

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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Mar 18, 2020 • 31min
#478 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Abbey Woodcock
We Discuss All Things Freelance With The Founder of Freelance Co-op Abbey Woodcock Abbey has been a direct response copywriter since 7th grade when she wrote a 30-page sales letter asking her crush to the dance. Since then, she’s converted better… writing sales pages and emails you’ve probably read from some of the biggest names online. Now, she teaches the business side of copywriting including setting up systems to grow a freelancing business and building out an in-house content team that seamlessly “gets” your voice. She’s also a chainsaw instructor and mom to 2 awesome kiddos in Upstate NY. https://freelancecoop.org/

Mar 17, 2020 • 55min
#477 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 13th of March, 2020 at 8:30am PST
#1 - WooCommerce 4.0 Lands with New Admin Interface and Updated Onboarding Experience https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-4-0-lands-with-new-admin-interface-and-updated-onboarding-experience #2 - Why 543 KB keep me up at night https://www.matuzo.at/blog/why-543kb-keep-me-up-at-night/ #3 - Multi-CMS rises in the enterprise https://wpengine.com/more/multi-cms/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=shareasale&utm_campaign=pressahead_newsletter #4 - The World's Most Valuable Company Used A Migrant Worker As A Human Hand Sanitizer https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/coronavirus-saudi-aramco-human-hand-sanitizer #5 - CEO Kim Gjerstad: How MailPoet Became the Email Leader for WordPress https://freemius.com/blog/interview-kim-gjerstad-mailpoet/ #6- Five things to consider that may impact your tech company in 202 https://techcrunch.com/sponsor/cohnreznick/five-things-to-consider-that-may-impact-your-tech-company-in-2020/ Zoom General link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yLe5oX3iQniYbsPGAaTloQ LaunchFlows turns all of your WooCommerce checkout fields into drag and drop shortcodes you can use with your favorite page builder to create the kind of Sales Funnels you would otherwise need to pay ClickFunnels $297/month to achieve! Why spend a fortune "renting" from Russell when you can do it all with WordPress, using Elementor, Divi, Beaver, Thrive or Gutenberg! See how easy it is to turn your Sales Funnel Vision into Reality with LaunchFlows.com. Same coupon for LaunchFlows: WPTonicRocks will give a 25% discount for WPTonic listeners: LaunchFlows At https://launchflows.com/

Mar 11, 2020 • 31min
#476 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Dave Warfel of Escape Creative
People Behind Design Upgrade Pro & Quiz Customizer We Talk All Things LearnDash & It's Strengths & Weaknesses More About Dave I’m a teacher at my core. I love sharing my knowledge & experience, helping people learn new things. And I have much more to give. For the remainder of 2018, I’m dedicated to producing educational content and sharing it with as many people who are willing to listen. If you made it this far, I really appreciate you taking the time. Thank you for your support. https://escapecreative.com/

Mar 7, 2020 • 59min
#475 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 6th of March, 2020 at 8:30am PST:
See how easy it is to turn your Sales Funnel Vision into Reality with LaunchFlows.com. Same coupon for LaunchFlows: WPTonicRocks will give a 25% discount for WPTonic listeners: LaunchFlows At https://launchflows.com/ #1 - Will Page Builders Remain Competitive in the Block Era? https://wptavern.com/will-page-builders-remain-competitive-in-the-block-era #2 - Lambda School is Silicon Valley's big bet on reinventing education and making student debt obsolete. But students say it's a 'cult' and they would have been better off learning on their own. https://www.businessinsider.com/lambda-school-online-coding-bootcamp-y-combinator-cult-2019-10

Mar 4, 2020 • 32min
#474 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Sekander Badsha of Themeum & Tutor LMS
Themeum is a state of the art WordPress themes and plugins development company on a mission to upgrade your WordPress experience with high-quality WordPress themes and plugins. https://www.themeum.com/ https://www.themeum.com/product/tutor-lms/

Mar 2, 2020 • 58min
#473 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 28th of February, 2020 at 8:30am PST
With Special Guest Panelist Brian Garner Former Founder and Joint Owner of StudioPress This Week's Show Main Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/ Our secondary sponsor of the show is LaunchFlows At https://launchflows.com/ #1 - Elementor has raised a $15 million Series A, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners https://poststatus.com/elementor-has-raised-a-15-million-series-a-led-by-lightspeed-venture-partners/ #2 - Reddit CEO says TikTok is ‘fundamentally parasitic,’ cites privacy concerns https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21155845/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-tiktok-privacy-concerns-spyware-fingerprinting-tracking-users #3 - After the Acquisition: Flywheel in the New Year https://wptavern.com/after-the-acquisition-flywheel-in-the-new-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-the-acquisition-flywheel-in-the-new-year #4 - WP-Forms Is this true? https://twitter.com/Asif2BD/status/1232633113429397505 #5 - Strattic raises $6.5M to bring static WordPress to the masses https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/26/strattic-raises-6-5m-to-bring-static-wordpress-to-the-masses/ #6 - SpaceX approved to build Starship factory and research hub in LA https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/26/spacex-approval-build-starship-factory-research-facility-LA/

Feb 26, 2020 • 30min
#472 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Craig Hewitt Founder of Castos
#1 What lead you to want to develop Castos? #2 Why did you decide to use WordPress as your SaaS platform? #3 What have been some of the greatest things you learned through the process of building Castos? Today, I’m talking with Craig Hewitt, the Founder of both Castos, a company that provides beautifully simple podcast hosting, and PodcastMotor where they provide turnkey, end-to-end podcast editing and production services, and also the co-host of the RogueStartups Podcast. https://castos.com/ 50% percent for the first three months with coupon code wptonic

Feb 24, 2020 • 1h 8min
#471 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 21th of February, 2020 at 8:30am PST
#1 - Conference talk: WordPress’s role in a changing web (posted by Heather Burns) https://webdevlaw.uk/2020/02/15/conference-talk-wordpresss-role-in-a-changing-web/ #2 - The bright side of imposter syndrome https://leogopal.com/family-and-parenting/children/the-bright-side-of-imposter-syndrome/ #3 - No More Multisite Licenses https://woocamp.com/woocommerce/big-news-no-more-multi-site-licenses-for-woocommerce-plugins/ #4 - Successfully Leading a Remote Work Team https://webdevstudios.com/2020/01/16/leading-a-remote-work-team/ #5 - 40+ SaaS Products We Use to Grow Our Web Hosting Company https://kinsta.com/blog/saas-products/ #6 - Commercial TV’s decline is faster than we thought, but no one knows what’s next https://www.marketingweek.com/mark-ritson-commercial-tv-decline/

Feb 20, 2020 • 41min
#470 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Spencer Forman #470 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Spencer Forman
More About Spencer Forman Spencer currently provide hands-on expertise to a wide range of WordPress & CRO clients, from solopreneurs to venture-funded corporations. Previously, he enjoyed ten years as a practicing trial attorney specializing in litigation, contracts, and complex negotiations as well as twenty-five years as a real estate developer of more than fifty residential projects. He always interested in building brand recognition, creative concepts, and professional relationships https://launchflows.com/ https://wplaunchify.com/

Feb 17, 2020 • 1h 2min
#469 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 14th of February, 2020 at 8:30am PST
#1 - Awesome Motive Acquires the All in One SEO Pack Plugin https://wptavern.com/awesome-motive-acquires-the-all-in-one-seo-pack-plugin #2 - Wix reveals Editor X platform to answer “complex design needs” https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/3-9-february-2020/wix-reveals-editor-x-platform-to-answer-complex-design-needs/ #3 - The important lessons every designer should learn from the Iowa Caucuses https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/iowa-caucus-design-dana-chisnell/ #4 - Musings about building websites out of (WordPress) blocks https://thinkwritecode.com/musings-about-building-websites-out-of-wordpress-blocks/ #5 - Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/ #6 - WordCamp Asia Cancelled Due to COVID-19 https://wordpress.org/news/2020/02/wordcamp-asia-cancelled-due-to-covid-19/ ThIs Week's Show Main Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/ Our secondary sponsor of the show is LaunchFlows At https://launchflows.com/


