WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups

We have a special interview with David Cohen who is the leading self-confessed troll who started the Twitter storm over #joostdevalk and #yoastcon. Should Joost de Valk be the new marketing head and public face of the WordPress community? We also discuss these other leading other web news stories of the week.

1 - The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43zak3/the-internet-was-built-on-the-free-labor-of-open-source-developers-is-that-sustainable

2 - Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7

3 - Make it Boring

https://jeremy.codes/blog/make-it-boring/

John Nemo is an author, speaker, 1-on-1 business coach and consultant, John Nemo helps individuals, organizations and businesses boost their brand, generate sales leads and increase revenue.

The son of two English teachers, John grew up in a home where the basement walls were lined floor-to-ceiling with books. A lifelong love of story led him to a career in journalism, where he started his career in 1997 as a reporter for The Arizona Republic and later The Associated Press.

John later worked in talk radio as a producer and on-air talent at KTIS-AM radio in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He also served as a freelance writer for hundreds of different magazines, newspapers and websites, covering topics ranging from Fantasy Football to Norwegian Architecture to Rock Music.

https://linkedinriches.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirejohnnemo/

didn’t know what to make of the post and the Twitter storm linked to this article. I usually try and keep my distance from Twitter and its drama because I don’t need the negatively in my life. So I tend to dismiss these type of stories. However, I think I was wrong about this because with some personal reflection I think there are some disturbing parts to this story connected to how Joost de Valk views/see woman and does his behavior almost ten years ago means that he is unsuitable to be the head of Marketing and Communications Lead of the WordPress project?

1 - YoastCon Overshadowed by Twitter Storm: Joost de Valk, SEO Industry Leaders Called Out for Objectifying Women

https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-joost-de-valk-seo-industry-leaders-called-out-for-objectifying-women

2 - On the Corporate Takeover of the Cathedral and the Bazaar

https://mor10.com/on-the-corporate-takeover-of-the-cathedral-and-the-bazaar/

3 - I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell

https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194

4 - How to Create a Multi Language WordPress Site

https://blog.weglot.com/create-multi-language-wordpress-site/

5 - Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/spotify-doubles-down-on-podcasts/

We Interview Successful Online Female Entrepreneur Who Plays Big and Means Business!

Are you looking at producing an online course using the power of WordPress but don’t know how you’re going to successfully market your course don’t worry Ashley has some actionable insights and answers

Ashley Ryan is a female entrepreneur who plays big and means business. She has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, bringing in 6 and 7-figure revenue for her clients through simple, un-complicated, savvy marketing systems.

https://hersmartmarketing.com/about/

We have interesting WP-Tonic round-table show here with Adam Silver KitchensinkWP Podcast joining us as a special guest panelist our main story we discuss is the interview that the WordPress Weekly podcast recently did with Morten Rand-Hendriksen (who part of this panel ) and Rachel Cherry to discuss WordPress Governance project.

Here's a list of the other stories we discuss during the show.

1 - WPWeekly Episode 344 – Introduction to the WordPress Governance Project

https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-344-introduction-to-the-wordpress-governance-project

2 - Apple’s power over Facebook ought to worry the rest of us

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18204559/apple-facebook-feud-market-research-platform-power

3 - The Great Divide

https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/

4 - My other life as a Kickstarter scammer

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/31/my-other-life-as-a-kickstarter-scammer/

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/