Podcast appearances and mentions of shane pearlman

What's a good life? No one knows, but we all have a vision of it. For Shane Pearlman, the CEO of Modern Tribe, a good life is when you are in a balance. He says balance is the combination of the four F's: family, fitness, finance, and faith. Peter, Shane's business partner and the co-founder of Modern Tribe, adds a fifth F: fun. In this episode of the Reverse Engineered, Jon Penland and Shane Pearlman discuss business success. According to Shane, success is the combination of strategy and luck. What can appear to some people as an overnight success is really 15 years of practice.Shane also talks about the many aspects that go into growing a remote agency, from flexibility, hiring and paid trials, and finding new projects.Check out all show notes and the video version of this episode at https://kinsta.com/podcast/build-business-support-lifestyle

In this episode we talk about:The difference between being a "digital nomad" versus actually settling into a new home in a foreign landWhat Serenity's life is like as a kid growing up in the Canary IslandsWhy Serenity started blogging about her adventures around Gran CanariaWhy Shane (and Serenity's mom) want their kids to have the experience of growing up outside the United StatesLinks:Serenity's Blog: Traveling with Serenity (https://travelingwithserenity.com/)

Thanks to the pandemic, some 40% of Americans no longer head into the office to get work done. For many, the shift to remote work could be permanent, and yet millions of others do not have that luxury. This trend exacerbates the fault line between those who can, and those who can’t. But as much as experts tout “the end of the office”, a few with years of remote work experience argue that there’s a shelf life to this new way of working - and downsides that must be considered. Host Sonari Glinton hears from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on her extreme remote work experience stationed aboard the International Space Station during the outbreak. Over in the UK, Ashley Mitchell sold everything he owned and moved himself - and his job - to a tropical paradise. In Mexico, Ali Darwich has worked remotely for years with Modern Tribe. Along with Shane Pearlman, the company founder, they advise us on the benefits and risks of shifting to a distributed workforce. And finally, Michelle Lee is an office workspace designer; she hopes the post-pandemic office is more than just plexiglass and cubicles.The guest speakers are neither employees nor affiliated with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. (“Morgan Stanley”). The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley. The information and figures contained herein has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information or data contained in this podcast.This podcast does not provide individually tailored investment advice and is not a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it. © 2020 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Members SIPC.

Shane Pearlman is the CEO at Modern Tribe Inc, a fully distributed design and development company. A few years ago while on a company retreat, the owners looked at their vision and realized what they wanted out of the business required scale. Five years later they've gone from 20-100 employees, and continue to ask the question how will this let me "live well and do good work".

Original Air Date: January 23, 2018Join us for this episode of PressThis as we interview crazy-smart Karim Marucchi of Crowd Favorite on the future of WordPress and open source for the Enterprise. Will Enterprise brands continue to adopt WordPress and open source? How will views on the scale, security, and reliability of open source change in the future? Karim is uniquely positioned to answer these questions as his agency serves enterprise brands like X, Y, and Z. If breaking into the enterprise is part of your plan for your agency or WP product business, don’t miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now! Original Air Date: March 6, 2018WordPress is growing at a mind bending pace and so are the businesses that support and rely on the ecosystem. If you’re wondering how you’ll grow your WP-focused team while defending your quality, lifestyle, and culture, check out this episode of Press This. In this episode we’ll be interviewing the super-popular and insightful Shane Pearlman to hear about the challenges and successes he’s had growing his business Modern Tribe. Tribe is a force in the WordPress community and Shane will share his thoughts on scaling a WordPress focused business while honoring the open source roots and culture that has made WordPress such a phenomenon and helped fueled the growth of his business. Don’t miss this episode.

Original Air Date: January 23, 2018Join us for this episode of PressThis as we interview crazy-smart Karim Marucchi of Crowd Favorite on the future of WordPress and open source for the Enterprise. Will Enterprise brands continue to adopt WordPress and open source? How will views on the scale, security, and reliability of open source change in the future? Karim is uniquely positioned to answer these questions as his agency serves enterprise brands like X, Y, and Z. If breaking into the enterprise is part of your plan for your agency or WP product business, don’t miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now! Original Air Date: March 6, 2018WordPress is growing at a mind bending pace and so are the businesses that support and rely on the ecosystem. If you’re wondering how you’ll grow your WP-focused team while defending your quality, lifestyle, and culture, check out this episode of Press This. In this episode we’ll be interviewing the super-popular and insightful Shane Pearlman to hear about the challenges and successes he’s had growing his business Modern Tribe. Tribe is a force in the WordPress community and Shane will share his thoughts on scaling a WordPress focused business while honoring the open source roots and culture that has made WordPress such a phenomenon and helped fueled the growth of his business. Don’t miss this episode.

Shane is the CEO at Modern Tribe Inc managing over 100 people doing UX/UI, web, mobile & product design and development. In this interview, Shane share with us his experiences as remote worker and how he manages his team.

WordPress is growing at a mind bending pace and so are the businesses that support and rely on the ecosystem. If you’re wondering how you’ll grow your WP-focused team while defending your quality, lifestyle, and culture, check out this episode of Press This. In this episode we’ll be interviewing the super-popular and insightful Shane Pearlman to hear about the challenges and successes he’s had growing his business Modern Tribe. Tribe is a force in the WordPress community and Shane will share his thoughts on scaling a WordPress focused business while honoring the open source roots and culture that has made WordPress such a phenomenon and helped fueled the growth of his business. Don’t miss this episode. Listen now!

WordPress is growing at a mind bending pace and so are the businesses that support and rely on the ecosystem. If you’re wondering how you’ll grow your WP-focused team while defending your quality, lifestyle, and culture, check out this episode of Press This. In this episode we’ll be interviewing the super-popular and insightful Shane Pearlman to hear about the challenges and successes he’s had growing his business Modern Tribe. Tribe is a force in the WordPress community and Shane will share his thoughts on scaling a WordPress focused business while honoring the open source roots and culture that has made WordPress such a phenomenon and helped fueled the growth of his business. Don’t miss this episode. Listen now!

In May 2016, WPCampus organized a groundbreaking survey of educational institutions asking how they’re using WordPress. We’ll be discussing the results with Shane Pearlman of Modern Tribe, who took the lead organizing and conducting that survey. This episode features WPCampus members Brian DeConinck, Jen McFarland, and Shane Pearlman. Episode Audio

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  In Episode #4 of the WP Elevation podcast, I talk to Shane Pearlman from Modern Tribe, a collective of WordPress freelancers working with some of the biggest brands on the planet and the makers of the awesome Events Calendar Pro plugin, among others. Oh yeah, and we’re giving away a copy of the Events Calendar Pro plugin, so watch the interview for how to enter (and you'll learn heaps of cool stuff from Shane about freelancing). The post Episode #4 – Shane Pearlman appeared first on WP Elevation.

A while back I said Shane Pearlman is the Godfather of Freelancing. If that's true, than Bill Erickson is a made man. I've been a fan of Bill  since I stepped on to the scene of WordPress some time ago. From a distance, he has a really lean and mean service product. “Your WordPress website in 5 days all for twentyfive-hundred smackaroos.” My headline not his. How does he achieve that AND land $20k clients? We're going to find out in this episode! Episode 50: Interview with Bill Erickson Listen to the audio version or subscribe on iTunes Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners Episode 50: Systemizing your way to more revenue Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window Systems, data, and more data People thought I was crazy when I recruited my cousin, former VP of operations for a manufacturing company. What does he know about tech and WordPress? Nothing. That's the point. What he does know is how to analyze where our time and costs are going and how we can improve in those areas to help build a sustainable system. This is exactly the approach Bill uses to run his day to day operations. With anywhere from 8 to 20 projects in the pipeline, Bill has fine tuned his process to accommodate scheduling and execution. It's not all guess work either, he studies the data like a mad scientist to understand his most profitable areas with the intent to drive revenue. Oh and he's a one man band — very impressive. Contracts Live and die by them. After hearing how Bill structures his client contracts, you might feel a bit inferior. It's OK, that's why this podcast exists! Learn from the “war stories” he shares and pay close attention to his method of collecting payments. He ties payments to productivity and not  an arbitrary payment schedule based on time. Invoice client's on the start of work vs waiting until a set calendar day. Loved this. What do you think? Are you going to change anything in your business now? ★ Support this podcast ★

A while back I said Shane Pearlman is the Godfather of Freelancing. If that’s true, than Bill Erickson is a made man. I’ve been a fan of Bill  since I stepped on to the scene of WordPress some time ago. From a distance, he has a really lean and mean service product. “Your WordPress website in 5 days all for twentyfive-hundred smackaroos.” My headline not his. How does he achieve that AND land $20k clients? We’re going to find out in this episode! (more…)

If there were ever a mob or “Family” of WordPress freelancers, it's a safe bet that Shane Pearlman would be head of the family. I had always known about Modern Tribe and their successful plugins, but I never knew much about their progressive take on the WordPress service business. Now that I've had the chance to sit down and talk to Shane for about an hour, I'm seeing things in a whole new light. I hope this interview is as game changing for you as it was for me. Episode 48 Shane Pearlman of Modern Tribe interview Listen to the audio version Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners Episode 48: The Godfather of Freelancing Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window You can also subscribe on iTunes or Podcast RSS. Money, power and respect Prior to this interview, my thought process was very simple. Raise my rates to bring in more revenue while being able to expand into other verticals. With that revenue, increase the power of my team by recruiting more talented developers and designers. Play that game right and you're on the road to respect. Or so I thought… Shane plays a different game and that's one of building the lifestyle that affords him happiness. Let's be clear, I'm happy with what my team produces and especially in our products. But can I run things smarter like Shane? Do I need to accrue the overhead of a large staff similar to 10up? It's debatable, but I hope the 12 years of knowledge Shane shares with us casts a new light on your WordPress business as well. The hustle I recently wrote about the hustle and what it means to me. I think the mantra of hustle is a bit scary and maybe irresponsible for the newbie entrepreneur. If you have a short runway, you might burn yourself out by working harder and not smarter. In this episode Shane shares his stories of hustle and where it landed him today. Running a high profile WordPress shop while having the time to surf and spending time with his family. See, I think hustle could be different for each of us and I'd like to explore that more in the future. No regrets It's easy for us to look back and bookmark the chapters of our failure. If we don't fail, we haven't pushed ourselves to the edge and more importantly we haven't learned from these experiences. Don't get me wrong success is glorious, but failure is important and humbling. Live your business life without the regret of failure. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this interview in the comments. Please share what you think of Shane and this interview. Tell a friend and subscribe to the newsletter! ★ Support this podcast ★

If there were ever a mob or “Family” of WordPress freelancers, it’s a safe bet that Shane Pearlman would be head of the family. I had always known about Modern Tribe and their successful plugins, but I never knew much about their progressive take on the WordPress service business. Now that I’ve had the chance to sit down and talk to Shane for about an hour, I’m seeing things in a whole new light. I hope this interview is as game changing for you as it was for me. (more…)

The 5th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, June 21-22 in Boston (early bird deadline is April 30!), is rapidly approaching. For today's podcast interview, we have Marcia Hoeck, giving us a preview of her session, Skillful Communication with Clients.  Q: What's the biggest mistake creatives make when communicating with clients?  Marcia: The biggest mistake is not setting the right tone and maybe taking things personally. We're in a business where it's our art, it's our creativity, so we tend to take things more personally. We have to step back and realize this is a business relationship. We have to set the right tone. The client has to place his trust in you in order to feel confident that you can do the work.  The biggest miscommunication mistake is that we don't establish ourselves right out of the bag as a partner, as a resource, so that the client can relax. When we feel boxed in by client demands, it's when our role hasn't been positioned correctly in the beginning, and that's our job. If the client knows that you have strategic ideas that will help him, as well as the implementation skills, that client can relax … It gives you equal footing and leverage in the relationship.  Most powerful people … they're really not looking for “yes” men. That's the biggest mistake that I see is when we're making that assumption that they are, and we're taking things personally as a creative person.  Q: Do you think these problems are rooted in the creative professional's lack of confidence?  Marcia: I'm really glad you brought up confidence. That isn't talked about enough in business. People don't teach it. It isn't something that comes naturally to creative people. But in creative work especially, where we highly value our work, and we are passionate about our work … we often undervalue our own role in what we do. There's kind of a disconnect. We have great confidence in our work, and we know the value of our work, and we have great confidence in our ability to do the work, but we often can't show that confidence when communicating our role in the process. We don't come off as confident in selling situations, or when defending our pricing … What that comes off as to prospective clients is lack of competence. They think we can't do the work because we can't defend it, because we can't talk about ourselves… Listen to our 11-minute interview to hear more. Use your Big Ticket pass to catch this CFC session – or sign up for CFC on its own. If you aren't yet registered for CFC, sign up here and take advantage of the combo $100 discount: $50 early bird before April 30th + $50 Marketing Mentor discount with promo code “CMM12”  And listen to the rest of the podcast interview series with our speakers, including Dyana Valentine, Mark O'Brien, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Cleveland, Ed Gandia, Sarah Duham and Allen Murabayashi.   

The 5th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, June 21-22 in Boston (early bird deadline is this Friday, March 30!), is rapidly approaching and for today's podcast interview, we have Cameron Foote, Editor of Creative Business, who will be taking part in the Perspectives on Pricing Panel at this year's conference. In this 14-minute interview, I asked Cam how freelancers can compete with bigger firms.  Q: Should freelancers be pricing any differently than larger firms or entities?  Cam: Yes and no. I don't think a person's talent should be worth any less depending on whether they work for themselves or whether they work for an organization. On one level, your talent is worth what it's worth, period.However, the realistic part of this is that when you talk about pricing to clients … they're looking at you and trying to decide whether you're worth the money or not. Pricing has to do with perception. So if you're working from the kitchen table, you haven't been in business very long, you don't have a good portfolio and so forth, it would be unrealistic to assume that you could charge what a business that's been around a while could charge. Your talent is worth what it's worth, but you have to be realistic. Q: How can freelancers use marketing to build up the perception of their value? Cam: You are what clients perceive you to be. If you market extensively … particularly using the editorial “we,” and you're sending out material regularly, they're going to see a company. A company is worth more, in most cases, than an individual. Listen to our 14-minute interview to hear more of Cameron's thoughts on pricing, including his take on hourly rates vs. project pricing. And if you aren't yet registered for CFC, sign up here and take advantage of the combo $100 discount: $50 early bird before Mar 30th + $50 Marketing Mentor discount with promo code “CMM12”  And listen to the rest of the podcast interview series with our speakers, including Dyana Valentine, Mark O'Brien, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Cleveland and Ed Gandia.    

As we get ready for the 5th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, June 21-22 in Boston (early bird deadline is March 30!), we're doing a podcast interview series with our speakers! Recently, we featured Dyana Valentine, Mark O'Brien, Shane Pearlman and Jonathan Cleveland.  Today, we have Ed Gandia, freelancer copywriter, speaker, coach, and co-author of “The Wealthy Freelancer.” He joined me to discuss his upcoming CFC session, “How to Create and Execute your Marketing Plan.”  People considering freelancing always ask me, “What does it take to be a freelancer? Can I even make this work?” so in our 12-minute interview, I asked Ed that same question and here's what he said:  “It's definitely possible … The idea that the economy is hurting all businesses is really a misguided assumption. In my own business, for the students I coach, and for most of the freelancers I come in contact with …. things are actually even better for them right now. So many companies are outsourcing work. They're working with leaner staff, but the projects still need to get done … and they don't want to hire full time employees.”  When we talked about wealth, Ed said his definition isn't just about “material wealth.” To Ed, a “wealthy freelancer” is someone who can consistently generate the clients, the projects, the income and the quality of life they want.  I asked, “What does it take to be a wealthy freelancer?” Ed said:  “You have to have an entrepreneurial mindset, be self-motivated,  be a go-getter, and you have to realize you're running a business.  Also, you have to become really good at marketing your services. If you want to be truly successful, you should be just as good at marketing your services as you are in your own craft. I think I'm a good writer, but it's really marketing and selling that have gotten me to where I am today.” Listen to our 12-minute interview to hear more of Ed's ideas, whether you'll be at CFC or not!  And if you aren't yet registered for CFC, sign up here and take advantage of the combo $100 discount: $50 early bird before Mar 30th + $50 Marketing Mentor discount with promo code “CMM12”   

As we get ready for the 5th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, June 21-22 in Boston, we're doing a podcast interview series with our speakers! Recently, we featured Dyana Valentine, Mark O'Brien and Shane Pearlman. Today, we have Jonathan Cleveland, Principal of Boston-based Cleveland Design. With a staff of five, his firm fills an important need for large corporate clients who, interestingly enough, also have in-house agencies AND ad agencies. (Does this make you less timid about approaching prospects who already have an in-house team?”) In our 13-minute interview, Jonathan (who will be participating in the upcoming CFC panel discussion, “Perspectives on Money and Pricing”) talked about a recent pricing issue he encountered: The situation: A client hired them to do a corporate video project which had a generous budget, then wanted a companion print brochure, but started to nickel and dime them on price. Then before the print brochure was resolved, the client came back and was ready to put a larger budget toward more videos. The disconnect: Why there is such a big difference in perceived value of print design and digital design? Jonathan says: “In today's day and age, with computers and personal layout programs, the more unsophisticated marketing client thinks they can layout a brochure or flyer themselves … There is a perceived notion that ‘I can do something, throw it together and print it out.' They sent us a PDF of a very nice brochure and said ‘Just copy this.' We couldn't get through to them on the value of the brochure, but when it came to the video, they were more than willing to open up and say ‘Let's just do this video'—budget wasn't an issue. The print brochure seemed to be all about budget.”  Listen to find out Jonathan's strategy for dealing with clients like this…  And if you aren't yet registered for CFC, sign up here and take advantage of the combo $100 discount: $50 early bird before Mar 30th + $50 Marketing Mentor discount with promo code “CMM12”  

As we get ready for the 5th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, June 21-22 in Boston, we're doing a podcast interview series with our speakers! Recently, we featured Dyana Valentine and Mark O'Brien. Today, we have Shane Pearlman, describing his upcoming session, “Planning for the First Year of Freelance.”  Read an excerpt below and listen to the 10-minute interview, in which Shane talks about the biggest mistakes he sees freelancers make, and more. When it comes to being a successful freelancer, there are three areas that stick in Shane's head: how to make the money (sales, marketing, contacts) how to keep the money you made (track time, manage contacts, bookkeeping) how to be happy and balance it all In his session, he'll describe how to succeed in each of these areas. In addition to the road to success, we also talked about common mistakes that freelancers make. Shane said, “Another mistake I see all the time—this is probably the most common—is waiting to sell until they need it. So, you get really busy, and you think, ‘I'm so busy, I can't think about sales, I'm busy!' Then by the time you get to the point when you think, ‘I wish I had something to do, I should start selling'–well, that's three months too late.” Listen to the rest here.  And if you aren't yet registered for CFC, sign up here and take advantage of the combo $100 discount: $50 early bird before Mar 30th + $50 Marketing Mentor discount with promo code “CMM12”

In this episode I talk to Shane Pearlman of Shane & Peter, a fully dispersed software consultancy. We talked about recruiting  the right kinds of people for a distributed team,...

Join Freelancer Forum this Friday at 11 am (pacific) as we learn all about Freelance Camp and the movement that is sweeping the nation. Freelance Camp is a place to discuss and explore the different approaches to running a successful freelance business / service company. They base their events on the Barcamp format, which is a network of user generated participatory events whose content is fully provided by the participants. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. Some of the events are free (thanks to sponsors) while other charge a token fee to help cover overhead. Each camp is run by a local team of volunteers and is put on for the benefit of the community (not profit). Join us live as we speak with Freelance Camp Organizers Rebecca Brian and Jeremy Neuner and Shane Pearlman to discuss the mission of Freelance Camp and the upcoming event in San Francisco, June 5th, 2010. About Jeremy: Jeremy Neuner is the Co-Founder and CEO of NextSpace Coworking + Innovation, Inc. NextSpace provides innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. Fun fact: Jeremy can juggle flaming torches. About Rebecca: Rebecca Brian founded Tribecca Designs and has been recognized as an industry expert in design, web development, and e-marketing, and has spoken on several panels on this topic. She is also the founder of Spark, a leading graphic design organization with over 200 members and chapters in New York, and San Francisco, devoted to the business of graphic design. About Shane: Shane Pearlman is once of the founders of Freelance Camp and is currently the CEO of a company that coordinated a community of independent contractors and mediates their services to Fortune 500 companies and Government agencies.

Join Freelancer Forum this Friday at 11 am (pacific) as we learn all about Freelance Camp and the movement that is sweeping the nation. Freelance Camp is a place to discuss and explore the different approaches to running a successful freelance business / service company. They base their events on the Barcamp format, which is a network of user generated participatory events whose content is fully provided by the participants. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. Some of the events are free (thanks to sponsors) while other charge a token fee to help cover overhead. Each camp is run by a local team of volunteers and is put on for the benefit of the community (not profit). Join us live as we speak with Freelance Camp Organizers Rebecca Brian and Jeremy Neuner and Shane Pearlman to discuss the mission of Freelance Camp and the upcoming event in San Francisco, June 5th, 2010. About Jeremy: Jeremy Neuner is the Co-Founder and CEO of NextSpace Coworking + Innovation, Inc. NextSpace provides innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. Fun fact: Jeremy can juggle flaming torches. About Rebecca: Rebecca Brian founded Tribecca Designs and has been recognized as an industry expert in design, web development, and e-marketing, and has spoken on several panels on this topic. She is also the founder of Spark, a leading graphic design organization with over 200 members and chapters in New York, and San Francisco, devoted to the business of graphic design. About Shane: Shane Pearlman is once of the founders of Freelance Camp and is currently the CEO of a company that coordinated a community of independent contractors and mediates their services to Fortune 500 companies and Government agencies.