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If there's one area where most site owners could improve their WordPress websites, it is with their hosting.

For membership sites or eCommerce, shared hosting is not going to work for you. The next logical step is to go to a WordPress managed hosting solutions. We will look at those, plus a new breed of VPS hosting as we talk with Constantinos Coudounaris of WPHosting Spot in episode 114 of WP-Tonic.

Topics discussed:
- Why is cPanel bad for website speed?
- Why should you use managed WordPress hosting?
- Why is shared hosting terrible for e-commerce and membership sites?
- What are good choices for WordPress hosting?
- Are hosting companies still innovating?
- How does caching affect page speed?
- How does a CDN affect site performance and page speed?
- Why is customer support so important in business? And especially in web hosting?
- What are the success principles that Costantinos lives by?

Episode #114 at WP-Tonic
https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/114-wp-tonic-best-value-wordpress-hosting-options/


WPHostingSpot
https://www.wphostingspot.com

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

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

Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for bonus content:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/114-wp-tonic-best-value-wordpress-hosting-options/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, web hosting, and online marketing.

WP-Tonic #113: How do You Write Winning WordPress Project Proposals?

Our panel:

Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from Lynda.com
Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com
Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design
John Locke: from Lockedown SEO


Today the WP-Tonic panel discusses how to write a winning WordPress proposal.

What things go into a great proposal? How do you handle the payment schedule? Who is responsible for content creation? How should you price? Should you use value-based pricing, hourly pricing, fixed pricing, or another means of pricing? What are some common mistakes to avoid? What items do you stress in your proposals?


All these questions and more are answered on episode #113 of WP-Tonic.

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/113-how-do-you-write-winning-wordpress-project-proposals/
 
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Spotlight WordPress news story (top of the hour):

https://helen.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/theme-disconnect-and-discontent/


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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

WP-Tonic #113: How do You Write Winning WordPress Project Proposals?

Our panel:

Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from Lynda.com
Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com
Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design
John Locke: from Lockedown Design


Today the WP-Tonic panel discusses how to write a winning WordPress proposal.

What things go into a great proposal? How do you handle the payment schedule? Who is responsible for content creation? How should you price? Should you use value-based pricing, hourly pricing, fixed pricing, or another means of pricing? What are some common mistakes to avoid? What items do you stress in your proposals?


All these questions and more are answered on episode #113 of WP-Tonic.

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/113-how-do-you-write-winning-wordpress-project-proposals/
 
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Spotlight WordPress news story (top of the hour):

https://helen.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/theme-disconnect-and-discontent/


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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We Have a great discussion here with Christopher Hawkins about an interesting subject how to deal with those difficult clients?

Chris has been building web applications for over 16 years, successfully completing projects for business of every size, from Fortune 500s on down.

Day-to-day, he manages a custom web development consulting firm. He also authors a software industry blog and has been published in Software Development Magazine (now Dr. Dobbs).


http://www.christopherhawkins.com/about/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherhawkins

Cogeian Systems

Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for a full transcription of the show:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/112-wp-tonic-best-deal-difficult-client-situations/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

We Have a great discussion here with Christopher Hawkins about an interesting subject how to deal with those difficult clients?

Chris has been building web applications for over 16 years, successfully completing projects for business of every size, from Fortune 500s on down.

Day-to-day, he manages a custom web development consulting firm. He also authors a software industry blog and has been published in Software Development Magazine (now Dr. Dobbs).


http://www.christopherhawkins.com/about/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherhawkins

Cogeian Systems

Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for a full transcription of the show:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/112-wp-tonic-best-deal-difficult-client-situations/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

This week, we look at What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? The lessons we learned are not what you might expect them to be.

Our panel this week:

Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com
Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://pinkandyellow.com/
Scott Buscemi: https://luminary.ws/
John Locke: Lockedown SEO

Show Table of Contents:

0:00 We introduce the episode and our panel.

3:34 WordPress News Story:
John James Jacoby Publishes 35 Part Tweetstorm on WordPress Leadership, Community, and Economics

https://wptavern.com/john-james-jacoby-publishes-35-part-tweetstorm-on-wordpress-leadership-community-and-economics

27:26 Our Main WordPress Topic:
What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful?

27:49 What are the characteristics that make any ecommerce website successful?

28:45 Show off what makes you different.

29:15 You have to drive traffic to your website.

31:34 Running an e-commerce site is the same as running a bricks-and-mortar store.

34:12 If you don't have traffic, you aren't going to make sales.

35:58 Rising to the top of Google takes more than one day.

38:19 People think that WooCommerce extensions will help them make sales, when they are really for sites already making sales.

39:56 Not every issue is a technical issue.

40:30 Many companies think they know their audience, but they don't.

43:29 If you really know your market, you will succeed.

45:25 Are there any challenges that are unique to WooCommerce as opposed to other e-commerce platforms?

48:04 WooCommerce is a powerful platform, but requires a lot of technical knowledge from the consultant setting it up.

50:27 There's a user story behind every WooCommerce setting.

51:57 Every ecommerce platform has certain trade-offs.

52:59 Some more thoughts on what can make a WooCommerce site build challenging.

57:26 Running an e-commerce website has many layers of complexity and legal obligation beyond those of a regular marketing website.

1:02:01 We do outros for the podcast listeners.

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Leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to our WordPress podcast:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124?mt=2

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Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for bonus content:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/what-makes-a-woocommerce-website-successful/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

This week, we look at What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? The lessons we learned are not what you might expect them to be.

Our panel this week:

Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com
Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://pinkandyellow.com/
Scott Buscemi: https://luminary.ws/
John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/

Show Table of Contents:

0:00 We introduce the episode and our panel.

3:34 WordPress News Story:
John James Jacoby Publishes 35 Part Tweetstorm on WordPress Leadership, Community, and Economics

https://wptavern.com/john-james-jacoby-publishes-35-part-tweetstorm-on-wordpress-leadership-community-and-economics

27:26 Our Main WordPress Topic:
What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful?

27:49 What are the characteristics that make any ecommerce website successful?

28:45 Show off what makes you different.

29:15 You have to drive traffic to your website.

31:34 Running an e-commerce site is the same as running a bricks-and-mortar store.

34:12 If you don't have traffic, you aren't going to make sales.

35:58 Rising to the top of Google takes more than one day.

38:19 People think that WooCommerce extensions will help them make sales, when they are really for sites already making sales.

39:56 Not every issue is a technical issue.

40:30 Many companies think they know their audience, but they don't.

43:29 If you really know your market, you will succeed.

45:25 Are there any challenges that are unique to WooCommerce as opposed to other e-commerce platforms?

48:04 WooCommerce is a powerful platform, but requires a lot of technical knowledge from the consultant setting it up.

50:27 There's a user story behind every WooCommerce setting.

51:57 Every ecommerce platform has certain trade-offs.

52:59 Some more thoughts on what can make a WooCommerce site build challenging.

57:26 Running an e-commerce website has many layers of complexity and legal obligation beyond those of a regular marketing website.

1:02:01 We do outros for the podcast listeners.

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Leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to our WordPress podcast:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124?mt=2

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Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for bonus content:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/what-makes-a-woocommerce-website-successful/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

Bob Dunn, known as BobWP across the web, started his business in 1992 and spent over 25 years partnered with his wife providing marketing and design for large and small businesses. He discovered WordPress in 2007 and started designing WordPress sites.

Visit the WP-Tonic site for additional content:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/110-bob-dunn-bobwp-podcast/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

Bob Dunn, known as BobWP across the web, started his business in 1992 and spent over 25 years partnered with his wife providing marketing and design for large and small businesses. He discovered WordPress in 2007 and started designing WordPress sites.

Visit the WP-Tonic site for additional content:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/110-bob-dunn-bobwp-podcast/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

An insightful WordPress roundtable discussion on what are the thing you need to understand connected to the clear difference between what works connected to web-copy and how in someways it clearly very different to print world.

Read the full article and get bonus content on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/109-wordpress-difference-effective-web-copy-print-copy/

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WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.