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Our weekly Saturday round-table focuses on the processes we use to intake clients, design and develop websites, test and launch, and have ongoing relationships.

What are the tools they use? And what are the internal processes that the panel have developed to help them manage projects?

The panel this week:

Lee Jackson https://trailblazer.fm

Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/

John Locke Lockedown SEO

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

Episode 148 Table of Contents:

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:13 WordPress News Story #1: Flywheel Acquires WordPress Local Development Tool Pressmatic

https://wptavern.com/flywheel-acquires-wordpress-local-development-tool-pressmatic

9:42 WordPress Story #3: PDF Image Previews Among the Improvements to Media in WordPress 4.7

https://wptavern.com/pdf-image-previews-among-the-improvements-to-media-in-wordpress-4-7

19:55 WordCamp 2016 2 to 4th of December 2016

https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/

23:10 The processes for the various stages of web projects.

23:58 Our processes for getting clients to sign on the line that is dotted.

38:35 What does your client onboarding process look like?

51:49 What does the creative phase of the project look like? What comes first, middle, and last? Content first or design first?

1:10:02 Podcast outros

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Links mentioned during the show:

Announcement: Leadpages Has Acquired Drip

https://www.leadpages.net/blog/drip-acquisition/

WP Media Folder - Media manager with folders

https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder

Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

WPBuilds Episode 3: Clients from heaven (not)

https://wpbuilds.com/2016/12/02/episode-3-clients-from-heaven-not/

WP Innovator: Our WordPress Website Build Process

https://trailblazer.fm/building-process/

How to Write a Book: The Secret to a Super Fast First Draft

http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/tv/how-to-write-a-book-fast-first-draft/

Seanwes Episode 13: You Design the Content

http://seanwes.com/podcast/013-you-design-the-content/

Freedcamp

https://freedcamp.com

Pocketcasts

https://www.shiftyjelly.com/pocketcasts/

Browserstack

https://www.browserstack.com/

Heering - The Original Cherry Liqueur

http://www.heering.com/

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Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/148-web-design-processes-client-projects/

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Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

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WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and also publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.

Our weekly Saturday round-table focuses on the processes we use to intake clients, design and develop websites, test and launch, and have ongoing relationships.

What are the tools they use? And what are the internal processes that the panel have developed to help them manage projects?

The panel this week:

Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/

Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/

John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/

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

Episode 148 Table of Contents:

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:13 WordPress News Story #1: Flywheel Acquires WordPress Local Development Tool Pressmatic

https://wptavern.com/flywheel-acquires-wordpress-local-development-tool-pressmatic

9:42 WordPress Story #3: PDF Image Previews Among the Improvements to Media in WordPress 4.7

https://wptavern.com/pdf-image-previews-among-the-improvements-to-media-in-wordpress-4-7

19:55 WordCamp 2016 2 to 4th of December 2016

https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/

23:10 The processes for the various stages of web projects.

23:58 Our processes for getting clients to sign on the line that is dotted.

38:35 What does your client onboarding process look like?

51:49 What does the creative phase of the project look like? What comes first, middle, and last? Content first or design first?

1:10:02 Podcast outros

===================

Links mentioned during the show:

Announcement: Leadpages Has Acquired Drip

https://www.leadpages.net/blog/drip-acquisition/

WP Media Folder - Media manager with folders

https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder

Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

WPBuilds Episode 3: Clients from heaven (not)

https://wpbuilds.com/2016/12/02/episode-3-clients-from-heaven-not/

WP Innovator: Our WordPress Website Build Process

http://leejacksondev.com/wpinnovator/51-our-wordpress-website-build-process/

How to Write a Book: The Secret to a Super Fast First Draft

http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/tv/how-to-write-a-book-fast-first-draft/

Seanwes Episode 13: You Design the Content

http://seanwes.com/podcast/013-you-design-the-content/

Freedcamp

https://freedcamp.com

Pocketcasts

https://www.shiftyjelly.com/pocketcasts/

Browserstack

https://www.browserstack.com/

Heering - The Original Cherry Liqueur

http://www.heering.com/

===================

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/148-web-design-processes-client-projects/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and also publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.

Two of the founders of Beaver Builder: Justin Busa and Robby McCullough, share the history of the company and their future plans. There is a lot to learn about launching product in this great conversation.

Beaver Builder:

https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/

Episode 147 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:43 The origin story of Beaver Builder and how the founders met.

3:32 What were the challenges moving from client services to a product company?

5:32 How do you know when you're at the tipping point with your product? How scary is it to pull the trigger and go all in?

8:20 Was Beaver Builder being targeted at agencies from the start? How did you market Beaver Builder in the early days?

10:21 What did you do to get the product in front of people at first?

13:35 Were you surprised when you saw third-party developers building products for Beaver Builder?

15:18 Are you in close communication with third-party developers? How do you plan your roadmap for the product?

17:01 What are the challenges of building a consistent community around a product?

20:16 When it comes to the moderators in your Facebook group, do you have certain people that you rely on to help you out with the community?

22:17 Were there any web technologies that came out that allowed you to build Beaver Builder? What conditions created the perfect storm that allowed you to create Beaver Builder at the time you did?

25:49 When did you realize your target audience wasn't who you thought it was at first?

29:15 How does product support look as compared to client support? How did you grow your support structure as time went on?

33:31 When planning a new release of Beaver Builder, how much testing do you do against popular plugins? What does your testing process look like?

37:21 As WordPress expands its market share, will more people use page builders? Will the purist developer push back against page builders remain or diffuse over time?

43:51 Podcast outros

======================

Links mentioned during the show:

Beaver Builder Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/wpbeaverbuilder/

Upwork

https://www.upwork.com/

======================

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/147-wp-tonic-justin-busa-and-robby-mccullough-of-beaver-builder/

======================

Be sure to leave a detailed review for WP-Tonic on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is the publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

Two of the founders of Beaver Builder: Justin Busa and Robby McCullough, share the history of the company and their future plans. There is a lot to learn about launching product in this great conversation.

Beaver Builder:

https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/

Episode 147 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:43 The origin story of Beaver Builder and how the founders met.

3:32 What were the challenges moving from client services to a product company?

5:32 How do you know when you're at the tipping point with your product? How scary is it to pull the trigger and go all in?

8:20 Was Beaver Builder being targeted at agencies from the start? How did you market Beaver Builder in the early days?

10:21 What did you do to get the product in front of people at first?

13:35 Were you surprised when you saw third-party developers building products for Beaver Builder?

15:18 Are you in close communication with third-party developers? How do you plan your roadmap for the product?

17:01 What are the challenges of building a consistent community around a product?

20:16 When it comes to the moderators in your Facebook group, do you have certain people that you rely on to help you out with the community?

22:17 Were there any web technologies that came out that allowed you to build Beaver Builder? What conditions created the perfect storm that allowed you to create Beaver Builder at the time you did?

25:49 When did you realize your target audience wasn't who you thought it was at first?

29:15 How does product support look as compared to client support? How did you grow your support structure as time went on?

33:31 When planning a new release of Beaver Builder, how much testing do you do against popular plugins? What does your testing process look like?

37:21 As WordPress expands its market share, will more people use page builders? Will the purist developer push back against page builders remain or diffuse over time?

43:51 Podcast outros

======================

Links mentioned during the show:

Beaver Builder Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/wpbeaverbuilder/

Upwork

https://www.upwork.com/

======================

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/147-wp-tonic-justin-busa-and-robby-mccullough-of-beaver-builder/

======================

Be sure to leave a detailed review for WP-Tonic on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is the publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

We have a great round table show with special guest Lee Jackson of the WP Innovator podcast. We talk all about the tools that we use daily to help us run our businesses. We look at a number of different categories from invoicing to project management tools.

The panel this week:

Lee Jackson https://trailblazer.fm

Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/

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

Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/

John Locke Lockedown SEO

======================

Episode 146 Table of contents:

0:00 Podcast intros

1:43 WordPress News Story #1: Elementor Pro – Things Have Changed

http://snifflevalve.com/elementor-pro-things-have-changed/

15:11 Our picks for accounting and invoicing.

24:51 What do we use for writing proposals?

34:49 What are our choices for CRMs?

40:42 What are we using for project management software?

59:00 What do we use for time tracking? What tasks do we actually track time for?

======================

Links Mentioned in WP-Tonic: Episode 146

Visual Builders

Elementor

https://elementor.com/

Beaver Builder

https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/

Invoicing and Accounting

Free Agent

https://www.freeagent.com/

ClearBooks

https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/

Harvest

https://www.getharvest.com/

WP-Invoice

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-invoice/

FreshBooks

https://www.freshbooks.com/

Zoho

https://www.zoho.com/invoice/

QuickBooks Online

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/online/

https://www.quicken.com/personal-finance/quicken-home-business-2017

Wave Accounting

https://www.waveapps.com/

Sprout Invoices

https://sproutapps.co/sprout-invoices/

Contracts and Proposals

Contract Killer

https://gist.github.com/malarkey/4031110

WP Elevation

http://www.wpelevation.com/

UK contracts

http://simply-docs.co.uk/Home

Forming a LLC

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/form-llc-how-to-organize-llc-30287.html

CRMs

Active Campaign

http://www.activecampaign.com/

Agile CRM

https://www.agilecrm.com/

Contactually

http://www.contactually.com/

Project Management and team communication

iTask 3

https://www.itaskx.com/en/index.aspx

Freedcamp

https://freedcamp.com/

Teamwork

https://www.teamwork.com/

https://www.teamworkdesk.com/

Asana

https://asana.com/

Google Apps for Work (G Suite)

https://gsuite.google.com/index.html

Basecamp

https://basecamp.com/

Slack

https://slack.com/

Trello

https://trello.com/

Wunderlist

https://www.wunderlist.com/

Zoom

https://zoom.us/

Time Tracking

Toggl

https://toggl.com/

Social Media Management

Edgar

https://meetedgar.com

SociPress

http://socipress.com/

Client Research

Charlie App

https://charlieapp.com/

Mailshake

https://mailshake.com/

Hunter.io

https://hunter.io/search

SEO / Keyword research

app.KWfinder.com

https://app.kwfinder.com/

SERPs keyword rank checker

https://serps.com/tools/rank-checker/

Ahrefs

https://ahrefs.com/

Content Creation/Proofreading

Grammarly

https://www.grammarly.com/

Bear APP

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bear-beautiful-writing-app/id1091189122?mt=12

http://www.bear-writer.com/

Client website management

CMS Commander

https://cmscommander.com/wp

Manage WP

https://managewp.com/

Main WP

https://mainwp.com/

Website backups

BlogVault

https://blogvault.net/

Duplicator

https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

WordPress theme development

ACF

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/

Migrate DB Pro

https://deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate-db-pro/

===============

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/146-web-agency-tools/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124

===================

WP-Tonic is the publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

We have a great round table show with special guest Lee Jackson of the WP Innovator podcast. We talk all about the tools that we use daily to help us run our businesses. We look at a number of different categories from invoicing to project management tools.

The panel this week:

Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/

Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/

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

Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/

John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/

======================

Episode 146 Table of contents:

0:00 Podcast intros

1:43 WordPress News Story #1: Elementor Pro – Things Have Changed

http://snifflevalve.com/elementor-pro-things-have-changed/

15:11 Our picks for accounting and invoicing.

24:51 What do we use for writing proposals?

34:49 What are our choices for CRMs?

40:42 What are we using for project management software?

59:00 What do we use for time tracking? What tasks do we actually track time for?

======================

Links Mentioned in WP-Tonic: Episode 146

Visual Builders

Elementor

https://elementor.com/

Beaver Builder

https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/

Invoicing and Accounting

Free Agent

https://www.freeagent.com/

ClearBooks

https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/

Harvest

https://www.getharvest.com/

WP-Invoice

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-invoice/

FreshBooks

https://www.freshbooks.com/

Zoho

https://www.zoho.com/invoice/

QuickBooks Online

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/online/

https://www.quicken.com/personal-finance/quicken-home-business-2017

Wave Accounting

https://www.waveapps.com/

Sprout Invoices

https://sproutapps.co/sprout-invoices/

Contracts and Proposals

Contract Killer

https://gist.github.com/malarkey/4031110

WP Elevation

http://www.wpelevation.com/

UK contracts

http://simply-docs.co.uk/Home

Forming a LLC

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/form-llc-how-to-organize-llc-30287.html

CRMs

Active Campaign

http://www.activecampaign.com/

Agile CRM

https://www.agilecrm.com/

Contactually

http://www.contactually.com/

Project Management and team communication

iTask 3

https://www.itaskx.com/en/index.aspx

Freedcamp

https://freedcamp.com/

Teamwork

https://www.teamwork.com/

https://www.teamworkdesk.com/

Asana

https://asana.com/

Google Apps for Work (G Suite)

https://gsuite.google.com/index.html

Basecamp

https://basecamp.com/

Slack

https://slack.com/

Trello

https://trello.com/

Wunderlist

https://www.wunderlist.com/

Zoom

https://zoom.us/

Time Tracking

Toggl

https://toggl.com/

Social Media Management

Edgar

https://meetedgar.com

SociPress

http://socipress.com/

Client Research

Charlie App

https://charlieapp.com/

Mailshake

https://mailshake.com/

Hunter.io

https://hunter.io/search

SEO / Keyword research

app.KWfinder.com

https://app.kwfinder.com/

SERPs keyword rank checker

https://serps.com/tools/rank-checker/

Ahrefs

https://ahrefs.com/

Content Creation/Proofreading

Grammarly

https://www.grammarly.com/

Bear APP

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bear-beautiful-writing-app/id1091189122?mt=12

http://www.bear-writer.com/

Client website management

CMS Commander

https://cmscommander.com/wp

Manage WP

https://managewp.com/

Main WP

https://mainwp.com/

Website backups

BlogVault

https://blogvault.net/

Duplicator

https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

WordPress theme development

ACF

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/

Migrate DB Pro

https://deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate-db-pro/

===============

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/146-web-agency-tools/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124

===================

WP-Tonic is the publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

This Week We fun and insightful Interview with Lee Jackson host of the WP Innovator podcast & the owner of a highly successful WordPress development agency that exclusively only works with other digital agencies.

You can find Lee at his website: http://leejacksondev.com/ .

Be sure to check out his podcast at: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/ .

Table of Contents for Episode 145

0:00 Podcast intros

1:15 Lee Jackson Dev is an agency for print and design agencies. How does Lee find those perfect clients?

3:50 What is the big advantage for design-focused agencies to bringing in Lee's agency as a trusted partner?

6:20 What is one of the most surprising things that Lee has found partner agencies want him to do?

7:45 What are the big differences between a freelancer and a bona fide agency when it comes handling a client brief?

9:55 How did Lee earn the trust to be in client meetings with partner agencies (who own the client relationships)?

12:04 Is there ever a reluctance with agencies to have a subcontracting or partner agency come into the client meetings?

13:23 Bobbins and biscuits.

13:58 Why are many web agencies not that great at writing briefs?

17:46 What to do when the client doesn't want to invest in a brief. How Lee writes user stories into his briefs, and making it part of the technical specs.

21:53 The origin story of Lee Jackson Dev.

24:54 How does the role of an agency founder /owner change as the agency grows?

27:21 What does Lee's agency hiring process look like?

29:30 What are the most common mistakes when it comes to project management in web agencies?

31:42 The biggest financial mistake that agencies make in web design projects.

32:21 One huge mistake (opportunity?) for web agencies when they hand off the design to the developers.

34:03 Why underbidding hurts web design projects so much. How a Statement of Work helps prevent scope creep.

38:15 How does Lee feel about paid discovery? What about the tender process? (Similar to RFP).

40:57 The tendering process leads to chronic underbidding.

41:42 Podcast outros

===================

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/145-lee-jackson-wp-innovator/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and also publishers of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.

This Week We fun and insightful Interview with Lee Jackson host of the WP Innovator podcast & the owner of a highly successful WordPress development agency that exclusively only works with other digital agencies.

You can find Lee at his website: http://leejacksondev.com/ .

Be sure to check out his podcast at: http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/ .

Table of Contents for Episode 145

0:00 Podcast intros

1:15 Lee Jackson Dev is an agency for print and design agencies. How does Lee find those perfect clients?

3:50 What is the big advantage for design-focused agencies to bringing in Lee's agency as a trusted partner?

6:20 What is one of the most surprising things that Lee has found partner agencies want him to do?

7:45 What are the big differences between a freelancer and a bona fide agency when it comes handling a client brief?

9:55 How did Lee earn the trust to be in client meetings with partner agencies (who own the client relationships)?

12:04 Is there ever a reluctance with agencies to have a subcontracting or partner agency come into the client meetings?

13:23 Bobbins and biscuits.

13:58 Why are many web agencies not that great at writing briefs?

17:46 What to do when the client doesn't want to invest in a brief. How Lee writes user stories into his briefs, and making it part of the technical specs.

21:53 The origin story of Lee Jackson Dev.

24:54 How does the role of an agency founder /owner change as the agency grows?

27:21 What does Lee's agency hiring process look like?

29:30 What are the most common mistakes when it comes to project management in web agencies?

31:42 The biggest financial mistake that agencies make in web design projects.

32:21 One huge mistake (opportunity?) for web agencies when they hand off the design to the developers.

34:03 Why underbidding hurts web design projects so much. How a Statement of Work helps prevent scope creep.

38:15 How does Lee feel about paid discovery? What about the tender process? (Similar to RFP).

40:57 The tendering process leads to chronic underbidding.

41:42 Podcast outros

===================

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/145-lee-jackson-wp-innovator/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and also publishers of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.

AJ Morris of Liquid Web joins our Saturday panel as we discuss the qualities of high-end WordPress hosting.

We find out what differentiates a high end managed WordPress host from the average hosting companies that cost a few bucks a month. Why is it important to have a quality web host? What are you looking for in web hosting for your WordPress website? We'll answer these questions and many more.

Our panel this week:

AJ Morris of Liquid Web (@ajmorris on Twitter)

Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Design (@jdelia)

Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic (@jonathandenwood)

John Locke of Lockedown Design (@Lockedown_)

Episode 144 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:50 WordPress News Story #1: Nashville to Host WordCamp US 2017-2018

https://wptavern.com/nashville-to-host-wordcamp-us-2017-2018

10:03 The .blog Bait & Switch

http://chrisschidle.com/the-dot-blog-bait-and-switch/

18:23 Upvato Backup Service Confirms Files Are Lost, Plans to Relaunch on New Provider

https://wptavern.com/upvato-backup-service-confirms-files-are-lost-plans-to-relaunch-on-new-provider

25:31 Main Topic: Qualities of High End WordPress Hosting

25:44 What is the advantage of having a managed WordPress host vs having just regular web hosting?

27:30 What are the differences between an inexpensive web host and a quality web hosting company?

29:55 How do you try to convince people to improve their web hosting?

32:58 Some interesting user stats that Liquid Web found when they did due diligence, and some great features that Liquid Web offers.

36:07 Why WP Engine has been the market leader in WordPress hosting so far, and what Liquid Web is doing to compete with them.

37:47 A few words about SSL and WordPress hosting.

41:00 Some hosting companies that let you manage several client sites from one panel, and some common problems web developers face when it comes to getting clients to the right hosting package.

48:01 How will HTTP/2 affect server configurations in the next year or two?

50:26 Page speed is important. How do customers evaluate hosting speed stats and different benchmark studies?

57:01 What security practices make you feel better when you are choosing a web host? What does the hosting landscape look like right now?

1:01:12 What are the unique challenges that come with providing hosting to web agencies?

1:05:05 The importance of technical support in web hosting.

1:08:20 Podcast outros

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Recommended WordPress hosting companies mentioned during the show:

Liquid Web

https://www.liquidweb.com/wordpress/

WP Engine

https://wpengine.com/

Flywheel

https://getflywheel.com/

Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/

Siteground

https://www.siteground.com/

Pagely

https://pagely.com/

Other Links Mentioned During the Show:

Let's Encrypt

https://letsencrypt.org/

Comodo SSL

https://ssl.comodo.com/

GT Metrix

https://gtmetrix.com/

Brief History of HTTP/2

https://hpbn.co/http2/

InMotion Hosting

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/

Liquid Web Intelisys Case Study

https://www.liquidweb.com/about/featured-clients/case-studies/intelisys.html

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Be sure to leave us a review and subscribe to the WP-Tonic WordPress podcast on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

AJ Morris of Liquid Web joins our Saturday panel as we discuss the qualities of high-end WordPress hosting.

We find out what differentiates a high end managed WordPress host from the average hosting companies that cost a few bucks a month. Why is it important to have a quality web host? What are you looking for in web hosting for your WordPress website? We'll answer these questions and many more.

Our panel this week:

AJ Morris of Liquid Web (@ajmorris on Twitter)

Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Design (@jdelia)

Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic (@jonathandenwood)

John Locke of Lockedown Design (@Lockedown_)

Episode 144 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros

1:50 WordPress News Story #1: Nashville to Host WordCamp US 2017-2018

https://wptavern.com/nashville-to-host-wordcamp-us-2017-2018

10:03 The .blog Bait & Switch

http://chrisschidle.com/the-dot-blog-bait-and-switch/

18:23 Upvato Backup Service Confirms Files Are Lost, Plans to Relaunch on New Provider

https://wptavern.com/upvato-backup-service-confirms-files-are-lost-plans-to-relaunch-on-new-provider

25:31 Main Topic: Qualities of High End WordPress Hosting

25:44 What is the advantage of having a managed WordPress host vs having just regular web hosting?

27:30 What are the differences between an inexpensive web host and a quality web hosting company?

29:55 How do you try to convince people to improve their web hosting?

32:58 Some interesting user stats that Liquid Web found when they did due diligence, and some great features that Liquid Web offers.

36:07 Why WP Engine has been the market leader in WordPress hosting so far, and what Liquid Web is doing to compete with them.

37:47 A few words about SSL and WordPress hosting.

41:00 Some hosting companies that let you manage several client sites from one panel, and some common problems web developers face when it comes to getting clients to the right hosting package.

48:01 How will HTTP/2 affect server configurations in the next year or two?

50:26 Page speed is important. How do customers evaluate hosting speed stats and different benchmark studies?

57:01 What security practices make you feel better when you are choosing a web host? What does the hosting landscape look like right now?

1:01:12 What are the unique challenges that come with providing hosting to web agencies?

1:05:05 The importance of technical support in web hosting.

1:08:20 Podcast outros

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Recommended WordPress hosting companies mentioned during the show:

Liquid Web

https://www.liquidweb.com/wordpress/

WP Engine

https://wpengine.com/

Flywheel

https://getflywheel.com/

Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/

Siteground

https://www.siteground.com/

Pagely

https://pagely.com/

Other Links Mentioned During the Show:

Let's Encrypt

https://letsencrypt.org/

Comodo SSL

https://ssl.comodo.com/

GT Metrix

https://gtmetrix.com/

Brief History of HTTP/2

https://hpbn.co/http2/

InMotion Hosting

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/

Liquid Web Intelisys Case Study

https://www.liquidweb.com/about/featured-clients/case-studies/intelisys.html

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