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We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ WPFunsion https://wpfusion.com/ Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST #1 - Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer https://wptavern.com/yoast-acquires-duplicate-post-brings-on-creator-enrico-battocchi-as-a-senior-developer   #2 - Crisis Mode https://www.theverge.com/21293176/crisis-text-line-ceo-racism-insensitivity-police-nancy-lublin-mental-health   #3 - Review Signal Publishes WordPress Hosting Benchmarks for 2020, Introduces WooCommerce Testin https://wptavern.com/review-signal-publishes-wordpress-hosting-benchmarks-for-2020-introduces-woocommerce-testing   #4 -Want Your Content to Succeed? Make it Resonate with the Right Audience (no, not that one). https://sparktoro.com/blog/want-your-content-to-succeed-make-it-resonate

Josh Pollock is a co-founder at Ingot and one of the lead developers behind CalderaWP. In addition to being a plugin developer, educator, and entrepreneur, Josh is a regular contributor to Torque magazine and various WordPress tutorial sites, one of which being his own blog. Additionally, Josh is a WordCamps speaker and one of the leading advocates for the WordPress REST API. Josh currently resides in Florida with his wife Alicia and their pets. https://ninjaforms.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ WPFunsion https://wpfusion.com/ Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST #1 - Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers? https://freemius.com/blog/appsumo-lifetime-deals-selling-plugins/   #2 - Researchers detail huge hack-for-hire campaigns against environmentalists https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/10/21286486/dark-basin-hackers-for-hire-phishing-emails-environmental-nonprofit-groups-exxon-mobil   #3 - HOW AUTOMATTIC GUTTED LONGREADS https://www.patreon.com/posts/study-hall-5-26-37553718 #4 - How To Build An Audience Without Spending Money On Facebook Or Google Ads https://www.groundhogg.io/how-to/fool-proof-build-an-audience-strategy/   #5 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: Ecommerce Face-off (2020 Comparison) https://www.cloudways.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-shopify

ZipFish offers WordPress speed optimization. It takes more than just powerful servers to make WordPress fast. You also need to make the code run fast when you combine fast servers with fast code, that is where the magic happens. https://zipfish.io/

  #1 - Automattic Launches Malware and Vulnerability Scanning Service for Jetpack (Justin Tadlock · June 3, 2020 ) https://wptavern.com/automattic-launches-malware-and-vulnerability-scanning-service-for-jetpack   #2 - Google now highlights search results directly on webpages https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280115/google-search-engine-yellow-highlight-featured-snippet-anchor-text   #3 - Automattic Invests $4.6M in New Vector, Creators of the Matrix Open Standard for Decentralized Communication (Sarah Gooding · June 4, 2020) https://wptavern.com/automattic-invests-4-6m-in-new-vector-creators-of-the-matrix-open-standard-for-decentralized-communication #4 - SEMrush Selling Links That Are Against Google's Guidelines https://www.seroundtable.com/semrush-selling-links-against-googles-guidelines-29556.html #5 - WooCommerce Is Testing a Block-based Cart and Checkout (Sarah Gooding · May 28, 2020) https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-is-testing-a-block-based-cart-and-checkout #6 - Some Universities Are About to

Zack has been developing WordPress plugins since 2008 and has been a huge Gravity Forms fan from the start. He lives with his wife and cat in Denver, Colorado, and can’t wait for the next episode of ATP. https://gravityview.co

#1 - Happy 17th, WordPress. (Justin Tadlock) https://wptavern.com/happy-17th-wordpress   #2 - Started To Hate Blogging …Why? https://wpblogdesigner.net/why-i-hate-blogging/   #3 - Should WordPress Provide an API for Third-Party Editors? (Justin Tadlock) https://wptavern.com/should-wordpress-provide-an-api-for-third-party-editors   #4 - Responsive web design turns ten https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/responsive-design-at-10/ #5 - Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21271137/amazon-propaganda-tv-news-stations-coronavirus-covid-19-safety   #6 - Best Plugins To Turn Your WP Website Into A Mobile App https://medium.com/visualmodo/best-plugins-to-turn-your-wp-website-into-a-mobile-app-5aec14c0cd82

About Andrew Palmer Elegant Marketplace Andrew managers the Elegant Marketplace and also the owner of Layouts Cloud, CommentLuv - the blogger's favorite plugin and he is also the co-owner with Sean Barton, of Page Builder Cloud. I look after the Developers, product updates and general maintenance of the Elegant Marketplace Website along with running all the above and my own Digital Marketing Consultancy - www.somebodyshero.co.uk

We discuss this week's best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. #1 - WooCommerce Payments Allows Shop Owners to Manage Payments Without Leaving WordPress Admin https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-payments-allows-shop-owners-to-manage-payments-without-leaving-wordpress-admin #2 - Want Your Content to Succeed? Make it Resonate with the Right Audience (no, not that one). https://sparktoro.com/blog/want-your-content-to-succeed-make-it-resonate-with-the-right-audience-no-not-that-one/ #3 - 18 things we’ve learned from building and selling WordPress plugins (good and bad) https://woorkup.com/building-wordpress-plugins/   #4 - Here Are 5 High Growth Startups To Watch For In 2020 https://medium.com/swlh/here-are-5-high-growth-startups-to-watch-for-in-2020-490d9ac04041 #5 - BuddyPress 6.0.0 Released with New Group and Members Blocks https://wptavern.com/buddypress-6-0-0-released-with-new-group-and-members-blocks Zoom Panelist UR

The original conversion copywriter, Joanna was the creator of Copyhackers. and the Copy Chief at CH Agency. For nearly 15 years, incredible companies like BT, Canva, Glowforge, Intuit, MetaLab, Prezi, SAP, Sprout Social and VWO have trusted Joanna to optimize their copy. And incredible conferences like Mozcon, INBOUND, SearchLove and CXL Live have invited Joanna to teach their audiences to write copy that converts. And along the way, more than 70,000 people at early and growth-stage startups, small businesses, huge businesses, international agencies, and indie establishments have let Joanna coach their copy forward, which is and has been a great honour. With a U. Because I'm Canadian. https://copyhackers.com/

We discuss this weeks best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.   #1 - WordCamp Spain 2020 Q&A: Matt Mullenweg Discusses Virtual Events, Decoupled WordPress, and the Future of Page Builders https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-spain-2020-qa-matt-mullenweg-discusses-virtual-events-decoupled-wordpress-and-the-future-of-page-builders   #2 - Kickstarter loses nearly 40 percent of its workforce after layoffs and buyouts https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257585/kickstarter-layoffs-employees-union-negotiations-severance #3 - Searches for WordPress are up 52% in the last month: understanding the surge https://getellipsis.com/blog/covid-wordpress-search-surge/ #4 - Where Gutenberg Went Wrong: Theme Developer Edition https://wptavern.com/where-gutenberg-went-wrong-theme-developer-edition #5 - Kitted out: Envato brings hundreds of customisable, code-free Template Kits to WordPress with Elementor https://press.envato.com/188724-en

Chris has 20 years of consistent senior-level software management success, he been a key member of corporate management, software development, and product teams. He has been driven by challenge and motivated by the opportunity to add value. He managed development teams filled with people smarter than me, and yet motivated and managed them to deliver consistent and high quality work, in corporate and startup contexts. I'm a seasoned executive with proven expertise in eCommerce, SaaS, and membership/subscription systems, having developed strategies and frameworks for remote & virtual teams, and New Product Development. I've had the wonderful opportunity, over the last decade, to also be a coach and advisor to many of the commercial endeavors in the WordPress ecosystem. https://chrislema.com/

#1 - Announcing Genesis Pro and the Future of Genesis https://studiopress.blog/announcing-genesis-pro/ #2 - 28,000 GoDaddy Hosting Accounts Compromised https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/28000-godaddy-hosting-accounts-compromised/ #3 - ACF Blocks Provides Assortment of Blocks Built from Advanced Custom Fields Pro https://wptavern.com/acf-blocks-provides-assortment-of-blocks-built-from-advanced-custom-fields-pro #4 - Bye, Amazon https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon #5 - ‘It’s bullshit’: Inside the weird, get-rich-quick world of dropshipping https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dropshipping-instagram-ads #6 - What marketers have learned from Arielle Charnas. https://www.prweek.com/article/1682071/brands-agencies-avoiding-covidiot-influencers This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into power

Ryan Moore is the co-founder of Uncanny Owl, a digital agency specializing in elearning solutions powered by WordPress. Our WordPress plugins and platforms power over 10,000 elearning websites. Ryan helps small and medium-sized organizations deliver engaging and cost-effective elearning with WordPress. As an award-winning elearning expert with over 13 years of industry experience, I create compelling online training solutions that achieve measurable results. https://www.uncannyowl.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmooreca/?originalSubdomain=ca

#1 - Tectonic Shifts in Retail Industry are Creating Unprecedented Opportunities for Independent Stores https://wptavern.com/tectonic-shifts-in-retail-industry-are-creating-unprecedented-opportunities-for-independent-stores #2 - This Is How Much YouTube Paid Me for My 1,000,000 Viewed Video https://onezero.medium.com/this-is-how-much-youtube-paid-me-for-my-1-000-000-viewed-video-1453cad73847   #3 - David Vongries Takes Over as New Owner of the Kirki Customizer Framework https://wptavern.com/david-vongries-takes-over-as-new-owner-of-the-kirki-customizer-framework #4 - Facebook usage soars during coronavirus pandemic https://www.engadget.com/facebook-q1-2020-earnings-204041879.html   #5 - What WordPress Agencies Need to Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic [WP Feedback virtual summit https://convesio.com/what-wordpress-agencies-need-to-survive-and-thrive-during-the-pandemic #6 - It’s Time To Learn https://scottberkun.com/2020/its-time-to-learn/     This Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ La

More about Chris and LifterLMS We help education entrepreneurs to help their learners achieve desired outcomes, to truly change lives, and make a great living in the process. We help them by creating the software, strategies, communiity, and training to grow high value online courses or training based membership websites from nothing. The change we want to make is to democratize learning in the digital classroom, to put power in the hands of education entrepreneurs, and help as many people as we can to reach their dreams. We'll know we are successful when we are seen as the organization that can help any education entrepreneur that is on a mission to help their learners overcome problems, capture opportunity, and make a huge impact in their community. We'll know we are successful when our education entrepreneurs consistently achieve financial, location, and creative freedom. We'll know we are successful in the WordPress community when we are seen as the model for how to do freemium in WordPress. We will creat

#1 - Frontity Raises €1M with Automattic and K Fund https://wptavern.com/frontity-raises-e1m-with-automattic-and-k-fund #2 - Stripe is Silently Recording Your Movements On its Customers' Websites https://mtlynch.io/stripe-recording-its-customers/ #3 - The Block Lab team are joining WP Engine https://getblocklab.com/the-block-lab-team-are-joining-wp-engine/ #4 - IT’S TIME TO BUILD https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/ #5 - Is Yelp Past Its Peak? Should You Invest in Yelp Review Marketing https://starfish.reviews/is-yelp-past-its-peak-should-you-invest-in-yelp-review-marketing/ #6- Shake Shack is returning its PPP Loan. Here’s why https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shake-shack-returning-its-ppp-loan-heres-why-randy-garutti/ This Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vis

We Discuss All Things Security & Backup Connected to WordPress 2020! Akshat Choudhar: is the founder of blogVault & MaiCare (http://blogvault.net), a popular WordPress backup service. Over the past 3 years, we have built a premium WordPress backup solution with over 3300+ customers across the globe. https://www.malcare.com/

We discuss this weeks best WordPress & internet news stories. We have a great panel of WordPress and marketing internet junkies. #1 - The Road Ahead: What’s in Store for WordPress for the Rest of 2020? https://wptavern.com/the-road-ahead-whats-in-store-for-wordpress-for-the-rest-of-2020   #2 - Marketing Right Now Is #$%*ing Hard. https://sparktoro.com/blog/marketing-right-now-is-hard/ #3 - 10 Largest Web Hosting Companies in 2020 (Based on Data From 4 Independent Sources) https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/largest-web-hosting-companies/ #4 - Why you should stop using Google Analytics on your website   https://plausible.io/blog/remove-google-analytics   #5 - Go Behind The Scenes With 30+ World-Class WordPress Agency Owners, Developers & Marketers…   https://wpfeedback.co/summit/#join   "LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision

Peter Winick is the founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage. For the past two decades he has helped individuals and organizations build and grow revenue streams through designing and growing their thought leadership platforms as well as acting as a guide and advisor for increasing business to business sales of thought leadership products. His clients come from a diverse set of backgrounds and specialties. They include New York Times bestselling business book authors, members of the Speakers’ Hall of Fame, recipients of the Thinkers50 award, CEOs of public and privately held companies, and academics at prestigious institutions such as Yale, Wharton, Dartmouth, and London School of Business. https://thoughtleadershipleverage.com/about/