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#707 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS Tom Morkes founder and CEO of Insurgent Publishing & The Podcast "In The Trenches." How To Build Your Online Tribe in 2022! Tom Morkes is the founder and CEO of Insurgent Publishing, author of The Art of Instigating, The Complete Guide to Pay What You Want Pricing and Collaborate, and host of the iconic podcast "In The Trenches," where he interviews today's most fascinating (and sometimes controversial) marketers, entrepreneurs, and authors, including Dr. Jordan Peterson, Seth Godin, and John Jantsch among many others. Tom is a sought-after marketing and growth consultant who helped his clients reach the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists set the record for the most-funded, non-fiction publishing project in Kickstarter history, and generate millions in sales online using his referral, influencer, and affiliate marketing strategies. Tom's ideas on marketing and entrepreneurship have been featured in a variety of top publicatio

#706 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 1st of July, 2022 at 8:30 am PST Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Why don't you join us this Friday for "706 EPISODE" of the WP-Tonic round-table show at 8:30 am PST Using This Link: This Weeks Special Guest Steven Sauder Founder & CEO of Hustlefish: hustlefish.com   This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - ClassicPress On the Rocks: Directors Resign, New Leadership Installed https://wptavern.com/classicpress-on-the-rocks-directors-resign-new-leadership-installed #2 - Homeland https://www.theverge.com/c/23055922/homeland-security-series #3 - Is the Australian WordPress Community Dead? https://masterwp.com/is-the-australian-wordpress-community-dead/ #4 - Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee: Screw Web3

We myself and Andrew Palmer have a discussion on WCEU (WordCamp Europe 2022)which has been slightly criticized for not being diverse enough connected to the speaker list and also how it dealt with Covid-19 and mask requirements. To be honest, personally, I thought both criticism points were petty and unfair and I thought the organizers of WCEU did an amazing job pulling off a great event in semi-difficult times.Then we discuss where is WordPress in the second half of 2022 which I can't believe while has the first half gone?

This Weeks Special Guest Chris Badgett Joint Founder and CEO of LifterLMS https://lifterlms.com/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mortenrandhendriksen/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Matt Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as a “Parasitic Company” and an “Existential Threat to WordPress’ Future” https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-identifies-godaddy-as-a-parasitic-company-and-an-existential-threat-to-wordpress-future     #2 - TikTok insiders say the social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-parent-bytedance-in-control.html   #3 - What’s up with the WordPress vibe? https://mattreport.com/whats-up-with-the-wordpress-vibe/   #4 - Google’s AI Is Something Even Stranger Than Conscious https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/06/google-palm-ai-artificial-consciousness/661329/   #5- Things I Wish I’d Known

Nestify got its start in 2016 out of our own hosting and scalability needs. Having spent more than a decade building infrastructure for Fortune 500 and Inc. 5000 companies, our team understood performance and uptime engineering very well. We bring that experience to our hosting services and custom solutions for our customers.   We Discuss WordPress Performance Linked to Hosting The Main Question #1 - So Rahul how did you into WordPress and hosting? #2 - In the WordPress space there are a lot of hosting solutions what are some of the key things that you feel people need to know connected to choosing the right hosting provider? #3 - What are some of the key differences that Nestify offers to its user? #4 - In business terms what have been some of the biggest challenges connected to growing Nestify? #5 - I wonder if you got one or two tips or insights connected to growing a startup in the WordPress ecosystem? #6 - I wonder if you like to share a major mistake you have made connected to growing Nestify that

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel.   This Weeks Special Guest Craig Hewitt: https://castos.com/   This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Gutenberg Editor Now In Testing On Tumblr and Day One Web Apps https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-editor-now-in-testing-on-tumblr-and-day-one-web-apps   #2 - Do AIs Dream of Freedom? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-ais-dream-freedom-morten-rand-hendriksen/   #3 - Elementor laying off dozens of employees https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byvs84pkq   #4 - Facebook is changing its algorithm to take on TikTok, leaked memo reveals https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/15/23168887/facebook-discovery-engine-redesign-tiktok

The Future of WordPress & Gutenberg in 2022 Brian Coords Technology Director at Howard Development & Consulting Brian serves as Technology Director for Howard Development & Consulting, where they focus on partnerships with high-end creative agencies and ambitious entrepreneurs, delivering top-notch WordPress development, bulletproof security, and rock-solid performance on every site which we manage. https://masterwp.com/ https://www.briancoords.com/ The Main Question #1 - Brian how did you get into the semi-crazy world of WordPress and web development? #2 - What would you say are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the present WordPress platform in 2022 connected to a focus on web development? #3 - With The focus of WordPress being a lot more focused on JavaScript and pacifically on "React" how have you personally dealt with fundamental change and can you give any advice or insight to WordPress developers? #4 - What are your own feeling connected to Gutenberg and full website editing? #5 - Whe

This is a really special show my 700th WP-Tonic show over 7 years ago decided to do a WordPress focus podcast and what a ride it has been in some ways it was a semi-life-changing decision. It was the beginning of a new start for me, being that "the great recession" had professionally and personally imploded my life and I had no real direction or any real road map. Every Friday at 9:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel.   This Weeks Special Guest Heather Renze: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherwilde/ Vito Peleg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vito-peleg/?originalSubdomain=uk This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show   #1 - rtCamp Launches WordPress Plugin Compare Project https://wptavern.com/rtcamp-launches-wordpress-plugin-compare-project #2 - Elementor Acquires Strattic

I have a chat with my friend and collegue John Locke about my experiences connected to the first day of WordCamp Europe and where WordPress is in the beginning of the second quarter of 2022.Unfortunetly the sound quality isn't up to our show's normal stardards I was doing the show from Airbnb in Porta, Portuga with not great Wi Fi bandwidth.

Recorded Live from WordCamp Europe Porto, Portugal, 2022   Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. A Special Live Show At WordCamp Europe Porto 2022: https://europe.wordcamp.org/2022/ This Weeks Special Guest Brian Coords: https://howarddc.com/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show   #1 - WordPress Turns 19 and Celebrating WordPress on its 19th birthday https://wptavern.com/wordpress-turns-19 https://masterwp.com/celebrating-wordpress-on-its-19th-birthday/ #2 - Elon Musk reportedly declares remote work ‘no longer acceptable’ at Tesla https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23149784/elon-musk-tesla-remote-work-leaked-email-40-hours #3 - WP Engine Acquires 5 Plugins From Delicious Brains https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-5-plugins-from-delic

#697 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Guest Christina Hills Is WordPress Still The Best Choice For Small DIY Business Owners & Individuals? More About Christina Hills Christina Hills is the founder of the Website Creation Workshop and has been passionately teaching non-techie heart centered, entrepreneurs, authors, experts, coaches and consultants, how to easily create their own websites in WordPress so that they can get their message out to the world. Christina puts the fun into teaching technology and empowers people to be in full control of their marketing and online presence. She has been running her WordPress training program to an international audience for the past 15 years. She loves to teach WordPress in a creative way to get you clarity on your business, your marketing, and your message. Christina is also a 18-year online marketing veteran (started in 2004) and is often seen at events as an expert speaker teaching on a variety of topics all with a focus on your WordPress website.

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Our Guest Panelist This Week are Aurooba Ahmed: https://aurooba.com/ Chris Badgett: Joint Founder & CEO of LifterLMS - https://lifterlms.com/ You Can Join us This Morning Using This Link: https://youtu.be/rt92kwhJXik   #696 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 27th of May, 2022 at 8:30 am PST This Weeks Special Guest Panelists Aurooba Ahmed & Chris Badgett https://youtu.be/Gl8elKbPtPU This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Adds More Templates and Patterns, Style Switching, and Block Locking UI https://wptavern.com/wordpress-6-0-arturo-adds-more-templates-and-patterns-style-switching-and-block-locking-ui #2 - Adam Neumann's blockchain-based redemption story now sp

How to Successfully Rank a Website in 2022 Ryan Stewart is a marketing entrepreneur who specializes in customer acquisition through cross-channel marketing campaigns. He's helped clients like Target, Best Buy, and Jeeter improve their online visibility while growing his own businesses to 8 figures in revenue. Show's Main Questions #1 - Ryan, how did you get into the world of online marketing and SEO? #2 - Ryan, what are the main differences between the traditional SEO module and the concept of an SEO Sprint? #3 - What is your opinion? What have been some of the biggest changes you have seen in the world of SEO over the last 18 months? #4 - When a design or development agency is looking for an SEO agency to work with connections to a client's needs, what are some of the major things an agency needs to understand if the business relationship is going to be a successful one does the agency need to understand. #5 - You have sold a number of successful online service-based businesses; what lessons have you learned

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. This Weeks Special Guest Panelists Ronnie Burt. Sensei LMS https://senseilms.com Mark Westguard WSForms https://wsform.com/   This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show   #1 - Software Freedom Conservancy Receives Court Ruling Affirming GPL as Both Copyright License and Contractual Agreement https://wptavern.com/software-freedom-conservancy-receives-court-ruling-affirming-gpl-as-both-copyright-license-and-contractual-agreement #2- Making Sense of Ethics in AI with Katrina Ingram https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6929480611183149056/   #3 - Is WordPress hurtling toward a closed-source future? https://masterwp.com/is-wordpress-hurtling-toward-a-closed-source-future/   #4- Texas has declared

It's All About Positioning Baby. April Dunford is the world’s leading expert on product positioning. She has worked with over 200 fast-growing technology companies to accelerate their growth through clear, compelling positioning. Previously April has run marketing and product teams at a series of seven successful technology startups. She is also a board member, investor, and advisor to many high-growth businesses. She is the author of the bestselling book Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning, so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it. https://www.aprildunford.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/ Main Questions Practical positioning April Dunford #1 - April, how did you get into the semi-crazy world of technology and startups? #2 - I've learned that positioning your product, service, or plugin correctly is all-important; got any quick insights/tips on how to achieve this?   #3 - I think you really got to be prepared to pivot great quickly when it comes to positioning; what are you

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Tom Fanelli Founder and CEO of Convesio :https://convesio.com/ Chris Badgett Joint Founder and CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - WordPress Community Attributes Declining Market Share to Performance Issues, Increased Complexity, and the Lagging Full-Site Editing Project https://wptavern.com/wordpress-community-attributes-declining-market-share-to-performance-issues-increased-complexity-and-the-lagging-full-site-editing-project   #2 - Apple's Director of Machine Learning exits over return-to-office policy   https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/05/07/apples-director-of-machine-learning-exits-over-return-to-office-policy   #3- Jailbreaking WordPress and the Member

How To Use Social Media Networks Effectively To Build Your Business Penny Power OBE is a British author and speaker. The former founder of Ecademy In 1998, she founded Ecademy with her husband Thomas Power and CEO Glenn Watkins with the aim of helping business people achieve success through online tools, community and friendship.[1][2][3] As of May 2011, shortly before its demise, the Ecademy community had 3011 paying members [although Power claims a membership of 650,000. Penny Power published a book in August 2009, titled 'Know me, like me, follow me: what online social networking means for you and your business'.[4] In 2012, Ecademy was acquired by SunZu, owned by Lyndon Wood. Power was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship in social and digital development.[5] This Weeks Main Questions #1 - Penny what do you think are some of the major tech trends that have been accelerated during the pandemic and how will these affect rela

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Heather Wilde Renze From The Difference http://thedifferenceconsulting.com/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Gutenberg Hub Launches an Online Page Builder App Using WordPress Patterns https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-hub-launches-an-online-page-builder-app-using-wordpress-patterns #2 - Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations a ‘slight cost’ to use Twitter https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056524/elon-musk-twitter-business-plans-charging-governments-corporations #3 - The WordPress gatekeepers will see you now https://masterwp.com/the-wordpress-gatekeepers-will-see-you-now/   #4 Starbucks to launch NFTs this year offering access to ‘unique experiences and benefits’ https

How to Grow Digital Communities in 2022 With Special Guest Jillian Benbow Director of Community Experience SPI Media The Company Behind Pat Flynn Jillian Benbow is a digital community expert who helps business owners craft a community experience that stands out from all the noise. With over a decade of experience, she knows how to build a community that is safe, valuable, and enjoyable. Jillian hosts the Community Experience podcast and is the Director of Community Experience for SPI Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillbenbow/ https://www.jillianbenbow.com/ 689 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Special Guest Jillian Benbow Director of Community Experience SPI Media The Company Behind Pat Flynn Stephanie Hudson Atarim Digital Agency Summit This Weeks Main Questions   #1 - Jillian how did you get into the crazy world on online community building? #2 - Do you feel that it's getting harder to encourage community engagement online and do you have any insights connected to encouraging engagemen

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Chris Badgett Joint Founder & CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/ Sales Funnels Live! Every Friday at 10 am on WP-Tonic YouTube Channel This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - MemberPress Plugin Is Locking Users Out After Support License Expires https://wptavern.com/memberpress-plugin-is-locking-users-out-after-support-license-expires #2 - How Elon Musk Won Twitter https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-buys-twitter-deal/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23044521/twitter-policy-chief-vijaya-gadde-elon-musk-policy-criticism-harassment   #3 - What’s Happening with the Block Pattern Directory https://masterwp.com/whats-happening-with-the-block-pattern-directory/   Sales Funnels Live! Every Friday