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

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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