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In this round-table show, we go deep into SEO and what works in 2016 and what can damage your website's Google ranking. We look at black hat SEO techniques you should avoid, and outdated SEO myths that do more harm than good.   This week, we're talking black hat SEO, and the outdated SEO techniques you  might be using that will do more harm than good for your Google rankings. Our panel this week:...

We discuss with James White CEO of IntouchCRM what its really like to run a successful SaaS company in 2016. James and team have spent the last 8 + years building one of the most popular CRMs in the UK for small businesses.   In this episode, James has a lot of insights on how to differentiate yourself from the competition, what it takes to makes sales, and the importance of email marketing.   Sho...

This week, our round table of WordPress experts discussed the topic, "What's Your Overall Online Strategy?" Our panel this week: Sallie Goetch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Kim Shivler https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com/ Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ Johnathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/   Before the main topic, we discussed some relevant WordPress news stories. WordPress News Storie...

Over a year ago I wrote one our most popular posts on the WP-Tonic’s website about the importance of speed when it comes to your WordPress-powered website in regards to usability and how Google ranks your website in SEO (search engine optimization) terms.   https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/11-the-key-steps-to-make-your-wordpress-site-load-faster/   In this episode, we talk about 11 things you can do...

We sat down with Matt Inglot of the web agency Tilted Pixel, the Freelance Transformation podcast to talk about growing an agency, how to get web clients, and the benefits of having a podcast.   Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Intros 1:11 Matt's origin story and founding Tilted Pixel 3:00 Burning the candle at three ends 3:28 Early missteps in running an agency 4:16 Figure out your Why 4:47 Don't cop...

Our panel of WordPress experts discusses social media, and what role it plays in our own businesses. We examine some news stories circulating through the WordPress ecosystem. Our panel this week: Kim Shivler, Sallie Goetch, Jackie D'Elia, John Locke. We record our round table episodes on FireTalk every Saturday at 10am PST .   Our news stories this week: 1 - Teaching you isn’t free development tim...

We interview social media consultant Mojca Marš , founder of Super Spicy Media. We talk about social media strategies, what works and what doesn't. We examine the dominance of Facebook, the future of Twitter, and should you be on Snapchat? You really don't want miss this really interesting and insightful interview.   It's almost an hour of great knowledge from a true social media expert. Here's th...

We really have a great panel this week and discussion, We start the show with a couple WordPress and web focus stories then we go on to our main topic of the week  the main topic of the show "The Relations Between Agencies & Freelancers." We have a great panel of guests on the show this week. Matt Inglot https://www.tiltedpixel.com/ Nick Meagher http://byprimer.co/ Brian Jackson https://woorku...

Matt Medeiros from The Matt Report is our guest. Our main discussion point, "Is it getting more difficult to make money in WordPress?" Matt Medeiros knows many different facets of the WordPress ecosystem. He's the owner of Slocum Studios, a WordPress agency that specializes in higher education and publication websites. He also hosts one of the most popular WordPress podcasts, The Matt Report. Sloc...

We have a great WordPress round-table discussion with a great WordPress community panel. We begin the show discussing the biggest WordPress news stories of the week. Then in the second half of the show we discuss our main show topic "Website Redesigns: What Should You Consider?" Our panel this week: Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ Sallie Goetch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood ht...

This week, on WP-Tonic EP118, we're joined by Scott Buscemi, founder of Luminary Web Strategies, a WordPress agency that specializes in WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads integrations. Scott shares some of his extensive personal insights about what makes a great e-commerce site, and growing an e-commerce centered agency. He also delves into his 8 years of helping clients get the eCommerce resu...

Our main WordPress topic is going to be "Email Plugins and Strategies for Email Marketing" We've also got three great stories from the WordPress community. Our Panel   Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design Kim Shivler: from Whiteglovewebtraining.com John Locke: from Lockedown SEO   Our weekly WordPress news stories: Headway Theme's Future Uncertain Amidst Fina...

Email marketing is a subject that causes a lot of confusion. How do you produce effective email marketing? Angie Meeker gives us some straightforward advice to get your email campaigns running on all cylinders. Show Sections 0:00 Intros 1:57 Where People Go Wrong With Email Marketing 4:10 Finding The Sweet Spot 6:12 The Promotions Folder in GMail 8:44 Getting People To Sign Up To Your Newsletter 1...

We have a great panel discussion connected to the latest WordPress news stories of the week then we go on to the main topic connected to what are the main WordPress page building solutions out there at the present moment. We really look at a number of different solutions. Sallie Goetsch: from WPFangirl.com Kim Shivler: from Whiteglovewebtraining.com John Locke: from Lockedown SEO Bridget Willard S...

If there's one area where most site owners could improve their WordPress websites, it is with their hosting. For membership sites or eCommerce, shared hosting is not going to work for you. The next logical step is to go to a WordPress managed hosting solutions. We will look at those, plus a new breed of VPS hosting as we talk with Constantinos Coudounaris of WPHosting Spot in episode 114 of WP-Ton...

WP-Tonic #113: How do You Write Winning WordPress Project Proposals? Our panel: Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from Lynda.com Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design John Locke: from Lockedown SEO Today the WP-Tonic panel discusses how to write a winning WordPress proposal. What things go into a great proposal? How do you handle the payment schedule? Who is responsible...

We Have a great discussion here with Christopher Hawkins about an interesting subject how to deal with those difficult clients? Chris has been building web applications for over 16 years, successfully completing projects for business of every size, from Fortune 500s on down. Day-to-day, he manages a custom web development consulting firm. He also authors a software industry blog and has been publi...

This week, we look at What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? The lessons we learned are not what you might expect them to be. Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://pinkandyellow.com/ Scott Buscemi: https://luminary.ws/ John Locke: Lockedown SEO Show Table of Contents: 0:00 We introduce the episode and our panel. 3:34 WordPress News Story: J...

Bob Dunn, known as BobWP across the web, started his business in 1992 and spent over 25 years partnered with his wife providing marketing and design for large and small businesses. He discovered WordPress in 2007 and started designing WordPress sites.   Visit the WP-Tonic site for additional content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/110-bob-dunn-bobwp-podcast/   ==================   WP-Tonic is no...

An insightful WordPress roundtable discussion on what are the thing you need to understand connected to the clear difference between what works connected to web-copy and how in someways it clearly very different to print world.   Read the full article and get bonus content on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/109-wordpress-difference-effective-web-copy-print-copy/   ==========...

We talk to Matt Miller the Founder of "School Spirt Vending." Matt has an amazing story connected how he got the idea for his business and how he managed to drive forward and build a real business. He also talks on why his online presence is powered by WordPress. http://schoolspiritvending.com   Get additional content for this episode at the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/108-m...

In this episode we look at how you should judge what WordPress design/development company you should hire to help you build you next great WordPress powered website. We have a great panel here with lot of industry experience.   Get bonus content from this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/107-how-to-evaluate-a-wordpress-freelance-web-designer-developer/     ========...

Jonathan & John give more tips and advice connected to how to make your old slow sloth of a WordPress website into a speed machine. We look at CDN, caching and how to really optimize your images plus we discuss a number of other things to help you make your website in to a speed machine.   Get additional content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/106-spe...

We look at a number of services and WordPress plugins that can help make your WordPress website faster to load and become the speed machine of your dreams. It really easy to end up with a really slow loading WordPress website. We give some clear and actionable advice that really works. What should you look for connected to hosting to themes? Then we move on to services like CDNs and also caching p...

Zac Gordon talks about how much work it been to develop his top rated Javascript online course JavascriptForWP . Zac is a WordPress educator and teacher. In this interview, he talks about starting as a web development teacher at local schools, and eventually working at Treehouse as their lead WordPress development teacher. After Treehouse cancelled any new WordPress courses, Zac decided that he wa...