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Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic Round-table Show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can watch LIVE the show on our WP-Tonic Show Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/wptonic please also support the show by going to our YouTube channel and subscribing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUEZxnxscyWKHJxgeFD2oA?view_as=subscriber

We Discuss Membership And Engagement Trends For 2021 Ray van Hilst is Director of Client Results at Yoko Co, a web design and marketing agency with a mission to help organizations "Do good. Better." Ray blends 20+ years of marketing experience with modern web principles to create high value websites that help organizations meet their goals. His diverse background includes Fortune 500 brands such as Disney and The Home Depot and non-profits and associations including the National Wildlife Federation, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Association of Endodontists, National Association of Attorneys General, and many more. Ray works with clients to set the strategic direction for their website and online marketing by helping them get beyond the “wouldn't it be great if” conversations to the place of “this is what we should do.” He offers clients strategic consultation on web development, content strategy, creative direction, and on-going web operations. Ray is a frequent speaker about web strategy, web operations and marketing technology. He is also an active member of ASAE: The American Society of Association Executives. When he’s not thinking about the web, Ray is a husband, father, outdoor enthusiast, and aspiring musician.   https://www.yokoco.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IovWVZRPeVA&t=601s

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic Round-table Show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can watch LIVE the show on our WP-Tonic Show Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/wptonic please also support the show by going to our YouTube channel and subscribing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUEZxnxscyWKHJxgeFD2oA?view_as=subscriber

Paul is proud to have completed The Witcher 3 multiple times. In real life, He has a lovely wife and 2 awesome kids to play Fortnite with every day in lockdown. His little Cavapoo dog Ellie is his soulmate, and he has 3 cats and a chicken (sadly one of the chickens had to be put to sleep today so we're down to 1, but plan to get some fertilized bantam eggs for Mabel (surviving chicken) to hopefully get broody over (and hopefully not just eat). A design & UX expert, Paul has been working with WordPress for over 15 years but joined the community side of things in 2016 after attending his first WordPress meetup in Birmingham. Since then he's been involved in all sorts of things WordPress sharing insights on design, development in communities and videos, talking on Podcast interviews, on stage at agency events, WordPress meetups and more recently online summits - talking about WordPress development, UX and design. More recently Paul is probably better known for his talks in and around his journey through agency life and mental health struggles, and of course known as the co-host for THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR WORDPRESS PANEL SHOW (apparently right?) This Week in WordPress. Paul has an unhealthy admiration of Matt Medieros. https://www.wpelevation.com/finding-success-and-maintaining-your-mental-health-with-paul-lacey/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgnEXOwF-uM  

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic Round-table Show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can watch LIVE the show on our WP-Tonic Show Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/wptonic please also support the show by going to our YouTube channel and subscribing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUEZxnxscyWKHJxgeFD2oA?view_as=subscriber This Weeks Special Guests Vito and JJJ   This Week Show's Sponsors+ Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Webinar Friday 12th of March LaunchFlows 10:30am PST #1 - WordPress search trends for 2020: amazing for WooCommerce, good for plugins, bad for themes https://getellipsis.com/blog/wordpress-search-trends-for-2020/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issue-201 #2 - Facebook blocks news in Australia over government's payment rules https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-blocks-news-australia-governments-payment-rules-rcna292 #3 - WordPress Contributors Discuss Scaling Back Releases: “4 Major Releases Is Not a Viable Plan in 2021” https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-discuss-scaling-back-releases-4-major-releases-is-not-a-viable-plan-in-2021   #4 - Edgenuity's software wasn't meant for a pandemic. That didn't stop some school districts. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/edgenuity-s-software-wasn-t-meant-pandemic-didn-t-stop-n1258054   #5 - WP Feedback Rebrands To Atarim, Moves To a Full SaaS Model https://wptavern.com/wp-feedback-rebrands-to-atarim-moves-to-a-full-saas-model  

Ben Gabler is evidence that when you couple a passion for team-building with an entrepreneurial spirit, you can build technologies that simplify daily tasks, improving quality of life. With a proven record growing technology businesses, Gabler has expanded market share for major global Web hosting brands and brought technology startups from initial idea to success. Ben launched the Web hosting company Host Nine in 2006. Four years later, HostGator bought HostNine and appointed Gabler as their Chief Operating Officer. Appointed as the Senior Product Manager of Hosting at GoDaddy in 2013, Ben managed close to $500 million in product revenue, where he implemented a comprehensive redesign and relaunch of all hosting products in just over four months. In 2014, Gabler developed EasyRent.com, the first-ever all-in-one property management platform. By combining product vision with technical acumen, Ben attracted more than 12,000 users in only five months. To expand his efforts, Gabler took on a new role in late-2015: Chief Executive Officer at customer service software company Help.com. At Help.com, Ben’s mission is to build the world’s most robust toolset for online customer support. During 13+ years of business experience, he became increasingly aware that online service tools are essential and customer service is often a key differentiator. Wanting to best meet the needs of growing businesses, Gabler built a world-class customer service toolset so that his customers could provide world-class customer service. Upon completion of the Help.com Platform, Gabler joined Lance Crosby and team at StackPath as Chief Product Officer. Gabler drove the Product & Software Engineering efforts around consolidating all of the StackPath acquisitions and most notably launched the world's first true Edge Computing platform. https://rocket.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bengabler/

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic Round-table Show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can watch LIVE the show on our WP-Tonic Show Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/wptonic please also support the show by going to our YouTube channel and subscribing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUEZxnxscyWKHJxgeFD2oA?view_as=subscriber This Weeks Special Guests Panelists Matt Medeiros and Andrew Palmer   This Week Show's Sponsors+ Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Webinar Friday 12th of March LaunchFlows 10:30am PST   #1 - The WordPress community w/ Matt Mullenweg https://mattreport.com/the-wordpress-community-w-matt-mullenweg/ #2 - Elementor to Roll Out Significant Pricing Hike for New Customers https://wptavern.com/elementor-to-roll-out-significant-pricing-hike-for-new-customers   #3 - How to Understand SEO Research for WordPress Products https://getellipsis.com/blog/seo-research/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issue-200 #4 - U.S. election commission adopts nationwide paper ballot guidelines https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/u-s-election-commission-adopts-nationwide-paper-ballot-guidelines-n1257315 #5 - WordPress Passes 40% Market Share of Alexa Top 10 Million Websites https://wptavern.com/wordpress-passes-40-market-share-of-alexa-top-10-million-websites #6- Mark Cuban is co-founding a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations  

Mathias brings with him a strong international background in entrepreneurship and business development and has extensive experience offering a range of IT and management consulting services to his clients including; cloud and mobile based app development, advanced database development, online shop templates, corporate webpages, and media optimization. His recent focus has been in assisting innovative start-ups in building their IT infrastructure and commercializing their technologies. Prior to moving to Canada and founding Creative Maple, Mathias spent seven years living in Beijing, China where his firm developed IT solutions for the consumer products industry that utilized innovative smartphone scanning technology to help customers identify genuine products from counterfeit products. https://oliverpos.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-k-nielsen-9a538531/ https://www.wp-tonic.com

I dedicate this podcast to the memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Tom This Week Show's Sponsors+ Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Webinar Friday 12th of February LaunchFlows 10:30am PST   #1 - FSE and WordPress Themes: What Does the MVP Look Like? https://wptavern.com/fse-and-wordpress-themes-what-does-the-mvp-look-like #2 - Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/3/22264551/jeff-bezos-amazon-history-timeline-look-back-company https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-s-new-ceo-has-his-head-cloud-so-do-n1256591 #3 - Block Manager Redesign Coming Soon https://wptavern.com/block-manager-redesign-coming-soon #4 - SaaS Churn and Short-Term Customers: The Contrarian View https://sparktoro.com/blog/saas-churn-and-short-term-customers-the-contrarian-view/   #5 - WordPress Launches WP Briefing Podcast, Episodes Expected Every 2 Weeks https://wptavern.com/wordpress-launches-wp-briefing-podcast-episodes-expected-every-2-weeks   #6 - Amazon plans to install always-on surveillance cameras in its delivery vehicles https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/3/22265031/amazon-netradyne-driveri-survelliance-cameras-delivery-monitor-packages

Jamar Ramos is the next generation of Black tech minds to see me in a position of power, running a successful digital marketing agency, and know they can do the same. Hell, that they can do BETTER. If you'd like to be an ally in that, look at your hiring practices. Look internally and find the Black women and men working for you. Take them to lunch and ask how they're doing. Find out if they know any other Black women and men who they feel belong in tech. Hire those people. It's not that hard to get diversity in tech. You don't need a fancy Head of Diversity and Inclusion to do it. You just need to open your eyes and mind to the possibility your hiring has excluded Black women and men. Black trans women and men matter. Black women and men matter. Black boys and girls matter. https://www.wp-tonic.com