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#6624 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech 4th of February, 2022 at 8:30 am PST Special Guest Panelist This Week is Neal Schaffer Neal helps businesses through their digital transformation of sales and marketing through consulting, training, and helping enterprises large and small develop and execute social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives. https://nealschaffer.com/ https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast-episodes/   #664 WP-Tonic 4th of February, 2022 at 8:30 am PST #664 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech   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 Week Stories For Discussion #1 - German Court Fines Website Owner for Violating the GDPR by Using Google-Hosted Fonts https://wptavern.com/german-court-fines-website-owner-for-violating-the-gdpr-by-using-google-hosted-fonts #2 - Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/2/22914970/facebook-app-loses-daily-users-first-time-earnings   #3 - Looking Ahead to WordPress 6.0: The Early Roadmap https://wptavern.com/looking-ahead-to-wordpress-6-0-the-early-roadmap #4 - Google just had another record quarter because or in spite of everything going on https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/26/22747193/google-q3-2021-earnings-record-revenue-profit   #5 -Making the web better. With blocks! https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2022/01/27/making-the-web-better-with-blocks/

We Discuss Headless WordPress The Myths & Truths   #1 - Can you give some background on Strattic and why it was developed? #2 - There seems to be a lot of confusion connected to what is and what it is best at connected to headless WordPress would you agree with this statement? #3 - What are some of. your own thoughts connected to how the larger WordPress ecosystem is doing at the present moment and what some of the challenges it is facing? #4 - What have been some of the biggest problems that Strattic has faced in its history? #5 - Can you give some advice connected to anybody who is considering building a theme or semi-commercial plugin connected to the WordPress ecosystem? #6 - Full website editing is coming this week to WordPress have you some insights or thought connected to a large change to the WordPress platform? Learn more about Miriam Schwab & Strattic and the shows here: https://www.strattic.com https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast-episodes/

#662 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech Round Table Show   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 Week Stories For Discussion #1 - Find The Right Plan For You https://elementor.com/pricing/   #2 - Amazon Paid for a High School Course. Here’s What They Teach. https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvndja/amazon-paid-for-a-high-school-course-heres-what-they-teach   #3 - Looking Ahead to WordPress 6.0: The Early Roadmap https://wptavern.com/looking-ahead-to-wordpress-6-0-the-early-roadmap #4 - Spotify to remove Neil Young's music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum https://ew.com/music/spotify-to-remove-neil-young-music-joe-rogan-ultimatum/   #5 - How I Got Pwned by My Cloud Costs https://www.troyhunt.com/how-i-got-pwned-by-my-cloud-costs/ #6 - Google Abandons FLoC in Favor of New Topics API, a Replacement for Third-Party Cookies https://wptavern.com/google-abandons-floc-in-favor-of-new-topics-api-a-replacement-for-third-party-cookies

661 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Special Guest Nate Turner The Founder of Tenspeed Best Practices Connected to SEO & Content Marketing In 2022 Nate Turner The Founder of Tenspeed Sprout Social He was the first marketer at Sprout Social, where he built and scaled the inbound engine from $100k to $100m in ARR.He is now the co-founder and CEO of tenspeed.io, a content optimization agency helping SaaS & D2C companies create revenue-generating content and an advisor for SaaS companies and host of the Content That Grows podcast. Questions #1 - Has the content marketing landscape changed fundamentally over the past couple of years, if yes in what ways? #2 - In a world of YouTube, podcasting, and social media platforms how does content marketing fit into this new world? #3 - What are some of the consistent mistakes you see your clients (SaaS) make connected to content marketing before hiring Tenspeed #4 - What practical advice can you give to a small startup in either the WordPress or SaaS world connected to content marketing can you give? #5 - What have been some of the biggest challenges you have faced getting Tenspeed up and running and getting in a state of growth and business sustainability? #6 - What are a couple of leading figures that have influenced you the most over the last couple of years in the world of SEO and content marketing?

#660 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech With Special Guest Chris Badgett of LifterLMS 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. With Special Guest: Chris Badgett Joint Founder & CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/   This Week Stories For Discussion #1 - WooCommerce Aims to Produce MVP of Custom Tables for Orders by Q3, 2022 https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-aims-to-produce-mvp-of-custom-tables-for-orders-by-q3-2022 #2 - Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion https://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-133637845.html?guccounter=1   #3 - What you need to know about WordPress 5.9 https://www.kadencewp.com/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-5-9   #4 - Backlash as US billionaire dismisses Uyghur abuse https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60045076 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbeHyN15HQE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamath_Palihapitiya

As a Small Player Can You Succeed In The WordPress Ecosystem In 2022? Brian Jackson is the joint founder with his brother of Forgemedia a WordPress focus plugin shop that has a small but interesting library of commercial plugins. Also, Brian was for a period of time the chief marketing officer at Kinsta and was one of the key people in Kinsta connected to helping it grow as one of the leading WordPress managed-to-host providers in the last 5 years. Here is a list of their plugins Novashare: https://novashare.io/ Perfmatters: https://perfmatters.io/ WP-Coupons: https://wpcoupons.io/

#658 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech With Special Guest Brian Gardner WPEngine 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. With Special Guest: Brian Gardner WPEngine: https://wpengine.com/     This Week Stories For Discussion #1 - What Are Block Themes? What You Need To Know Before WordPress 5.9 https://wptavern.com/what-are-block-themes-what-you-need-to-know-before-wordpress-5-9 The Next Generation of WordPress Theme Authors Will Design From the Site Editor https://wptavern.com/the-next-generation-of-wordpress-theme-authors-will-design-from-the-site-editor #2 - Deep Sentinel's AI now stops crime using POE cameras https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deep-sentinels-ai-now-stops-crime-using-poe-cameras-301271956.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN19gndkRK4   #3 - Acquisitions & Exits: How Much Is Your WordPress Business Worth? https://freemius.com/blog/acquisitions-exits-wordpress-business-worth/   #4 - Corner Stores Are the New Darlings of the Global Tech Industry https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/12/tech-companies-winning-over-corner-stores/620964 #5 - How I Saved My Design Agency & Tripled My Profits https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2022/01/how-i-saved-my-design-agency-tripled-my-profits/

Stephen Interview Me Plus We Look at Our Favorite Interviews of 2021 To say that 2021 was a difficult and interesting year would be a slight understatement also when it comes to the WP-Tonic's interview showwe had some amazing guests and interviews. In this our first show of 2022 I and Steven look back at our favorite interviews in 2021. #1 - #607 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Rand Fishkin https://youtu.be/mpQ3HNkF89I #2 - #593 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Morten Rand Hendriksen Chief Instructor At LinkedIn Learning https://youtu.be/c18VbdIGp0s   #3 - #585 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Ben Ritner Founder of Kadence Themes & Plugins https://youtu.be/Uc5MEA2y7dg   #4 - #579 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Adii Pienaar The Joint Founder of WooCommerce https://youtu.be/ILYs6RXaDMs

#656 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech With Special Guest Tom Fanelli of Convesio 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. With Special Guest: Tom Fanelli of Convesio https://convesio.com/       This Week Stories For Discussion #1 - Yoast Moves Outside of Open Source Platforms to Launch SEO App for Shopify https://wptavern.com/yoast-moves-outside-of-open-source-platforms-to-launch-seo-app-for-shopify #2 - U.S. jury finds Theranos founder Holmes guilty of fraud https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-jury-theranos-trial-cannot-agree-verdicts-all-charges-2022-01-03/ #3 - Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet? https://www.protocol.com/matt-mullenweg WordPress founder lays out the debate over the future of the internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaacWgrCX3Y   #4 - Starboard acquires stake worth $800 mln in GoDaddy https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/starboard-acquires-stake-worth-800-mln-godaddy-wsj-2021-12-27/

Looking for advice connected to the best WordPress translation plugin what are the best way to have your WordPress website available in multiple languages?   With Special Guest Tanya Quintieri From MrsDivi Main Topic - How Internationalization is Affecting WordPress & The Internet? Sub Questions #1 - Tanya can you give some more details based on your quick intro on how you got into the crazy world of translation and WordPress? #2 - How has Covid-19 changed the world of the translation industry has it just quickened quite general trends or has it made a dramatic difference? #3 - Before choosing one particular WordPress translation plugin/service what are some of the basic things does a developer or client needs to understand? #4 - What are some of the leading and best translation plugins in this space and can you give us some insights for the audience of their particular strengths and weaknesses. #5 - How is AI changing the translation industry and in your opinion have these trends been for the good or bad? #6 - What are a couple of the key points you like the listeners and views to remember from this interview connected to translation?