Jonathan Denwood & Kurt von Ahnen

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

WP-Tonic is a podcast for WordPress professionals, Bootstrap SaaS startup entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to build a business online. We cover a large number of areas with our main show. We interview creative WordPress and startup entrepreneurs, plus online experts who share insights to help you build your online business. Jonathan Denwood and Kurt von Ahnen host and produce the WP-Tonic podcast, which is one of the longest-running WordPress podcasts. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through online businesses.

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Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

#366 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show 1st of February, 2019 8:30am PST 04.02.2019

We have interesting WP-Tonic round-table show here with Adam Silver KitchensinkWP Podcast joining us as a special guest panelist our main story we discuss is the interview that the WordPress Weekly podcast recently did with Morten Rand-Hendriksen (who part of this panel ) and Rachel Cherry to discuss WordPress Governance projec t. Here's a list of the other stories we discuss during the show. 1 -...

#365 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Ryan Carson CEO & Founder of TreeHouse 30.01.2019

We interview one of my online heroes Ryan Carson CEO TreeHouse. Ryan is a real cool cat who recently been saying some very controversial things connected to higher education and how the present situation is failing students. If you thinking of starting a online business based training you really need to. listen to this interview. https://teamtreehouse.com/

#364 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show Friday 25th of January, 2019 28.01.2019

Matt Medeiros from Matt Report podcast joins us on this weeks WP-Tonic round-table show. we have great conversation where we start by discussing the news that “WordPress.com Secures $2.4 Million in Funding from Google and Partners to Build a Publishing Platform for News Organizations.” We also have some great insight from the penal connected to Elementor new Popup Builder.   This weeks WordPress &...

#363 WP-Tonic Show Interview With Yaro Starak CEO Inboxdone 23.01.2019

Yaro has been lucky enough to speak at some of the biggest events in his industry, including Social Media Marketing World. he been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Foundr, Huffington Post and been interviewed in over 250 podcasts. Yaro also the author of the original ‘Blog Profits Blueprint’ (downloaded over 250,000 times) and been ranked as a ‘Top 10 Blogger and Podcaster https://inboxdone.com/...

#362 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show Friday 18th of January, 2019 at 8:30am PST 21.01.2019

1 - WPCampus Selects Tenon LLC for Gutenberg Accessibility Audit, Completed Report Expected in February https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-selects-tenon-llc-for-wp-campus-gutenberg-accessibility-audit-completed-report-expected 2 - Caution: GoDaddy is Adding Unwanted JavaScript to Websites https://www.searchenginejournal.com/caution-godaddy-is-adding-unwanted-javascript-to-websites/286429/ 3 - Visual Co...

#361 WP-Tonic Show: Best Video Hosting Sites for Course Creators (in 2019) 16.01.2019

Videos are no longer an up and coming trend. Your audience expects you to incorporate engaging video content into your online course material. The only problem is that hosting video content on your own server can quickly take up a lot of space and other server resources. With this in mind, in this post, we’ll run the rule over some of the best video hosting sites for course creators and list out t...

#360 WP-Tonic Round Table Show on 11th January at 8:30am PST 14.01.2019

Every Friday at around 8:30am PST we have a panel of WordPress and Internet junkies and we discuss best #WordPress news stories and also the most interesting #onlinemarketing and #webdevelopment articles of the week. You can watch the show live on WP-Tonic’s YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/Wptonicgoogle/live

#359 WP-Tonic Show: 10 Best WordPress LMS Plugins to Create and Sell Courses Online? 11.01.2019

#359 WP-Tonic Show: 10 Best WordPress LMS Plugins to Create and Sell Courses Online? #LifterLMS Free https://lifterlms.com/ #LearnDash $159.00 1-site license https://www.learndash.com/ #361 With Special Guest Sidney Clevinger #WP Courseware $129 2-site license https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/10-best-wordpress-lms-plugins-to-create-and-sell-courses-online/   4 - #Sensei single site $129.00 https://wo...

#358 WP-Tonic Round Table Show on 4th of January 2019 at 8:30am PST 07.01.2019

In this episode of the WP-Tonic show we discuss with Spencer Forman how WordPress in 2019 compares to some of the leading marketing landing page platforms like #ClickFunnels, #LeadPages or #HubSpot. What is the stack of WordPress plugins particularly #CartFlows you should consider connected building effective marketing website for your business? https://www.clickfunnels.com/ https://www.leadpages....

#357 WP-Tonic Show: 7 Ideas to Take a Successful Membership to the Next Level on WordPress 04.01.2019

We discuss in our first show of 2019 how you can effectively promote your successful course in 2019 so you can get more sells and increase its profitability by using WordPress these basic marketing ideas! Tip #1: Create Course Bundles Tip #2: Create Multiple Subscription Tiers Tip #3: Upsell Membership Plans and Add-Ons Tip #4: Create Multiple Content Types Tip #5: Facilitate Discussions Tip #6: A...

#356 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Jonathan Farley 21.12.2018

From Nurse to running a large and successful online course based business Jonathan has an amazing story to share. Also on Friday 21st of December at 1pm PST he will be doing a webinar about video cameras while you might be able to win a professional video camera worth around $3,000. See link below. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Z_r6Ba5S1-8RJS6XmOOjQ

#355 WP-Tonic Show Special Guest Mike Taber 19.12.2018

Mike is the joint co-host with Rob Walling “Startups For The Rest Of Us” podcast and co-founder with Rob of the MicroConf which is the leading yearly conferences for individuals who are looking to start a Startup or already running a successful Startup company. Mike started his career with a brief, 3 month stint at a start up multimedia company called 2K Innovations Corporation in North Carolina i...

#354 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show 14th of December, 2018 17.12.2018

With Special Guest Panelist Matt Medeiros from Matt Report 1 - State of the Word 2018: WordPress Embraces the Block Editor https://wptavern.com/state-of-the-word-2018-wordpress-embraces-the-block-editor 2 - Internal Google Docs Warn Not to Gift Contractors Shirts in Case They Start Thinking They're Employees: Report https://gizmodo.com/internal-google-docs-warn-not-to-gift-contractors-shirt-183106...

#353 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Adam Preiser Joint Co-Founder of CartFlows 12.12.2018

#353 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Adam Preiser of WPCrafter and the Joint Co-Founder of CartFlows Did you know that the majority of eCommerce websites make it hard for customers to simply checkout? The process is filled with unnecessary steps and unnecessary questions. It's no surprise that nearly 70% of people who start the checkout process end up abandoning it all together. And the worst par...

#352 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show Friday 7th December, 2018 10.12.2018

Our main story is recent interview of Matt Mullenweg by Adam of WP-Crafter who also joins the panel this week. 1 - WordPress 5.0 Public Release? Interview on Gutenberg and Future of WordPress https://ma.tt/ 2 - The long, tortured quest to make Google unbiased https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18125879/search-neutrality-google-bias-seo-rigged-sundar-pichai-congress-eu 3 - WordPress eCommerce, Past...

#351 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Chris Badgett LifterLMS 05.12.2018

Chris started learning about online education on a glacier in Alaska. He's created courses on everything from organic gardening to wood working. He is passionate about helping other entrepreneurial educators find success and create impact. These are the main point that we discuss during the show. #1. WordPress LMS and Gutenberg #2. Different types of WordPress LMS implementations #3. Different typ...

#350 WP-Tonic Friday Round Table Show 30th of November, 2018 03.12.2018

1 - WordPress 5.0 Release Candidate https://wordpress.org/news/2018/11/wordpress-5-0-release-candidate/ 2 - Seth Godin: His New Book “This Is Marketing.” https://www.sethgodin.com/ 3 - Jetpack 6.8 Adds Gutenberg Blocks for Payment Buttons, Forms, Maps, and Markdown https://wptavern.com/jetpack-6-8-adds-gutenberg-blocks-for-payment-buttons-forms-maps-and-markdown 4 - Mark Ritson: Gary Vaynerchuk is...

#349 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Nathalie Lussier of Accessally.com 28.11.2018

Nathalie Lussier is an award-winning entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and author who has been making web sites since she was 12 years old. She graduated with a degree in Software Engineering and a job offer from Wall Street, but she turned down this job to start her own business right out of college. Her bootstrapped startup AmbitionAlly, has been featured in Entrepreneur and is inspir...

#348:WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Ben Pines CMO of Elementor 26.11.2018

Elementor is one of leading new bread of WordPress page builders on the market in 2018 which Is a great tool for building your new WordPress powered membership/LMS website. We have a great interview here with Ben Pines CMO of Elementor and discuss the history of the company and how he see Elementor dealing with Gutenberg project. It really amazing to see that free version Elementor has been downlo...

#347 WP-Tonic Show How Can You Really Engage With Your Students 21.11.2018

How about - how to engage your students in courses….I can talk about it from my side but also you can talk about the tech options that can help people stay engaged in the learning….

#346 WP-Tonic Friday’s Round-Table Show 16th of November, 2018 19.11.2018

1 - Matt Mullenweg Addresses Controversies Surrounding Gutenberg at WordCamp Portland Q&A https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-addresses-controversies-surrounding-gutenberg-at-wordcamp-portland-qa 2 - The Problem with Easy Technology https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-problem-with-easy-technology 3 - WordPress Developer Salary: The Average, Plus How to Increase Yours https:...

#345 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Belinda Weaver CopyWriter 14.11.2018

Are You Looking For Advice On How To Write Copy That Really Attracts & Converts For You Membership Website? My name is Belinda Weaver. I believe good copywriting needs to talk to people. Rationally and emotionally. When your words press all the right buttons, they can motivate action. And great copywriting is all about action. If you’re ready to improve the copy you write, and by that, I mean...

#344 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show Friday 9th November, 2018 at 8:30am PST 12.11.2018

Well in this episode Morten Rand-Hendriksen joins us in this episode of the WP-Tonic’s round-table show and shares some strong views with us connected to all the recent drama link to Gutenberg project. He also thinks that this December’s USA WordCamp is going to be an interesting one!   - Classic Editor Plugin May Be Included with 5.0 Updates, Support Window Set to End in 2021 https://wptavern.com...

#343 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Mojca Zove 07.11.2018

We Discuss With Mojca Zove (formally Mojca Mars) How To Use Facebook Advertisement To Boost Your Course Visibility & Get More Online Sales! When was the last time you were really satisfied with your Facebook Advertising results? So satisfied in fact that you had absolutely no problem with increasing your investment? Times have changed. Boosting a Facebook post or launching a simple campaign is...

#342 WP-Tonic Friday’s round-table Show 2rd of November, 2018 at 8:30am PST 05.11.2018

Every week we discuss the latest WordPress and tech news and stories we have read during the week. We have a great panel of WordPress experts and special guest panelists and have a lively and honest discussion. 1 - WordPress Accessibility Team Delivers Sobering Assessment of Gutenberg: “We have to draw a line.” https://wptavern.com/wordpress-accessibility-team-delivers-sobering-assessment-of-guten...

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