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#1 - Kioken Blocks: The New Street Fighter-Inspired Block Collection that Is Taking Aim at Page Builders https://wptavern.com/kioken-blocks-the-new-street-fighter-inspired-block-collection-that-is-taking-aim-at-page-builders #2 - Uber Vows to Fight California Legislation on Gig Economy https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-governor-still-in-talks-with-uber-lyft-over-gig-workers-law-11568212014  ...

ommy Griffith has been doing search engine optimization for more than 10 years. He previously managed SEO at PayPal and Airbnb, and now runs ClickMinded, a digital marketing training platform for marketers and entrepreneurs. Tommy started ClickMinded as a side project while working full-time at Airbnb. He grew it until it started generating more revenue than his annual salary. Two years ago, he qu...

We Have A Special Guest Panelist Joe Casabone - https://casabona.org/ #1 - WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership https://wptavern.com/wordpress-governance-project-looks-for-new-leadership #2 - CS department hires Ethics TAs http://www.browndailyherald.com/2019/09/05/cs-department-hires-ethics-tas/ #3 - Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy https:...

We Discuss The Leading Digital Marketing of 2019 He is widely regarded as one of North America’s top business trainers specializing in digital marketing. With over 120 appearances a year throughout Canada & the USA, he continues to help thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders learn digital marketing strategies. Paul is the author of Suggestology – A self-help guide on how to use the ar...

#1 - Top Fifty WP: New Website Ranks Plugins by Downloads per Day. https://wptavern.com/top-fifty-wp-new-website-ranks-plugins-by-downloads-per-day #2 - Even Amazon’s own products are getting hijacked by imposter sellers https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20837359/amazon-basics-fake-sellers-imposters-third-party-marketplace #3 - Chrome 76 Adds Native Lazy-Loading, WordPress Contributors Continue D...

How To Get Results With Infusionsoft Not Just Fancy Campaigns Tyler first made his mark in the marketing world as the Director and VP of Marketing at Infusionsoft. He led the marketing efforts that produced massive results between 2007 and 2012 and managed Infusionsoft’s own Infusionsoft account for years. He’s become known as the guy who produces results. https://www.boxoutmarketing.com/

We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week in fun and hopefully insightful way! #1 - Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-zero-bs-crm-considers-rebranding-it-as-jetpack-crm #2 - WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-poised-to-begin-imp...

Dimi Baitanciuc experienced founder working in the internet industry since early 2000. Skilled in UI/UX Design, Leadership, and Project Management. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences. Co-founded Brizy in 2018, a visual WordPress page builder that lets anyone create websites without skill or effort and ThemeFuse in 2009, a premium...

What an amazing WordPress news story week plus we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show “Heather Wilde” of Roceteer.com - http://roceteer.com/ #1 - Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-tumblr-plans-to-rebuild-the-backend-powered-by-wordpress #2 - 8 predictions made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos 20 years ago...

Joe Casabona is an accredited college course developer and professor. He also has his Master's Degree in Software Engineering, is a Front End Developer, and hosts multiple podcasts. Joe started freelancing in 2002, and has been a teacher at the college level for over 10 years. His passion in both areas has driven him to build Creator Courses, a school for those who want to create online businesses...

1 - Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/proposal-auto-update-old-versions-to-4-7/   #2 - After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost https://ghost.org/blog/5/   #3 - Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans https://wptavern.com/jetpack-7-6-improves-amp-compati...

Kurt von Ahnen was a precocious young man raised in a Philadelphia suburb. A non-conformist of sorts, he announced in third grade that he wanted to author a book. He was told that since he didn’t even do his language arts work, it would never happen. In 7th grade, Kurt had a paper route. When one boy failed to arrive to get his papers for the route – he took the route over, then another, then anot...

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp #2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/   #3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/ #4 - There's An Underground Economy Sell...

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...