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 Special Interview With Kimberly Shivler + How To Get New Clients

In this episode of the show, we interview Kim Shivler who has agreed to be my new co-host. We discuss Kim involvement with WordPress and its community. Kim has spoken at some WordCamps and WordCamp USA. Kim is an expert on LMS (learning management systems), and we discuss this subject in the interview. In the second half of the show, we discuss my latest blog post “The Complete Guide to Customer Acquisition” and all the things I have learned over the past couple of years connected to getting new client online.

https://www.wp-tonic.com/blog/complete-guide-customer-acquisition/

This week’s, WP-Tonic Roundtable (Lee Jackson, Sallie Goetsch, Adam Preiser, Jason Marlowe, Kim Shivler and leader Jonathan Denwood) discussed the different things people mean when they talk about Membership Websites.

We covered meanings from content restricted areas to business directories and social networking platforms. With so many different meanings of the term, we delved into the importance of discovery calls with clients when they ask for a membership website.

When the requirement is content restriction, the group covered plugins including RestrictContent Pro and MemberPress, and Lee Jackson explained how in many circumstances, restricting content may be better handled with simple coding than the complexity of a membership plugin.

Other Videos to Link to in the YouTube Description

WP-Tonic Membership Plugins The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOKCizr5ryA&list=PLnNCF8qoG7xvt6DCyXNpaS9XbrbzoW-Z0&index=47

WP-Tonic Planning Large Scale Web Projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7DwpUsvOA&index=14&list=PLnNCF8qoG7xvt6DCyXNpaS9XbrbzoW-Z0

WP-Tonic Mike Morrisson of The Membership Guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKl3_B9Dqc

Tracey Halvorsen is a consultant, designer, painter, author, and speaker. Her background in visual art and computer-based technology and her hands-on style of leadership has helped Fastspot consistently create award-winning and industry recognized websites, applications and marketing campaigns.

We had a great round-table show here we really did have some great new stories and a really interesting discussion than in the second half of the show we want to some detail connected to our main topic “Tools For Understanding Your Site Visitors “ We also had a great special guest Jason Marlowe co-host of the LunchBreak Marketing Podcast. Go to WP-Tonic's website for a full set of show notes and links.

Main Topic

215 WP-Tonic Round Table Show :Tools For Understanding Your Site Visitors



This Weeks Discussion Stories


1 -  SiteLock Acquires Patchman’s Malware and Vulnerability Detection Technology, Expands WordPress Customer Base to 4 Million

https://wptavern.com/sitelock-acquires-patchmans-malware-and-vulnerability-detection-technology-expands-wordpress-customer-base-to-4-million


2 - Adobe to Discontinue Flash Support and Updates in 2020

https://wptavern.com/adobe-to-discontinue-flash-support-and-updates-in-2020


3 - Envato has too much cash, so its staff will share its riches

http://www.afr.com/technology/envato-has-too-much-cash-so-its-staff-will-share-its-riches-20170717-gxd8qe

hotjare



4 - Marketo’s domain expired (Lessons to learn)

http://jasonmarlowe.com/marketo/

There you go Marketo couldn’t afford a 5 year auto renew GoDaddy account!


https://zoom.us/webinar/register/178fe6befd1fd59c8c34be5db4a05ad8

5-  GoDaddy Launches WordPress Premium Support To Provide Small Businesses With 24x7 Expertise

https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/news-releases/news-releases-details/2017/GoDaddy-Launches-WordPress-Premium-Support-To-Provide-Small-Businesses-With-24x7-Expertise/default.aspx

P.s I just love it was published on an ASPX page!!!


6 - Beaver Builder: A WordPress Developer’s Perspective

https://wpshout.com/beaver-builder-wordpress-developers-perspective/

We have a great interview here with Dave Kiss founder of both Vimeography & WPLunchbox.


https://vimeography.com/

https://wplunchbox.com/

http://davekiss.com/develop-wordpress-sites-like-a-goddamn-champion/

We have an exciting show here for you folks with a great panel of WordPress experts and thought leaders in the WordPress community. We covered a load of territory in this round-table episode. We had some interesting stories and the main one being “ Inside WordPress.org Theme Review Team: Money, Abuse and Inconsistent Leadership.” Then in the second half of the show, we went on to discuss our most important subject “Speeding Up WordPress Development” with the panel giving some excellent tips and tricks connected to some of the things that have to help them increase the speed of the development.

Robert DeVore is the owner and founder of WP Dispensary, one of the leading plugin and theme shops aimed at the cannabis dispensary industry. We discuss Robert's WordPress journey and what lead him to develop WP Dispensary. What have been the challenges? And what are the key things he has learned from the process?

Tim Smith is a designer and front-end developer from Saint Paul, MN. He’s worked on the web for a decade, working with different companies and clients. Tim loves passing on knowledge by speaking and giving workshops. In 2013, he created The Bold Report, a blog about design, development, technology, and most importantly, Star Wars. When away from his desk, he’s with partner-in-crime Kelly, eating brunch, watching movies, walking the mall, and other sappy-sounding couple stuff.

Tim Smith started his design career at the age of fifteen, and is an accomplished UX designer, talented front end developer, and noted podcaster. Today we talk with Tim about being a digital creator, and what he’s focusing on now.

We also look at the state of the web industry, both from an agency employee’s view, and from a freelancer’s view. Lastly, Tim shares his advice on working in the web design industry and what it means to be a great collaborator.

Tim’s website
https://ttimsmith.com/

Tim Smith on Twitter
@smithtimmytim on Twitter

The East Wing (podcast archive on Player.fm)
https://player.fm/series/the-east-wing-19230

The Bold Report
https://theboldreport.net/

Tim’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1IRnf7JYYUkWqPO8wx_QNQ

Bloc: Online Coding Bootcamp
https://www.bloc.io/

The Pipeline Classic (archives w/ Dan Benjamin)
http://5by5.tv/pipelineclassic

Happy Monday Podcast (Sarah Parmenter and Josh Long)
http://www.happymondaypodcast.com/

Sparkbox
https://seesparkbox.com/

Ira Glass on Good Taste and Pushing Through to Become a Great Creator
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309485-nobody-tells-this-to-people-who-are-beginners-i-wish

In this episode we discuss all things Ecommerce connected to what a consultant or developer taking on their first Ecommerce project should know to an owner who is trying to develop online site by themselves or understand what are the key elements they really need to understand to have a successful online store in 2017.

This episode is just fill with great advice from our panel of WordPress community experts. We also have a number of WordPress news stories which we discuss at in the first half of the shows


This Weeks WordPress News Stories

1 - WangGuard Plugin Author Shuts Down Splog Hunting Service Due to Trauma and Death Threats

https://wptavern.com/wangguard-plugin-author-shuts-down-splog-hunting-service-due-to-trauma-and-death-threats

2 - WordPress.org Needs to Make Uninstall Options Compulsory

http://www.kevinmuldoon.com/wordpress-uninstall-options

3 - Jesse Petersen, Founder of Genesis The.me Passes Away

https://wptavern.com/jesse-petersen-founder-of-genesis-the-me-passes-away

We have a great discussion here on how to choose the right plugin connected to a WordPress project. When you been working with WordPress for a period, it becomes a lot easier to judge what’s a good quality and what a bad one however when starting outing out its a lot harder. In this round-table episode, the panel tries and give their collective support.