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We got a great show here with some great stories that we discuss during the show, see the articles and links below. I was on holiday in the UK visiting family and friends so I appear at the beginning of the show however, I have to leave after a couple of minutes however my friend John Locke does a a great job of being the main host of the show

In this episode of the WP-Tonic round-table show we discuss Gutenberg community library of custom blocks. We then discuss Nike's choice of Colin Kaepernick as the face of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. Then we move on and talk about Gutenberg and Genesis.

1 - Gutenberg Cloud: A Cross-Platform Community Library for Custom Gutenberg Blocks

https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-cloud-a-cross-platform-community-library-for-custom-gutenberg-blocks

2 - The Gangster Marketing Move of 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXzPDteFks&t=84s

3 - The Future of Gutenberg and Genesis

https://studiopress.blog/the-future-of-gutenberg-and-genesis/

4 - The anti-Google documentary The Creepy Line is a conspiratorial playbook for right-wing tech backlash

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/19/17878332/creepy-line-anti-google-facebook-conservative-censorship-documentary-review-right-wing

5 - How to Create Custom Post Types in WordPress

https://elementor.com/wordpress-custom-post-types

We Discuss Micro-learning & How It Can Help Membership/LMS Websites Improvement Their Engagement

Isaac is a tech entrepreneur and futurist at heart, humanizing the digital training experience to equip and fuel progress for the learner.

We live in a world where employees have a free agent mentality with changing motivations. The right culture is the deeper retention solution that lasts.

Isaac has a unique understanding of how to craft and drive forward the right organizational culture that engages, retains, and boosts employee performance.

Isaac is a co-founder of micro-learning solution ConveYour.com that’s the leading learning engagement platform for companies.

https://conveyour.com/

We have a great regular panel and a special guest Rachel Cherry. We discuss latest release of WordPress 4,9,9 and how this might effect the release date of Gutenberg. Then we talk about Rand Fishkins recent presentation at the INBOUND conference 2018.

1 - WordPress 4.9.9 Release Focus Items Include Site Health Project and Gutenberg Preparation

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-4-9-9-release-focus-items-include-site-health-project-and-gutenberg-preparation

2 - Rand Fishkin: My Presentation from INBOUND 2018 Might Make You a Better Entrepreneur

https://sparktoro.com/blog/my-presentation-from-inbound-2018-might-make-you-a-better-entrepreneur/

3 - What if Wix really is better than Wordpress?

https://twitter.com/CyrusShepard/status/1039268777081200640

https://zyppy.com/

4 - A Brief Guide About Competitive Analysis

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/08/guide-competitive-analysis/

5 - How to Use Your Website to Attract Millennials

https://webdevstudios.com/2018/09/11/website-to-attract-millennials/

6 - Jeff Bezos is going to create schools where ‘the child is the customer

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17855358/jeff-bezos-day-one-fund-nonprofit-preschool-amazon

Why Getting Your Legal Ducks In A Roll Is All Important For The Course Owners & Website Owners In General!

In this episode WP-Tonic show we’re talking about the legal matters that course entrepreneurs might not be aware of connected to their businesses.

We're talking to our guest Sarah Kornblet of Destinationlegal.com Sarah is an online attorney, business owner and passionate traveler and regular contributor on the Social Media Examiner website.

https://destinationlegal.com/

https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/author/sarah-kornblet/

1 - AMP for WordPress Plugin to Introduce User-Friendly Theme Support Settings in Upcoming 1.0 Release

https://wptavern.com/amp-for-wordpress-plugin-to-introduce-user-friendly-theme-support-settings-in-upcoming-1-0-release

2 - Let's Stop Pretending Facebook and Twitter's CEOs Can't Fix This Mess

https://www.wired.com/story/ellen-pao-facebook-twitter-ceos-can-fix-abuse-mark-zuckerberg-jack-dorsey/

3 - THE REAL REASON WP-SPAMSHIELD WAS KICKED OFF WORDPRESS.ORG?

https://www.redsandmarketing.com/blog/real-reason-wp-spamshield-kicked-off-wordpress-org/

4 - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/30/ten-arguments-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now-jaron-lanier

5 - Find the Right WordPress Membership Plugin for Your Site

https://wpappstore.com/blog/right-wordpress-membership-plugin/

What are the strengths and weaknesses of WordPress compared to the leading SaaS competitors?

How do you make logical decision connected to which platform is right for you and what are the key things you need to understand?

We also discuss a new bread of WordPress hybrid solution that are taking on the leading SaaS platforms that has takes the best from these online LMS SaaS and combines them with the design and layout flexibility WordPress without the ongoing problems of supporting your own fully self hosted WordPress powered website.

https://newkajabi.com

https://www.thinkific.com

https://teachable.com

https://www.thinkific.com/thinkific-vs-teachable/

https://sellcoursesonline.com/teachable-vs-thinkific

In this weeks WP-Tonic’s Round-Table Show with have a great panel and some interesting stories to discuss see below.

1 - WordPress to Support Classic Editor for “Many Years to Come,” Plugin and Theme Markets Expected to Drive Gutenberg Adoption

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-to-support-classic-editor-for-many-years-to-come-plugin-and-theme-markets-expected-to-drive-gutenberg-adoption

2 - The Man Who Snuck Into the Ivy League Without Paying a Thing

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/the-man-who-snuck-into-the-ivy-league-without-paying-a-thing/386917/

Waking up Podcast: Sam Harris

#136 Digital Humanism Guest Jaron Lanier

https://samharris.org/podcasts/136-digital-humanism/

3 - 10 Reasons to Use WordPress for a University Website

https://webdevstudios.com/2018/08/28/wordpress-for-a-university-website/

4 - Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/mickens

5 - TranslatePress Launch – From concept to product

https://translatepress.com/translatepress-launch

6 - Google Analytics is lying to you (massively

https://www.tallprojects.co.uk/articles/google-analytics-is-lying-to-you/

In this show we discuss how to develop an audience for your propose course or membership website.

Neil Napier

Neil Napier is a charismatic leader of people. He focuses on empowering people to spread their wings and develop their individual super-powers. Neil cares about his customers like nobody else and is available for them more than his wife would prefer. He loves to teach and uses this skill to go the extra mile for his customers' success..

https://myfirst1000.com

Cindy Nicholson (The co-host of WP-Tonic Wednesday Show)

https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/

We have a great show here where we have jont deep dive into Gutenberg project. I get told off for choosing particular bad story by the panel. Also Matt Medeiro from the Matt Report joins us and we discuss some of his recent video about JetPack and Gutenberg.

1 - Mario Peshev Explains the Advantages of Gutenberg for Users who Rely on Page Builders

https://wptavern.com/mario-peshev-explains-the-advantages-of-gutenberg-for-users-who-rely-on-page-builders

Beaver Builder vs Gutenberg: A Case Study

https://webdevstudios.com/2018/08/21/beaver-builder-vs-gutenberg

2 - The Tinder lawsuit is going to get nasty

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/22/17765684/tinder-match-group-lawsuit-sexual-harassment

3 - ClassicPress: Gutenberg Not Included

https://wptavern.com/classicpress-gutenberg-not-included

4 - What is this weird Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully defending warehouse work?

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/what-is-this-weird-twitter-army-of-amazon-drones-cheerfully-defending-warehouse-work/

Brea provides entrepreneurs with the confidence and steps needed to successfully launch their product and shift their business so that they can create profitable funnels that naturally create customers and create residual income.

Brea began her entrepreneurial journey as a copywriter and virtual assistant, and went on to “accidentally” help a client with their launch. And it worked! Over the next few years, Brea had the good fortune to work on launches that have generated 5-, 6-, and 7-figures. Brea has natural gift for problem solving and funnel creation, and that together, she could help entrepreneurs level up and launch their dream businesses.

Breanna Gunn

https://www.breannagunn.com/

https://breannagunn.lpages.co/launch-secrets/

Jonathan Denwood

https://www.wp-tonic.com/

Cindy Nicholson

https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/