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in this weeks round-table show we have a great discussion on what were the blogs, books, videos and communities that have influenced us the most on our own personal journey connected web-design and WordPress.   Links Mentioned During the Show Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/ A List Apart: https://alistapart.com/ Responsive Web Design podcast: https://responsivewebdesign.com/pod...

Win Without Pitching is a worldwide sales training company for creative entrepreneurs. Founder Blair Enns is a 25-year veteran of the business side of the creative professions. In 2002, he launched Win Without Pitching . WWP has  worked with thousands of creative professionals in numerous countries through direct engagements, seminars, workshops & webcasts. http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/ab...

In this show we have a great discussion in this episode of our Friday round-table show connected to images and how to prepare them not on only connected to size or quality questions but also how to use images when it comes to SEO.

In This episode with great guest Tonya Mork founder Knowthecode which is one of the best online recourse for people who want to improve their WordPress coding abilities. Also Tonya has a great personal story which I'm sure the our audience will appreciate. We also talk about a recent interivew that was aired on This Week in Start Ups between Ryan Carson founder of Treehouse and Jason Calacanis con...

We had a great round-table discussion on what are the best choices connected WordPress membership plugins and services in 2017? The great news is you really are spoilt for choice when it come to WordPress and membership plugins, however there ares some clear leaders which we discuss during the show, we also try and give some insights on what you need to know before choosing the right plugin for yo...

We talk about WordPress Membership Websites With Special Guest Mike Morrison Joint Founder of Themembershipguys.com. Mike Morrison is one half of The Membership Guys. Along with his partner Callie Willows has spent years guiding the growth of memberships, e-learning businesses and online communities. Now they run the Member Site Academy, where they teach small business owners and entrepreneurs the...

We had a detailed conversation with Amy Porterfield about effective online marketing trends in 2017. Amy the real business and with her team has really built a powerful online marketing business, We talk about email marketing, Facebook and live video in this just amazing show. Amy really is a "down to earth" smart lady who is all about getting great business results not only for her but also for h...

196 WP-Tonic: The Best Landing Page Tools and Services in 2017 Main Topic “What are the best WordPress plugins and online services for building landing pages that convert?” This Week’s WordPress News Stories 1 - The Story Behind MOJO Marketplace with Brady Nord https://bobwp.com/story-behind-mojo-marketplace-brady-nord/ � 2 - WordPress 4.8 Improves Accessibility on Admin Screens https://wptavern.c...

We interview Bill Gadless joint co-founder of emagine , one of the leading digital agencies on the East Coast. Bill co-founded emagine with Brett Cohen at the dawn of the Web. Primarily focused on emagine’s sales and marketing strategy, Bill’s insights have appeared on various occasions in MarketingSherpa, dozens of industry sites and publications and on the national speaking circuit. Prior to ema...

We look at useful and interesting WordPress plugins that you might not know about. Our WordPress panel looks at some lesser-known plugins that we find useful. Here's who was on the panel this week:   Adam Preiser https://www.wpcrafter.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedownseo....

Our guest this week is Unbounce co-founder, Oli Gardner. He’s obsessed with identifying and reversing bad marketing practices, and his disdain for marketers who send campaign traffic to their homepage is legendary, resulting in landing page rants that can peel paint off an unpainted wall. A prolific international speaker, Oli is on a mission to rid the world of marketing mediocrity by using data-i...

An in-depth look at the Beaver Builder ecosystem, and the new Beaver Themer. After almost one year of development,  Beaver Builder's announce its first official addon. Beaver Themer is a theme builder  plugin for WordPress. What makes Beaver Builder so special? What makes their community unique? Will Beaver Themer change how people develop WordPress websites?   Our WordPress panel this week:   Kim...

We Interview Tenko Nikolov, CEO and Managing Partner at SiteGround . SiteGround is a successful hosting company with hundreds of employees. Located in Europe, its CEO, Tenko Nikolov, has been fixated on growing his brand by focused on success across the team and for their customers. It's evident that SiteGround knows what they're doing -- and the photos tell a great story about a great company cul...

This week, we look at learning management systems and building an online course in WordPress.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Chris Badgett: https://lifterlms.com Kim Shivler: https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/   ==================   Table of Contents for Episode 190...

This week, our guest is Zack Rosen, CEO of Pantheon. As CEO & Co-Founder, Zack leads the charge to define what developers need now, & what they and their clients will need 5 years from now—and beyond. Zack pioneered the first large-scale Drupal website for the Howard Dean campaign in 2003, co-founded the world’s first Drupal development shop, CivicSpace, co-founded a successful Drupal deve...

In this episode, we look at local development, and how that can help your workflow. What options are there for local development, and what do you do with a local site when it's time to deploy. We examine why you need a local environment in your workflow, and some choices for getting started.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com / Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https:/...

We sit down to talk with Dusty Davidson, the CEO and co-founder of Flywheel. He tells us how the hosting company got started, early years and growing, what they look for in hiring, their acquisition of Local, and much more. We also ask Dusty about early years and growing, what they look for in hiring, their acquisition of Local,  and much more.   ==================   Our episode this week is spons...

Lee Jackson returns to talk his other company, Event Engine. This is a web agency devoted entirely to website design for conferences, events, and expos. We look the unique challenges faced by conference website managers, and some great tips for digital marketing for events, expos, and conferences.   Links Event Engine The Event & Expo Podcast Angled Crown   ==================   Our episode thi...

We look at event management plugins, what they do, and when you will need specific ones. What if you run recurring events? Say you run a once a year event, and need to sell tickets? What if you're a musician or band posting gigs? We give our recommendations for these scenarios and more.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Kim Shivler: https://howtobuildanonline...

We look at what a marketing funnel is, and how they can help grow your business. Then we analyze how to build funnels in WordPress, methodologies for building funnels, and moving people down the funnel to close a sale. At the top of the funnel is awareness, further down the funnel is interest, evaluation, and finally commitment, and closing the sale.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Adam Fout of...

Tom is a self-employed WordPress developer and a top contributor to the WordPress development community. Tom also runs a small business called Pressware, that builds web applications, sites, themes, plugins, and more – using WordPress. He also works as the Tuts+ Code editor where he is responsible for overseeing all of the Web Development and CMS content that’s published via Envato. You can find a...

In the world of web design and development, there is a divide between designers and developers. Many agencies have figured out how to bridge this communication gap, but many people out there don't know how to speak the language of the other side. In this episode, we look at some of the communication issues that come up regularly, and how to solve them. We examine how our own processes for working...

Jonathan Courtney is a UX designer and Product Strategist. He runs the cheeky design blog, UX Messiah . Originally from Ireland, Jonathan moved to Berlin and co-founded the UX Design agency AJ&Smart in 2011. AJ&Smart has worked with some of the largest brands on the planet, including the UN, eBay, Lufthansa, and Zalando. In this insightful interview, Jonathan talks about how he got into UX...

WordPress development involves PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, MySQL – but what if you don’t know what any of this even means yet? Where do you go to learn WordPress if you’re still a beginner? This week, we look at WordPress for beginners. We have covered tons of resources for learning WordPress as a complete beginner.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Bridget Willard: https://bridgetwillard.com/ Kim Shivle...

In this episode, we talk about the history of WPShout, and we also get deep in connected to WordPress development and discuss the best ways a newbie WordPress developer can increase their skill level. The crew from WPShout (Fred Meyer, David Hayes, Alex Denning) joins us to talk running a WordPress tutorial site, the state of WordPress education, how WPShout supports their agency Press Up.   We al...