Wordpress: Wp-tonic Show Is For Online Course Builders, Business Owners & Wordpress Professionals

We have a slightly different format to the show this week see instead of discussing the latest WordPress and online news of the week we decided to talk about how WordPress consultants, designer and developers can get quality clients and what are the warning signs connected to possible clients which are not going to be a good fit. Also in the second half of the show we also discuss what possible clients should look for connected to hiring a possible WordPress consultant or developer. #clientsfromhell #WordPress #WordPressDevelopment

You have got a great idea for an online course and you want to get it live and making money as quickly as possible! However, you want your first course to be done right so how long is all of this going to take from idea to life website. This is what we discuss in this episode of the WP-Tonic Show. #WordPress #LMS #CourseBuilding

1 - Jetpack Is Promoting Paid Upgrades on Plugin Search Screen, WordPress Plugin Team Says it “May be a Violation” of Directory Guidelines\ https://wptavern.com/jetpack-is-promoting-paid-upgrades-on-plugin-search-screen-wordpress-plugin-team-says-it-may-be-a-violation-of-directory-guidelines 2 - WooCommerce 3.6 to Add Marketplace Suggestions, Despite Overwhelmingly Negative Feedback from Developer Community https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-3-6-to-add-marketplace-suggestions-despite-overwhelmingly-negative-feedback-from-developer-community 3 - On Health, WordPress and a Tough Decision https://www.caroleolinger.com/a-tough-decision 4 - Pipdig Update: Dishonest Denials, Erased Evidence, and Ongoing Offenses https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/pipdig-update-dishonest-denials-erased-evidence-and-ongoing-offenses/ 5 - Why Google+ Failed https://onezero.medium.com/why-google-failed-4b9db05b973b #WordPress #Jetpack #WooCommerce The Tips, Reviews of the Week Jonathan - Affinity Photo: https://affinity.seri

Main Topic Growing Your eLearning Online Business Through Sales Funnels Lyndsay Phillips is a serial entrepreneur; client-appointed task master plus project ninja and warrior content marketer for life & business coaches, accountants and other online entrepreneurs across the globe. CEO & Founder of Smooth Sailing Business Growth, she leads a rock star team to support entrepreneurs who are seeking fast-paced business growth but finally have come to the realization that they can’t do it alone, do it all, and do it well. She is also the host of Smooth Business Growth Podcast, plus Smooth Business Growth Flash on Alexa– - and loves sharing practical tips, business building & content marketing strategies. An expert in all things content marketing, she and her team focus on leveraging content to attract and convert customers faster and build stronger relationships along the way   Have a sales ladder/ funnel created (some call it an ascension ladder) - I can share examples and why Ensure the topics/ subje

1 - WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-2-beta-1-released-help-test-new-blocks-block-manager-and-improved-fatal-error-protection 2 - Family Tree DNA offers to trade privacy to catch criminals https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/28/family-tree-dna-asks-customers-to-share-dna-to-solve-crimes/ 3 - Blue Oceans. Notes on Joshua Strebel’s WCPHX Keynote presentation (Part 2) https://pagely.com/blog/wcphx-keynote-2/ 4 - An Unpopular List of Marketing Trends for 2019 https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-unpopular-list-of-marketing-trends-for-2019/ 5 -Startup branding: how much does it really cost? https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/28/startup-branding-how-much-does-it-really-cost/   OUR PICK'S OF THE WEEK? Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://growinwp.com/ecosystem-plugins/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wordpress/scripts Spencer Forman: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wedocs/ John Locke: https://bokeh.pics

We Interview one of the founders of Cozmoslabs who are authors of the popular multilingual plugin TranslatePress Adrian is the co-founder of Cozmoslabs, a company focused on building premium WordPress plugins since 2011. Their products are used on over 120,000 websites. Lately he's mostly focused on marketing and business development, however nothing feels better to him than actually coding a feature. Their most popular plugins Profile Builder and Paid Member Subscriptions are targeted on membership sites, offering things ranging from building user profiles & advanced front-end forms to creating subscription plans, restricting content and accepting payments. Their newest product, TranslatePress is a WordPress multilingual plugin that lets you translate your entire site directly from the front-end using a really intuitive interface. It works out of the box with any theme or plugin, including WooCommerce and site builders. Sure, we can offer a free TranslatePress business license and a Paid Member Subscrip

We Have a Special Guest For This Week's Show Michelle Schulp: https://marktimemedia.com/ 1 - WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-ends-support-for-php-5-2-5-5-bumps-minimum-required-php-version-to-5-6 2 - T-Mobile starts testing wireless home internet service https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275640/tmobile-lte-wireless-home-internet-service-pilot-launch 3 - 16 Months of Members-Only Content https://tommcfarlin.com/16-months-of-members-only-content/ 4 - Tools to Boost Remote Work Productivity https://webdevstudios.com/2019/03/19/tools-to-boost-remote-work-productivity/ 5 - Pinterest hires the exec behind Walmart's tech transformation https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/21/pinterest-hires-walmart-exec-jeremy-king/

Daniel has a background in Direct Response advertising (PPC ads etc), but ironically, its his Content Marketing that people know him for He's had the top 10 content of all time on inbound.org and Top content of 2017 + 2018 on GrowthHackers (He even had one viral post generate $3 million in client requests in 2 weeks) Spend my spare time in the ocean or in the mountains, or nerding out with some good sci fi He teaches people how to write less often, but get more traffic, at www.ampmycontent.com

- WordPress Explores Proposal for New Block Directory to Host Single Block Plugins https://wptavern.com/wordpress-explores-proposal-for-new-block-directory-to-host-single-block-plugins 2 - Mark Ritson: For the first time big tech faces a credible threat of breakup https://www.marketingweek.com/2019/03/13/mark-ritson-big-tech-credible-threat-breakup/ 3 - My 5 Biggest Failures as a Marketer and Entrepreneur (Cost Me 15 Years) https://woorkup.com/internet-marketing-failures/ 4 - The web we broke. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-web-we-broke/  

We’re Travis and Amanda Northcutt. We work with membership sites of all shapes and sizes and have a long track record of success in helping people plan, grow, optimize, and scale their memberships. Amanda was the Director of Sales for a multi million dollar membership site for 10 years. She took an early retirement to refocus her life and pack her family up to start traveling full time in 2015 before joining Travis at Member Up. When Amanda started working for the aforementioned membership site, it was grossing less than 6 figures annually. She played a key role in increasing revenue by more than 40x. Travis has specialized in the membership space for over 5 years now. He started out building membership sites for clients, and has evolved into providing strategic input on all areas of running a membership site. We traveled the world full time for a few years, and just recently settled down in Fort Collins, Colorado. You can learn more about our crazy life on our personal blog: https://northcutt.life We believe

We had a great show here with special guest this Friday Show John James Jacoby co-host of WordPress Weekly podcast. 1 - Pantheon raises $40 million to manage Drupal and WordPress websites https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/05/pantheon-raises-40-million-to-manage-drupal-and-wordpress-websites/ 2 - Mark Zuckerberg outlines a ‘privacy-focused’ revamp of Facebook https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/06/mark-zuckerberg-outlines-facebook-privacy-rethink/ 3 - Talking to Michael Hebenstreit about WordPress after selling MHThemes.com https://www.ilovewp.com/blog/interview-michael-hebenstreit-wordpress-mhthemes/ 4 - Why People Don’t Get Wealthy? hhttps://calacanis.com/ 5 - WordPress Contributors Propose Shorter, Time-based Release Cycles https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-propose-shorter-time-based-release-cycles 6 - How My Brain-Damaged Mother Changed How I Look at Interface Design https://magenta.as/how-my-brain-damaged-mother-changed-how-i-look-at-interface-design-9d2a06f042a1

Why Are Your Possible Customers Choosing The Competition, Even When Your Product Or Service Is Clearly Superior? Simon's approach is methodical, thorough and thoughtful and it does not always follow the status quo. He rigorously handpick the best of marketing thinking that many never get access to and simplify it for small businesses (even if it goes against popular click-bait headlines). Above all, he make sure that his customers get thinking that comes from his direct experience, working for 214 small and large businesses (including Coca Cola, Honda and Vodafone and Saatchi & Saatchi). https://thebrainwheel.com/

This week we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show Carrie Dills 1 - WORDPRESS: USERS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND KNOWN UNKNOWNS https://mor10.com/wordpress-users-stakeholders-and-known-unknowns/   https://wptavern.com/gatsby-wordpress-themes-project-partners-with-theme-shops-to-port-popular-themes-to-gatsby 2 - We Analyzed 13 Billion Log Entries – Here’s What We Learned https://kinsta.com/blog/analyzing-log-entries/ 3 - Gatsby WordPress Themes Project Partners with Theme Shops to Port Popular Themes to Gatsby 4 - This Remarkably Agile Robot Hand Teaches Itself How to Handle Objects https://gizmodo.com/this-remarkably-agile-robot-hand-teaches-itself-how-to-1832960417 5 - AR WILL SPARK THE NEXT BIG TECH PLATFORM—CALL IT MIRRORWORLD 6 - We Need Chrome No More https://redalemeden.com/blog/2019/we-need-chrome-no-more

How To Get More Clients For Your Course/Membership Website Liston works directly with hundreds of freelancers, consultants, and small agency owners. So far 100% of the people he has spoken to, coached, or consulted didn’t set out to become a master salesperson. Eventually, though, they realized that the lack of a quality sales process was holding them back. If you’re reading this, I will venture to guess that you have expertise that’s valuable to your clients. That means there are others out there who need your help, too. https://liston.io/

We Have Two Special Guest Panelists On This Week's Show Marieke van de Rakt CEO of Yoast and Heather Wide co-founder of Roceteer Marieke van de Rakt: Marieke is the founder of Yoast Academy, the SEO training portal of Yoast. She joined the company in 2013 after obtaining her Ph.D. in Social Sciences and after working also at various universities. https://yoast.com/new-ceo-marieke-van-de-rakt/  Heather Wide:Unicorn Whisperer Heather was a founding employee of Evernote, she oversaw the company's growth from thousands to 100,000,000 customers. https://roceteer.com/crew This Week Discussion Stories 1 - Yoast CEO Responds to #YoastCon Twitter Controversy, Calls for Change in the SEO Industry https://wptavern.com/yoast-ceo-responds-to-yoastcon-twitter-controversy-calls-for-change-in-the-seo-industry 2 - Zuckerberg to meet UK minister after damning ‘digital gangsters’ report https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234439/zuckerberg-meet-uk-minister-jeremy-wright-regulations-platforms 3 - Alex Mills Ends His Battle

The Power of Webinars to Promote Your Membership Website! This week's guest, Joel Erway, chief strategist for the Webinar Agency and host of the popular “Sold With Webinars Podcast.” We discuss how to us the power of webinars to promote your course and membership website! The goal of The Webinar Agency is to educate its visitors, users, and customers on how to leverage webinars, funnels, sales messaging, and marketing techniques in their business for growth and success. We specialize in sales messaging, funnels, and conversion. We have helped our clients achieve 7-figure growth exclusively with webinars. Let us help you expand your business with our dynamic marketing strategies, unique focus and techniques. https://thewebinaragency.com/ https://soldwithwebinars.libsyn.com/

We have a special interview with David Cohen who is the leading self-confessed troll who started the Twitter storm over #joostdevalk and #yoastcon. Should Joost de Valk be the new marketing head and public face of the WordPress community? We also discuss these other leading other web news stories of the week. 1 - The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable? https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43zak3/the-internet-was-built-on-the-free-labor-of-open-source-developers-is-that-sustainable 2 - Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7 3 - Make it Boring https://jeremy.codes/blog/make-it-boring/

John Nemo is an author, speaker, 1-on-1 business coach and consultant, John Nemo helps individuals, organizations and businesses boost their brand, generate sales leads and increase revenue. The son of two English teachers, John grew up in a home where the basement walls were lined floor-to-ceiling with books. A lifelong love of story led him to a career in journalism, where he started his career in 1997 as a reporter for The Arizona Republic and later The Associated Press. John later worked in talk radio as a producer and on-air talent at KTIS-AM radio in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He also served as a freelance writer for hundreds of different magazines, newspapers and websites, covering topics ranging from Fantasy Football to Norwegian Architecture to Rock Music. https://linkedinriches.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirejohnnemo/

didn’t know what to make of the post and the Twitter storm linked to this article. I usually try and keep my distance from Twitter and its drama because I don’t need the negatively in my life. So I tend to dismiss these type of stories. However, I think I was wrong about this because with some personal reflection I think there are some disturbing parts to this story connected to how Joost de Valk views/see woman and does his behavior almost ten years ago means that he is unsuitable to be the head of Marketing and Communications Lead of the WordPress project? 1 - YoastCon Overshadowed by Twitter Storm: Joost de Valk, SEO Industry Leaders Called Out for Objectifying Women https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-joost-de-valk-seo-industry-leaders-called-out-for-objectifying-women 2 - On the Corporate Takeover of the Cathedral and the Bazaar https://mor10.com/on-the-corporate-takeover-of-the-cathedral-and-the-bazaar/ 3 - I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell https://gi

We Interview Successful Online Female Entrepreneur Who Plays Big and Means Business! Are you looking at producing an online course using the power of WordPress but don’t know how you’re going to successfully market your course don’t worry Ashley has some actionable insights and answers Ashley Ryan is a female entrepreneur who plays big and means business. She has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, bringing in 6 and 7-figure revenue for her clients through simple, un-complicated, savvy marketing systems. https://hersmartmarketing.com/about/