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We interview one of my online heroes Ryan Carson CEO TreeHouse. Ryan is a real cool cat who recently been saying some very controversial things connected to higher education and how the present situation is failing students. If you thinking of starting a online business based training you really need to. listen to this interview. https://teamtreehouse.com/

Matt Medeiros from Matt Report podcast joins us on this weeks WP-Tonic round-table show. we have great conversation where we start by discussing the news that “WordPress.com Secures $2.4 Million in Funding from Google and Partners to Build a Publishing Platform for News Organizations.” We also have some great insight from the penal connected to Elementor new Popup Builder.   This weeks WordPress & Tech Stories We Discuss 1 - WordPress.com Secures $2.4 Million in Funding from Google and Partners to Build a Publishing Platform for News Organizations https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-secures-2-4-million-in-funding-from-google-and-partners-to-build-a-publishing-platform-for-news-organizations 2 - How a Vermont social network became a model for online communities https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18129437/front-porch-forum-vermont-social-network-listserv-local-online-community 3 - Leading marketing & communication for WordPress https://joost.blog/leading-marketing-communication-for-wordpress/ 4 - Google’s European Monopoly (& Shrinking Click-Through Opportunities) https://sparktoro.com/blog/googles-european-monopoly-shrinking-click-through-opportunities/ 5 - Introducing Popup Builder https://elementor.com/blog/introducing-popup-builder Matt Medeiros: @mattmedeiros of the Matt Report podcast Chris Badgett: @ChrisBadgett of CEO LifterLMS and LMScast podcast John Lock: @lockedowndesign founder of Lockedown Design & SEO Agency Spencer Forman:@SpencerForman founder of WPLaunchify Agency #MattMedeiros #ChrisBadgett #JohnLock #SpencerForman

Yaro has been lucky enough to speak at some of the biggest events in his industry, including Social Media Marketing World. he been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Foundr, Huffington Post and been interviewed in over 250 podcasts. Yaro also the author of the original ‘Blog Profits Blueprint’ (downloaded over 250,000 times) and been ranked as a ‘Top 10 Blogger and Podcaster https://inboxdone.com/ https://yaro.blog/

1 - WPCampus Selects Tenon LLC for Gutenberg Accessibility Audit, Completed Report Expected in February https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-selects-tenon-llc-for-wp-campus-gutenberg-accessibility-audit-completed-report-expected 2 - Caution: GoDaddy is Adding Unwanted JavaScript to Websites https://www.searchenginejournal.com/caution-godaddy-is-adding-unwanted-javascript-to-websites/286429/ 3 - Visual Composer Website Builder announces the GPL compatibility https://wpcrib.com/visual-composer-website-builder-gpl-compatible/ 4 - Web Design and Development Myths: 2019 Edition https://webdevstudios.com/2019/01/17/web-design-and-development-myths/

Videos are no longer an up and coming trend. Your audience expects you to incorporate engaging video content into your online course material. The only problem is that hosting video content on your own server can quickly take up a lot of space and other server resources. With this in mind, in this post, we’ll run the rule over some of the best video hosting sites for course creators and list out the pros and cons to help you make an informed decision.   https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/best-video-hosting-sites-course-creators/    

Every Friday at around 8:30am PST we have a panel of WordPress and Internet junkies and we discuss best #WordPress news stories and also the most interesting #onlinemarketing and #webdevelopment articles of the week. You can watch the show live on WP-Tonic’s YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/Wptonicgoogle/live

#359 WP-Tonic Show: 10 Best WordPress LMS Plugins to Create and Sell Courses Online? #LifterLMS Free https://lifterlms.com/ #LearnDash $159.00 1-site license https://www.learndash.com/ #361 With Special Guest Sidney Clevinger #WP Courseware $129 2-site license https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/10-best-wordpress-lms-plugins-to-create-and-sell-courses-online/   4 - #Sensei single site $129.00 https://woocommerce.com/products/sensei/ 5 - #LearnPress https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/ Education WordPress Theme $69 16,838 Sales Last Update 21 December 18 https://themeforest.net/item/education-wordpress-theme-education-wp/ https://thimpress.com/ 6 - #CoursePress Pro WPMUDEV membership plan $49 per month https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/coursepress-pro/ 7 - #Ultimate Learning Pro $39! https://codecanyon.net/item/ultimate-learning-pro-wordpress-plugin/21772657 Updated 4 January 2019 8 - #MasterStudy LMS Free however you really got use it with one of their themes $69 https://wordpress.org/plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/ https://masterstudy.stylemixthemes.com/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=lmsplugin https://stylemixthemes.com/ Updated 6 day ago 9 - #Good LMS - Learning Management System WP Plugin $32 https://codecanyon.net/item/good-lms-learning-management-system-wp-plugin/9033850 Updated Match 2018! 10 - #Namaste! LMS Basic Plugin Free Last updated:2 hours ago Namaste Pro starting at $87 https://wordpress.org/plugins/namaste-lms/ https://namaste-lms.org/  

In this episode of the WP-Tonic show we discuss with Spencer Forman how WordPress in 2019 compares to some of the leading marketing landing page platforms like #ClickFunnels, #LeadPages or #HubSpot. What is the stack of WordPress plugins particularly #CartFlows you should consider connected building effective marketing website for your business? https://www.clickfunnels.com/ https://www.leadpages.net/ https://www.hubspot.com/ https://cartflows.com/      

We discuss in our first show of 2019 how you can effectively promote your successful course in 2019 so you can get more sells and increase its profitability by using WordPress these basic marketing ideas! Tip #1: Create Course Bundles Tip #2: Create Multiple Subscription Tiers Tip #3: Upsell Membership Plans and Add-Ons Tip #4: Create Multiple Content Types Tip #5: Facilitate Discussions Tip #6: Award Certificates Tip #7: Gather Data Here a link to article I wrote recently connected to this subject. https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/7-ideas-take-successful-membership-next-level-on-wordpress/

From Nurse to running a large and successful online course based business Jonathan has an amazing story to share. Also on Friday 21st of December at 1pm PST he will be doing a webinar about video cameras while you might be able to win a professional video camera worth around $3,000. See link below. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Z_r6Ba5S1-8RJS6XmOOjQ