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We Interview The Course Whisperer Are You Making These 5 online Course Mistakes?

Cindy Nicholson is a former teacher and corporate trainer who helps entrepreneurs design and develop online courses that get real results. She calls herself the Course Whisperer for her keen ability to turn the incredible knowledge of her clients into effective and engaging learning material. After years of creating training programs in the corporate world, Cindy wants to help entrepreneurs level up their online courses so that they create loyal, raving fans.

https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co

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.