E155 – Running a WordPress Newsletter in a Crowded Space (Maciek Palmowski, WP Owls)

Jul 20, 2021

In today’s episode, Joe talks to Maciek Palmowski, one of the co-creators of WP Owls, a weekly newsletter focused on the latest and top WordPress news. He also works as a WordPress ambassador for Buddy Works - a top-notch performance into one solution for teams that want to painlessly introduce CI/CD and accelerate the development lifecycle of their software.

 

Maciek explains how the Polish audience has a completely different social media preference compared to the global community, the surprising challenges of  raising his son while working at home, and the customization of the $7 per month web hosting they are using for WP Owls. 

 

Episode Resources:

• Buddy
• WP Owls
• Maciek Palmowski is on Twitter and WPMRR Community
• WordFest Live, register Here
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Visit the WPMRR Community
• The 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit

 

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:21 Welcome to the pod, Maciek
• 04:23 What is CI/CD?
• 07:16 How WP Owls came to be
• 11:36 WP Owls doesn’t take an aggressive marketing approach
• 18:50 Outreach efforts and invite list
• 22:02 Analytics, growth, and iterations on the articles 
• 26:32 Twitter is a very straightforward social media platform
• 36:20 WP Owls run an on a $7 per month custom web hosting
• 41:44 Raising a baby while in the WordPress space
• 47:04 Balancing work and raising a family
• 51:22 Find Maciek online