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Jonathan Denwood & Kurt von Ahnen
WP-Tonic is a podcast for WordPress professionals, Bootstrap SaaS startup entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to build a business online.
We cover a large number of areas with our main show. We interview creative WordPress and startup entrepreneurs, plus online experts who share insights to help you build your online business.
Jonathan Denwood and Kurt von Ahnen host and produce the WP-Tonic podcast, which is one of the longest-running WordPress podcasts. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through online businesses.
We cover a large number of areas with our main show. We interview creative WordPress and startup entrepreneurs, plus online experts who share insights to help you build your online business.
Jonathan Denwood and Kurt von Ahnen host and produce the WP-Tonic podcast, which is one of the longest-running WordPress podcasts. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through online businesses.
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Jan 14, 2021 • 41min
#559 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Spencer Forman CEO of LaunchFlows
We discuss building a modern WordPress plugin for WooCommerce... how to avoid the pitfalls and what WC brings to the table for so many WP users. https://launchflows.com/

Jan 11, 2021 • 1h 4min
#558 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, 8th of January, 2021 at 8:30 am PST
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 Our Special Guest Panelist is Brian Gardner - https://briangardner.com/ This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Our Special Guest Panelist This Week is Brian Gardner Webinar Friday the 15th at 10:30 am PST #1 - WordPress.com Rattles Freelancer Community with New Website Building Service Launch https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-rattles-freelancer-community-with-new-website-building-service-launch #2 - Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html #3 - 2020: Liquid Web Acquires The Events Calendar WordPress Plugin From Modern Tribe https://wptavern.com/liquid-web-acquires-the-events-calendar-wordpress-plugin-from-modern-tribe #4 - The Rise and Fall of Invision https://seandexter1.medium.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-invision-dc2d58c65534 #5 - Block System Will Create More Commercial Opportunities for WordPress Theme Authors https://wptavern.com/block-system-will-create-more-commercial-opportunities-for-wordpress-theme-authors

Dec 24, 2020 • 31min
#557 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest JJJ (John James Jacoby)
John founded bbPress in 2005 while he was looking for GPL forum software with profile pages and hierarchical categories, BuddyPress shortly thereafter, and WordPress as a result. https://jjj.blog/ https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjamesjacoby/ johnjamesjacoby@me.com

Dec 21, 2020 • 1h
#556 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, 18th of December, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
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 Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Our Special Guest Panelist This Week is Andrew Palmer #1 -State of the Word 2020: WordPress Moves Toward Full Site Editing https://wptavern.com/state-of-the-word-2020-wordpress-moves-toward-full-site-editing #2 - In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc #3 - Introducing Learn WordPress https://wordpress.org/news/2020/12/introducing-learn-wordpress/ #4 - Death of an Open Source Business Model https://joemorrison.medium.com/death-of-an-open-source-business-model-62bc227a7e9b #5 - Own your website content to control the experience https://pixelgrade.com/upstairs/own-control-content-website/ #6 - BuddyPress 7.0.0 Adds 3 New Blocks and Admin Screens for Member and Group Type Management

Dec 17, 2020 • 33min
#555 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Chris Badgett Joint Founder of LifterLMS
The Most Effective Marketing Strategies for Increasing Online Sales In this episode, we discuss with Chris Badgett joint founder and head of marketing and sales at LifterLMS what has he and his team have found to be the most effective strategies connected to online marketing in 2020? Chris Badgett Chris started learning about online education on a glacier in Alaska. He's created courses on everything from organic gardening to woodworking. He is passionate about helping other entrepreneurial educators find success and create an impact. https://lifterlms.com/about-us/

Dec 14, 2020 • 59min
#554 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, 11th of December, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
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 Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ Special Guest Panelist Brian Jackson of Forgemedia: https://forgemedia.io/ #1 - Automattic Acquires MailPoet https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-mailpoet #2 - Olive Attracts Additional $225.5MM Investment to Fast-Track AI Workforce For Healthcare https://oliveai.com/media/olive-attracts-additional-225-5mm-investment-to-fast-track-ai-workforce-for-healthcare/ #3 - WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Includes New Twenty Twenty-One Theme and Improved Editor https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-6-simone-includes-new-twenty-twenty-one-theme-and-improved-editor #4 - How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People https://callmenish.com/how-to-run-a-tech-ponzi-scheme/ #5 - Privacy group files complaint against five online test-proctoring services https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166023/epic-proctorio-examity-privacy-online-testing-school-lawsuit-proctoring #6 - Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/facebook_crushed_competitors_to_maintain/

Dec 10, 2020 • 40min
#553 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Vito Peleg Founder of WP Feedback
We Discuss The Lessons Learnt By A Founder of WP Feedback Pro Vito Peleg We are honored and excited to have Vito Peleg for an interview with Cloudways. Here, we’ll throw light on Vito’s journey and most importantly learn all about his new WordPress plugin that is set to revolutionize the way you collect client feedback https://wpfeedback.co

Dec 7, 2020 • 1h 6min
#552 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, 3rd of December, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
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 Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ #1 - Why WordPress Will Soon Power 50% of All Websites https://www.namecheap.com/blog/wordpress-market-share/ https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-9-5-improves-site-editor-and-adds-new-options-for-cover-and-code-blocks #2 - Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/01/salesforce-buys-slack/ #3 - Why Flywheel and Divi are the perfect pair for your WordPress workflow https://getflywheel.com/divi/ #4 - More than 20,000 users submit cases to Facebook oversight board https://www.axios.com/facebook-oversight-board-20000-cases-submitted-six-chosen-028b1b7a-2b91-4f40-80af-1783d505690a.html #5 - Is Medium’s New Logo A Sign Of Bigger Problems? https://medium.com/the-partnered-pen/is-mediums-new-logo-is-a-sign-of-bigger-problems-101f8dd84b44 #6 - Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/02/parler-pornography-problem/

Dec 3, 2020 • 39min
#551 WP-Tonic Show We Discuss How To Deal With WordPress Plugin Conflicts
Yes its happen to all of us either we have updated some plugins and we get the white screen of death or which is a lot more common we update and there is some form of conflict problems connected to not working correctly with your theme or suddenly it affects how another important plugin works. In this week's show me and Steven go through what we do when we come across this type of problem.

Nov 25, 2020 • 35min
#550 WP-Tonic Show Special Guest Matthew Renze Data Science Consultant - Author - Public Speaker
We Have a Real Expert on AI and Big Data And We Take The Opportunity To Ask Him A Number of Questions About The Whole Area of AI This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows: https://launchflows.com/ Matthew Renze We Interview Data Science Consultant, Author and Public Speaker Matthew Renze is a data science consultant, author, and public speaker. Over the past two decades, he’s taught over 300,000 software developers and IT professionals. He’s delivered over 100 keynotes, presentations, and workshops at conferences on every continent in the world (including Antarctica). His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small tech startups around the globe. Matthew is a Microsoft MVP in AI, an ASPInsider, and an author for Pluralsight, Udemy, and Skillshare. He’s also an open-source software contributor. His focus includes artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning https://matthewrenze.com/ The Main Topics For The Interview 1 - What is the main difference between human and machine learning and AI? #2 - What are Neuron Networks? #3 - How does "Weights" work connected to artificial Intelligence neuron networks? #4 - What does the term " BackPropagation" mean connected to AI? #5 - Do we fully understand the mathematics that is the basis of computer "Neuron Networks"? #6 - Did "Game Theory" has a key part in the development of modern AI? #7 - Is it true that most AI networks have about 300 neurons where the human brain has about 100,000,000,000 neurons? #8 - What are the most exciting development connected to AI? #9 - Is one of the real strengths of AI networks is speed compared to the human brain? #10 - Is it true that we don't have a clear understanding connected to how human beings learn and what is real human intelligence? #11 - Can you give some background on the noise problem that a lot of AI systems have connected to recognizing slight chances in images? Main Host Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com Co-Host Steven Sauder https://zipfish.io