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

Zac Gordon talks about how much work it been to develop his top rated Javascript online course JavascriptForWP . Zac is a WordPress educator and teacher. In this interview, he talks about starting as a web development teacher at local schools, and eventually working at Treehouse as their lead WordPress development teacher. After Treehouse cancelled any new WordPress courses, Zac decided that he wanted to put together an ongoing JavaScipt for WordPress course. He talks extensively about the lessons he learned from putting this course together, including the production and marketing of the course. Zac has tons of insights on what makes for a successful campaign for a new WordPress product or course, and what the major factors were in making this course a hit. Zac also talks about his little-know (but very large) side business, Web Hosting For Students. He talks about all the growing pains that business has gone through over the years. There's so much valuable information in this episode, you won't want to miss

WordPress & Online Marketing What Works in 2016 From Snapchat to Email Marketing. The WP-Tonic panel discusses what marketing efforts are working for them and their clients in 2016. How are email lists? What about social media? Should you pay attention to Snapchat? What about offline marketing? Does SEO still work? We discuss all these topics and more on this episode of WP-Tonic. Appearing in this episode: Sallie Goetch, Kim Shivler, Jonathan Denwood, John Locke https://www.wp-tonic.com   ==================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We look at the major elements connected to running a successful eCommerce website. What does it take to set up a WooCommerce store and make it work? What are the technical challenges you'll face in setting up your online store? What are the best extensions for WooCommerce? What about payment gateways? What are alternatives to WooCommerce? When should you consider Shopify or Magento as e-commerce solutions? We discuss these topics on this episode of WP-Tonic.   Appearing in this episode: Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic, John Locke of Lockedown Design   Read the article on WP-Tonic.com for additional content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/102-wordpress-ecommerce-shopify-vs-woocommerce/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice-weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.  

We have a great round-table live panel discussion connected eCommerce and WooCommerce. Here the panel this week. https://www.wp-tonic.com Sallie Goetsch David Laietta John Locke Jonathan Denwood   ===================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.    

In this episode to travel back to episode #1 and for #100 Morton Rand-Hendriksen returns to update us with what he's been up to in the world of WordPress.   Read the article on WP-Tonic.com for additional content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/2-100-special-guest-morten-rand-hendriksen-lynda-com/   Links: https://mor10.com/ https://wp-tonic.com/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

What Are The Plugins That You Should Consider For Any WordPress Website?   Read the full article on WP-Tonic.com: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/099-plugins-put-wordpress-websites/ ==================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We interview Devin Walker, Founder of WordImpress, the makers of the GiveWP Plugin, as well as Maps Builder Pro, WooCommerce Quick Checkout, and a variety of review plugins. Devin talks about what's next for the GiveWP plugin, working with a team at WordImpress, why documentation is important, and prioritizing feature requests for a hit plugin. Devin discusses the origins of the GiveWP plugin, and what recurring client requests led to its development. GiveWP is the premier donation plugin for WordPress on the market today. Devin also speaks on resisting the urge to turn a plugin into something it is not. Devin also discusses developing a Yelp review plugin for restaurants in San Diego, and expanding into similar widget plugins for Google, Facebok, and YP reviews. These led Devin to expand into larger plugins, Maps Builder Pro, and GiveWP.   Links: Devin Walker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/innerwebs https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/098-we-interview-devin-walker-founder-of-wordimpress/   ==================

Tools and Tips Connected to Building Your WordPress Websites.   Our panel: Jackie D'Elia Russell Aaron John Locke Jonathan Denwood   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We look at and giving some detailed advice on how you choice the right WordPress membership plugin for your project.   You can read more on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/097-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-2016/ =======================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We go through the four main choices you have when it comes to hosting your WordPress website. We start with shared hosting and then move to managed WordPress hosting and end with dedicated server hosting.   Read more about our the best WordPress hosting on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/096-best-wordpress-hosting-options-companies-2016/   =====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

Read more about how to choose the right WordPRess theme on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/095-pick-right-premium-wordpress-theme/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

John Locke is the founder of Lockedown Design, a WordPress web agency in Sacramento, CA. This show chronicles how John got into web design and the WordPress community, his career before web development, and what's next. Starting with this episode, John will be the regular co-host of the WP-Tonic podcast.       Read additional content for this episode at the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/094-special-guest-interview-john-locke-wordpress-developer-new-co-host-wp-tonic/ ====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

Read more about our choices for best WordPress security measures and plugins at: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/093-wordpress-security/   ====================     WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

In this round robin special episode of WP-Tonic, we are going to be talking about everything we have discussed during April connected to online marketing from landing page plugin builders to sells funnels including email marketing plus local SEO, which is important to understand if you are a local or regional business. We wanted to the pump-out load of information during April connected to how you the WordPress website owner needs to know about getting new clients or customers to your beautiful existing or newly powered WordPress site related to how you can convert them into an action that helps your website grow and move forward.   Read more about our choices for landing page plugins and email subscription services at: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/092-wordpress-landing-page-plugins-services/ ====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web

Use the Facebook platform and paid advertisement set-up combined with WordPress can make a powerful conversion machine. It can be slightly intimidating when starting out with Facebook however like with WordPress there a lot of great free training resources not only from Facebook themselves but from a number of over excellent third-party websites that will show you how not only set-up your Facebook page but also how to use the Facebook Ads Manager.   Get additional content for this episode at the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/091-powerful-conversion/   =====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.  

Why have we decided to talk about this subject? Well, a lot of users of WordPress are small business owners who have physical businesses or have a joint set-up of local business and e-commerce online presence and are using WordPress to build their company's website. However, for you the small business owner to get any real value from your WordPress powered website it's got to show up in Google local search. Unfortunately, I see so many small business owners making a lot of fundamental mistakes when it comes to getting their WordPress optimized for Google local search. Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Intros 0:43 The Marketing Funnel 1:35 The Importance of Local SEO 2:10 Local SEO is Different than National Search 2:38 Directories and the Internet Yellow Pages 3:00 Getting a Consistent NAP (Name, Address, Phone) 4:05 Moz Local for managing your NAP and data aggregation 6:50 Reviews and the Internet Yellow Pages 8:00 Google Local / Google My Business 10:40 Google Search Console 11:10 Yoast SEO and site

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Today on this shared episode WP-Tonic & Timelines we have Rebecca Gill from Commerce Township Michigan. She is the founder and president of Web Savvy Marketing, a website, and SEO agency. Now this is an unusual episode so go on over to WP-Tonic.Com and TimelinesNetcast.com, and you will find a slew of bonus content material to include two new YouTube clips but for now let’s get right into this podcast with Rebecca Gill.   Read more from our conversation with Rebecca Gill at: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/088-wordpress-seo-search-engine-optimization/   ==================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

In this week episode of WP-Tonic, we have Russell Aaron back to finish off our discussion of using WordPress to make money online. We chat about using WordPress as a base SaaS development framework. We then go on to discuss Gravity Forms and why Russell just one massive fanboy when it comes to this excellent WordPress plugin product. We then finish off the show with an asking Russell what are his and team's general plans for Vegas WordCamp 2016.   Get additional content from this episode with Russell at: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/087-gravity-forms-wordcamp-las-vegas-2016/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

In this week's show, we have a great guest  Heather Wilde of Roceteer discuss using WordPress as a powerful startup framework not only if you looking at building the next great WordPress plugin or theme but, also using WordPress as a traditional SaaS platform. Using the word traditional is funny if you consider that this whole industry of software as a service model is at most seven years old. However, compared to using other technologies like Ruby on Rails or Java, WordPress can save you a load of development time and money.   Get additional content for this episode with Heather Wilde at the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/086-startups-wordpress-special-guest-heather-wilde/   =================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.