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#1 - Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019 https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2019/ #2 - SoftBank’s chairman admits he blew it with WeWork after disastrous earnings https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20951946/softbank-masayoshi-son-admits-wework-was-bad-judgement-q2-2019   #3 - Salesforce announces new content management system https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/07/salesforce-announces-new-content-management-system/ #4 - Debunking 3 Project Management Myths https://webdevstudios.com/2019/11/05/project-management-myths/ #5 - The Power of Stories: Chris Lema and the Bridge Framework https://wptavern.com/the-power-of-stories-chris-lema-and-the-bridge-framework #6 - SEO Obituaries: How many times has SEO died? (2019) https://brendanhufford.com/seo-obituaries/ Zoom General Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GSikKTGbSIe-YW93zVArEg   Our Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org  

About Michael Short Waas-pro & Blitz Industries WHAT I DO: Since 1999, I've helped PAINTLESS DENT REPAIR (PDR) PROFESSIONALS, AUTO BODY SHOPS, AUTO DETAILERS / MOBILE DETAILERS and OTHERS leverage online marketing strategies to generate leads, add clients and increase revenue. HOW I DO IT: My team and I developed a "done for you", conversion-focused mobile-ready website system...ProSites by Blitz Industries. (http://industry-pro.com) We also help our clients with other digital marketing services such as; proven Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies, Pay-Per-Click (PPC) management and Social Media Marketing (SMM) to get more customers, increase influence, and free up their time. (Learn more at: http://blitzindustries.com) WHO WE WORK WITH: I've personally redesigned/built and optimized websites of A-List Companies, Entrepreneurs, Non-profits and Consultants including. https://waas-pro.com/ https://blitzindustries.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellshort/

#1 - WordCamp US 2019 https://2019.us.wordcamp.org/ #2 - Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3awk7/flash-is-responsible-for-the-internets-most-creative-era #3 - We Analyzed 5.2 Million Desktop and Mobile Pages Here’s What We Learned About Page Speed https://backlinko.com/page-speed-stats #4 - SEMrush vs Ahrefs: Which Is the Best SEO and Marketing Tool Going Into 2020? https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/semrush-vs-ahrefs/ #5 - The Future of Freelancing with WordPress https://speckyboy.com/future-wordpress-freelancing/ #6 - Twitter Bans Political Ads: Says Political Speech Should Be 'Earned, Not Bought' https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/342684/twitter-suspends-all-political-ads-globally-says.html

We Talk About How To Successfully Lunch A New Digital Product or Course in 2019? More About Vito Peleg & WP Feedback Vito built his first website 19 years ago on GeoCities when he was 14 years old, it was scrappy and extremely bright colored. He made it for his skateboarding crew with his friends from school. He remembers how exciting it was to simply go online. Back then, whenever we connected to the internet it would take over the landline for the entire family, so I was only allowed to connect for just 1 hour per day. So I spent days fiddling with FrontPage, just waiting for my 1 hour to upload the code and share the updates with my MIRC friends (kinda like a Stone Age version of Facebook). That’s about the time I also picked up a guitar for the first time. I borrowed a cheap electric guitar from a friend to learn on my own and impress a girl I liked. But that first day was so inspiring I ended up sleeping with the guitar next to me in bed. It was love at first chord. https://wpfeedback.co/

#1- Curated List of Featured Themes Coming to the Theme Directory https://wptavern.com/curated-list-of-featured-themes-coming-to-the-theme-directory #2 - The curse of SoftBank https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/10/23/softbank/content.html #3 - Marketing channels, and how to think about marketing your WordPress business https://getellipsis.com/blog/marketing-channels-for-wordpress/ #4 - A $5 Million Dollar Fund for Acquiring WordPress Businesses https://corymiller.com/a-5-million-dollar-fund-for-acquiring-wordpress-businesses/ #5 - Hello, Ghost 3.0 https://ghost.org/3/ The Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org

In this episode we discuss the three biggest mistakes that Adrian see regularly then people are starting out building marketing automation funnels we then go on in the second half of the show the big upcoming changes that Adrian is making with the help of his team to GroundHogg.

#439 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday 18th of October, at 8:30am PST #1 - Mark Davies Joins Automattic as Chief Financial Officer https://wptavern.com/mark-davies-joins-automattic-as-chief-financial-officer   #2 - LinkedIn gets physical, debuts Events hub for people to plan in-person networking events https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/15/linkedin-gets-physical-debuts-new-events-hub-for-people-to-plan-in-person-networking-events/ #3 - Postmortem Of Gutenberg The Launch, So We Can Embrace Gutenberg The Product https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/10/postmortem-gutenberg-launch-product/   #4 - Mark Zuckerberg will stream a speech on ‘free expression’ Thursday https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/16/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-free-speech-live-stream/   #5 - What’s New in WordPress 5.3 (New Blocks, New APIs, Improved Admin UI) https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-5-3/

Adrian (my co-host) last week went to CaboPress and in this show we discuss some of the main things he learnt during the week. What you get from CaboPress is actionable input. Practical and direct insight that can be applied to your business the day you get home. No high level platitudes or pontification. Just the questions and suggestions to challenge you to level up. If you're going to meet with folks that will challenge you, what better place to do it in than in a five-star resort in Cabo San Lucas. It's refreshing and relaxing and the perfect place to reflect on your business.   https://cabopress.com/

#1 - Open Source is Broken https://dev.to/degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-g60 #2 - The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship https://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html #3 - Where We Go From Here: 10 Thoughts on the Immediate Future of the Web https://mor10.com/where-we-go-from-here-2019/ #4 - The Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The First Year https://speckyboy.com/gutenberg-wordpress-block-editor-first-year/ #5 - U.S. Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Appeal to Determine Whether Websites Must Be Accessible https://wptavern.com/u-s-supreme-court-denies-dominos-appeal-to-determine-whether-websites-must-be-accessible The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen morten@pinkandyellow.com John Locke john@lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch sallie@wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett chris@lifterlms.com Spencer Forman help@wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros mattmedeiros@gmail.com Adrian adrian.methoss@gmail.com jonathan jdenwood@gmail.com Joe Casabona casabona.org  

Andrew has been a leading thought leader inside the Divi community for a number of years but also runs a number of niche businesses that are linked to Divi.   Recently he has started with a founder a really interesting service called Pagebuildercloud which is services that allow you save Elementor, BeaverBuilder and a number of other page builder plugin templates to the cloud so you can use them early connected to other projects.   https://pagebuildercloud.com https://elegantmarketplace.com https://somebodyshero.co.uk