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Jim Huffman

Grown two startups from idea to $10M+ in sales. Spent over $4M on Facebook & Instagram ads. Author of The Growth Marketer’s Playbook, #1 new release on Amazon (Pushing Seth Godin off the #1 spot for 72 hours.) Startup mentor at Techstars, General Assembly, and Sephora Accelerator. Lead workshops at Fortune 500 brands like FedEx, Hot Wheels & Intuit. Wannabe coffee snob, aspiring NBA ball-boy, and a #girldad of two.

https://growthhit.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

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#1 - After 11 Years, Users Will Be Able to Update Themes and Plugins via a ZIP File

https://wptavern.com/after-11-years-users-will-be-able-to-update-themes-and-plugins-via-a-zip-file

#2 - SiriusXM to Buy Stitcher Podcasting Unit From Scripps

https://www.wsj.com/articles/siriusxm-to-buy-stitcher-podcasting-unit-from-scripps-11594075192

Will Middleton

Will is a WordPress site builder works primarily with LifterLMS, WooCommerce, and Elementor and sites dedicated to online education and business. WPCourseGuide.com and WPCourseGuide on YouTube are Will’s primary channels at the moment.

The Road Not Taken: After learning about leveraged income when reading MJ DeMarco’s book The Millionaire Fastlane and Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad while in middle school, Will decided to follow in the entrepreneurial footsteps of his mother and grandfather and develop expertise by learning from industry experts and mentors in his homeschooling path.

Fun Facts: Will earned his first-degree Black Belt in Karate at age 9. He became a County Ambassador in 4-H at age 13. And Eagle Scout at age

https://wpcourseguide.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

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#1 - Flywheel Relaunches Local Pro with Revamped Live Links and New Host-Agnostic Pre-Launch Toolshttps://wptavern.com/flywheel-relaunches-local-pro-with-revamped-live-links-and-new-host-agnostic-pre-launch-tools

#2 - Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Starbucks, Target, Unilever, Verizon: all the companies pulling ads from Facebook

https://www.theverge.com/21307454/unilever-verizon-coca-cola-starbucks-microsoft-ads-facebook

#3 - The Best Documentation Is No Documentation

https://wptavern.com/the-best-documentation-is-no-documentation

John Locke

Lockedown Design & SEO helps manufacturers with 250k to 50M annual revenue improve their SEO and search rankings. We specialize in helping industrial, manufacturing, and other blue-collar companies drive more natural search traffic to their sites.

Though we’re based in Sacramento, California, we’ve helped businesses across the US launch and improve their websites workflow, boost their sales, and rank higher in Google.

https://www.lockedownseo.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

This Week Show's Sponsors

Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/

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Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST

#1 - WordPress Contributors Propose Updating Trac Ticket Resolutions to Be More Friendly

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-contributors-propose-updating-trac-ticket-resolutions-to-be-more-friendly

#2 - Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21298552/apple-hey-email-app-approval-rules-basecamp-launch

https://hey.com/how-it-works/

#3 - A guide to hosting your LifterLMS site

https://lifterlms.com/docs/a-guide-to-hosting-your-lifterlms-site/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZ2KIHPKrk&t=11s

#4 - Katie Hopkins is permanently banned from Twitter

https://mashable.com/article/katie-hopkins-banned-from-twitter/

OrganizeWP was built and is maintained by, Jon Christopher. He is a long time WordPress fan & developer who loves the platform but saw room for improvement when it came to content organization. OrganizeWP is an answer to a personal pain point of his.

He also built SearchWP, a drop-in replacement for native WordPress search that improves it in a number of ways.

He also writes on his personal site at https://jonchristopher.us, plus he has some code on GitHub, and maintain a number of WordPress plugins. If you have any additional questions or concerns please feel free to contact me either using the OrganizeWP contact form if it’s OrganizeWP-related or on Twitter if it’s not.

https://searchwp.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

This Week Show's Sponsors

Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/

WPFunsion

https://wpfusion.com/

Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST

#1 - Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer

https://wptavern.com/yoast-acquires-duplicate-post-brings-on-creator-enrico-battocchi-as-a-senior-developer

#2 - Crisis Mode

https://www.theverge.com/21293176/crisis-text-line-ceo-racism-insensitivity-police-nancy-lublin-mental-health

#3 - Review Signal Publishes WordPress Hosting Benchmarks for 2020, Introduces WooCommerce Testin

https://wptavern.com/review-signal-publishes-wordpress-hosting-benchmarks-for-2020-introduces-woocommerce-testing

#4 -Want Your Content to Succeed? Make it Resonate with the Right Audience (no, not that one).

https://sparktoro.com/blog/want-your-content-to-succeed-make-it-resonate-with-the-right-audience-no-not-that-one/

#5 - Low-Code Will Completely Change Startups

https://medium.com/swlh/low-code-will-completely-change-startups-6ea7a7d8c7ec

#6 - Course and Membership Pricing Calculator

https://lifterlms.com/calculator/

Josh Pollock is a co-founder at Ingot and one of the lead developers behind CalderaWP.

In addition to being a plugin developer, educator, and entrepreneur, Josh is a regular contributor to Torque magazine and various WordPress tutorial sites, one of which being his own blog. Additionally, Josh is a WordCamps speaker and one of the leading advocates for the WordPress REST API. Josh currently resides in Florida with his wife Alicia and their pets.

https://ninjaforms.com/

We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

This Week Show's Sponsors

Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/

WPFunsion

https://wpfusion.com/

Our Free Webinar With Spencer Forman On Tuesday 7th of July at 9am PST

#1 - Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers?

https://freemius.com/blog/appsumo-lifetime-deals-selling-plugins/

#2 - Researchers detail huge hack-for-hire campaigns against environmentalists

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/10/21286486/dark-basin-hackers-for-hire-phishing-emails-environmental-nonprofit-groups-exxon-mobil

#3 - HOW AUTOMATTIC GUTTED LONGREADS

https://www.patreon.com/posts/study-hall-5-26-37553718

#4 - How To Build An Audience Without Spending Money On Facebook Or Google Ads

https://www.groundhogg.io/how-to/fool-proof-build-an-audience-strategy/

#5 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: Ecommerce Face-off (2020 Comparison)

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-shopify/

#6 -YouTube analytics: 6 powerful ways to grow your channel faster

https://convertkit.com/youtube-analytics