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This Week’s Discussion Stories 1 - The First Release of WordPress Turns 15 Years Old https://wptavern.com/the-first-release-of-wordpress-turns-15-years-old 2 - 061- Reciprocate https://nathanallotey.com/tv/061-reciprocate/ 3 - Those internet trends? It's bad news if you're not Amazon, basically https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/31/meeker_internet_trends_2018/ 4 - It’s Time to Rethink What People Need to Learn https://chrisbrogan.com/rethink-learning/ 5 - YouTube is the preferred platform of today’s teens https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/31/17382058/youtube-teens-preferred-platform 6 - 7 UX Principles for Creating a Great Website https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/05/7-ux-principles-for-creating-a-great-website/

We Interview New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan Chris Brogan is a digital marketing advisor who has worked with brands you know like Google, Pepsi, Disney, Sony Electronics USA, Comcast, Microsoft and many more. He is a professional keynote speaker as well as the New York Times bestselling author of 9 books and counting. We Interview New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan https://chrisbrogan.com/

In this episode of the WP-Tonic Wednesday Interview Show we discuss content marketing and how to hire a quality writer to help you produce popular articles that help you get more traffic to your website. Brenda Barron is the owner of The Digital Inkwell, a content marketing company specializing in providing technology, business, and WordPress-related content to businesses of all sizes. websites like WPMU DEV, WPKube and Elegant Themes. http://thedigitalinkwell.com/

1 - To Free Up Resources, WordPress.org Plugin Review Team Begins Closing Unused Plugins https://wptavern.com/to-free-up-resources-wordpress-org-plugin-review-team-begins-closing-unused-plugins 2 - Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering By Nick Foster “ The Ledger” (jonathan comment:) I really thought that this must be a April Fool’s video but no, its for real and from Google my favorite company! I really don’t know what drugs these people are taking at Google? I just find the voice and basic ideas express in the the video really semi creepy it almost like it was taken from episode of Westworld. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-data-privacy 3 - Interview On This Week in Startups of Brave Browser Founder Brendan Eich. http://thisweekinstartups.com/brave-brendan-eich/ 4- The Do’s and Don’ts for Hosting WordPress Membership Sites https://kinsta.com/blog/hosting-wordpress-membership-sites/ 5 - How to Earn Google Featured Snippets for Mobile: Large-scale Study https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-earn-google-featured-snippets-mobile-study/ 6 - Adobe XD CC is Now Available for Free https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/05/adobe-xd-is-now-available-for-free/

We Discuss The MemberPress Plugin & Online Entrepreneurship Blair Williams is a Software Developer and Online Entrepreneur. Blair has been developing websites and web-apps for over 20 years and is the author of several popular plugins for WordPress including MemberPress, Pretty Link, and Affiliate Royale.

#292 WP-Tonic Round Table Show 11th of May 2018 Revised Discussion Articles Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (GADWP) is Now ExactMetrics 1 - https://exactmetrics.com/google-analytics-dashboard-wordpress-gadwp-now-exactmetrics/ 2 - Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/10/17342414/google-duplex-ai-assistant-voice-calling-identify-itself-update 3 - How to Create a Case Study for your UX and Product Design Portfolio https://www.getcloudapp.com/blog/how-to-create-a-case-study-for-your-ux-and-product-design-portfolio 4 - struggle to learn React http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/my-struggle-to-learn-react/ 5 - Customers Don’t Want Content – They Want a Better Path https://chrisbrogan.com/betterpath/ 6 - Things Designers Should Know About SEO In 2018 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/things-designers-should-know-about-seo-2018/ 7 - How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support https://freemius.com/blog/wordpress-plugins-sales-support/

We Interview The Co-founded Brainstorm Force The Maker Astra Theme Sujay is the co-founder of Brainstorm Force. he started this company 2009 as we just celebrated our 9th anniversary in the March. Brainstorm Force started as a digital marketing, web design and development company. Early on their journey, they provided SEO and PPC Management services for clients. After couple of years, they moved into WordPress custom development. Sujay and his team are the company behind some popular WordPress products such as Ultimate Addons, Convert Pro, Schema Pro and the very popular Astra theme which are collectively installed on about one million websites!!!

This Weeks News Discussion Stories 1 - WordPress Theme Review Team Launches Trusted Authors Program https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-launches-trusted-authors-program 2 - Are WordPress Developers Really Cheaper to Hire? https://torquemag.io/2018/04/are-wordpress-developers-really-cheaper-to-hire/ 3 - How To Choose A WordPress Theme, 7 Questions To Ask https://www.wpcrafter.com/choose-wordpress-theme/ 4 - The Ultimate Checklist for SEO Migration [+Infographic] https://cms2cms.com/blog/ultimate-checklist-seo-migration-infographic/ 5 - Solved: Jetpack Generating Mysterious Admin Email Change Messages https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/05/jetpack-admin-email-change/ 6 - What's possible with WordPress 5.0 https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018/sessions/whats-possible-wordpress-50 7 - WordPress Page Builders, Reviewed: Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, WPBakery Page Builder, Elementor

Email & Marketing Automation Done The Right Way! ActiveCampaign began as a solution for business owners who needed to keep in touch with their contacts. There was a demand for a powerful, easy-to-use solution at a reasonable price in a market that lacked options. Over the years, the company has seen a number of drastic transitions. We cut our product line from eight solutions to one, transitioning from a traditional software company to the SaaS model, providing a consistent and stable experience for our users.

This Weeks Articles 1 - Square to buy Weebly for $365 million https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/26/square-to-buy-weebly-for-365-million.html 1- WordPress Accessibility Team Is Seeking Contributors for Its Handbook Project https://wptavern.com/wordpress-accessibility-team-is-seeking-contributors-for-its-handbook-project 2- From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/25/from-seattle-to-luxembourg-how-tax-schemes-shaped-amazon 3 - WordPress Page Builders, Reviewed: Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, WPBakery Page Builder https://wpshout.com/wordpress-page-builder-review/ 4 - I Wrote a Weird Kind of Business Book https://sparktoro.com/blog/i-wrote-a-weird-kind-of-business-book/ 5 - Running a successful web design business https://www.godaddy.com/garage/running-a-successful-web-design-business/