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Every Friday at 8:30 am PST; we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. This Weeks Special Guest Panelists Ronnie Burt. Sensei LMS https://senseilms.com Mark Westguard WSForms https://wsform.com/   This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show   #1 - Software Freedom Conservancy Receives Court Ruling Affirming GPL as Both Copyright License and Contractual Agreement https://wptavern.com/software-freedom-conservancy-receives-court-ruling-affirming-gpl-as-both-copyright-license-and-contractual-agreement #2- Making Sense of Ethics in AI with Katrina Ingram https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6929480611183149056/   #3 - Is WordPress hurtling toward a closed-source future? https://masterwp.com/is-wordpress-hurtling-toward-a-closed-source-future/   #4- Texas has declared open season on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube with a censorship law https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/05/13/tech/texas-hb20-social-media-law/index.html

It's All About Positioning Baby. April Dunford is the world’s leading expert on product positioning. She has worked with over 200 fast-growing technology companies to accelerate their growth through clear, compelling positioning. Previously April has run marketing and product teams at a series of seven successful technology startups. She is also a board member, investor, and advisor to many high-growth businesses. She is the author of the bestselling book Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning, so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it. https://www.aprildunford.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/ Main Questions Practical positioning April Dunford #1 - April, how did you get into the semi-crazy world of technology and startups? #2 - I've learned that positioning your product, service, or plugin correctly is all-important; got any quick insights/tips on how to achieve this?   #3 - I think you really got to be prepared to pivot great quickly when it comes to positioning; what are your thought about this? #4 - What are some basic mistakes you see people making on a semi-regular basis for product positioning?   #5 - Are there any processes or mythologies that you can share with the listeners that you feel can help in the process of successful product positioning?   #6 - Is there one particular semi-big mistake you have made in business that you feel you can share with the audience that you have learned a lot from?     https://www.aprildunford.com/

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Tom Fanelli Founder and CEO of Convesio :https://convesio.com/ Chris Badgett Joint Founder and CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - WordPress Community Attributes Declining Market Share to Performance Issues, Increased Complexity, and the Lagging Full-Site Editing Project https://wptavern.com/wordpress-community-attributes-declining-market-share-to-performance-issues-increased-complexity-and-the-lagging-full-site-editing-project   #2 - Apple's Director of Machine Learning exits over return-to-office policy   https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/05/07/apples-director-of-machine-learning-exits-over-return-to-office-policy   #3- Jailbreaking WordPress and the MemberPress renewal crisis https://masterwp.com/jailbreaking-wordpress-memberpress-renewal-crisis/   #4 - How Facebook undercut the Oversight Board https://www.theverge.com/23068243/facebook-meta-oversight-board-putin-russia-ukraine-decision

How To Use Social Media Networks Effectively To Build Your Business Penny Power OBE is a British author and speaker. The former founder of Ecademy In 1998, she founded Ecademy with her husband Thomas Power and CEO Glenn Watkins with the aim of helping business people achieve success through online tools, community and friendship.[1][2][3] As of May 2011, shortly before its demise, the Ecademy community had 3011 paying members [although Power claims a membership of 650,000. Penny Power published a book in August 2009, titled 'Know me, like me, follow me: what online social networking means for you and your business'.[4] In 2012, Ecademy was acquired by SunZu, owned by Lyndon Wood. Power was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship in social and digital development.[5] This Weeks Main Questions #1 - Penny what do you think are some of the major tech trends that have been accelerated during the pandemic and how will these affect relationship building in the future? #2 - How do you get any insights/tips connected to how people can effectively build their professional networks in 2022? #3 - LinkedIn - I've personally got a love-hate relationship with LinkedIn but basically I think it offers some great opportunities have you got a couple of tips/insights connected to using it effectively? #4 - With the "Me Too Movement" a lot of businesses in the tech sector are struggling connected to what can be allowed in their individual companies connected to nonbusiness discussions in the office or on Slack have you got any insight connected to this? #5 - How with the acceleration of remote working connected to the pandemic how do you see this affecting company culture and effectiveness? #6 - What have been some of you memorable mistakes you have made that you are happy to share with us and what did you learn from these business mistakes?     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Power https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennypower/

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Heather Wilde Renze From The Difference http://thedifferenceconsulting.com/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Gutenberg Hub Launches an Online Page Builder App Using WordPress Patterns https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-hub-launches-an-online-page-builder-app-using-wordpress-patterns #2 - Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations a ‘slight cost’ to use Twitter https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056524/elon-musk-twitter-business-plans-charging-governments-corporations #3 - The WordPress gatekeepers will see you now https://masterwp.com/the-wordpress-gatekeepers-will-see-you-now/   #4 Starbucks to launch NFTs this year offering access to ‘unique experiences and benefits’ https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/starbucks-to-launch-nfts-this-year-offering-access-to-unique-experiences-and-benefits/   #5 - Gutenberg 13.1 Ships a Batch of Improvements and Implements a New Border Design Component https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-13-1-ships-a-batch-of-improvements-and-implements-a-new-border-design-component

How to Grow Digital Communities in 2022 With Special Guest Jillian Benbow Director of Community Experience SPI Media The Company Behind Pat Flynn Jillian Benbow is a digital community expert who helps business owners craft a community experience that stands out from all the noise. With over a decade of experience, she knows how to build a community that is safe, valuable, and enjoyable. Jillian hosts the Community Experience podcast and is the Director of Community Experience for SPI Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillbenbow/ https://www.jillianbenbow.com/ 689 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Special Guest Jillian Benbow Director of Community Experience SPI Media The Company Behind Pat Flynn Stephanie Hudson Atarim Digital Agency Summit This Weeks Main Questions   #1 - Jillian how did you get into the crazy world on online community building? #2 - Do you feel that it's getting harder to encourage community engagement online and do you have any insights connected to encouraging engagement? #3 - What are some of the biggest insights you have learned working with Pat Flynn and the SPI Media team? #4 - What are some of the challenges connected to producing content for different media platforms like podcasting and YouTube? #5 - What do you see as the future of independent media and are there any platforms and technologies that get you excited? #6 - What have been some of your biggest mess-ups which you are comfortable sharing with the tribe that you have learned the most from?

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. Chris Badgett Joint Founder & CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/ Sales Funnels Live! Every Friday at 10 am on WP-Tonic YouTube Channel This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - MemberPress Plugin Is Locking Users Out After Support License Expires https://wptavern.com/memberpress-plugin-is-locking-users-out-after-support-license-expires #2 - How Elon Musk Won Twitter https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-buys-twitter-deal/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23044521/twitter-policy-chief-vijaya-gadde-elon-musk-policy-criticism-harassment   #3 - What’s Happening with the Block Pattern Directory https://masterwp.com/whats-happening-with-the-block-pattern-directory/   Sales Funnels Live! Every Friday at 10 am on YouTube   #4 - Apple AR glasses release date, price, features, and news https://www.phonearena.com/apple-ar-vr-glasses-release-date-price-features-news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPorKHXem8   #5 - Organizations that work to fix inequality in tech by paying their students https://masterwp.com/organizations-that-work-to-fix-inequality-in-tech-by-paying-their-students/

#687 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Guest Michelle Frechette The Importance of Community in WordPress in 2022? With Special Guest Michelle Frechette Director of Community Engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web In addition to her work at StellarWP, Michelle is the Podcast Barista at WPCoffeeTalk.com, cofounder of underrepresentedintech.com, creator of wpcareerpages.com, the president of the board for BigOrangeHeart.org, Director of Community Relations and contributor at PostStatus.com, author, business coach, and a frequent organizer and speaker at WordPress events. Michelle lives outside of Rochester, NY where she’s an avid nature photographer. You can learn more about Michelle at meet Michelle. online. https://twitter.com/michelleameshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefrechetteames/https://www.facebook.com/michellemariefrechettehttps://www.instagram.com/michelleames/https://profiles.wordpress.org/michelleames/ #687 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Startups Michelle Frechette Director of Community Engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web This Weeks Main Questions #1 - Michelle how did you get into the crazy world of WordPress? #2 - Can you explain some of the key things you do connect to being the director of community engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web? #3 - What do you see as some of the key challenges and opportunities that WordPress faces in the next 12 to 18 months connected to building up the community? #4 - Community seems to have become a semi buzzword in the world of SaaS and platforms like WordPress, would you agree with this statement, and what do you think "community in 2022" really means when it comes to WordPress and similar online platforms? #5 - In the world of semi post-COVID-19 people are speculating on how the real physical and the online worlds will work together and I feel you can clearly see this in the WordPress community what treads do you see building momentum connected to this question? #6 - What are some of the biggest mistakes you see people making on semi-regular basics connected to failing to build real community?

#686 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 22rd of April 2022 at 8:30 am PST Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel. This Weeks Special Guest is Vito Peleg Joint Founder & CEO of Atarim: Fast, High Quality & Stress-Free Collaboration for Digital Agencies & Teams. Create an easy and, dare we say, fun workflow experience for you, your team, and your clients, to increase project profitability and eliminate client delays. https://atarim.io/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Plugin Directory Limits Ownership and Committer Changes on Official Featured and Beta Plugins https://wptavern.com/plugin-directory-limits-ownership-and-committer-changes-on-official-featured-and-beta-plugins #2 - WooCommerce Plans to Bring Full-Site Editing Support to Single Product Templates https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-plans-to-bring-full-site-editing-support-to-single-product-templates   #3 - A case for Divi in an evolving WordPress universe. https://masterwp.com/a-case-for-divi-in-an-evolving-wordpress-universe/ #4 - WordCamps in the Time of COVID: How to safely start meeting up with others in tech again https://masterwp.com/wordcamps-in-the-time-of-covid-how-to-safely-start-meeting-up-with-others-in-tech-again/   #5 - Tesla workers in Shanghai will reportedly sleep and eat in the factory after COVID shutdown https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/20/23033394/tesla-shanghai-factory-sleep-eat-factory-closed-loop-covid

#685 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Guest Nathan Ingram of MonsterContracts Nathan Ingram of MonsterContracts How To Deal With Problem Clients  As the founder of >ADVANCE Coaching, I work with WordPress solopreneurs and agency owners individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their businesses. I am also the creator of MonsterContracts, a service that provides contracts for WordPress client work that is battle-tested, attorney analyzed, annually audited, and member strengthened. As the Host at iThemes Training, I teach WordPress technical subjects and freelance business development topics via live webinars. I have been working with clients to build websites since 1995, and am based in Birmingham, Alabama where I have been an organizer for WordCamp Birmingham (WP Y'all) for several years. Main Questions For The Interview #1 - Nathan can you give the audience some info about your background and how you got into the world of WordPress? #2 - Can you give some insights on what are some of the key factors connected to handling difficult clients in general? #3 - How important in the client handling process connected to web design or WordPress development projects is the proposal and contract in your option? #4 - So you started MonsterContracts what lead you to decide that there was a possibility of a profitable niche here? #5 - Have you got 1 or 2 insights connected to launching a new product or service in the WordPress space?   https://nathaningram.com/