

The SDM Show
Rob Cairns
The SDM Show discusses all things Business, Marketing and WordPress. This show was formerly known as The SDM Business, Marketing and WordPress Show.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 4, 2021 • 32min
Episode 165: Talking the Future of WordPress With Brian Gardner
Rob Cairns sits down with Brian Gardner to talk about the future of WordPress.
Show Highlights:
Brian Gardner's Background.
Where WordPress is going in the future.
The WordPress Community.
The future of Gutenberg and blocks.

Nov 1, 2021 • 7min
Episode 164: Lessons Learn In My Podcast Journey
Rob Cairns talks about lessons learned in his podcast journey.
Show Highlights:
Why not to start with 2 podcasts
Rob's Podcast tools for editing.
Why Rob Changed from Anchor to Castos.

Oct 28, 2021 • 59min
Episode 163: Talking WordPress, Marketing and More With Kathy Zant
Rob Cairns sits down with Kathy Zant to talk WordPress, Marketing and More.
Show Highlights:
Kathy's Internet/WordPress Journey
The WordPress Community
Why Kathy is using Kadence Blocks.
Why Rob moved his podcast to Castos.
Website Speed.

Oct 21, 2021 • 52min
Episode 161 Talking The Blogging Survey With Andy Crestodina
Rob Cairns sits down with Andy Crestodina and talks about Orbit Media's blogging statistics survey.
The entire survey can be found by clicking here.
Key Highlights:
1067 bloggers were surveyed.
Bloggers report blogging drives results.
Blogging takes time and effort.
Frequency and constancy matter.
Visual Trends matter.
Covid-19 has not changed blogging trends.

Oct 19, 2021 • 4min
Episode 160 The Number 1 Way To Help Your Website Speed
In this episode Rob Cairns talks about the number 1 way to help your website speed.
The Number 1 way to increase your website speed.
Why hosting matters
Why Cheap Hosting is not the best plan.

Oct 18, 2021 • 5min
Episode 159: Your Black Friday Offer
This podcast is a quick tip. Rob Cairns talks about your Back Friday Offer.
Show Highlights:
Ideas for a Black Friday Offer
When to launch your offer.
Should I do a Back Friday Offer?

Oct 15, 2021 • 41min
Episode 158: Email Marketing Automation With Jason Resnick
Rob Cairns sits down with Jason Resnick to discuss one of there favorite topics - Email Marketing Automation.
Show Highlights:
Why Email Marketing Automation.
Things to think about when doing Email Marketing Automation.
Why Never to use donotreply@yourdomain.com
Why constancy matters.
How to setup your email marketing automation.

Oct 13, 2021 • 6min
Episode 157: Your Inside Advantage
In this Episode Rob Cairns talks about what the Inside Advtage is for your busiess,
Key Points:
What your Inside Advantage is.
Why different is better then fighting on Price.
What Rob's Inside Advantage is for his clients.
Book: The Inside Advantage - Robert Bloom.

Oct 8, 2021 • 1h 3min
Episode 156 Talking WordPress Mergers and Acquisitions. with Paul Lacey.
Rob Cairns sits down with Paul Lacey to talk about WordPress Mergers and Acquistions.
Show Highlights:
Why Now?
Impacts on the community.
Thoughts on if this is good or bad for the WordPress space.
Why the community will survive.
How hosting companies have been involved in the mergers and Acquistions.
Shout outs to many of our favorite WordPress people.

Oct 6, 2021 • 40min
Episode 155: Talking Choosing a Web Host with Owen Greaves
Rob Cairns sits down with Owen Greaves the founder of Billy Host to talk about how to choose a web host.
Key Points:
Everyone's web host needs are different.
Should speed be the number one deciding factor.
Support matters.
All hosts and hosting plans are not equal.
Web Hosting security.


