Trailblazer FM: WordPress without the drama

Sit back and relax with Lee as he shares the story of how he and the team changed direction with their social media strategy. A fascinating insight into the thought process, actions and activities of the team within a digital agency. Hear Lee lay out all the problems faced, and the solutions that were put in place. The story is taken right up to the present day because this is an ever evolving adv...

We have a fantastic episode here for you with Ionut Neagu from Theme Isle, an online WordPress theme club. He shares fascinating insights into how he got started, and how he has marketed his business. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com  Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can c...

We have an amazing episode with you with Russ Perry. He has launched a business that comes at design in a whole different way. Russ is also a WordPress geek and has some great tools to share. Before we crack on, be sure to check out our new plugin SociPress: http://socipress.com  Twitter automation from within your WordPress website. The perfect upsell to your WordPress clients. You can check it o...

Join Lee and Sarah as she drops value galore sharing social media strategy and advice. Sponsor: Check out our sponsor, SociPress, The World's First Set And Forget Twitter Solution For WordPress http://leejacksondev.com/plugin   Show Notes: Having reviewed analytics, there appeared to be little to no traffic on the transcription pages, so we have placed a hold on these for now. If however you feel...

We were honoured to have Jon Perez from Sure Fire Web Services on the podcast today. He was introduced to us by Kim Doyal the WP Chick, and we had a blast. Join Lee and Jon as they giggle through a 40 minute podcast, whilst value bombs drop left right and centre! Special Offer: As a listener to the WP Podcast, we'd like to add more value to your business, so lets have a free 10 minute strategy cal...

Join Lee (full of man-flu so bear with him) as he talks with the one and only Jan Koch of WP Summit fame! Jan is the founder of the WP Summit, an epic online conference that was packed with amazing speakers. He also runs a web development business, and is a coach for entrepreneurs helping them make money with WordPress. Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacks...

Want to be able to get a better brief from your client? Take the next 10 mins for some tips on how to draw out of your client what they need, as well as encouragement for up-selling your consultative services. This "mobile" episode was recorded in pouring rain (typical British weather), whilst battling traffic. (typical British roads). No amount of sound editing will make this sound amazing, but t...

Join Lee as he talks with the one and only Troy Dean of WP Elevation Fame! COMING UP NEXT WEEK! Lee talks with Jan Koch from http://jkoch.me, restart specialist and all round amazing guy! Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev....

Merry Christmas, are offering 5 FREE WordPress website security and performance reviews to the first 5 people who sign up here: http://leejacksondev.com/freereview The Tip: You can use the following tools to improve your client's site security, and speed it up. iThemes Security:  https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/ WP Rocket:  http://wp-rocket.me/   --- OUR EVENT: Do you want t...

Visually edit your client sites with SiteOriginCSS allowing you to control all style branding elements. https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-css/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conferenc...

Create extra fields and epic branding WordPress option panels for your clients using Advanced Custom Fields. http://www.advancedcustomfields.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic confer...

Join Lee as he talks with Laurence Bradford from LearnToCodeWith.me. Laurence not only shares the value of learning new skills as an entrepreneur, but also shares some valuable insights into how she runs her own business and generates revenue through content marketing and more. COMING UP NEXT WEEK! Lee talks with Troy Dean. Troy is a LEGEND... Episode not to be missed! Subscribe today. Do you want...

WooCommerce can be used as a Membership and Subscription system too! Check out the membership plugin:  www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantas...

Provide your clients with a visual builder you can control that will cement their opinion of you as an epic agency. Check out Beaver Builder today: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/?fla=189 --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Fo...

To control what a client can or cannot update in their WordPress install, implement the "Easy Update Manager" plugin. https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/   --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy...

To easily clone a client site so you can test WordPress updates, use the Duplicator plugin. https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference...

To help avoid missing something changed on larger client websites by a WordPress update, us WPBoom. http://www.wpboom.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on action...

You can easily clean hacks/viruses from a WordPress site for free using WordFence. https://www.wordfence.com/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps th...

Save money on hosting and time by running groups of similar sites in a WordPress Multisite setup. http://leejacksondev.com/ways-to-use-wordpress-multisite/ --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fanta...

Join Lee as he talks with Kim Doyal THE WordPress Chick. Kim shares amazing advice throughout as gives us a heads up on an amazing tool for content creation. Do you want to get involved with the podcast? Get in touch on: http://leejacksondev.com/contact/ Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episod...

If a client has changed the url of a page that has high SEO traction, you can redirect search engines to it with the 301 redirect tool. Check it out here: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/ Merry Christmas --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kell...

You can speed up your client websites without needing to be a total nerd with easy to use Cloudflare. Check our our blog here to learn how: http://leejacksondev.com/how-to-secure-wordpress-with-a-firewall-using-cloudflare/   --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Ba...

Join Lee as he talks with Hani Mourra about the three amazing WordPress products he has launched, his journey and the lessons he has learned along the way. Hani is FULL of amazing advice and drops "value bombs" over and over again. Show notes: *For those with audio impairment, we have transcribed the full conversation here: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/transcripts/episode-2/ * Hani's Main Take...

Join us for our first ever episode as we interview Nik Vimal, a WordPress developer who has been lucky enough to work with leading WordPress businesses such as Rocket Genius (The guys behind Gravity Forms), iThemes (BackupBuddy and more) and the PODS Framework team. Nik shares with us some of his challenges, then dives into a range of powerful WordPress plugins that you should check out that will...

In episode 000, you will be introduced to your host, Lee Jackson and learn all what the WP Innovator Podcast is about, what is in it for you, and how to get involved. --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event  Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in...