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1 - AMP for WordPress Plugin to Introduce User-Friendly Theme Support Settings in Upcoming 1.0 Release https://wptavern.com/amp-for-wordpress-plugin-to-introduce-user-friendly-theme-support-settings-in-upcoming-1-0-release 2 - Let's Stop Pretending Facebook and Twitter's CEOs Can't Fix This Mess https://www.wired.com/story/ellen-pao-facebook-twitter-ceos-can-fix-abuse-mark-zuckerberg-jack-dorsey/ 3 - THE REAL REASON WP-SPAMSHIELD WAS KICKED OFF WORDPRESS.ORG? https://www.redsandmarketing.com/blog/real-reason-wp-spamshield-kicked-off-wordpress-org/ 4 - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/30/ten-arguments-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now-jaron-lanier 5 - Find the Right WordPress Membership Plugin for Your Site https://wpappstore.com/blog/right-wordpress-membership-plugin/  

What are the strengths and weaknesses of WordPress compared to the leading SaaS competitors? How do you make logical decision connected to which platform is right for you and what are the key things you need to understand? We also discuss a new bread of WordPress hybrid solution that are taking on the leading SaaS platforms that has takes the best from these online LMS SaaS and combines them with the design and layout flexibility WordPress without the ongoing problems of supporting your own fully self hosted WordPress powered website. https://newkajabi.com https://www.thinkific.com https://teachable.com https://www.thinkific.com/thinkific-vs-teachable/ https://sellcoursesonline.com/teachable-vs-thinkific

In this weeks WP-Tonic’s Round-Table Show with have a great panel and some interesting stories to discuss see below. 1 - WordPress to Support Classic Editor for “Many Years to Come,” Plugin and Theme Markets Expected to Drive Gutenberg Adoption https://wptavern.com/wordpress-to-support-classic-editor-for-many-years-to-come-plugin-and-theme-markets-expected-to-drive-gutenberg-adoption 2 - The Man Who Snuck Into the Ivy League Without Paying a Thing https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/the-man-who-snuck-into-the-ivy-league-without-paying-a-thing/386917/ Waking up Podcast: Sam Harris #136 Digital Humanism Guest Jaron Lanier https://samharris.org/podcasts/136-digital-humanism/ 3 - 10 Reasons to Use WordPress for a University Website https://webdevstudios.com/2018/08/28/wordpress-for-a-university-website/ 4 - Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models https://www.usenix.org/confere

In this show we discuss how to develop an audience for your propose course or membership website. Neil Napier Neil Napier is a charismatic leader of people. He focuses on empowering people to spread their wings and develop their individual super-powers. Neil cares about his customers like nobody else and is available for them more than his wife would prefer. He loves to teach and uses this skill to go the extra mile for his customers' success.. https://myfirst1000.com Cindy Nicholson (The co-host of WP-Tonic Wednesday Show) https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/

We have a great show here where we have jont deep dive into Gutenberg project. I get told off for choosing particular bad story by the panel. Also Matt Medeiro from the Matt Report joins us and we discuss some of his recent video about JetPack and Gutenberg. 1 - Mario Peshev Explains the Advantages of Gutenberg for Users who Rely on Page Builders https://wptavern.com/mario-peshev-explains-the-advantages-of-gutenberg-for-users-who-rely-on-page-builders Beaver Builder vs Gutenberg: A Case Study https://webdevstudios.com/2018/08/21/beaver-builder-vs-gutenberg 2 - The Tinder lawsuit is going to get nasty https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/22/17765684/tinder-match-group-lawsuit-sexual-harassment 3 - ClassicPress: Gutenberg Not Included https://wptavern.com/classicpress-gutenberg-not-included 4 - What is this weird Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully defending warehouse work? https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/what-is-this-weird-twitter-army-of-amazon-drones-cheerfully-defending-warehouse-work/  

Brea provides entrepreneurs with the confidence and steps needed to successfully launch their product and shift their business so that they can create profitable funnels that naturally create customers and create residual income. Brea began her entrepreneurial journey as a copywriter and virtual assistant, and went on to “accidentally” help a client with their launch. And it worked! Over the next few years, Brea had the good fortune to work on launches that have generated 5-, 6-, and 7-figures. Brea has natural gift for problem solving and funnel creation, and that together, she could help entrepreneurs level up and launch their dream businesses. Breanna Gunn https://www.breannagunn.com/ https://breannagunn.lpages.co/launch-secrets/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ Cindy Nicholson https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/

1 - Syed Balkhi Launches A WordPress-focused Growth Accelerator Fund https://wptavern.com/syed-balkhi-launches-a-wordpress-focused-growth-accelerator-fund 2 - WordPress.com Boots Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Sites, Bans Malicious Publication of Unauthorized Images of Minors. https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-boots-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory-sites-bans-malicious-publication-of-unauthorized-images-of-minors   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/media/sandy-hook-conspiracies-leonard-pozner.html 3 - GoDaddy Data Breach Puts the Internet and Your Site at Risk https://blogaid.net/godaddy-data-breach-puts-the-internet-and-your-site-at-risk/ 4 - WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads: Which One Should You Use https://kinsta.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-easy-digital-downloads/# 5 - Why You Need To Discontinue Using Nulled WordPress Plugins On Your Site https://wedevs.com/135552/nulled-wordpress-plugins/  

In addition to running her own highly successful online business, Julie is also a head coach and Clickfunnels working with Russell Brunson. We discuss how to build and run a successful membership website and what are the best strategies in building an audience for your first online course. Julie Christine Stoian https://juliestoian.com/the-digital-gangsta/

I have a great and detailed discussion with my new co-host Cindy Nicholson of The Course Whisperer about why doing some basic pre launch research is so important if you going to avoid market fit mistakes connected to your great course idea! Cindy Nicholson of The Course Whisperer https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/workwithme/

#316 WP-Tonic’s Friday round-table Show 3rd of August, 2018 at 8:30am PST In this weeks show our main starting story is from WP Tavern concerning Easy Digital Downloads and its decision to reduce company’s extension passes prices plus a statement on the company’s blog from its CEO Pippin Williamson which basically says that the company got it pricing structure wrong. Here’s This Weeks Stories 1 - Easy Digital Downloads Substantially Reduces Prices for Extension Passes https://wptavern.com/easy-digital-downloads-substantially-reduces-prices-for-extension-passes

We discuss with Nathan how he got into web design and what has he learnt that he can share with the audience connected to being effective freelance web designer. We then go into what he has learnt connected to building a number of successful online courses and how he effectively marketed theses courses. I you want to get some real insight connected to being a freelancer and also how to build your first online course this is a great episode for you.

This Weeks Articles That We Discuss During The Show 1 - Google Chrome Rolls Out “Not Secure” Warning for Plain HTTP Sites https://wptavern.com/google-chrome-rolls-out-not-secure-warning-for-plain-http-sites 2 - Facebook Just Learned the True Cost of Fixing Its Problems https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-just-learned-the-true-cost-of-fixing-its-problems/ CRTV host Allie Beth Stuckey Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 3 - Why Learning WordPress Development is Hard https://wpshout.com/why-learning-wordpress-development-is-hard/ 4 - Digital Disruption Disrupted http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/digital-disruption-disrupted/ 5 - WordSesh 2018: What Clients Really Want https://www.lireo.com/wordsesh-2018-what-clients-really-want/ 6 - ACLU says Amazon facial recognition associated Congress members with mugshots https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/26/aclu-says-amazon-facial-recognition-associated-congress-members-with-mugshots/  

We’re going to be introducing Cindy “The Course Whisperer” as the new co host of WP-Tonic Show plus we going to be discussing these four main areas, see below. The 4 Fatal Flaws in Your Online Course Project & How to Avoid Them!   How to build a pre-launch audience. MVC (minimum viable course). Speed is really important. Security is boring until your course gets hacked.

Hi folks here’s the list of articles that we during the show we also have a special guest Spencer Forman of WP Launchify 1 - iThemes Enters the Hosting Space mainwp iThemes Sync Pro https://wptavern.com/ithemes-enters-the-hosting-space 2 - Amid the 20th anniversary of open source, Tim O’Reilly warns that platform companies built on open-source software have lost their way https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amid-20th-anniversary-open-source-tim-oreilly-warns-platform-companies-built-open-source-software-lost-way/ 3 - WP Site Care Joins Southern Web https://www.wpsitecare.com/wp-site-care-joins-forces-with-southern-web/ 4 - Don’t feed the trolls, and other hideous lies https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17561768/dont-feed-the-trolls-online-harassment-abuse 5 - Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/07/linkbuilding-the-citizens-field-guide/ 6 - Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman https://www.fastcompany.com/90202172/why-bad-technology-domina

FIVE REASONS YOU NEED MARKETING AUTOMATION FOR WORDPRESS TODAY 1) One-directional marketing is dead 2) A CRM is the brain and WordPress is the body of your business 3) Your business should be modular, not locked into a closed platform 4) Tags & Custom Fields are the “glue” that hold all components together 5) Ignoring Marketing Automation will not make it go away   THE MARKETING AUTOMATION GOLDRUSH: SaaS Platforms v. WP+CRM (+API) How plugins such as WPFusionPlugin.com are making it possible to use WordPress (plus one's favorite CRM) to take on the multitude of SaaS "platforms" that have arisen lately for marketing automation. Business owners today MUST use MA in order to survive...it's not enough to have a simple website and do things manually. How does a WP site owner get the best of all worlds Spencer Forman https://wplaunchify.com/

310 WP-Tonic’s Round-Table Show July the 13th LIVE at 8:30am PST Matt Medeiros of the Matt Report podcast joined us on the panel this week. This Episodes Sponsor is WPFusion   This Weeks Stories 1 - Gutenberg Articles of the Week Video: A Quick Introduction to Gutenberg and the New WordPress Block Editor from LinkedIn Learning https://wptavern.com/video-a-quick-introduction-to-gutenberg-and-the-new-wordpress-block-editor-from-linkedin-learning 2 - Matt Medeiros Matt Report Latest Video WordPress is changing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT6L5GFJdg 3 - SparkToro Raised a Very Unusual Round of Funding & We’re Open-Sourcing Our Docs #287 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Rand Fishkin Former CEO of Moz https://sparktoro.com/blog/raised-a-very-unusual-round-of-funding-were-open-sourcing-our-docs/ 4 - Tech journalist and Chairman Mom founder Sarah Lacy on the power of being polarizing https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tech-journalist-chairman-mom-founder-sarah-lacy-power-polarizing/

Phillip helps companies convert their static websites into lead-generating marketing platforms. In 2005, knowing little about web development, Phillip made a promise to a business owner that he wasn’t sure I could keep - to build a website. https://seoforgrowth.com/about-the-authors/phil-singleton/ https://kcwebdesigner.com/about/ Phillip self-studied and painstakingly created a simple one-page site for him. Two months later, the site achieved top search engine rankings and leads starting pouring in for his business. Soon after, he called and said “you’ve not only changed my business, you’ve changed my life.” It was the most rewarding moment of my professional career and ignited a fire in me that rages to this very day. That ugly little Microsoft Front Page website has snowballed into a thriving digital agency that has partnered with hundreds of businesses. Phillip have since written several award winning and best-selling books on lead generation, search engine optimization and web design. Forbes named my bo

Jonathan comment: I’ve got some some great news next week Friday (13th at 8:30am PST) Matt Medeiros of the Matt Report podcast will be joining us on the panel WP-Tonic round-table show! This Weeks Discussion Stories 1- WordPress 4.9.8 to Introduce “Try Gutenberg” Callout https://wptavern.com/wordpress-4-9-8-to-introduce-try-gutenberg-callout 2 - WCEU Panel Discusses Progressive WordPress Themes, AMP, and Gutenber https://wptavern.com/wceu-panel-discusses-progressive-wordpress-themes-amp-and-gutenberg 3 - How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs? https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/younger-vs-older-tech-entrpreneurs 4 - The Demand for Gutenberg Is Not There. Yet https://tommcfarlin.com/demand-for-gutenberg-is-not-there 5 - John Maeda: Designing Inclusive Teams and Products https://99u.adobe.com/videos/59401/john-maeda-designing-inclusive-teams-and-products 6 - The Best Image Compression Tools for the Web https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/07/the-best-image-compression-tools-for-the-

David Kadavy is author of the #18 Amazon best-selling book, Design for Hackers, and host of the Love Your Work podcast. Prior to writing Design for Hackers, David led design at two Silicon Valley startups, freelanced for clients such as oDesk, PBworks, and UserVoice, and launched numerous startups of his own – none of which failed hard enough to be worthy of mention in this bio. David's work has won international awards that only design snobs have heard of, and his free email courses have taught over 100,000 people the fundamentals of good design. https://designforhackers.com/

This Weeks Stories 1- WP Engine Acquires StudioPress https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-studiopress 2 - Instagram launches IGTV app for creators, 1-hour video uploads https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/20/igtv/ 3 - Learn the simple tactic I used to rank #1 for "Online marketing https://neilpatel.com/blog/keyword-research-formula/ 4 - LinkedIn taps Microsoft’s language skills for new translation tool within main feed https://www.geekwire.com/2018/linkedin-taps-microsofts-language-skills-new-translation-tool-within-main-feed/   5 - How Mobile Web Design Affects Local Search (And What To Do About It) https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/06/local-search-mobile-web-design/   6 - Essential Design Trends, July 2018 https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/06/essential-design-trends-july-2018/