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We Discuss How Matt Hugg Started An Online Course Platform Using LifterLMS Aimed At The None Profit Sector. Matt Hugg is an experienced writer, veteran fundraiser, and sought-after instructor and speaker in philanthropy, fundraising, and marketing, Matt brings a unique perspective to all his projects. #WordPress #LifterLMS #NoneProfits Matt Hugg https://matthugg.com

#390 WP-Tonic Round Table Show Friday The 26th of April, 2019 At 8:30 am PST With Special Guest Lee Blue of The DoubleStack Podcast 1 - Laraberg, a Gutenberg Implementation for Laravel, is Now in Beta https://wptavern.com/laraberg-a-gutenberg-implementation-for-laravel-is-now-in-beta 2 - Why Trying to Be a Sysadmin to Save $20/Month Is a Bad Idea https://kinsta.com/blog/sysadmin/?utm_content=buffe...

At 17, Jonathan co-founded a “young entrepreneurs” community and experienced the joy of watching my life and the life of those around me change through inspiration and education. I was hooked and have continued to pursue opportunities to inspire and teach ever since. Jonathan has published a free course (“Four Weeks To Your First Client”) to teach aspiring entrepreneurs interested in the world of...

1 - PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishin#388 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show 19th of April, 2019 at 8:30 am PST g Zero-Day Vulnerabilities https://wptavern.com/pluginvulnerabilities-com-is-protesting-wordpress-org-support-forum-moderators-by-publishing-zero-day-vulnerabilities   2 - YouTube Premium subscribers might soon get $2 monthly to send to th...

We Going To Be Discussing How to Choose A Great WordPress Agency or Freelance Developer For Your Membership & LMS Website Project & WordPress Vs Kajabi Lee Blue founded DoubleStack, a coaching and mentoring program to help WordPress consultants earn $5,000 - $10,000 per month consistently with a workload they can handle on their own without burning themselves out. https://doublestack.net/...

We have a slightly different format to the show this week see instead of discussing the latest WordPress and online news of the week we decided to talk about how WordPress consultants, designer and developers can get quality clients and what are the warning signs connected to possible clients which are not going to be a good fit. Also in the second half of the show we also discuss what possible cl...

You have got a great idea for an online course and you want to get it live and making money as quickly as possible! However, you want your first course to be done right so how long is all of this going to take from idea to life website. This is what we discuss in this episode of the WP-Tonic Show. #WordPress #LMS #CourseBuilding

1 - Jetpack Is Promoting Paid Upgrades on Plugin Search Screen, WordPress Plugin Team Says it “May be a Violation” of Directory Guidelines\ https://wptavern.com/jetpack-is-promoting-paid-upgrades-on-plugin-search-screen-wordpress-plugin-team-says-it-may-be-a-violation-of-directory-guidelines 2 - WooCommerce 3.6 to Add Marketplace Suggestions, Despite Overwhelmingly Negative Feedback from Developer...

Main Topic Growing Your eLearning Online Business Through Sales Funnels Lyndsay Phillips is a serial entrepreneur; client-appointed task master plus project ninja and warrior content marketer for life & business coaches, accountants and other online entrepreneurs across the globe. CEO & Founder of Smooth Sailing Business Growth, she leads a rock star team to support entrepreneurs who are s...

1 - WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-2-beta-1-released-help-test-new-blocks-block-manager-and-improved-fatal-error-protection 2 - Family Tree DNA offers to trade privacy to catch criminals https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/28/family-tree-dna-asks-customers-to-share-dna-to-solve-crimes/ 3 - Blue O...

We Interview one of the founders of Cozmoslabs who are authors of the popular multilingual plugin TranslatePress Adrian is the co-founder of Cozmoslabs, a company focused on building premium WordPress plugins since 2011. Their products are used on over 120,000 websites. Lately he's mostly focused on marketing and business development, however nothing feels better to him than actually coding a feat...

We Have a Special Guest For This Week's Show Michelle Schulp: https://marktimemedia.com/ 1 - WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-ends-support-for-php-5-2-5-5-bumps-minimum-required-php-version-to-5-6 2 - T-Mobile starts testing wireless home internet service https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275640/tmobile-lte-wirele...

Daniel has a background in Direct Response advertising (PPC ads etc), but ironically, its his Content Marketing that people know him for He's had the top 10 content of all time on inbound.org and Top content of 2017 + 2018 on GrowthHackers (He even had one viral post generate $3 million in client requests in 2 weeks) Spend my spare time in the ocean or in the mountains, or nerding out with some go...

- WordPress Explores Proposal for New Block Directory to Host Single Block Plugins https://wptavern.com/wordpress-explores-proposal-for-new-block-directory-to-host-single-block-plugins 2 - Mark Ritson: For the first time big tech faces a credible threat of breakup https://www.marketingweek.com/2019/03/13/mark-ritson-big-tech-credible-threat-breakup/ 3 - My 5 Biggest Failures as a Marketer and Entr...

We’re Travis and Amanda Northcutt. We work with membership sites of all shapes and sizes and have a long track record of success in helping people plan, grow, optimize, and scale their memberships. Amanda was the Director of Sales for a multi million dollar membership site for 10 years. She took an early retirement to refocus her life and pack her family up to start traveling full time in 2015 bef...

We had a great show here with special guest this Friday Show John James Jacoby co-host of WordPress Weekly podcast. 1 - Pantheon raises $40 million to manage Drupal and WordPress websites https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/05/pantheon-raises-40-million-to-manage-drupal-and-wordpress-websites/ 2 - Mark Zuckerberg outlines a ‘privacy-focused’ revamp of Facebook https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/06/mark-...

Why Are Your Possible Customers Choosing The Competition, Even When Your Product Or Service Is Clearly Superior? Simon's approach is methodical, thorough and thoughtful and it does not always follow the status quo. He rigorously handpick the best of marketing thinking that many never get access to and simplify it for small businesses (even if it goes against popular click-bait headlines). Above al...

This week we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show Carrie Dills 1 - WORDPRESS: USERS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND KNOWN UNKNOWNS https://mor10.com/wordpress-users-stakeholders-and-known-unknowns/   https://wptavern.com/gatsby-wordpress-themes-project-partners-with-theme-shops-to-port-popular-themes-to-gatsby 2 - We Analyzed 13 Billion Log Entries – Here’s What We Learned https://kinsta.com/bl...

How To Get More Clients For Your Course/Membership Website Liston works directly with hundreds of freelancers, consultants, and small agency owners. So far 100% of the people he has spoken to, coached, or consulted didn’t set out to become a master salesperson. Eventually, though, they realized that the lack of a quality sales process was holding them back. If you’re reading this, I will venture t...

We Have Two Special Guest Panelists On This Week's Show Marieke van de Rakt CEO of Yoast and Heather Wide co-founder of Roceteer Marieke van de Rakt: Marieke is the founder of Yoast Academy, the SEO training portal of Yoast. She joined the company in 2013 after obtaining her Ph. D. in Social Sciences and after working also at various universities. https://yoast.com/new-ceo-marieke-van-de-rakt/  He...

The Power of Webinars to Promote Your Membership Website! This week's guest, Joel Erway, chief strategist for the Webinar Agency and host of the popular “Sold With Webinars Podcast.” We discuss how to us the power of webinars to promote your course and membership website! The goal of The Webinar Agency is to educate its visitors, users, and customers on how to leverage webinars, funnels, sales mes...

We have a special interview with David Cohen who is the leading self-confessed troll who started the Twitter storm over #joostdevalk and #yoastcon. Should Joost de Valk be the new marketing head and public face of the WordPress community? We also discuss these other leading other web news stories of the week. 1 - The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainab...

John Nemo is an author, speaker, 1-on-1 business coach and consultant, John Nemo helps individuals, organizations and businesses boost their brand, generate sales leads and increase revenue. The son of two English teachers, John grew up in a home where the basement walls were lined floor-to-ceiling with books. A lifelong love of story led him to a career in journalism, where he started his career...

didn’t know what to make of the post and the Twitter storm linked to this article. I usually try and keep my distance from Twitter and its drama because I don’t need the negatively in my life. So I tend to dismiss these type of stories. However, I think I was wrong about this because with some personal reflection I think there are some disturbing parts to this story connected to how Joost de Valk...

We Interview Successful Online Female Entrepreneur Who Plays Big and Means Business! Are you looking at producing an online course using the power of WordPress but don’t know how you’re going to successfully market your course don’t worry Ashley has some actionable insights and answers Ashley Ryan is a female entrepreneur who plays big and means business. She has consulted for Fortune 500 companie...