Breakdown - A Gravity Forms Podcast

Today’s episode is a mix of interviews and highlights throughout the Gravity Forms universe. Matt interviews Ryan Sullivan from Sitecare, discussing the current temperature in the WordPress client support space. Ryan started Sitecare as “WP Sitecare” over a decade ago, pioneering the “care plan” as it’s known today. Southern Web acquired WP Sitecare roughly 4 years ago, and firmly planted on Sitec...

If you’re listening to this on your way to WordCamp Europe, or you’re just watching the livestreams from the comfort of your home, I wanted to let you know that our team is back supporting yet another WordCamp.  Find us in our booth located in the Sponsors section of the venue and say “hi!” There’s lots to learn about Gravity Forms’ latest add-ons, features, new products like Gravity SMTP and what...

In the latest episode of the Breakdown podcast, host Matt Medeiros shares updates from Gravity Forms and interviews two guests making waves in the Gravity Forms ecosystem. The episode kicks off with news about minor updates to Gravity Forms Core, a new MailerLite add-on in beta, and the Gravity Forms team's upcoming plans for WordCamp Europe. Matt interviews Blaz from JetSloth, a company focused o...

In today's episode, Matt dives deeper into the value of paid WordPress plugins like Gravity Forms. If you're a freelancer or agency owner, you're solving more issues in your business than just the critical features of our form plugin.  Also, Matt interviews Dave Smith from GravityWiz and Zack Katz from GravityKit about how they are delighting their customers with traditional printed mail marketing...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our second standalone product, Gravity SMTP . After nearly 15 years since the release of Gravity Forms, the Rocket Genius team has been working hard to develop a plugin that will revolutionize the way WordPress users send emails from their websites. Gravity SMTP is a standalone plugin that seamlessly integrates with popular email providers such as SendGrid...

Welcome back dear listener, excited to be chatting with you again.  Later in today’s episode you’ll hear from Joe Anderson who’s building a new product for Gravity Forms so that you can customize your outgoing email templates. If you do a lot with email notifications, you’ll like what he’s cooking up.  But lets chat Gravity Forms updates for a moment. Since the last time we chatted, a minor releas...

This episode of the Gravity Forms podcast features interviews with two developers who have created new products for Gravity Forms. Derek Ashauer discusses his new plugin Conversion Bridge that allows users to easily track conversions from forms and other actions in alternative analytics platforms beyond just Google Analytics. He highlights how most users don't utilize the full power of Google Anal...

We're back! The first episode of 2024 has arrived and it's a fun exploration of all things new at Gravity Forms. We'll explore some updates that have happened before our 2023 seasonal break, what features you can look forward to with Gravity Forms, and our upcoming launch of Gravity SMTP version 1.0. Matt interviews Tim Brown of Hook Agency , which covers how he's built a large book of business se...

On the latest episode of the Gravity Forms Breakdown podcast, host Matt Rechenburg shares highlights from the recent Gravity Forms Summit for agencies and freelancers. He also interviews veteran support engineer Chris Hajer to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at Gravity Forms support. Strategies for Using Gravity Forms to Boost Sales Kathy from the summit presents strategies for using Gravi...

Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals are still active today only! Visit gravityforms.com no coupon code needed.  Today's episode is a REPLAY from one of my favorite episodes this year, featuring Jason Resnick and Amber Hinds. Here are the show notes from the previous episode: Equalize Digital and Its NASA Project: Amber explains that Equalize Digital is a company focused on WordPress accessibilit...

In this episode of the Gravity Forms podcast Breakdown, Matt interviews Hazel Quimpo about how she has built a "marketing machine" using Gravity Forms, Zapier, and ChatGPT.  Hazel talks about how she prompts users to give verbal or text input about their business through VideoAsk, which then triggers a Zapier zap to send the data to Gravity Forms. The data is processed through ChatGPT to extract s...

In this episode, Matt discusses upcoming opportunities for agencies and freelancers to leverage Gravity Forms headed into 2024. He provides a sneak peek of the Gravity Forms Summit on November 15th and encourages listeners to take the Breakdown podcast survey. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Gravity Forms Summit promo 2:00 Nonprofit payment solutions 4:00 Marketing funnels with Gravity Forms 6:30 AI for...

Quick episode today! Please take this short 5 question survey about the Breakdown podcast. Updates to Gravity Forms:  Orbital everywhere! https://www.gravityforms.com/blog/gravity-forms-styling-orbital/ Gravity Forms 2.7.15 https://www.gravityforms.com/blog/brand-new-release-gravity-forms-2-7-15/ Conversational Forms 1.1 https://www.gravityforms.com/blog/brand-new-release-conversational-forms-add-...

The Breakdown podcast hosted by Matt Medeiros recently featured two great conversations about upcoming Gravity SMTP service and how one of our customers uses Active Campaign + Gravity Forms in her business. Here are some highlights from each interview. Conversation with Adam Pickering about Gravity SMTP The first conversation was with Adam Pickering, discussing the upcoming beta release of Gravity...

Equalize Digital and Its NASA Project: Amber explains that Equalize Digital is a company focused on WordPress accessibility, particularly for people with disabilities. They have developed a plugin called Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker, available in both free and premium versions. Notably, their premium plugin is being used in the development of NASA's website. Lone Rock Point, the company...

In this episode of the Breakdown Podcast, Matt and Isabel discuss their experiences at WordCamp US, which took place in National Harbor, Maryland. Isabel, a junior software engineer on the Gravity Forms team, talks about her role and various tasks she has undertaken, including working on the company's TikTok account.  Matt reflects on the event, highlights the size of the venue, and discusses the...

Visit us as the Gravity Forms booth at WCUS. Tell them you listen to this podcast. Segment 1 Jamie Oastler from Gravity Flow discusses how the plugin builds on Gravity Forms to automate workflows after form submissions. He explains Gravity Flow's user interactive steps like approvals and user input as well as non-interactive steps like notifications. Jamie positions Gravity Flow as a "thin pane of...

In this podcast episode, Matt kicks things off by talking about the release of the Conversational Forms Add-On. Matt will be hosting more Gravity Forms 101 livestreams on the main YouTube channel. Matt then delves into the meat of the episode, exploring different avenues to generate income with Gravity Forms. Matt asked ChatGPT to provide us with 5 ways to run a “Gravity Forms agency” and the go t...

In this podcast episode, Matt announces some updates and collaborations related to Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms is now on WordPress.com, making it easier for small businesses to use the plugin. Matt interviews Adam Pickering, the lead product designer at Gravity Forms, discussing his role in designing the visual aspects of the plugin. They also talk about the new Gravity SMTP feature, which addres...

This is a recording of our most recent Gravity Forms 101 livestream which aired on our YouTube channel. In this episode, Matt and Jim walk us through setting up Gravity Forms install, including setting up a basic form and placing it on your WordPress website. The duo also takes us through setting up more advanced routing of email submissions and accepting payments via Stripe . Livestreams will tak...

Matt and Dustin recently celebrated the launch of Turnstile 1.0, a solution to the problematic CAPTCHA screens that currently exist. It provides an upgrade over the older version and has received positive reviews from the tech community, with Dustin particularly keen to implement it on his WordPress sites. They discussed Google's surprising business decision to sell their domain registration busin...

WordCamp Europe is wrapping up, and the team from Gravity Forms was excited to see everyone in our booth. Congrats to the winners of our TikTok Giveaway, and there's still time to save 30% off licenses today + tomorrow. Important takeaways Stripe 5.0 release: The release of Stripe 5.0 is scheduled for June 14th. It brings updates to over 20 payment gateways, including the ability for customers to...

Bonus episode! Matt, Adam, and Morgan held a live webinar with Q&A about the upcoming Conversational Forms Add-On. It was part of the Beta users only group. If you want to sign up to the group, head over to https://gravityforms.com/beta The Conversational Forms Add-On is currently in beta and we appreciate the feedback we have received from the community so far. It is important to note that af...

We're back! Episode 3 comes full of fun updates to Gravity Forms, a TikTok WCEU giveaway, and you'll get to hear more about the ForGravity rebrand to CosmicGiant. If you know someone that loves Gravity Forms and WordPress, please share this episode with them! Show Notes: Word Camp EU Giveaway: Gravity Forms is giving away a swag bag to one lucky winner at Word Camp EU. To enter, follow Gravity For...

Today's special co-host is Megan Jones from the Gravity Forms Marketing Team. We'll discuss the upcoming release of our non-profit license, Cloudflare Turnstile add-on, and discuss WordPress as a no-code solution. If you're using Gravity Forms + Google Analytics, you don't want to miss the updates coming to our add-on. Important links Gravity Forms 2.7.6 Non-profit license Cloudflare Turnstile add...