This week I talk about LiveChat vs ChatBots

Upcoming Events

WordPress Photo Festival 3 February–10 February, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

Plugin Hacked - Better Search & Replace

Segment 2:  LiveChat vs ChatBots

Past episode mentioned: KSWP E133

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

BotPress

This week I talk about Email Authentication

Upcoming Events

• WordPress Web Challenge 27 January, 2024  Jakarta

Segment 1: In the News

• ACF WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 2+ Million Site. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin with over 2 million installations announced the release of a security update, version 6.2.5 that patches a vulnerability, the severity of which is not known and only limited details were released about the vulnerability.

Segment 2:  Authenticating Emails

• SPF Records sample
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.example.com ~all
• DKIM Sample
  • default._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC2jKmmNxWVP8qDnBfYVPJrgG1dnHD5cP2IcQIDAQAB"
• DMARC sample
  • v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; sp=none

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• KOTTKE.ORG

This week I talk about Three Startup Strategies Unveiled

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Zaragoza - 19 January–20 January, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• Matt Mullenweg “Data Liberation in 2024”

Segment 2:  Three Startup Strategies Unveiled

• Sign up for my Build In Public project

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Git Blame
• VS Code Add On

This weeks sponsor is: OmniSend

This week I Dive Into Project Management Tools: Asana

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Nepal 2024 - 12 January–13 January, 2024
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Segment 1: In the News

• WP Engine has a list of conferences

Segment 2:  Project Management Tools: Asana

• Previous episode mentioned: Podcast E255 – Picking a Project Management Methodology

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

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This weeks episode is sponsored by Omnisend & Memberful

This week I Share How To Track Goals With UTM

Upcoming events

• Kolkata CareerCamp - 6 January, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• WP Briefing Podcast - Josepha Haden Chomphosy - Reflections on the State of The Word.

Segment 2:  How To Track Goals With UTM

Segment 3- Tip/Tool of the week

• GA - Campaign URL Builder

This weeks episode is sponsored by Omnisend & Memberful

This week I Talk About The Business North Star

Upcoming Events

• No events

Segment 1: In the News

• Some interesting stats from W3Techs

Segment 2:  The Business North Star

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://photofunia.com/

This week I answer listener questions.

Upcoming Events

No WordCamps - standard as the time of year.

Upcoming Events

• No WordCamps

Segment 1: In the News

• State Of the Word - recording avail

Segment 2:  Listener Q/A

1. What was your most favorite & Least Favorite WordCamp Talk and Least Favorite - Stephen
2. What do you recommend for gathering all the different logins to a website/hosting..   — Stephen
3. What are hooks and filters? -Anon
4. I’m just starting off with an online store — and want to use email marketing to ideally get traction… what are you top 3 ways to do so?  - Madison

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Gifts!   —> The Conspiracy Calendar — ICS file
  • Use code flatearth for 20% off!

This week I Talk About Business Preparation in 2024

Upcoming Events

• State of the Word 2023 December 11, 2023, 15:00 UTC
• Watch the live stream 

Segment 1: In the News

• Patchstack Is Now a Member Of The Open Source Security Foundation
• TheWP.World
• Critical Vulnerability in Elementor Affecting 5+ Million Websites

Segment 2:  Business Preparation for 2024

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• WP Swag Store

This week I Dive Into Cold Sales/Lead Generation Tools

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 9 December, 2023
• WordCamp Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 9 December–10 December, 2023

Segment 1: In the News

• PSA: Fake CVE-2023-45124 Phishing Scam
• Mojo Market Place is shutting down

Segment 2: My Dive Into Cold Sales/Lead Generation Tools

• Podcast E109 – 4 ways to find new clients
• Podcast E285 – 5 tips when hiring a sales rep
• Podcast E293 – The 30K foot view of Salesforce CRM
• Podcast E318 – Sales strategies in uncertain times

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Tip: Podcast — “In The Making”

This week I share the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Udaipur, Rajasthan, India - 2 December, 2023

Segment 1: In the News

• Sarah Gooding is Leaving WPTavern
• WP Tavern is hiring!

Segment 2:  The 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• The Admin Bar Cyber Monday Deals