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ThIs Week's Show Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/ #1 - Gutenberg: One Year Later by Chris Hughes https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-one-year-later #2 - A social media influencer will serve 14 years in prison after his plot to take over a website at gunpoint backfired https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/s...

ThIs Week's Show Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/ #1 - Black Friday Banner Gone Wrong: Advertising in Free Plugins https://wptavern.com/black-friday-banner-gone-wrong-advertising-in-free-plugins #2 - Era Ends for Google as Founders Step Aside From a Pillar of Tech https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03...

Here are the key topics that we discussed with Jake during the interview #1 - 10up Releases GitHub Actions for Simplifying WordPress Plugin Deployment #2 - LearnDash 3.0 and how 10up helped in the development of this fantastic upgrade of this leading LMS plugin. #3. Anand Giridharadas Book "Winners Take All." and how some of the key points of the book can be applied to the WordPress community.  

We look back over 2019 what have we learned over the year. Adrian has joined me as the show's co-host during 2019 and we also talk about his own experiences trying to build a WordPress plugin business connected to GroundHogg.

In this week's episode, we discuss how you can target our ideal audience for your project, course, or service business. Adrian, my co-host recently want to conference run by Dan Martell, who has built a reputation as one of the leading experts on identifying the best clients for your online business and also scaling your business effetely. In the second half of the show, we go on to discuss what a...

Brian is the Chief Marketing Officer at Kinsta. He focuses on everything from developing new online growth strategies, content creation, technical SEO, and outreach within the community. He has a huge passion for WordPress, has been using it for over a decade, and even develops a couple of premium plugins. Brian enjoys blogging, movies, and hiking. Also Brian has been an entrepreneur from a young...

Special Guest Panelist: Michele Butcher Jones #1 - WP Agency Summit Kicks Off December 6 https://wptavern.com/wp-agency-summit-kicks-off-december-6 #2 - New Report Looks at the Rise of Virtual Influencers on Instagram https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/new-report-looks-at-the-rise-of-virtual-influencers-on-instagram/567550/ #3- Genesis Shapers: November 2019 Recap https://studiopress.blog/genes...

How To Create Original and Engaging Landing Pages + Insights into Affiliate Marketing. My name is Matt Giovanisci. I'm self-employed and work from home. But it's nothing special. I wake up whenever I want, put my sweatpants on one leg at a time, and tell my butler to make me an egg soufflé just like everyone else. Ok, I don't have a butler. I started a website in 2006 called Swim University. The s...

#1 - WordCamp US 2020 Date and Location Announced, New Weekday Schedule https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-us-2020-date-and-location-announced-new-weekday-schedule #2 - Apple’s ‘sexist’ credit card isn’t just a PR problem – it’s a nightmare for us all https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/13/apple-sexist-credit-card-pr-problem-nightmare #3 - WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” Released, Brings New Defaul...

WordHerd is a full-service WordPress website migration company, meaning that we convert any other CMS platform or custom website to WordPress. WordHerd handles migrations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. When it comes to moving your website away from your current CMS to a new one, WordHerd is there to help by providing a number of services to ensure that your new website m...

#1 - Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019 https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2019/ #2 - SoftBank’s chairman admits he blew it with WeWork after disastrous earnings https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20951946/softbank-masayoshi-son-admits-wework-was-bad-judgement-q2-2019   #3 - Salesforce announces new content management system https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/07/salesforce-a...

About Michael Short Waas-pro & Blitz Industries WHAT I DO: Since 1999, I've helped PAINTLESS DENT REPAIR (PDR) PROFESSIONALS, AUTO BODY SHOPS, AUTO DETAILERS / MOBILE DETAILERS and OTHERS leverage online marketing strategies to generate leads, add clients and increase revenue. HOW I DO IT: My team and I developed a "done for you", conversion-focused mobile-ready website system...ProSites by Bl...

#1 - WordCamp US 2019 https://2019.us.wordcamp.org/ #2 - Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3awk7/flash-is-responsible-for-the-internets-most-creative-era #3 - We Analyzed 5.2 Million Desktop and Mobile Pages Here’s What We Learned About Page Speed https://backlinko.com/page-speed-stats #4 - SEMrush vs Ahrefs: Which Is the Best SEO and Ma...

We Talk About How To Successfully Lunch A New Digital Product or Course in 2019? More About Vito Peleg & WP Feedback Vito built his first website 19 years ago on GeoCities when he was 14 years old, it was scrappy and extremely bright colored. He made it for his skateboarding crew with his friends from school. He remembers how exciting it was to simply go online. Back then, whenever we connecte...

#1- Curated List of Featured Themes Coming to the Theme Directory https://wptavern.com/curated-list-of-featured-themes-coming-to-the-theme-directory #2 - The curse of SoftBank https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/10/23/softbank/content.html #3 - Marketing channels, and how to think about marketing your WordPress business https://getellipsis.com/blog/marketing-channels-for-wordpress/ #4 - A $5 Mi...

In this episode we discuss the three biggest mistakes that Adrian see regularly then people are starting out building marketing automation funnels we then go on in the second half of the show the big upcoming changes that Adrian is making with the help of his team to GroundHogg.

#439 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 18th of October, at 8:30am PST #1 - Mark Davies Joins Automattic as Chief Financial Officer https://wptavern.com/mark-davies-joins-automattic-as-chief-financial-officer   #2 - LinkedIn gets physical, debuts Events hub for people to plan in-person networking events https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/15/linkedin-gets-physical-debuts-new-events-hub-for-people-to-p...

Adrian (my co-host) last week went to CaboPress and in this show we discuss some of the main things he learnt during the week. What you get from CaboPress is actionable input. Practical and direct insight that can be applied to your business the day you get home. No high level platitudes or pontification. Just the questions and suggestions to challenge you to level up. If you're going to meet with...

#1 - Open Source is Broken https://dev.to/degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-g60 #2 - The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship https://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html #3 - Where We Go From Here: 10 Thoughts on the Immediate Future of the Web https://mor10.com/where-we-go-from-here-2019/ #4 - The Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The Fir...

Andrew has been a leading thought leader inside the Divi community for a number of years but also runs a number of niche businesses that are linked to Divi.   Recently he has started with a founder a really interesting service called Pagebuildercloud which is services that allow you save Elementor, BeaverBuilder and a number of other page builder plugin templates to the cloud so you can use them e...

With Special Guest Panelist Kim Shivler #1 - The REWORK podcast Discussion Between Matt Mullenweg and David Hansson one of the founders BaseCamp and Ruby on Rails https://rework.fm/open-source-and-power-with-matt-mullenweg/ Matt Medeiros is interviewed by Brian Krogsgard of the Post Status Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros https://poststatus.com/fear-and-uncertainty-for-wordpr...

About Mojca Marš 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 isn’t enough to succeed anymore. What you need is a clear plan and a strategy. We will help you redefine your goals and develop a...

#1 - Gatsby Raises $15M, Plans to Invest More Heavily in WordPress and CMS Integrations https://wptavern.com/gatsby-raises-15m-plans-to-invest-more-heavily-in-wordpress-and-cms-integrations https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/25/duda-nabs-25m-to-take-on-wordpress-with-a-web-development-platform-aimed-at-agencies/ #2 - WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows https://www.bloomberg...

AppBind is an app that automatically track and securely expense all future charges to your client from a single pane of glass. About AppBind AppBind lets you as an agency manage the procurement of software subscriptions on behalf of your clients. You're the expert recommending software. Why awkwardly ask your clients to purchase things they don't understand? AppBind takes the risk out of agencies...

#1 - Automattic’s Series D https://ma.tt/2019/09/series-d/ #2 - The Internet Relies on People Working for Free https://onezero.medium.com/the-internet-relies-on-people-working-for-free-a79104a68bcc #3 - Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-joins-wp-tavern #4 - Marking the end of pixel trackers in Basecamp emails https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trac...