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1 - Syed Balkhi Launches A WordPress-focused Growth Accelerator Fund

https://wptavern.com/syed-balkhi-launches-a-wordpress-focused-growth-accelerator-fund

2 - WordPress.com Boots Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Sites, Bans Malicious Publication of Unauthorized Images of Minors.

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-boots-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory-sites-bans-malicious-publication-of-unauthorized-images-of-minors

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/media/sandy-hook-conspiracies-leonard-pozner.html

3 - GoDaddy Data Breach Puts the Internet and Your Site at Risk

https://blogaid.net/godaddy-data-breach-puts-the-internet-and-your-site-at-risk/

4 - WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads: Which One Should You Use

https://kinsta.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-easy-digital-downloads/#

5 - Why You Need To Discontinue Using Nulled WordPress Plugins On Your Site

https://wedevs.com/135552/nulled-wordpress-plugins/

In addition to running her own highly successful online business, Julie is also a head coach and Clickfunnels working with Russell Brunson. We discuss how to build and run a successful membership website and what are the best strategies in building an audience for your first online course.

Julie Christine Stoian

https://juliestoian.com/the-digital-gangsta/

I have a great and detailed discussion with my new co-host Cindy Nicholson of The Course Whisperer about why doing some basic pre launch research is so important if you going to avoid market fit mistakes connected to your great course idea!

Cindy Nicholson of The Course Whisperer

https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co/workwithme/

#316 WP-Tonic’s Friday round-table Show 3rd of August, 2018 at 8:30am PST

In this weeks show our main starting story is from WP Tavern concerning Easy Digital Downloads and its decision to reduce company’s extension passes prices plus a statement on the company’s blog from its CEO Pippin Williamson which basically says that the company got it pricing structure wrong.

Here’s This Weeks Stories

1 - Easy Digital Downloads Substantially Reduces Prices for Extension Passes

https://wptavern.com/easy-digital-downloads-substantially-reduces-prices-for-extension-passes

We discuss with Nathan how he got into web design and what has he learnt that he can share with the audience connected to being effective freelance web designer. We then go into what he has learnt connected to building a number of successful online courses and how he effectively marketed theses courses. I you want to get some real insight connected to being a freelancer and also how to build your first online course this is a great episode for you.

This Weeks Articles That We Discuss During The Show

1 - Google Chrome Rolls Out “Not Secure” Warning for Plain HTTP Sites

https://wptavern.com/google-chrome-rolls-out-not-secure-warning-for-plain-http-sites

2 - Facebook Just Learned the True Cost of Fixing Its Problems

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-just-learned-the-true-cost-of-fixing-its-problems/

CRTV host Allie Beth Stuckey

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

3 - Why Learning WordPress Development is Hard

https://wpshout.com/why-learning-wordpress-development-is-hard/

4 - Digital Disruption Disrupted

http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/digital-disruption-disrupted/

5 - WordSesh 2018: What Clients Really Want

https://www.lireo.com/wordsesh-2018-what-clients-really-want/

6 - ACLU says Amazon facial recognition associated Congress members with mugshots

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/26/aclu-says-amazon-facial-recognition-associated-congress-members-with-mugshots/

We’re going to be introducing Cindy “The Course Whisperer” as the new co host of WP-Tonic Show plus we going to be discussing these four main areas, see below.

The 4 Fatal Flaws in Your Online Course Project & How to Avoid Them!

How to build a pre-launch audience.
MVC (minimum viable course).
Speed is really important.
Security is boring until your course gets hacked.

Hi folks here’s the list of articles that we during the show we also have a special guest Spencer Forman of WP Launchify

1 - iThemes Enters the Hosting Space

mainwp

iThemes Sync Pro

https://wptavern.com/ithemes-enters-the-hosting-space

2 - Amid the 20th anniversary of open source, Tim O’Reilly warns that platform companies built on open-source software have lost their way

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amid-20th-anniversary-open-source-tim-oreilly-warns-platform-companies-built-open-source-software-lost-way/

3 - WP Site Care Joins Southern Web

https://www.wpsitecare.com/wp-site-care-joins-forces-with-southern-web/

4 - Don’t feed the trolls, and other hideous lies

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17561768/dont-feed-the-trolls-online-harassment-abuse

5 - Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/07/linkbuilding-the-citizens-field-guide/

6 - Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman

https://www.fastcompany.com/90202172/why-bad-technology-dominates-our-lives-according-to-don-norman

FIVE REASONS YOU NEED MARKETING AUTOMATION FOR WORDPRESS TODAY

1) One-directional marketing is dead
2) A CRM is the brain and WordPress is the body of your business
3) Your business should be modular, not locked into a closed platform
4) Tags & Custom Fields are the “glue” that hold all components together
5) Ignoring Marketing Automation will not make it go away

THE MARKETING AUTOMATION GOLDRUSH: SaaS Platforms v. WP+CRM (+API)
How plugins such as WPFusionPlugin.com are making it possible to use WordPress (plus one's favorite CRM) to take on the multitude of SaaS "platforms" that have arisen lately for marketing automation.

Business owners today MUST use MA in order to survive...it's not enough to have a simple website and do things manually. How does a WP site owner get the best of all worlds

Spencer Forman

https://wplaunchify.com/

310 WP-Tonic’s Round-Table Show July the 13th LIVE at 8:30am PST

Matt Medeiros of the Matt Report podcast joined us on the panel this week.

This Episodes Sponsor is WPFusion

This Weeks Stories

1 - Gutenberg Articles of the Week

Video: A Quick Introduction to Gutenberg and the New WordPress Block Editor from LinkedIn Learning

https://wptavern.com/video-a-quick-introduction-to-gutenberg-and-the-new-wordpress-block-editor-from-linkedin-learning

2 - Matt Medeiros Matt Report Latest Video

WordPress is changing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT6L5GFJdg

3 - SparkToro Raised a Very Unusual Round of Funding & We’re Open-Sourcing Our Docs

#287 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Rand Fishkin Former CEO of Moz

https://sparktoro.com/blog/raised-a-very-unusual-round-of-funding-were-open-sourcing-our-docs/

4 - Tech journalist and Chairman Mom founder Sarah Lacy on the power of being polarizing

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tech-journalist-chairman-mom-founder-sarah-lacy-power-polarizing/