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Every Friday at 8:30am PST we record a live round-table show all about latest WordPress news stores of the week plus we discuss general stories connected to the Web and technology in general.   This weeks Stories 1 - WP Rig – A WordPress Starter Theme and Build Process in One https://wptavern.com/wp-rig-a-wordpress-starter-theme-and-build-process-in-one   2 - State Sales Tax: Which States Are Most...

Jack has over ten years experience in the world of WordPress, where he got his start designing and building websites, web apps, and creating custom plugins for clients. In 2015 he founded Very Good Plugins (https://verygoodplugins.com/) to focus on creating commercial plugins, and created WP Fusion (https://wpfusionplugin.com/) as the flagship product. WP Fusion allows customers to leverage the po...

This Weeks Stories 1 - WordCamp Europe 2018 14 - 16 of June 2018 Belgrade, Serbia https://2018.europe.wordcamp.org/schedule/ 2 - Plugin Detective Wins WordCamp Orange County’s 2018 Plugin-a-Palooza https://wptavern.com/plugin-detective-wins-wordcamp-orange-county-2018-plugin-a-palooza 3 - Client Work Slowing Down? http://scottbolinger.com/client-work-slowing-down/ 4 - 3 SEO “Hacks” to Boost Your W...

#301 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Andrew Michael From Hotjar Hotjar is fighting to change the way digital experiences are built and improved by ‘democratizing’ User Analytics and Feedback so the Internet becomes a better place. It empowers website and app owners to truly understand their users, using both analytics and feedback methods. https://www.hotjar.com/

My 300th WP-Tonic show I never thought when I started the show “three and half years ago” that I would get to my 300 episode!! I would personally like to thank all my guests and especially the panel that come regularly on my Friday WP-Tonic’s round-table show. I also want to say a big thanks to YOU the listeners of the podcast and viewers on my YouTube channel and those that watch the shows live o...

We Interview The Course Whisperer Are You Making These 5 online Course Mistakes? Cindy Nicholson is a former teacher and corporate trainer who helps entrepreneurs design and develop online courses that get real results. She calls herself the Course Whisperer for her keen ability to turn the incredible knowledge of her clients into effective and engaging learning material. After years of creating t...

This Week’s Discussion Stories 1 - The First Release of WordPress Turns 15 Years Old https://wptavern.com/the-first-release-of-wordpress-turns-15-years-old 2 - 061- Reciprocate https://nathanallotey.com/tv/061-reciprocate/ 3 - Those internet trends? It's bad news if you're not Amazon, basically https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/31/meeker_internet_trends_2018/ 4 - It’s Time to Rethink What Peop...

We Interview New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan Chris Brogan is a digital marketing advisor who has worked with brands you know like Google, Pepsi, Disney, Sony Electronics USA, Comcast, Microsoft and many more. He is a professional keynote speaker as well as the New York Times bestselling author of 9 books and counting. We Interview New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan https...

In this episode of the WP-Tonic Wednesday Interview Show we discuss content marketing and how to hire a quality writer to help you produce popular articles that help you get more traffic to your website. Brenda Barron is the owner of The Digital Inkwell, a content marketing company specializing in providing technology, business, and WordPress-related content to businesses of all sizes. websites li...

1 - To Free Up Resources, WordPress.org Plugin Review Team Begins Closing Unused Plugins https://wptavern.com/to-free-up-resources-wordpress-org-plugin-review-team-begins-closing-unused-plugins 2 - Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering By Nick Foster “ The Ledger” (jonathan comment:) I really thought that this must be a April Fool’s video but no, its...

We Discuss The MemberPress Plugin & Online Entrepreneurship Blair Williams is a Software Developer and Online Entrepreneur. Blair has been developing websites and web-apps for over 20 years and is the author of several popular plugins for WordPress including MemberPress, Pretty Link, and Affiliate Royale.

#292 WP-Tonic Round Table Show 11th of May 2018 Revised Discussion Articles Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (GADWP) is Now ExactMetrics 1 - https://exactmetrics.com/google-analytics-dashboard-wordpress-gadwp-now-exactmetrics/ 2 - Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/10/17342414/google-duplex-ai-assistant-voice...

We Interview The Co-founded Brainstorm Force The Maker Astra Theme Sujay is the co-founder of Brainstorm Force. he started this company 2009 as we just celebrated our 9th anniversary in the March. Brainstorm Force started as a digital marketing, web design and development company. Early on their journey, they provided SEO and PPC Management services for clients. After couple of years, they moved i...

This Weeks News Discussion Stories 1 - WordPress Theme Review Team Launches Trusted Authors Program https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-launches-trusted-authors-program 2 - Are WordPress Developers Really Cheaper to Hire? https://torquemag.io/2018/04/are-wordpress-developers-really-cheaper-to-hire/ 3 - How To Choose A WordPress Theme, 7 Questions To Ask https://www.wpcrafter.com/choos...

Email & Marketing Automation Done The Right Way! ActiveCampaign began as a solution for business owners who needed to keep in touch with their contacts. There was a demand for a powerful, easy-to-use solution at a reasonable price in a market that lacked options. Over the years, the company has seen a number of drastic transitions. We cut our product line from eight solutions to one, transitio...

This Weeks Articles 1 - Square to buy Weebly for $365 million https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/26/square-to-buy-weebly-for-365-million.html 1- WordPress Accessibility Team Is Seeking Contributors for Its Handbook Project https://wptavern.com/wordpress-accessibility-team-is-seeking-contributors-for-its-handbook-project 2- From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon https://www.theguardian...

Rand has a book coming out April 24 called "Lost and Founder" about the biased thinking of Silicon Valley startup world and how founders/entrepreneurs/early stage teams can avoid those pitfalls. We also discuss SEO in 2018 and Rand give some insights connected to his many years helping individuals and companies work:

This weeks stories that we discuss during the show 1A- Facebook's Not Listening Through Your Phone. It Doesn't Have To https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-listening-smartphone-microphone/?mbid=BottomRelatedStories 1B - The Ethos of Big Tech On L2inc YouTube Channel Discussion With John Battelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvtOCKJnZBY ———————————————————— 2A - Plugins Hosted on WordPress.org...

We Discuss Why Its so Important To Find Your Niche! We have an old friend of the show and former co-host John Locke back on the show to talk about why its so important as an freelancer or business owner in the WordPress or technology sector to find your individual niche. Here are the main topic we discuss during the show. 1 - Why its so important to find your niche. 2 - SEO (search engine optimiza...

In this weeks WP-Tonic round-table show we have a great panel of WordPress experts where we discuss this weeks must interesting article we have found connected to WordPress, development, online marketing or the web in general. Here a list of the stories we discuss this week 1 - Theme Review Changes Place More Onus Onto Theme Authors https://wptavern.com/theme-review-changes-place-more-onus-onto-th...

From Being A Clinical Psychologist To Running A Highly Successful Web Agency Here’s The Three Main Areas We Cover During This Great Interview. 1 - How To Become An Effective WordPress Website Designer/Developer 2 - How Much Work Is Necessary To Develop An Online Training Course? 3 - Website Pricing Trick and Tips Judi was formally a clinical psychologist who was in private practice for years befor...

We going to have a guest “Patrick Rauland” it’s also my Birthday. I'm dedicate this show to the memory of my father “Captain Douglas Denwood,” My father “Captain Douglas Denwood” of the Grenadier Guards who fought at Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain (defending Hornchurch Aerodrome) he also fought at the British people’s glories victory at ‘El Alamein’ and at D-Day. holder of the French medal “Croix...

Nate Wright crafts unapologetically human emails for a living. Since bootstrapping Small Biz Triage 9-years ago, he and his small team have delivered thousands of successful campaigns across nearly every industry vertical, generating tens of millions in sales for their clients. In 2018, Nate created Inbox Attack, a business writing ‘gym’ and series of bootcamps to apply concepts of mental fitness...

Listen to this week's hard-hitting WP-Tonic Round-table show we discuss the most interesting WordPress and web stories of the week. This Weeks Stories 1 - Using Ethics In Web Design https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/using-ethics-in-web-design/ 2 -WordPress Design and Development Pricing, Structure, and Services Survey Results https://serverpilot.io/blog/2018/02/26/wordpress-design-and-devel...

Carrie Dils joined Jonathan Denwood and Kim Shivler for Episode 279 of the WP-Tonic Podcast. A long-time, successful WordPress freelancer, Carrie has launched a platform to help other freelancers find success in business. In this episode, Carrie shares her top tips for creating a successful freelancing business including Small Business Administration Resources and using clarity.fm to charge for co...