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About Andrew Palmer Elegant Marketplace Andrew managers the Elegant Marketplace and also the owner of Layouts Cloud, CommentLuv - the blogger's favorite plugin and he is also the co-owner with Sean Barton, of Page Builder Cloud. I look after the Developers, product updates and general maintenance of the Elegant Marketplace Website along with running all the above and my own Digital Marketing Consultancy - www.somebodyshero.co.uk

We discuss this week's best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. #1 - WooCommerce Payments Allows Shop Owners to Manage Payments Without Leaving WordPress Admin https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-payments-allows-shop-owners-to-manage-payments-without-leaving-wordpress-admin #2 - 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/ #3 - 18 things we’ve learned from building and selling WordPress plugins (good and bad) https://woorkup.com/building-wordpress-plugins/   #4 - Here Are 5 High Growth Startups To Watch For In 2020 https://medium.com/swlh/here-are-5-high-growth-startups-to-watch-for-in-2020-490d9ac04041 #5 - BuddyPress 6.0.0 Released with New Group and Members Blocks https://wptavern.com/buddypress-6-0-0-released-with-new-group-and-members-blocks Zoom Panelist URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cgmweJZ8TPKZ0HLBM4bzLA Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision into reality with No Coding Required" Use this coupon code WPTonicRocks to get a 25% discount - https://launchflows.com/  

The original conversion copywriter, Joanna was the creator of Copyhackers. and the Copy Chief at CH Agency. For nearly 15 years, incredible companies like BT, Canva, Glowforge, Intuit, MetaLab, Prezi, SAP, Sprout Social and VWO have trusted Joanna to optimize their copy. And incredible conferences like Mozcon, INBOUND, SearchLove and CXL Live have invited Joanna to teach their audiences to write copy that converts. And along the way, more than 70,000 people at early and growth-stage startups, small businesses, huge businesses, international agencies, and indie establishments have let Joanna coach their copy forward, which is and has been a great honour. With a U. Because I'm Canadian. https://copyhackers.com/

We discuss this weeks best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.   #1 - WordCamp Spain 2020 Q&A: Matt Mullenweg Discusses Virtual Events, Decoupled WordPress, and the Future of Page Builders https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-spain-2020-qa-matt-mullenweg-discusses-virtual-events-decoupled-wordpress-and-the-future-of-page-builders   #2 - Kickstarter loses nearly 40 percent of its workforce after layoffs and buyouts https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257585/kickstarter-layoffs-employees-union-negotiations-severance #3 - Searches for WordPress are up 52% in the last month: understanding the surge https://getellipsis.com/blog/covid-wordpress-search-surge/ #4 - Where Gutenberg Went Wrong: Theme Developer Edition https://wptavern.com/where-gutenberg-went-wrong-theme-developer-edition #5 - Kitted out: Envato brings hundreds of customisable, code-free Template Kits to WordPress with Elementor https://press.envato.com/188724-envato-brings-hundreds-of-customisable-code-free-template-kits-to-wordpress-with-elementor   #6 - Have You Embraced The Subscription Business Model Yet? https://chrislema.com/have-you-embraced-the-subscription-business-model-yet/ Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision into reality with No Coding Required" Use this coupon code WPTonicRocks to get a 25% discount - https://launchflows.com/

Chris has 20 years of consistent senior-level software management success, he been a key member of corporate management, software development, and product teams. He has been driven by challenge and motivated by the opportunity to add value. He managed development teams filled with people smarter than me, and yet motivated and managed them to deliver consistent and high quality work, in corporate and startup contexts. I'm a seasoned executive with proven expertise in eCommerce, SaaS, and membership/subscription systems, having developed strategies and frameworks for remote & virtual teams, and New Product Development. I've had the wonderful opportunity, over the last decade, to also be a coach and advisor to many of the commercial endeavors in the WordPress ecosystem. https://chrislema.com/

#1 - Announcing Genesis Pro and the Future of Genesis https://studiopress.blog/announcing-genesis-pro/ #2 - 28,000 GoDaddy Hosting Accounts Compromised https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/28000-godaddy-hosting-accounts-compromised/ #3 - ACF Blocks Provides Assortment of Blocks Built from Advanced Custom Fields Pro https://wptavern.com/acf-blocks-provides-assortment-of-blocks-built-from-advanced-custom-fields-pro #4 - Bye, Amazon https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon #5 - ‘It’s bullshit’: Inside the weird, get-rich-quick world of dropshipping https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dropshipping-instagram-ads #6 - What marketers have learned from Arielle Charnas. https://www.prweek.com/article/1682071/brands-agencies-avoiding-covidiot-influencers This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision into reality with No Coding Required" Use this coupon code WPTonicRocks to get a 25% discount - https://launchflows.com/  

Ryan Moore is the co-founder of Uncanny Owl, a digital agency specializing in elearning solutions powered by WordPress. Our WordPress plugins and platforms power over 10,000 elearning websites. Ryan helps small and medium-sized organizations deliver engaging and cost-effective elearning with WordPress. As an award-winning elearning expert with over 13 years of industry experience, I create compelling online training solutions that achieve measurable results. https://www.uncannyowl.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmooreca/?originalSubdomain=ca

#1 - Tectonic Shifts in Retail Industry are Creating Unprecedented Opportunities for Independent Stores https://wptavern.com/tectonic-shifts-in-retail-industry-are-creating-unprecedented-opportunities-for-independent-stores #2 - This Is How Much YouTube Paid Me for My 1,000,000 Viewed Video https://onezero.medium.com/this-is-how-much-youtube-paid-me-for-my-1-000-000-viewed-video-1453cad73847   #3 - David Vongries Takes Over as New Owner of the Kirki Customizer Framework https://wptavern.com/david-vongries-takes-over-as-new-owner-of-the-kirki-customizer-framework #4 - Facebook usage soars during coronavirus pandemic https://www.engadget.com/facebook-q1-2020-earnings-204041879.html   #5 - What WordPress Agencies Need to Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic [WP Feedback virtual summit https://convesio.com/what-wordpress-agencies-need-to-survive-and-thrive-during-the-pandemic #6 - It’s Time To Learn https://scottberkun.com/2020/its-time-to-learn/     This Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision into reality with No Coding Required" Use this coupon code WPTonicRocks to get a 25% discount - https://launchflows.com/

More about Chris and LifterLMS We help education entrepreneurs to help their learners achieve desired outcomes, to truly change lives, and make a great living in the process. We help them by creating the software, strategies, communiity, and training to grow high value online courses or training based membership websites from nothing. The change we want to make is to democratize learning in the digital classroom, to put power in the hands of education entrepreneurs, and help as many people as we can to reach their dreams. We'll know we are successful when we are seen as the organization that can help any education entrepreneur that is on a mission to help their learners overcome problems, capture opportunity, and make a huge impact in their community. We'll know we are successful when our education entrepreneurs consistently achieve financial, location, and creative freedom. We'll know we are successful in the WordPress community when we are seen as the model for how to do freemium in WordPress. We will create our legacy by changing lives for WordPress LMS site building professionals, our customers, their learners, our families, our communities, and the world in every way we can. https://lifterlms.com/

#1 - Frontity Raises €1M with Automattic and K Fund https://wptavern.com/frontity-raises-e1m-with-automattic-and-k-fund #2 - Stripe is Silently Recording Your Movements On its Customers' Websites https://mtlynch.io/stripe-recording-its-customers/ #3 - The Block Lab team are joining WP Engine https://getblocklab.com/the-block-lab-team-are-joining-wp-engine/ #4 - IT’S TIME TO BUILD https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/ #5 - Is Yelp Past Its Peak? Should You Invest in Yelp Review Marketing https://starfish.reviews/is-yelp-past-its-peak-should-you-invest-in-yelp-review-marketing/ #6- Shake Shack is returning its PPP Loan. Here’s why https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shake-shack-returning-its-ppp-loan-heres-why-randy-garutti/ This Show's Sponsors Kinsta https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlows LaunchFlows customizes your WooCommerce Checkout Experience with Elementor. It liberates the function and design layout of your individual checkout components into powerful selling tools....so you can turn your vision into reality with No Coding Required" Use this coupon code WPTonicRocks to get a 25% discount - https://launchflows.com/