in terms of, understanding each episode and what our flow was with the episode. [00:05:34] And so we jumped right in and she’s been just such a great guide and such a great co-host. I couldn’t have asked for a better one and I’m so grateful for the opportunity for sure. [00:05:45]Matt: [00:05:45] I’m looking at the website right now. Mindful school marketing.com seven episodes in you probably have a couple others you haven’t finished and uploaded yet. Has there been one major surprise to you Audrey about this whole podcasting thing, [00:06:00] something more challenging or more exciting than you [00:06:03]Aubrey: [00:06:03] Well, I would say the challenging [00:06:04] thing is I guess when you have a co-host and it’s not a challenge, it’s more like putting together the pieces, right? Like we’ll be talking and we’ll be typing in the chat. Sometimes we’ll be like, oh, like, okay, this is conversation is going. Do you want to ask the next question? [00:06:17] Or should I, and so that I had never, I’ve never, Co-hosted or co interviewed anyone. So that was, I don’t want to say it was a challenge, but it was like a new experience. And just what was it challenging and rewarding? I would say this whole, just the people we meet, it’s just amazing, like the, the little hidden gems that they sprinkle throughout their conversation. [00:06:37] I just feel like, my bookshelf has grown tremendously because we always ask like a question about like, what’s your favorite book? Or like, what book would you Recommend for the high school curriculum or something like that. And we are getting some great books in there and like, there’s, what is it? [00:06:52] The anglers fly fishing, person we add on. That’s just fantastic stuff. Things come up like really good conversations that, in this busy life that we live, it’s so rare to kind of dive deep in like center and focus on, on someone for like 30 or 40 minutes. So it’s been fantastic. [00:07:08]Matt: [00:07:08] I feel like just picture like a smoke-filled bar and me and Tara, just sitting at the bar with our whiskies going, oh, she’s got, oh, that’s what she thinks right now until, until we’re on like episode 20. And, and then Arby’s. The whole demeanor changes about podcasting. This sucks. Why didn’t you tell me to do this, that’s exactly what we’ll hear in about three months, but Hey, everything’s great right now. [00:07:30] Tara, how much of your. Of doing the hallway chats and, and marketing and everything you’ve done up until this point in your career. Did you, how did you funnel into, I’m going to read the byline of the podcast right now, the go-to podcast for independent school professionals. [00:07:45] There’s no messing around. We know what this is about. How did you come to this and what are some tips for people who are struggling to get a premise [00:07:54] Tara: [00:07:54] well, I think there are a [00:07:55] couple of things. Aubrey has a great personality. She’s got so much energy that I think it’s really easy to work with her and to have a team that way. So thinking about going to your question about, choosing co-hosts and Liam and I had a similar kind of, we each covered the basis, I think. [00:08:10] For this podcast, positioning ourselves that way. One of the things that we thought about a lot was the fact that there were really no other women in this space doing a podcast. And that a lot of the people that, that do these jobs, these marketing jobs within schools, private schools, independent schools are women. [00:08:28]So we saw an opportunity there to bring a sensibility that we have as moms, as women entrepreneurs, as women in general too. Should this space. So I think that sets us apart from there. Aren’t that many, to be honest, like enrollment related podcasts for schools like this. So, there was an opportunity there, but I think what we wanted to do was to, to feed our own sensibility that we learned about each other during the, our mastermind. [00:08:56]As we’ve gotten to know each other, is that. We’re both super [00:09:00] interested in. Self-improvement like, we both love all the books about that. Oh, we’re we just are. Really can’t get enough of that kind of thinking , and to have that mindset and apply it to any job, you can, this podcast could be the, anything mindful school marketing podcast, really, because it is about, I there are specific things, certainly that we. [00:09:21] Talk about that are related to challenges that schools face, but in general, to do a good job at anything, you have to be mindful about it. And so it’s been really fun for us to talk to people who, who deal with that. People who work with different personality assessments and continuous learning and self-improvement type stuff. [00:09:43] And it also has helped us. I think we identify. The roles that we play in this podcast partnership based on those types of personalities. So it’s a really, well-rounded I think conversation that we have in general on the podcast. And that’s what I think makes it a go-to podcast is that it’s not one, it’s not one week after another, about Facebook ads and marketing funnels and stuff like that. [00:10:05] It’s it really, we touch on those things, but we also bring into it lifestyle stuff, which is really [00:10:10] great. I think. [00:10:12] Matt: [00:10:12] is this a fair statement? In the WordPress space? And RB, I’m not sure how much you know about WordPress podcasts, but there are many, there are many, sometimes too many, sometimes not enough, but there’s like probably 20, at least reoccurring WordPress podcasts and as exciting and as large as the WordPress market is. [00:10:34]Folks like Tara and I, there’s very few of us who actually care so much about the inside baseball of WordPress to do a podcast. And that is to say that a lot of folks show up on Tara’s old podcast, my podcast, other podcasts, it’s the same person doing the same, routine and there’s nothing wrong with it. [00:10:51] It’s just that the listener, the audience says. I heard her story on this other podcast. I’ll skip this episode or I heard his thing over there. I’m going to skip this episode. Do you feel a little bit of that? Not to put words in your mouth, Tara, this is a long way of getting it. Do you feel like that’s alleviated when you’re doing a podcast like this? [00:11:10] Because it’s so concrete, it’s so precise versus the [00:11:14] hallway chats. [00:11:14]Tara: [00:11:14] I would say what hallway chats was designed to absolutely. Get around that. So we talked to people who didn’t share their story before in this case, I think because we’re not talking to people who are only in that space. We the people who are listening to our show, maybe haven’t heard that story before, because they’re not familiar with that person. [00:11:35] So, in WordPress, there are the WordPress people who, people, the stories who we’ve heard and who are super smart and have great things to share on podcasts. But if you brought in somebody from Squarespace or, some other kind of web world, they would. They may be famous in their world or popular or well-known, but they’re coming into a new environment. [00:11:55] So I kind of see that. I don’t know ABI [00:11:57] if you agree, but we’re not just talking to [00:11:59] people in the [00:11:59] school [00:12:00] [00:11:59] Aubrey: [00:11:59] yeah, I would absolutely agree. I think that’s what makes it really interesting. And I think valuable for people listening are independent school market because they are used to hearing from the same people over and over in the space and by Making our podcast about so much more than just, delivering the hardcore marketing behind and for independent schools, I think that’s really opened the doors to some very interesting conversations and some unique guests that our audience would not hear from [00:12:27] otherwise. [00:12:28]Matt: [00:12:28] Aubrey on the marketing side, pass the questions back to you on the marketing side. Is there anything that you’re doing on a. Or how you think or how you approach or how you edit the show on either a per episode base or just podcasts from a 50,000 foot view. Anything you’re doing specifically on marketing to make sure that I hate to say the word return on investment, because a lot of people in the podcasting space get caught up in that three letter acronym, but is there anything you’re doing hyper-specific on the marketing side to say every episode that goes out is a chance for us [00:12:59] to get [00:13:00]Aubrey: [00:13:00] And please tear, add to this. I would say it’s a lot about brand awareness for us at this point. And we’ve strategically made sure that? we’re sending to an email list. We share it on our email lists. We have our guests share the podcast on their platforms. We use it at least I use it as an entry way also to other speaking engagements too, because it adds to your credibility in the space. [00:13:22] Immediately. Oh, you have a podcast. It’s a great conversation starter too. So, we’ve definitely utilized obviously the social platforms to promote it. And then some of our colleagues have shared it on their lists too, which they have quite large lists. So it’s really been quite easy. I would say to promote at this point just naturally using using the resources we already have. [00:13:44]Matt: [00:13:44] Yeah, my full-time job is at a podcast hosting company and fielding questions from, beginner, podcasters and veteran podcasters alike. And a lot of the questions are around monetization advertisement, sponsorship. How many downloads do I need before Coca-Cola knocks on the door and says, we want to sponsor your podcast. [00:14:01] It’s like, well, get in line with the rest of us. So you’re either going to do direct sales or you’re going to find a creative way to do it. What people often forget is the relationships that you build in the random opportunities that show up because you have a podcast. I can’t even account how many dollars that has added up for me over, eight or nine years as a podcast, or it’s tremendous, very hard to measure, very hard to rely on, but it happens. [00:14:31] It’s almost like if you. Yeah. Like you can do a podcast and nobody can listen, but they just know you do a podcast. And they’re like, oh yes, they’re putting in the work over there. But if you ever stopped doing a podcast, they’d be like, oh, they gave up, oh, why do they give up? Just the mere fact that you do a podcast heightens your investment in. [00:14:50] Tara: [00:14:50] Yeah, that’s an interesting point. Actually, when you say that I’m thinking about it because our podcast is relatively new. We launched with four episodes and we’ve had, about, we’re doing two per month. So yeah. When we [00:15:00] look at the download numbers, it, they’re not huge at this point. And so if you focus only on the download numbers, I think then you’re, it’s going to be harder to translate that to that return on investment. [00:15:11] But what you’ve described, what ABI was talking about, just the, the authority that it brings to each of us and to us as a team is I think not measurable, but really, really helpful. And that’s probably right now at this phase in our. Podcasting career is, is the key. And then once that grows and then the downloads, I think will follow because people will know more about us. [00:15:33] So, and we haven’t delved into sponsorship yet, but that’s on our list. That’s something I don’t have experience with because we didn’t do that on holiday chat. So [00:15:40] I’ll be reaching out to you, Matt, for help when we get to that point. [00:15:44] Matt: [00:15:44] Yeah, well, this is an, it’s an interesting segue, cause I literally have your sponsorship page in front of me. Cause I wanted to talk about this. It’s sponsored by of course the both of you. So you have easy school marketing and design TLC, but this is very interesting because I’m interested to know how you balance and I know you. [00:16:01] I know you’re obviously both not shouldering to have the best call to action up in front of everybody every time. Like it’s my turn this week, or maybe you do a interested to learn like design TLC has a special offer. Take our free website test, right? So you can click and get that. Or easy school marketing has joined our free virtual monthly school leaders, power hour meetups, two vastly different sort of call to actions and values split amongst two. [00:16:26] Co-hosts kind of interesting. Have you seen some good. Return on. I know it’s young, still seven episodes in, but it’s an interesting way to think about it. How did you think about it? And will you go to the [00:16:38] paid sponsorships? [00:16:39] Tara: [00:16:39] Do you want me to answer that Aubrey? So I built the website and we did is, did a sponsorship page. And so it was really, to be completely blunt, it was the natural way to put content on that page was to have us each put our own information because right now, yes, we are funding it and producing it. [00:16:55] And so we are the sponsors of it. We’re not driving traffic to that page. I think. Once we have a little bit more time and downloads under our belt, then the plan is to go to some authoritative companies within the school marketing space and, and, and share some sponsorship package ideas with them. But we are not quite there yet. [00:17:19] And I think That’s something that we need to think about and plan, I always had this issue with, with hallway chats or issue concern. I want to make sure that any sponsorships, I see them also as endorsements. And so, I think you have to be particular about that. And especially in these times that you’re choosing companies that you feel good about having involved this year podcast. [00:17:43] So that’s, that’s a key element [00:17:44]Matt: [00:17:44] When I booked on your calendar, it was like three months out or something like that. You had, you have a pretty good pipeline already of shows. Do you feel like you’re already getting booked too far out ahead? [00:17:55] Aubrey: [00:17:55] Think we’re in the sweet spot [00:17:57] right now. The w w what we did was we [00:18:00] actually intentionally batched as many episodes as possible, and the first couple of months it was a whirlwind, but actually it was really good. And I think good practice for me being new to podcasting. To do that. [00:18:12]And we strategically set the episodes to go the more timely ones, obviously we’ll go before the ones that are more timeless. So I think we’re set and we’re set for the summer, which I think was key to both of us who are looking for work-life balance which we talk about on our show. So we’re living it too. [00:18:30]And then we have a funnel for potential guests that we want to have on. Moving forward into the fall, like, and we’ll start reaching out to them and then creating another batch wave. I think that’s key for us. My schedule is incredibly busy. I know Tara’s is due. So it’s, it’s really planning strategically and then making sure we have the right people in line next. [00:18:50]Matt: [00:18:50] Aubrey as the marketer in you, or does the marketer in you scream to say, look, I got all this content now. Like I can do clips. I can do Instagram posts. I can do top 10 episodes. Like there’s all these things I can do. Is that starting? Are you starting to get the itch for that already? As, as you start to plan and plot going into the fall [00:19:09] Aubrey: [00:19:09] I talk to my clients about all the time. I think we have to look at our bandwidth, and what’s realistic. So what can we do given the time and the energy and the resources that we currently have, and then figuring out strategically. Okay. Obviously I would love to do all those things, man. [00:19:24] I’m a creative by nature and I’m a marketer and terrible tell you I’ll throw a million ideas to Sunday, right? So it’s picking and choosing which ones to use and then, putting those into practice because we can all try to be perfectionist and try to create the perfect podcast plan with the top 10 list and everything like that. [00:19:43] But that’s, it’s just not. It’s not going to be executed well, and it’s either going to burn us out and then we’re going to lose the joy for what we’re doing. So I think that’s the key and that’s how the mindset I’m going into it with. And Tara, please feel free to chime in, but I think that’s really important. [00:20:00] It’s like we’re doing it and we love doing it. And so we want to keep looking, do we want to keep, keep loving doing it? And so, we’re, we have to just be strategic about where our time and energy goes and what, and how we’re going to market, how we’re going to market it. [00:20:14]Matt: [00:20:14] is there an inverse there where the, where. I remember when I, the reason why I started well, the podcasts that we’re talking on today was to try to find a way to grow my, at the time WordPress agency, that I was running day to day. And I use the episodes as leverage in, in sales, not. You’re not a known agency, didn’t have any real brands or logos in the portfolio of recognition. [00:20:37] So the only leverage I had was, Hey, check out these at the time, whatever 50 or 60 episodes, that was an iTunes. If you like what I’m talking about there, maybe we’ll, we should be pretty good for doing business. Have you seen it the other way around where you’re now leveraging this podcast for the business in, in specifically in sales opportunities for people to get to know you a little bit better? [00:20:57] Tara: [00:20:57] Yeah, I think we talked about before this whole [00:21:00] idea of authority and, our tagline is the go-to podcast and there’s a great book called be the go-to that I’ve been reading, as I explored diving into this, this vertical of schools and how to, how’d you approach that it’s a very, it’s a very small market, I think relative, relatively, so becoming known in it. [00:21:21] Requires putting your name out there and in a certain number of ways, speaking at conferences well, COVID, kind of has put the kibosh on that. And and so the podcast is a way. To build that authority. So I think I’m not sure if that’s answering your question, but I do an Abra does when, whenever we do presentations, we mentioned this podcast. [00:21:38] I mentioned it when I’m chatting with clients about about our services prospective clients. And then there are episodes also that have good pieces of information that I think are, are easy to share. As well with existing clients. And I will point them to this episode. This is a great tidbit that we heard about Facebook advertising, check it out, that type of thing. [00:21:59] So yeah, it’s, it’s multilevel something that will help our businesses grow. We hope right. And if not, we’re having fun and we’re sharing great information with people and meeting really cool people. So that’s, I think you have to have that perspective. We committed to a year of doing it and we’ll see what happens and, and [00:22:16] hopefully it’ll go on from there. [00:22:18]Matt: [00:22:18] Remember when you said you [00:22:19] Tara: [00:22:19] We did. Yeah. Each year, one at a time. [00:22:22] Well, like you said, you have to, like, if you can’t commit to a year, you’re you shouldn’t be doing it. So [00:22:27]Matt: [00:22:27] Let’s shift to the, to the business side of the businesses that, that you both run. And specifically in that, in the market of, let’s just say educate, and maybe I can’t bucket this in to this category, but education school, the school department, school systems. I remember when I sold a WordPress hosting for a company called Pagely primarily to higher education, like the sales process. Was like year and a half long, to just to get, Hey, we’ve got this idea. We want to switch hosting to a year and a half later, they finally made the switch. If I was lucky when I was selling websites at my agency, just local school systems, nothing major, but local school systems, same thing, huge long drawn out decision by committee process, I guess. [00:23:11] Rightfully so. Has COVID changed this at all for web and marketing, from what you both see in, in your respective spaces, are people moving a little bit faster or are they a little bit more open to being flexible or is it same thing? [00:23:24] Same day [00:23:25]Aubrey: [00:23:25] COVID change has changed many things in the educational space. Both public and private. And so. The clients that I work with, which are mostly private school heads of school for small and medium sized independent schools. It, I think this time period has, has opened their eyes to the necessity of marketing. [00:23:46]A lot of schools unlike businesses. Well, that’s not true. Some businesses are like this too, but haven’t really expanded their marketing dollars or marketing team. To meet the new needs of what marketing looks like [00:24:00] now. And with independent schools, what a lot of schools saw was that in spring 2020, They sell massive attrition. [00:24:06] And so there was a scrambling during that summer to really market hard. And then a lot of what happened was, some public schools went back virtual and so then the private school sector saw a swing in the opposite direction with enrollment. So I do think there’s, there’s been at least over the past two years, I’ve really seen schools more likely to embrace. [00:24:28] Marketing efforts. And to truly understand that they might have an admissions team of like two, but the marketing is like half a person. Who’s also the receptionist who does like 18 other things. Like they’re seeing the need to really grow, grow that and expand and use strategies that are not necessarily used traditionally in independent schools. [00:24:50]Tara: [00:24:50] Yeah, I would echo that and I work specifically on their websites, obviously. So, I’ve seen. I’ve seen people holding off and also refreshes and updates are tricky because all of the content that they have is from the past year, if they want to update their photos and stuff, all the kids have masks on. [00:25:08] And so how do you deal with that? You have to bring in people over the summer and do different Photo shoots and things like that. So I think schools are trying to balance the reality of the future with the present and the recent past in their communication strategy and in their messaging and their imagery and all of that type of thing too. [00:25:29] So, and, and because we work mostly with small private schools, it’s different than higher ed for sure. Way different. I’ve done a little bit with higher ed and yeah, that is a whole different ball game. One of the. One of the blessings. One of the things I love working with the organizations that I work with is that they are small. [00:25:47] So they actually can pivot really fast. And that really helps them during COVID because they were able to make really quick decisions. And they were the schools that were doing hybrid or doing in person. And so a lot of them had a really great year with enrollment because a lot of families wanted their kids in school. [00:26:04] it’s really makes it easier working with them because they can make those decisions. They don’t have to go through five levels, same way with a public school. Also, you have boards and, and, and just word of education and all of that to go through. So, so they’re nimble, which [00:26:17] is nice. [00:26:18]Matt: [00:26:18] I had some friends that I have young children. They’re not, my oldest will be going into kindergarten this year. But I had some friends that have their kids are older, but they’re in private school like elementary level private school. And they were in, they were in class, I think probably like 90%. [00:26:36] Throughout like this whole COVID thing. Whereas the flip side is like all my friends who have kids in private, in public schools, everybody was home losing their minds, trying to balance this and then the hybrid stuff. And that was, and the thing, luckily I avoided that I think going into the fall, I don’t think I’ll be dealing with that for like a kindergarten level. [00:26:58]But it’s amazing how things like [00:27:00] this. I don’t really have a question here. It’s more of just like a. Noticing this it’s amazing how COVID shook up things that you’d never expect till it, for it to unearth like, like private schools, right? You might all of a sudden find more private schools coming online. [00:27:16] Because of what just happened, where maybe it was reserved for high income, communities. Now you might have somebody like, Hey, it makes sense now to put my kids in private school, because it’s just a different level of service with air quotes in the air. If you’re not watching this, it’s amazing what COVID did to shake up all these different impact, these different industries, [00:27:36] education [00:27:37] Tara: [00:27:37] yeah, for sure. Yep. And also doing more online stuff too. I have some clients that do after-school programming and so they had to completely pivot to offer online learning, offer cooking classes, online, developing whole curriculum. In a totally different way than they were used to doing with videos and all that type of thing. [00:27:56] So pivoting has been a key word and in the past year, and it’s been, it’s been exciting to see some of these smaller businesses organizations accomplish that pretty smoothly. [00:28:08] Yeah. [00:28:10] Matt: [00:28:10] I assume you’re still using WordPress. Aubrey, are you a diehard WordPress [00:28:15] Aubrey: [00:28:15] but I always send all my WordPress questions to Tara. [00:28:18]That’s pretty much it. I my website platform is don’t. I feel like uttering, these words might, hate mail might come my way, but like right now, my platforms on Kajabi, just because I started building out online courses on the backend, but I am not selling Kajabi, nor am I. [00:28:34] Saying that’s your go-to WordPress is much more functional and you can do all sorts [00:28:38] of cool stuff with it. [00:28:41] Tara: [00:28:41] I’ve trained her very well. You can see. [00:28:43] Matt: [00:28:43] I was just about to say that sounds like Tara speaking right through her. [00:28:47] Tara: [00:28:47] Yeah. Yeah. [00:28:49] Matt: [00:28:49] so you haven’t, so you haven’t convinced Aubrey to switch to like lifter LMS and build all her [00:28:54] Tara: [00:28:54] no, her website’s great. And I think, I actually am looking into Kajabi a little bit just to understand what it does, because I think it is a good resource. WordPress is not for everybody and for everything. And I think we learned that more and more now. And so a lot of times. Third-party platforms that are built for a specific purpose, like membership or online courses. [00:29:14], it’s a lot easier. It’s a lot more user-friendly and they don’t have the maintenance to have to deal with. So yeah, I think that’s fine at WordPress is a great solution for the target audience that we serve. And there are a lot of small schools who use WordPress. There are some third-party CMS is out there that that do. [00:29:35] A really great job and they’re really, really expensive. So, some schools use Wix, some use Squarespace. Most of them use the third party system or WordPress. So there is, there is definitely a good opportunity there to, to help schools with [00:29:49] their WordPress websites. Yeah, [00:29:52] Matt: [00:29:52] it’s always interesting to see WordPress users, heads explode when they’re like somebody pays for a CMS. Well, yet, because it works and it [00:30:00] works well. And then that’s what they need at the end of the day. It’s, it’s, it’s amazing. I’ve been interviewing a lot more folks on no-code platforms, bubble web flow. [00:30:09] And there’s another one that’s escaping escaping me right now that is very popular, but that community loves the tools that just empower them to get the job done. And they’re happy to just give up that ownership side of the code to just [00:30:27] have it work and do the [00:30:29] thing that they’re paying for it to [00:30:30] Tara: [00:30:30] I just, yeah, I just talked to a PTA president this morning, whose website I’ve been managing for a while and they had a parent redesign it and. So the licenses are all out of, they’re not on the site anymore and I’m trying to manage it and it’s just kind of a headache. And when you have organizations like a PTA that you have transition in leadership, and then you have loss of information and continuity, something like WordPress. [00:30:54] If you don’t have a con a con. Continuous person managing it like an agency, then you can really be in trouble because all that information gets lost. Whereas if you put it on Squarespace or something like that, sorry to mention that. But I think Squarespace has a great, it serves a great need. You don’t have any of that. [00:31:11] It’s all there. It’s all. Or some or Kajabi or whatever. You don’t have any of that. Plugins to maintain and licenses to update and all that kind of stuff. So there definitely are use cases where WordPress is not the best solution. And I’m the first person to say that as much as I love [00:31:26] WordPress [00:31:26]Matt: [00:31:26] mindful school marketing.com mindful school marketing.com. Get the podcast where everywhere, right? What else? What else can people say? Thanks. Where else can people go to say thanks for joining us on the show today. [00:31:38]Tara: [00:31:38] I’m Tara clays on Twitter. I am a LinkedIn and design tlc.com [00:31:44] is [00:31:44] Aubrey: [00:31:44] Great. And I’m Audrey bursch@easyschoolmarketing.com. You can find me ABI Bursch at LinkedIn. That’s my platform of choice. [00:31:50]Matt: [00:31:50] Go subscribe to mindful school marketing on apple, Google, Spotify, wherever you find your podcasts, leave them a review in iTunes. Build that up. And as soon as they have their pod chaser account, okay. Even leave them a review there. It’s going to be an amazing way to find and discover other podcasts, airport.com/subscribe. [00:32:08] Join the mailing list and we’ll see you in the next episode.

Life Updates Adam: College kid coming back next week for summer. Other kid deciding on where to go to college next year. Which means I need a side hustle! HA! Oh.. and lots of running lately.   Kyle: Coaching T-Ball. Bought a bike. News Hallway Chats — new hosts.  Tara Clayes & Liam Dempsey have handed…

I discuss with Liam about his new career as a goalkeeping coach, his best/worst memories of Everton, look back at the Fulham performance, look ahead to the Leeds game without Lucas Digne and eulogise over the legend that is Diego Maradona.

This week we have a return guest, Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight Podcast. From the nadir of Nicolas Cage's career with Bangkok Dangerous to this week's film The Trust. It seems like Liam happens to be on episodes for films directed by brothers, this time the Brewer brothers. We talk Liam's first and favourite Nic Cage films, the nature of what make Cage an interesting actor and how this film has a glaring Peep Show reference. Find Liam and Spocklight at: Twitter: Liam - @LiamHDempsey Spocklight - @Spocklightpod Apple: https://apple.co/3k4pJF7 Podbean: https://bit.ly/3ifliqu Acast: https://bit.ly/3icqds6 Support Caged In on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Cagedinpod Caged In x Tim Hornsby Art Print: http://cagedinpodcast.limitedrun.com/ Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: @cagedinpod Email: cagedinpod@gmail.com (mailto:cagedinpod@gmail.com)

As more and more businesses are allowed to open across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Joe Casabona and Liam Dempsey discuss how businesses have pivoted their business operations to online and ecommerce. As web focused professionals, Joe and Liam share ideas and tips to help businesses get online, and offer a few local examples of businesses […] The post Pivoting to Online Sales and Marketing with Joe and Liam appeared first on Start Local.

We were lucky enough to be joined by Eleanor Parker from Bygones Podcast and Liam Dempsey from Spocklight for our TEXAS Triple Bill. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Directed by Tobe Hooper. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982). Directed by Colin Higgins. Starring Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Jim Nabors and Charles Durning. Paris, Texas (1984). Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Natassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell and Hunter Carson. Bygones Podcast can be found here: https://bygonespodcast.podbean.com Spocklight Podcast is available from here: https://spocklight.podbean.com  Please review us over on Apple Podcasts. Got comments or suggestions for new episodes? Email: sddpod@gmail.com. Seek us out via Twitter and Instagram @ sddfilmpodcast Support our Patreon for $3 a month and get access to our exclusive show, Sudden Double Deep Cuts where we talk about our favourite movie soundtracks, scores and theme songs!

Welcome to another special edition of the podcast, ‘Progtor Who: Lockdown’. Bob is joined in lockdown by Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight Podcast & Craig Stimpson from the Progtor Who Podcast.  In this episode, we find out their lockdown Who and non-Who requirements.  If you want to be locked down with Bob, please get in touch via our Facebook page or Twitter.  Show notes and links  https://spocklight.podbean.com   https://www.facebook.com/progtorwho  https://twitter.com/progtorwho  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7e3TvGd54GiqSsNvj9Ybag/featured

Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys review the past year of the Hallway Chats podcast, discuss their views about success, share advice and announce plans for year 4. The post Episode 130: Tara Claeys & Liam Dempsey appeared first on Hallway Chats.

 The sweeney the sweeney duh duh da daaa da da da duh duh. We check out the film of the seminal 70's series with Liam from the Spocklight podcast. Discussion ranges from Ray Winstones ‘seminal' pants to Chris' hatred of plan B.  Spocklight Podcast Liam's Twitter Spocklight Podcast Twitter All Movie Bunker Podcasts and info: Movie Bunker Website Follow us on the socials: Insta Facebook Twitter

Liam Dempsey and I talk about things from enjoying comedy, our parents, a meth-mobile, unemployment and even DMT

WestWorld is back and J.J. could not be more excited. Delores, Bernard and Charlotte are joined by newcomers Caleb "Cal" Nichols, Liam Dempsey, and Martin Connells as we are introduced to real world. The future is full of suprises including an algorthmic AI that can predict the future, an app for freelance criminals, and self driving cars that according to Javier would make it awfully difficult to have sex in. As always we will discuss the facts, pass judgement and let you know the verdict. Email us: hosts@whatsourverdict.com Follow us: Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatsourverdict Twitter: @whatsourverdict Instagram: @whatsourverdict Visit us: www.whatsourverdict.com

Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast. In episode 25 Sam is joined by Liam Dempsey, co-host of Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast, a show that explores the Star Trek franchise from a non-Trekkie perspective.Liam has chosen Shane Meadows's 2004 revenge drama Dead Man's Shoes (86 minutes) starring Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch and Toby Kebbell.  Liam and Sam talk about Shane Meadows's use of violence on screen, Toby Kebbell's impressive big screen debut and the film's experimental origins. We unfortunately experienced some technical issues whilst recording this episode, you may notice a drop in audio quality towards the end of the show.  Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks. Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm Website: 90minfilmfest.comTweet: @90MinFilmFest Instagram: @90MinFilmFest  Hosted by @sam_clements. Produced by Louise Owen. Guest star Liam Dempsey. Edited by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you! Bonus Link: If you like Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine, we'd recommend listening to episode 7, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee with Joe Cunningham. 

We welcome back our first recurring guest Liam Dempsey from Spocklight to discuss all things birthdays and *squee* BARRY!!! This week we're discussing s2e18: Those Lips, That Hand* *Not Barry White lyrics *** Find our awesome guest Liam on twitter (@LiamHDempsey) as well as checking out his podcast Spocklight (@spocklightpod)! *** 
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Our ONCE triple bill was picked by returning special guest, Liam Dempsey of the Spocklight Podcast. 02:56 Once Upon a Time in the West 46:39 Once Upon a Time in China 1:12:42 Once Please review us over on Apple Podcasts. Got comments or suggestions for new episodes? Email: sddpod@gmail.com. Seek us out via Twitter and Instagram @ sddfilmpodcast @Spocklightpod // @LiamHDempsey

This episode is sponsored by Bill over on our Patreon who wanted us to cover the 1968 Noel Black movie, Pretty Poison (starring Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld and John Randolph). Please review us over on Apple Podcasts. Got comments or suggestions for new episodes? Email: sddpod@gmail.com. Seek us out via Twitter and Instagram @ sddfilmpodcast Support our Patreon for $3 a month and get access to our exclusive show, Sudden Double Deep Cuts where we talk about our favourite movie soundtracks, scores and theme songs! Next week's episode features special guest Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight podcast and will feature a triple bill of ONCE movies.

Liam Dempsey from the trek-tastic Spocklight podcast is my guest to discuss the controversial history of Action comic and the runaway success of the lead story, Hook Jaw. We boldly go where no killer great white shark has gone before.You can still get your copy of the Titan collection, and also check out the sequel story by Si Spurier and Conor Boyle.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com  If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereDownload hereRight click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Godspeed rebels! It's our seventeenth episode, and Steve's guest is the funny and fierce friend that is Liam Dempsey! In a chat that roaringly rampages from repetitive revenge movies to the warm furry embrace of a wandering feline, Steve and Liam go on a highly personal trek into tragically recent past events to discuss "Allegiance".  Liam delves deep into his family history to recount the story of his great-grandfather Frank Dempsey, whose life's work was defined by his allegiance to his fellow Irishmen and women fighting for freedom against oppressive English rule. What follows is a history lesson and sometimes literal testimony; an epic human tale in which allegiances are tested, broken, and forged. In a time where we think of ourselves as "citizens of the world" gloriously distracted by content, to whom should we owe our allegiance? Is it to our families who we are bound to shelter and protect? Is it to our self-appointed Liege-Lords who demand it from us? Or is it to the people we choose to gift it to? Liam is a seasoned podcaster and award-winning storyteller. A true media connoisseur, has been a film and TV reviewer for BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey. He is also one of the founding trio of Spocklight Podcast, in which Star Trek is lovingly re-assessed from a non-Trekkie perspective. Guests have included Sean McLoughlin, Ronnie Rowe Jr and even legendary film director Richard Donner.  Please subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/50-uses-for-the-word-love-podcast/id1450245633 Follow the podcast on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/50usesforthewordlove/ And tweet us here: @50Uses Liam's twitter is: @LiamHDempsey Liam's Instagram is: @lhd2.0 Check out Spocklight here, it's a truly joyous banger of a podcast for Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spocklight-a-star-trek-podcast/id1150816497 Twitter: @spocklightpod Instagram: @spocklightpod Steve's comedy can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/TrumbleComedy/ Steve's twitter is: @StephenTrumble Music composed by John Bowen.

Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys review the past year of the Hallway Chats podcast, discuss their views about success, share advice and announce plans for year 3. The post Episode 104: Tara Claeys & Liam Dempsey appeared first on Hallway Chats.

In a surprise twist of events, Liam Dempsey of Hallway Chats podcast fame fills in for the worst half of the show, Brad Williams. Matt and Liam dive into all of the Jetpack excitement and uncover Liam's hidden "superpower"! All that and more on today's episode!

Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with this interview discussing changes in the WordPress community.  Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys are running WordPress businesses, they are consultants and produce a Podcast together called Hallway Chats. Listen to this episode: Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners How WordPress business owners measure success in life and business Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:41:33 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:41:33 Liam Dempsey runs a WordPress agency called lbdesign. He and Tara Claeys started the Podcast called Hallway Chats for the WordPress community and share how people use WordPress in their lives. Tara and Liam have known each other through the WordPress community and each had thought about having a podcast. This show came together out of a common interest in the WordPress community and giving back. Tara Claeys is a small business agency owner of DesignTLC.  She is a co-host on the Hallway Chats podcast that explores the personal side of WordPress with each guest and investigates how WordPress has changed lives of so many people. This podcast was a first for Liam and Tara. Together they have a great interviewing style and make a strong team. Tara wanted a podcast that did not overlap with many others in the space that concentrate on the technical side of WordPress. What you will learn in this Episode: The longevity of a WordPress podcast can be a challenge. Hallway Chats does not have a set format and is very unique because each guest shares a personal story. The podcast is not used as a business tool and is not being used as a lead generator or as a revenue maker. Liam – the professional focus has been to have a podcast that is scalable and not be an overwhelming task for either host. It cannot compete with other daily work needed to run a WordPress agency. Matt – Discusses what the costs are for scheduling and producing a podcast. Episodes can run $2,000 – $4,000 a year. You can spend a couple hundred dollars a month and can look to sponsorship to help cover the show costs. A WordPress podcast is unique where a person needs to understand the product. Is Success Possible with a podcast? Tara – Success is related to your goal. Hallway Chats is a podcast that enables guests to tell their story. The ultimate goal is to have a conversation. When Tara attends WordCamps it is a great feeling to know that you have interviewed many of the people on the Hallway Chats podcast. Liam has become a good business support as well. Liam – There were about 50 shows in the first year of Hallway Chats.  The show has been an avenue for people to share their stories from around the world. It is amazing to find out about people and what they are dealing with in their lives. The opportunity to work with Tara Claeys has been a great experience. Matt – Thinks the mix of having a co-host on a podcast with you is a strong business model that can work with compatible personalities. Matt has done seasons with a co-host and has handled his podcast alone. Change of WordPress with Gutenberg Matt – Sees things calming down a bit around the release of WordPress. He also has observed things tightening up in the WordPress community with the competition. He has noticed that people are partnering with companies and often taking on a job. There is a concern about the rush to get the latest release of WordPress out there. Tara – There have not been many discussions around Gutenberg and changes in the WordPress community on the Hallway Chat podcast. She does acknowledge there has been a challenge around the release of Gutenberg. There is nervous discussion around a community that has usually been supportive and excited about new releases. It almost appears that you need to choose a side around the release and have an opinion about it. Liam – Hallway Chats has actively avoided conversations around Gutenberg and WordPress. When the conversation has been touched on, most guests are excited about the changes coming with the release of Gutenberg. Some guests have shared concerns about the release of Gutenberg, leadership, and communication. Balancing and Monetizing work with a WordPress Agency Tara – small businesses coming to a small agency for work usually don't care about what you are using to build a website. They want a site that looks good and works well that is easy for them to maintain. She has not tried out any new Content Management Systems. Liam – does not do any affiliate marketing. He tries to use the best solution for his clients which has been offering WordPress websites. WordPress is so prevalent and can be delivered in many different ways for a client.  However, many agencies are delivering websites without the same level of quality. Matt – it was easy to customize WordPress but the basic coding practices are changing with JavaScript and may need more advanced developer skills. Website agencies will be paying more attention to the customers and what they are attempting to do with their websites. You will really need to understand the customer's intention. Advice that has helped in your life or career? Liam – Be mindful and aware. It has been quite a journey. When you are saying and doing things, stop to ask Why am I doing this? Analyzing why is something that has helped personally and professionally.  This has helped with defining success as not being just about profit or fame. Tara – Striving to be a mindful person has been a goal.  Recognizing your personality and where you are in life also impacts your approach. Aim higher and do more. This helps as an entrepreneur. To Keep in Touch: Liam Dempsey: lbdesign Twitter @liamdempsey Tara Claeys: DesignTLC Twitter @taraclaeys Episode Resources: lbdesign Hallway Chats Blubrry Matt Report Pagely Gutenberg Squarespace WPEngine Awareness To Stay in Touch: Watch the panel discussion on Matt's YouTube channel. To stay connected with the Matt Report, head on over to mattreport.com/subscribe. If you like the show, please leave a 5 Star review over on the Matt Report on iTunes. ★ Support this podcast ★

Matt Medeiros continues Season 8 with this interview discussing changes in the WordPress community.  Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys are running WordPress businesses, they are consultants and produce a Podcast together called Hallway Chats. (more…)

Co-hosts Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys discuss the first year of the Hallway Chats podcast, and their own definitions of success. The post Episode 52: Liam Dempsey & Tara Claeys appeared first on Hallway Chats.

Please join us for ep 98 of PROGTOR WHO... This week we review the 1970 3rd Doctor adventure SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE, discuss the lastest WHO news, have a lttle quiz and play 3 great songs... We are also joined by Liam Dempsey from the SPOCKLIGHT podcast.... :)

Please join Marc, Bob, Craig and special guest Liam Dempsey from the SPOCKLIGHT for PROGTOR WHO : Where WHo and PROG collide... On this edition we review t.he series 10 story KNOCK KNOCK, talk about the lastest WHo news and generally have a laugh... We also play 3 great tunes... :) Happy listening  

In this episode, Liam and I discuss what goes into making a good meetup. As the organizer of one of the most popular (and active) WordPress meetups in the Northeast, and a 2 time WordCamp US organizer, he shares lots of wisdom about what works, what doesn’t work, and ultimately that secret sauce for a […] The post Episode 21: Liam Dempsey & WordPress Meetups appeared first on How I Built It.

Join your crew, Liam Dempsey, Paul Willson, Matt Brothers and Ship Mascot, Aristotle, the Axolotl, on their continuing mission to answer the question: Can someone with no real knowledge of trek become a fan with just the movies to learn from? First up, we beam back to 1979 for the film that re-started it all, 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', there is no comparison!