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#1 - Top Fifty WP: New Website Ranks Plugins by Downloads per Day. https://wptavern.com/top-fifty-wp-new-website-ranks-plugins-by-downloads-per-day #2 - Even Amazon’s own products are getting hijacked by imposter sellers https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20837359/amazon-basics-fake-sellers-imposters-third-party-marketplace #3 - Chrome 76 Adds Native Lazy-Loading, WordPress Contributors Continue Discussion Regarding Core Support https://wptavern.com/chrome-76-adds-native-lazy-loading-wordpress-contributors-continue-discussion-regarding-core-support #4 - Apple was a little behind on Siri privacy, now it’s way ahead https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20837077/apple-siri-privacy-opt-out-voice-human-grading-review   #5 - Steve Wozniak says he didn’t mean Apple should be broken up — but it shouldn’t be a castle https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20837692/steve-wozniak-says-apple-should-have-broken-up-years-ago #6 - Amazon's doorbell camera Ring is working with police – and controlling what they say https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/29/ring-amazon-police-partnership-social-media-neighbor

How To Get Results With Infusionsoft Not Just Fancy Campaigns Tyler first made his mark in the marketing world as the Director and VP of Marketing at Infusionsoft. He led the marketing efforts that produced massive results between 2007 and 2012 and managed Infusionsoft’s own Infusionsoft account for years. He’s become known as the guy who produces results. https://www.boxoutmarketing.com/

We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week in fun and hopefully insightful way! #1 - Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-zero-bs-crm-considers-rebranding-it-as-jetpack-crm #2 - WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-poised-to-begin-implementing-proposal-to-auto-update-older-sites-to-4-7   #3 - Lance Armstrong’s Podcast Is Making Cycling Fans Forget About the Doping https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-30/lance-armstrong-wants-you-to-forget-doping-and-listen-to-his-podcast #4 - Cheap WordPress Hosting Costs 30x More Than You Think (See the Math) https://kinsta.com/blog/cheap-wordpress-hosting/ #5 - Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes   #6 - What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? http://nsaphra.github.io/post/hands/  

Dimi Baitanciuc experienced founder working in the internet industry since early 2000. Skilled in UI/UX Design, Leadership, and Project Management. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences. Co-founded Brizy in 2018, a visual WordPress page builder that lets anyone create websites without skill or effort and ThemeFuse in 2009, a premium WordPress theme shop focused on creative and stand out designs. https://www.brizy.io/  

What an amazing WordPress news story week plus we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show “Heather Wilde” of Roceteer.com - http://roceteer.com/ #1 - Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-tumblr-plans-to-rebuild-the-backend-powered-by-wordpress #2 - 8 predictions made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos 20 years ago that were right on the money https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-predictions-from-20-years-ago-that-were-right-on-the-money-2019-3?utm_source=csp-social-media #3 - WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-scraps-trusted-authors-program-due-to-gaming-and-inconsistent-reviews #4 - What If You and Your Brand Could Break Up with Social Media? https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2019/08/break-social-media/ #5 - My Final Goodbye to the Tavern From "Jeff Chandler" https://jeffc.me/2019/08/13/my-final-goodbye-to-the-tavern/ https://wpdigitalshop.com/wptavern-then-and-now-with-jeff-chandler/ #6 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance " Will Brian Krogsgard be announced, in the near future, as the new chief editor of the WP-Tavern?" https://poststatus.com/woocommerce-vs-shopify-a-battle-for-ecommerce-platform-dominance/ This Weeks Panel Recommendations Jonathan's Heather Wilde's new book "Birth of a Unicorn" https://publishizer.com/birth-of-a-unicorn/  

Joe Casabona is an accredited college course developer and professor. He also has his Master's Degree in Software Engineering, is a Front End Developer, and hosts multiple podcasts. Joe started freelancing in 2002, and has been a teacher at the college level for over 10 years. His passion in both areas has driven him to build Creator Courses, a school for those who want to create online businesses. As a big proponent of learning by doing, he loves creating focused, task-driven courses to help students build something. When he's not teaching, he's interviewing people for his podcast, How I Built It. https://casabona.org/

1 - Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/proposal-auto-update-old-versions-to-4-7/   #2 - After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost https://ghost.org/blog/5/   #3 - Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans https://wptavern.com/jetpack-7-6-improves-amp-compatibility-adds-preview-and-upgrade-nudge-for-blocks-only-available-on-paid-plans #4 - Adblocking: How About Nah? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah #5 - Google puts playable podcast episodes in Search https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/google-podcast-episodes-search/ #6 - WordCamp Long Beach to Debut a “Future of WordPress” Track https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-long-beach-to-debut-a-future-of-wordpress-track This Weeks Panels Recommendations Jonathan Denwood's YouTube Film "Dominion" The truth about industrial farming and why it's slowly killing you and your children! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko #WordPress #WordPressNews #WordPress  

Kurt von Ahnen was a precocious young man raised in a Philadelphia suburb. A non-conformist of sorts, he announced in third grade that he wanted to author a book. He was told that since he didn’t even do his language arts work, it would never happen. In 7th grade, Kurt had a paper route. When one boy failed to arrive to get his papers for the route – he took the route over, then another, then another. What the newspaper branch manager didn’t place together was that Kurt had franchised the paper routes and was paying other boys only a portion of the routes as he was covering the collecting and accounting. In High School he was told with the rest of the class to write a report on where he’d go to college. Having already been made the manager of a local furniture store, he said he’d pass on college as he was already making more than the teacher. After all, in the 80’s, more than 80% of the people making more than $50,000.00 per year were in retail. So why go to college. In his senior year, he was invited to leave his high school and told he would never amount to anything. Finally, in 2007, he made the leap and followed through on the dream from 3rd grade. He published Service Writing in Black and White changing the trajectory of his career. He’s gone on to become a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker and Coach. He’s managed the training departments for two of the most prestigious Powersports companies and grown his own Leadership Academy. He speaks to youth whenever possible – urging them to chase their dreams. Never let someone tell you can’t do something Kurt von Ahnen http://manananomas.com/

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp #2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/   #3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/ #4 - There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites?utm_source=pocket-newtab #5 - Artificial Intelligence and Norwegian Gender Quotas https://medium.com/@alexmoltzau/artificial-intelligence-and-norwegian-gender-quotas-11d8d9bf114a #6 - Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/23/proposal-a-wordpress-advisory-board/

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft. https://memberium.com/ Infusionsoft Training & Membership Software for Infusionsoft Users https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYRkaBaBI