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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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Apr 23, 2019 • 32min
#389 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Jonathan Wold
At 17, Jonathan co-founded a “young entrepreneurs” community and experienced the joy of watching my life and the life of those around me change through inspiration and education. I was hooked and have continued to pursue opportunities to inspire and teach ever since. Jonathan has published a free course (“Four Weeks To Your First Client”) to teach aspiring entrepreneurs interested in the world of web development. https://jonathanwold.com

Apr 21, 2019 • 1h 9min
#388 WP-Tonic Round Table Show 19th of April 2019 at 8:30am PST
1 - PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishin#388 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show 19th of April, 2019 at 8:30 am PST g Zero-Day Vulnerabilities https://wptavern.com/pluginvulnerabilities-com-is-protesting-wordpress-org-support-forum-moderators-by-publishing-zero-day-vulnerabilities 2 - YouTube Premium subscribers might soon get $2 monthly to send to their favorite creators https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484884/youtube-super-chat-premium-gift-subscription-creator-monetization 3 - This is Not the WordPress You’re Looking For https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3e8tvzzvk 4 - The elegance of nothing https://seths.blog/2019/04/the-elegance-of-nothing/ 5 - Mailchimp Bootstraps To $600 Million Revenue https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mailchimp-bootstraps-600-million-revenue-sramana-mitra-1c/ #ZeroDayVulnerabilities #WordPress #CurtisMcHale

Apr 16, 2019 • 35min
#387 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Lee Blue of DoubleStack
We Going To Be Discussing How to Choose A Great WordPress Agency or Freelance Developer For Your Membership & LMS Website Project & WordPress Vs Kajabi Lee Blue founded DoubleStack, a coaching and mentoring program to help WordPress consultants earn $5,000 - $10,000 per month consistently with a workload they can handle on their own without burning themselves out. https://doublestack.net/

Apr 14, 2019 • 57min
#386 WP-Tonic's Friday Round Table Show 12 of April, 2019 at 8:30 am PST
We have a slightly different format to the show this week see instead of discussing the latest WordPress and online news of the week we decided to talk about how WordPress consultants, designer and developers can get quality clients and what are the warning signs connected to possible clients which are not going to be a good fit. Also in the second half of the show we also discuss what possible clients should look for connected to hiring a possible WordPress consultant or developer. #clientsfromhell #WordPress #WordPressDevelopment

Apr 10, 2019 • 33min
#385 WP-Tonic Show We Discuss Course Building Realistic Timelines
You have got a great idea for an online course and you want to get it live and making money as quickly as possible! However, you want your first course to be done right so how long is all of this going to take from idea to life website. This is what we discuss in this episode of the WP-Tonic Show. #WordPress #LMS #CourseBuilding

Apr 7, 2019 • 59min
#384 WP-Tonic Round Table Show 5th of April, 2019 at 8:30am PST
1 - Jetpack Is Promoting Paid Upgrades on Plugin Search Screen, WordPress Plugin Team Says it “May be a Violation” of Directory Guidelines\ https://wptavern.com/jetpack-is-promoting-paid-upgrades-on-plugin-search-screen-wordpress-plugin-team-says-it-may-be-a-violation-of-directory-guidelines 2 - WooCommerce 3.6 to Add Marketplace Suggestions, Despite Overwhelmingly Negative Feedback from Developer Community https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-3-6-to-add-marketplace-suggestions-despite-overwhelmingly-negative-feedback-from-developer-community 3 - On Health, WordPress and a Tough Decision https://www.caroleolinger.com/a-tough-decision 4 - Pipdig Update: Dishonest Denials, Erased Evidence, and Ongoing Offenses https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/pipdig-update-dishonest-denials-erased-evidence-and-ongoing-offenses/ 5 - Why Google+ Failed https://onezero.medium.com/why-google-failed-4b9db05b973b #WordPress #Jetpack #WooCommerce The Tips, Reviews of the Week Jonathan - Affinity Photo: https://affinity.serif.com/ Morten - The Royal Art of Poison: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36447149-the-royal-art-of-poison Chris - TinyPNG: https://tinypng.com/ Spencer - Robot Ninja: https://robotninja.com/ Sallie - Stop JetPack Promotions https://github.com/JayWood/stop-jetpack-promotions

Apr 2, 2019 • 27min
#383 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Lyndsay Phillips Smooth Sailing Business Growth
Main Topic Growing Your eLearning Online Business Through Sales Funnels Lyndsay Phillips is a serial entrepreneur; client-appointed task master plus project ninja and warrior content marketer for life & business coaches, accountants and other online entrepreneurs across the globe. CEO & Founder of Smooth Sailing Business Growth, she leads a rock star team to support entrepreneurs who are seeking fast-paced business growth but finally have come to the realization that they can’t do it alone, do it all, and do it well. She is also the host of Smooth Business Growth Podcast, plus Smooth Business Growth Flash on Alexa– - and loves sharing practical tips, business building & content marketing strategies. An expert in all things content marketing, she and her team focus on leveraging content to attract and convert customers faster and build stronger relationships along the way Have a sales ladder/ funnel created (some call it an ascension ladder) - I can share examples and why Ensure the topics/ subjects flow in that funnel and why Nurture - how to nurture during the course and after they sign up to increase conversions to what's next. What to do if they don't take you up on the 'next' offer right away How to optimize your course to prime them for your next offer What next steps to take after their course is over. Lyndsay Phillips https://www.smoothbusinessgrowth.com Cindy Nicholson https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co Lyndsay Phillips Mobile Number: (416) 455-9403 captain@smoothbusinessgrowth.com https://www.smoothbusinessgrowth.com/ Cindy Nicholson cindy@thecoursewhisperer.co https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/

Mar 30, 2019 • 1h 8min
#382 WP-Tonic Round Table Show Friday 29th March, 2019 at 8:30am PST\
1 - WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-2-beta-1-released-help-test-new-blocks-block-manager-and-improved-fatal-error-protection 2 - Family Tree DNA offers to trade privacy to catch criminals https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/28/family-tree-dna-asks-customers-to-share-dna-to-solve-crimes/ 3 - Blue Oceans. Notes on Joshua Strebel’s WCPHX Keynote presentation (Part 2) https://pagely.com/blog/wcphx-keynote-2/ 4 - An Unpopular List of Marketing Trends for 2019 https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-unpopular-list-of-marketing-trends-for-2019/ 5 -Startup branding: how much does it really cost? https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/28/startup-branding-how-much-does-it-really-cost/ OUR PICK'S OF THE WEEK? Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://growinwp.com/ecosystem-plugins/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wordpress/scripts Spencer Forman: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wedocs/ John Locke: https://bokeh.pics/ John Locke: https://www.saclibrary.org/ Jonathan: ImageOptim: https://imageoptim.com/mac

Mar 26, 2019 • 32min
#381 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Adrian Spiac
We Interview one of the founders of Cozmoslabs who are authors of the popular multilingual plugin TranslatePress Adrian is the co-founder of Cozmoslabs, a company focused on building premium WordPress plugins since 2011. Their products are used on over 120,000 websites. Lately he's mostly focused on marketing and business development, however nothing feels better to him than actually coding a feature. Their most popular plugins Profile Builder and Paid Member Subscriptions are targeted on membership sites, offering things ranging from building user profiles & advanced front-end forms to creating subscription plans, restricting content and accepting payments. Their newest product, TranslatePress is a WordPress multilingual plugin that lets you translate your entire site directly from the front-end using a really intuitive interface. It works out of the box with any theme or plugin, including WooCommerce and site builders. Sure, we can offer a free TranslatePress business license and a Paid Member Subscriptions Pro license to the person who leaves a comment indicating the missing feature he would love to see developed next in these plugins. If this is too much, I'm open to ideas on your side as well :) Adrian Spiac https://www.cozmoslabs.com/ Cindy Nicholson https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/

Mar 24, 2019 • 50min
#380 WP-Tonic Round Table Show Friday 22 of March, 2019 at 8:30 am PST
We Have a Special Guest For This Week's Show Michelle Schulp: https://marktimemedia.com/ 1 - WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-ends-support-for-php-5-2-5-5-bumps-minimum-required-php-version-to-5-6 2 - T-Mobile starts testing wireless home internet service https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275640/tmobile-lte-wireless-home-internet-service-pilot-launch 3 - 16 Months of Members-Only Content https://tommcfarlin.com/16-months-of-members-only-content/ 4 - Tools to Boost Remote Work Productivity https://webdevstudios.com/2019/03/19/tools-to-boost-remote-work-productivity/ 5 - Pinterest hires the exec behind Walmart's tech transformation https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/21/pinterest-hires-walmart-exec-jeremy-king/


