WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft. https://memberium.com/ Infusionsoft Training & Membership Software for Infusionsoft Users https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYRkaBaBI

#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27 #2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review? https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097 #3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Availabl...

This Show's Main Discussion Topics #1 - The biggest thing a newbie to Google Ads has to know? #2 - Can Google AdWords be used as an effective tool to promote a new course in 2019? #3 - Your thought on Udemy and how it helps a course builder to build a personal brand #4 - How online courses can help you get big clients #5 - What is the most exciting marketing platform for you in 2019? Isaac Rudansk...

We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week and also anything else that we feel our audience would find interesting which has been published online during the week. Also this week we also have a special guest panelist Jason Resnick. #1 - Newspack Opens Up Application Process for Phase Two https://wptavern.com/newspack-opens-up-application-process-for-phase-two #2 -FaceApp is back and...

About Billy To the outside world, it didn’t make any sense why I was leaving my career. I had an MBA and a thriving career as a consultant in the energy industry. I was working with important clients like the Department of Energy, Native American tribes, and Fortune 500 companies. I led the financial modeling for industrial-scale, cutting-edge energy projects. Think solar power, wind power, and th...

This week starting story is about how WordPress stopping obtrusive admin notices #1 - WordPress Theme Review Team Initiates New Long Term Plan to Make All WordPress.org Themes Accessible https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-initiates-new-long-term-plan-to-make-all-wordpress-org-themes-accessible #2 - Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20687434/amazo...

Why people leave: ● See no value within first billing period ● Do not see equivalent value within first billing period ● Overwhelmed by the product, so much to do, so little time ● Run out of money For example… Membership Site, buys access, logs in, 100 things to do, can’t figure out where to start, cancels and leaves because it’s too overwhelming. Same can be applied to a software company, LMS si...

We going to be discussing in this episode how WordPress can be a direct competitor to SaaS platforms like Clickfunnels, with the right combination of free tools. We also are going to discuss funnels generally (including how the tech is only one part of the equation when it comes to successful funnels), and how I've used funnels and landing pages to sell $300k+ online courses in my first 2 years of...

Our two main stories this week is WP-Engine buying up Flywheel, the dark star grows our second is an insightful post oh what a test group of Chinese students really do when given access to the open web for a period of time. We have two special guests this week Adrian Tobey from Groundhogg: https://www.groundhogg.io/ #1 - WP Engine Acquires Flywheel https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-flywheel...

Violette has managed to build a real online community with her FemCity brand we discuss how she did it and the lessons she has learned. Violette created FemCity while developing a Public Relations + Marketing business. She was seeking a community of women to network and mastermind with monthly. She couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she created a business community for women. For the first...

We have a special guest panelist this week Adrian Tobey of GroundHogg. https://www.groundhogg.io/ This week show we discuss some great stories. One of our main posts is connecting Yoast working with Google to integrate XML Sitemaps into WordPress Core. Then we have a couple. of posts about Facebook. One is about the company's recent announcement of its massive cryptocurrency project "Libra." The s...

In this episode we discuss LearnDash 3.0 which is a major upgrade and what are some of the new powerful improvements Justin Ferriman Founder of LearnDash https://www.learndash.com Cindy Nicholson Co-Host of WP-Tonic https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co  

We start our discussion talking about Justin Tadlock's recent post #1 - Justin Tadlock Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues "Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues" connected to having a library of commonly used theme block elements, that theme developer could freely use to develop their themes with. This would really speed up the development time and help developer with the additional b...

Ben loves product creation, marketing and most of all online course creation! He co-developed WP Courseware, the leading Learning Management System plugin for WordPress. He also co-developed S3 Media Maestro the all in one AWS S3 media protection manager plugin for WordPress. Here Are Some of The Topics We Discuss During The Show WP Courseware Updates Video Online Courses Tele-prompters, lighting,...

To say his appointment to this particular job and the way it was handled was slightly controversial in the WordPress community would be an understatement. Then in less then six months he resigns! The panel gives their own views on this bit of a sad affair and what might have been the main reasons for the resignation.   #Yoast #WordPress #Google We have a special guest panelist Vito Peleg of WPFeed...

lusthis The #1 Campaign Toolkit for Marketing Automation Users We going to be discussing marketing automation and while is industry going in general in 2019. What are the things an eLearning entrepreneur needs to really understand connected to marketing automation? Greetings! I’m a marketer, writer, and creator. I’ve had quite an interesting career in marketing so far. My first marketing job was a...

This weeks episodes will be my 400 WP-Tonic show it been a bit of ride with loads of ups and downs! However, I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank all the regular panelists for their on going support, especially John Locke and Sallie Goetsch who agreed to come on my first round-table show! With Special Guest Panelist John James Jacoby of WordPress Weekly Podcast #1 - Happy Sweet...

We cover a lot of ground in this episode when it comes to what is the best CRM you should be looking at if you are building an online course/membership business? Marketing automation does seem to be the buss-word of the moment, and in truth connected to a course based online business, it probably is essential to get your head around what are the real choices you have in this area. However, don't w...

We have a great round-table show with special guest panelist Adrian Tobey Founder of Groundhogg which is a native WordPress based CRM that's really easy to use. We start our discussion with a post about Elementor developing its own master template plus a how a group of starter website similar to what Astra Themes offers. Then we talk about an article in Vox about Slack and how overusing any commun...

Adrian is the Founder and CEO of Groundhogg A Native Based Sales & Marketing Application A product of his environment, Adrian has spent the last 5 years working in the Marketing and Sales industry. Currently a digital marketing strategist in charge of TBP's marketing, Adrian is also a developer (created the Wordpress Plug in for Infusionsoft called Formlift), Infusionsoft Certified consultant,...

We have some great topics in this episode of the WP-Tonic's Round-table Show being a freelancer or business owner isn't an easy road its hard , "bloody hard" and it really easy to get depressed and find yourself in a bad spot! However, I've also got some great news I have a panel of very experience freelancers and business owners on the panel who are going to give some great insights on what has w...

The abundance of video content that’s being produced and consumed daily is indicative of a major shift happening in a variety of online industries. It’s not just what you’re talking about anymore – it’s also how you’re presenting it to your audience. If you're an entrepreneur who happens to create lots of videos for your business on your own, there are fundamental steps to produce high-quality vid...

We have a great discussion here, our starting story is from WPMUDEV post where they dramatically announced a changed to their business model, is this a clear sign that things are changing in the WordPress third party plugin eco-system? When then discuss Wix and their $25.000 SEO challenged. With Special Guest Jonathan Wold - https://jonathanwold.com/ 1 - This Is Gonna Be Emotional, We’re Setting o...

#WordPress #WordPressSecurity #WordPressLMS

#392 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show 3rd of May, 2019 at 8:30am PST We Have a Guest Panelist Jason Schuller https://jason.sc/ 1 - WPCAMPUS RELEASES RESULTS OF THE GUTENBERG ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT https://wpcampus.org/2019/05/gutenberg-audit-results/ 2 - Creative Commons launches its search engine out of beta, with over 300M images indexed https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/30/creative-commons-launches-its-sear...