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We Discuss The Leading Digital Marketing of 2019 He is widely regarded as one of North America’s top business trainers specializing in digital marketing. With over 120 appearances a year throughout Canada & the USA, he continues to help thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders learn digital marketing strategies. Paul is the author of Suggestology – A self-help guide on how to use the art of asking questions, and how to push a herd upstream. He first rose to prominence as a multi-award winning jazz pianist and former Arkadia Records recording artist. https://www.paultobey.com/ https://www.trainingbusinesspros.com/the-team/

#1 - Top Fifty WP: New Website Ranks Plugins by Downloads per Day. https://wptavern.com/top-fifty-wp-new-website-ranks-plugins-by-downloads-per-day #2 - Even Amazon’s own products are getting hijacked by imposter sellers https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20837359/amazon-basics-fake-sellers-imposters-third-party-marketplace #3 - Chrome 76 Adds Native Lazy-Loading, WordPress Contributors Continue Discussion Regarding Core Support https://wptavern.com/chrome-76-adds-native-lazy-loading-wordpress-contributors-continue-discussion-regarding-core-support #4 - Apple was a little behind on Siri privacy, now it’s way ahead https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20837077/apple-siri-privacy-opt-out-voice-human-grading-review   #5 - Steve Wozniak says he didn’t mean Apple should be broken up — but it shouldn’t be a castle https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20837692/steve-wozniak-says-apple-should-have-broken-up-years-ago #6 - Amazon's doorbell camera Ring is working with police – and controlling what they say https

How To Get Results With Infusionsoft Not Just Fancy Campaigns Tyler first made his mark in the marketing world as the Director and VP of Marketing at Infusionsoft. He led the marketing efforts that produced massive results between 2007 and 2012 and managed Infusionsoft’s own Infusionsoft account for years. He’s become known as the guy who produces results. https://www.boxoutmarketing.com/

We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week in fun and hopefully insightful way! #1 - Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-zero-bs-crm-considers-rebranding-it-as-jetpack-crm #2 - WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-poised-to-begin-implementing-proposal-to-auto-update-older-sites-to-4-7   #3 - Lance Armstrong’s Podcast Is Making Cycling Fans Forget About the Doping https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-30/lance-armstrong-wants-you-to-forget-doping-and-listen-to-his-podcast #4 - Cheap WordPress Hosting Costs 30x More Than You Think (See the Math) https://kinsta.com/blog/cheap-wordpress-hosting/ #5 - Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes   #6 - What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? http://nsaphra.github.io/post/hands/  

Dimi Baitanciuc experienced founder working in the internet industry since early 2000. Skilled in UI/UX Design, Leadership, and Project Management. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences. Co-founded Brizy in 2018, a visual WordPress page builder that lets anyone create websites without skill or effort and ThemeFuse in 2009, a premium WordPress theme shop focused on creative and stand out designs. https://www.brizy.io/  

What an amazing WordPress news story week plus we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show “Heather Wilde” of Roceteer.com - http://roceteer.com/ #1 - Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-tumblr-plans-to-rebuild-the-backend-powered-by-wordpress #2 - 8 predictions made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos 20 years ago that were right on the money https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-predictions-from-20-years-ago-that-were-right-on-the-money-2019-3?utm_source=csp-social-media #3 - WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-scraps-trusted-authors-program-due-to-gaming-and-inconsistent-reviews #4 - What If You and Your Brand Could Break Up with Social Media? https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2019/08/break-social-media/ #5 - My Final Goodbye to the Tavern From "Jeff Chandler" https://jeffc.me/2019/08/13/my-final-

Joe Casabona is an accredited college course developer and professor. He also has his Master's Degree in Software Engineering, is a Front End Developer, and hosts multiple podcasts. Joe started freelancing in 2002, and has been a teacher at the college level for over 10 years. His passion in both areas has driven him to build Creator Courses, a school for those who want to create online businesses. As a big proponent of learning by doing, he loves creating focused, task-driven courses to help students build something. When he's not teaching, he's interviewing people for his podcast, How I Built It. https://casabona.org/

1 - Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/proposal-auto-update-old-versions-to-4-7/   #2 - After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost https://ghost.org/blog/5/   #3 - Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans https://wptavern.com/jetpack-7-6-improves-amp-compatibility-adds-preview-and-upgrade-nudge-for-blocks-only-available-on-paid-plans #4 - Adblocking: How About Nah? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah #5 - Google puts playable podcast episodes in Search https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/google-podcast-episodes-search/ #6 - WordCamp Long Beach to Debut a “Future of WordPress” Track https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-long-beach-to-debut-a-future-of-wordpress-track This Weeks Panels Recommendations Jonathan Denwood's YouTube Film "Dominion" The truth about industrial farming and why it's slowly killing you and your children! https://www.yo

Kurt von Ahnen was a precocious young man raised in a Philadelphia suburb. A non-conformist of sorts, he announced in third grade that he wanted to author a book. He was told that since he didn’t even do his language arts work, it would never happen. In 7th grade, Kurt had a paper route. When one boy failed to arrive to get his papers for the route – he took the route over, then another, then another. What the newspaper branch manager didn’t place together was that Kurt had franchised the paper routes and was paying other boys only a portion of the routes as he was covering the collecting and accounting. In High School he was told with the rest of the class to write a report on where he’d go to college. Having already been made the manager of a local furniture store, he said he’d pass on college as he was already making more than the teacher. After all, in the 80’s, more than 80% of the people making more than $50,000.00 per year were in retail. So why go to college. In his senior year, he was invited to leav

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp #2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/   #3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/ #4 - There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites?utm_source=pocket-newtab #5 - Artificial Intelligence and Norwegian Gender Quotas https://medium.com/@alexmoltzau/artificial-intelligence-and-norwegian-gender-quotas-11d8d9bf114a #6 - Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/23/proposal-a-wordpress-advisory-board/

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft. https://memberium.com/ Infusionsoft Training & Membership Software for Infusionsoft Users https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYRkaBaBI

#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27 #2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review? https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097 #3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free https://wptavern.com/wpgraphql-for-advanced-custom-fields-now-available-for-free #4 - The CMS war between Vox Media and The Washington Post is heating up https://digiday.com/media/cms-war-vox-media-washington-post-heating/ #5 - A Tale Of Two WordPress Hosts https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tale-two-wordpress-hosts/ #6 - Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75, but his monologue will live forever https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708804/blade-runner-rutger-hauer-dead-tears-in-rain-replicant-roy-batty "I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orio

This Show's Main Discussion Topics #1 - The biggest thing a newbie to Google Ads has to know? #2 - Can Google AdWords be used as an effective tool to promote a new course in 2019? #3 - Your thought on Udemy and how it helps a course builder to build a personal brand #4 - How online courses can help you get big clients #5 - What is the most exciting marketing platform for you in 2019? Isaac Rudansky Bio Isaac Rudansky, CEO of AdVenture Media Group, is widely considered to be an industry-leading expert on all matters related to pay per click advertising, online traffic acquisition and conversion rate optimization. As an educator, Isaac has over 91,000 paying students enrolled in his full-length online courses, and his beginners guide to Google AdWords has been watched by over 850,000 students. Isaac founded AdVenture Media, a digital advertising agency based in Long Island, NY, in 2013. Since then, Isaac and his team have consulted with over 450 companies around the world, ranging in size from small mom and pop

We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week and also anything else that we feel our audience would find interesting which has been published online during the week. Also this week we also have a special guest panelist Jason Resnick. #1 - Newspack Opens Up Application Process for Phase Two https://wptavern.com/newspack-opens-up-application-process-for-phase-two #2 -FaceApp is back and so are privacy concerns https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/17/20697771/faceapp-privacy-concerns-ios-android-old-age-filter-russia #3 - How Yoast Can Become an Attack Vector for Hackers, and How to Stop It https://www.joeyoungblood.com/wordpress-tips/how-yoast-can-become-an-attack-vector-for-hackers-and-how-to-stop-it/ #4 - Elon Musk unveils Neuralink’s plans for brain-reading ‘threads’ and a robot to insert them https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20697123/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-reading-thread-robot #5 - The Last Frontier https://harpers.org/archive/2019/08/the-last-frontier/?utm_source=pocket-newtab #6 - Si

About Billy To the outside world, it didn’t make any sense why I was leaving my career. I had an MBA and a thriving career as a consultant in the energy industry. I was working with important clients like the Department of Energy, Native American tribes, and Fortune 500 companies. I led the financial modeling for industrial-scale, cutting-edge energy projects. Think solar power, wind power, and that sort of thing. It was an interesting and rewarding career, but deep down, I was looking for something more. I wanted to do something I was passionate about. Something of my own. So I did. After I came home from those long days in the office, I started a blog around a fun hobby of mine: brewing beer at home. To my surprise, beer drinkers from all over the world began to discover it. The web traffic grew and grew. Before I knew it, I had built one of the top beer blogs in the internet. My readers particularly loved my home-brewing tips. So, one day, I decided to try something crazy and sell an online course. People

This week starting story is about how WordPress stopping obtrusive admin notices #1 - WordPress Theme Review Team Initiates New Long Term Plan to Make All WordPress.org Themes Accessible https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-initiates-new-long-term-plan-to-make-all-wordpress-org-themes-accessible #2 - Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20687434/amazon-sellers-nomad-merchants-products-malls-walmart #3 - The Future of Websites: Headless CMS https://scotch.io/bar-talk/the-future-of-websites-headless-cmss #4 - What two big studies tell us about the state of local marketing https://searchengineland.com/what-two-big-studies-tell-us-about-the-state-of-local-marketing-319176 #5 - Facebook’s Libra could be dead on arrival, if India stands by its proposed ban https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/india-proposed-ban-facebook-libra-threatens-cryptocurrency/ #6 - What happened to Utrip? Abrupt end to Seattle travel startup blindsides investors and clients https

Why people leave: ● See no value within first billing period ● Do not see equivalent value within first billing period ● Overwhelmed by the product, so much to do, so little time ● Run out of money For example… Membership Site, buys access, logs in, 100 things to do, can’t figure out where to start, cancels and leaves because it’s too overwhelming. Same can be applied to a software company, LMS site. For product stores Churn can be the amount of first time buyers who don’t return Ways to ensure people stay ● Ensure they see equivalent value within the first billing period ○ Be available for questions ○ Provide constant guidance and assistance ○ Automate on-boarding ○ Provide key benchmarks that “appear as value!” ○ Validate the customer experience ● Continue to provide value long term ○ Videos ○ Blogs posts ○ Podcasts ○ Insights ○ Strategies ○ etc... What to do when people leave? ● Send exit survey ○ Find out why the left ○ Collect key APIS/reasons ● Stay in touch ○ Keep them on the list unless they unsubscr

We going to be discussing in this episode how WordPress can be a direct competitor to SaaS platforms like Clickfunnels, with the right combination of free tools. We also are going to discuss funnels generally (including how the tech is only one part of the equation when it comes to successful funnels), and how I've used funnels and landing pages to sell $300k+ online courses in my first 2 years of business. Dave Foy teaches non-coders how to build their businesses faster and more profitably using WordPress and the Elementor page builder. Dave is actually a fully qualified teacher. For 10 years he taught 5-11-year-olds in the UK. Dave built his first website 20 years ago, and in 2003 turned pro and spent 14 years in the industry, building and optimizing websites. He started "Design-Build Web" (https://www.designbuildweb.co) in early 2017, combining his passion for teaching, his non-sleazy approach to marketing and 20+ years of web design experience. He applied everything he knew about sales funnels to his own

Our two main stories this week is WP-Engine buying up Flywheel, the dark star grows our second is an insightful post oh what a test group of Chinese students really do when given access to the open web for a period of time. We have two special guests this week Adrian Tobey from Groundhogg: https://www.groundhogg.io/ #1 - WP Engine Acquires Flywheel https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-flywheel #2 - When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/what-happened-when-researchers-gave-chinese-students-uncensored-internet/article/3015387 #3 - After Party: An Apology https://2019.europe.wordcamp.org/2019/06/24/after-party-apology/ #4 - Something Awful’s founder thinks YouTube sucks at moderation https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18744264/something-awful-youtube-moderation-rich-kyanka-lgbtq #5 - State of CSS 2019 Survey Results: Top Frameworks Rank Low in Satisfaction, JavaScript Proficiency is on the Rise https://wptavern.com/state-of-css-survey-2019-resul

Violette has managed to build a real online community with her FemCity brand we discuss how she did it and the lessons she has learned. Violette created FemCity while developing a Public Relations + Marketing business. She was seeking a community of women to network and mastermind with monthly. She couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she created a business community for women. For the first year, she only hosted workshops and the series in Miami. From there, women around the world started to ask for their own FemCity community in their backyard. Today we have over 140 communities in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. Key Subjects We Discuss During the Show 1 - Advice on how to build real community online? 2 - Key things learnt connected to building a successful online membership based business? 3 - What were some the major business problems Violette faced building up the business and how did she overcome them? 4 - What are some of the things Violette would like to share with the audience connected to