

WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups
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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Jul 2, 2020 • 31min
#508 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest John Locke
John Locke Lockedown Design & SEO helps manufacturers with 250k to 50M annual revenue improve their SEO and search rankings. We specialize in helping industrial, manufacturing, and other blue-collar companies drive more natural search traffic to their sites. Though we’re based in Sacramento, California, we’ve helped businesses across the US launch and improve their websites workflow, boost their sales, and rank higher in Google. https://www.lockedownseo.com/

Jun 29, 2020 • 59min
#507 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, June, 26th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ WPFunsion https://wpfusion.com/ Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST #1 - WordPress Contributors Propose Updating Trac Ticket Resolutions to Be More Friendly https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-propose-updating-trac-ticket-resolutions-to-be-more-friendly #2 - Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21298552/apple-hey-email-app-approval-rules-basecamp-launch https://hey.com/how-it-works/ #3 - A guide to hosting your LifterLMS site https://lifterlms.com/docs/a-guide-to-hosting-your-lifterlms-site/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZ2KIHPKrk&t=11s #4 - Katie Hopkins is permanently banned from Twitter https://mashable.com/article/katie-hopkins-banned-from-twitter/

Jun 25, 2020 • 31min
#506 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Jon Christopher of SearchWP
OrganizeWP was built and is maintained by, Jon Christopher. He is a long time WordPress fan & developer who loves the platform but saw room for improvement when it came to content organization. OrganizeWP is an answer to a personal pain point of his. He also built SearchWP, a drop-in replacement for native WordPress search that improves it in a number of ways. He also writes on his personal site at https://jonchristopher.us, plus he has some code on GitHub, and maintain a number of WordPress plugins. If you have any additional questions or concerns please feel free to contact me either using the OrganizeWP contact form if it’s OrganizeWP-related or on Twitter if it’s not. https://searchwp.com/

Jun 22, 2020 • 1h 5min
#505 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, June, 19th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ WPFunsion https://wpfusion.com/ Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST #1 - Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer https://wptavern.com/yoast-acquires-duplicate-post-brings-on-creator-enrico-battocchi-as-a-senior-developer #2 - Crisis Mode https://www.theverge.com/21293176/crisis-text-line-ceo-racism-insensitivity-police-nancy-lublin-mental-health #3 - Review Signal Publishes WordPress Hosting Benchmarks for 2020, Introduces WooCommerce Testin https://wptavern.com/review-signal-publishes-wordpress-hosting-benchmarks-for-2020-introduces-woocommerce-testing #4 -Want Your Content to Succeed? Make it Resonate with the Right Audience (no, not that one). https://sparktoro.com/blog/want-your-content-to-succeed-make-it-resonate-with-the-right-audience-no-not-that-one/ #5 - Low-Code Will Completely Change Startups https://medium.com/swlh/low-code-will-completely-change-startups-6ea7a7d8c7ec #6 - Course and Membership Pricing Calculator https://lifterlms.com/calculator/

Jun 18, 2020 • 33min
#504 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Josh Pollock of Caldera Forms/Ninja Forms
Josh Pollock is a co-founder at Ingot and one of the lead developers behind CalderaWP. In addition to being a plugin developer, educator, and entrepreneur, Josh is a regular contributor to Torque magazine and various WordPress tutorial sites, one of which being his own blog. Additionally, Josh is a WordCamps speaker and one of the leading advocates for the WordPress REST API. Josh currently resides in Florida with his wife Alicia and their pets. https://ninjaforms.com/

Jun 15, 2020 • 1h 5min
#503 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, June, 12th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ WPFunsion https://wpfusion.com/ Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST #1 - Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers? https://freemius.com/blog/appsumo-lifetime-deals-selling-plugins/ #2 - Researchers detail huge hack-for-hire campaigns against environmentalists https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/10/21286486/dark-basin-hackers-for-hire-phishing-emails-environmental-nonprofit-groups-exxon-mobil #3 - HOW AUTOMATTIC GUTTED LONGREADS https://www.patreon.com/posts/study-hall-5-26-37553718 #4 - How To Build An Audience Without Spending Money On Facebook Or Google Ads https://www.groundhogg.io/how-to/fool-proof-build-an-audience-strategy/ #5 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: Ecommerce Face-off (2020 Comparison) https://www.cloudways.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-shopify/ #6 -YouTube analytics: 6 powerful ways to grow your channel faster https://convertkit.com/youtube-analytics

Jun 11, 2020 • 31min
#502 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Steven Sauder of ZipFish
ZipFish offers WordPress speed optimization. It takes more than just powerful servers to make WordPress fast. You also need to make the code run fast when you combine fast servers with fast code, that is where the magic happens. https://zipfish.io/

Jun 8, 2020 • 1h 18min
#501 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, June, 5th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
#1 - Automattic Launches Malware and Vulnerability Scanning Service for Jetpack (Justin Tadlock · June 3, 2020 ) https://wptavern.com/automattic-launches-malware-and-vulnerability-scanning-service-for-jetpack #2 - Google now highlights search results directly on webpages https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280115/google-search-engine-yellow-highlight-featured-snippet-anchor-text #3 - Automattic Invests $4.6M in New Vector, Creators of the Matrix Open Standard for Decentralized Communication (Sarah Gooding · June 4, 2020) https://wptavern.com/automattic-invests-4-6m-in-new-vector-creators-of-the-matrix-open-standard-for-decentralized-communication #4 - SEMrush Selling Links That Are Against Google's Guidelines https://www.seroundtable.com/semrush-selling-links-against-googles-guidelines-29556.html #5 - WooCommerce Is Testing a Block-based Cart and Checkout (Sarah Gooding · May 28, 2020) https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-is-testing-a-block-based-cart-and-checkout #6 - Some Universities Are About to Be “Walking Dead” | Amanpour and Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM5HkpyXxsQ

Jun 4, 2020 • 30min
#500 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Zack Katz Founder of GravityView
Zack has been developing WordPress plugins since 2008 and has been a huge Gravity Forms fan from the start. He lives with his wife and cat in Denver, Colorado, and can’t wait for the next episode of ATP. https://gravityview.co

Jun 1, 2020 • 1h 6min
#499 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, May the 28th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST
#1 - Happy 17th, WordPress. (Justin Tadlock) https://wptavern.com/happy-17th-wordpress #2 - Started To Hate Blogging …Why? https://wpblogdesigner.net/why-i-hate-blogging/ #3 - Should WordPress Provide an API for Third-Party Editors? (Justin Tadlock) https://wptavern.com/should-wordpress-provide-an-api-for-third-party-editors #4 - Responsive web design turns ten https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/responsive-design-at-10/ #5 - Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21271137/amazon-propaganda-tv-news-stations-coronavirus-covid-19-safety #6 - Best Plugins To Turn Your WP Website Into A Mobile App https://medium.com/visualmodo/best-plugins-to-turn-your-wp-website-into-a-mobile-app-5aec14c0cd82


