
The SDM Show
The SDM Show discusses all things Business, Marketing and WordPress. This show was formerly known as The SDM Business, Marketing and WordPress Show.
Latest episodes

Aug 12, 2022 • 6min
Episode 260: 9 Things That I Learned Doing Site Audits
Rob Cairns talks about 9 things he learned by doing Site Audits for clients.

Aug 9, 2022 • 27min
Episode 259: The WordPress Community
Rob Cairns sits down with Ryan Waterbury and talks about what they like and do not like in the WordPress Community.
People needs to remember that clients do not care about all the inside baseball stuff. They just want a website that works and serves their needs.

Aug 8, 2022 • 9min
Episode 258: 15 Ways Small Businesses Can Secure a WordPress Website
Rob Cairns shares his experience and talks about ways small businesses can secure a WordPress website.
Show Highlights:
Software you can use to secure your site.
Backups matter.
Passwords and more passwords.

Aug 1, 2022 • 55min
Episode 257 Build a Plugin Company and All Things WordPress
Rob Cairns sites down with Cristian Raiber to talk about his company WP Chill and all things Wordpress.
Show Highlights:
What is WP Chill
What plugins do you offer.
Have you developed with Gutenberg in mind?
Where is WordPress going?

Jul 28, 2022 • 8min
Episode 256 Things to Consider For Your Website When Changing Webcare Security Providers
Rob Cairns has many years maintain security for WordPress Websites. When clients change the service provider that maintains the security for their websites, many simple things are missed. Rob talks about the the missed items and what to do about them.

Jul 28, 2022 • 52min
Episode 255: Using Mail Chimp For Lead Generation and All Things WordPress
Rob Cairns sits down with Simon Harper and talks all things Mail Chimp and WordPress.
Simon is a certified Mail Chimp expert and uses it to generate leads for clients. He is also an accomplished WordPress developer and we talk about trends with WordPress.

Jul 25, 2022 • 6min
Episode 254: My Software Stack for my Customer Support Portal
Rob Cairns talks about his software stack for his cutomer support portal.
Rob shares with you why he moved his customer support portal back to WordPress and some of the key plugins and themes he used to build the portal.

Jul 22, 2022 • 58min
Episode 253: FocusWP, WordPress, Outsourcing and More
Rob Cairns talks to Stephanie Hudson.
Show Highlights:
What is Focus WP.
How Outsourcing can benefit your business.
WordPress trends and changes.

Jul 18, 2022 • 6min
Episode 252: A Business Branding Tip That Matters
in this podcast Rob Cairns shares a business branding tip that matters.
Show Highlights:
A mistake many businesses make.
Email branding matters.
Branding properly gains trust.

Jul 18, 2022 • 31min
Episode 251: Changing the World of Live Streaming with WPstream
Disclaimer - The background audio is a little rough but the conversations was well worth sharing.
In this episode Rob Cairns sits down with Beatrice Tabiltoc of WPstream.
Show Highlights:
What is live streaming.
How to live stream in WordPress.
How WPstream works.
Why WPstream is easy.