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Brad Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios (WDS). Brad is responsible for defining the vision and direction of the overall company. He works closely with Marketing and Sales with a strong focus on Business Development. Brad has helped grow WDS from a coffee table startup to one of the oldest and most respected WordPress Agencies working with clients like Microsoft, Viacom, Campbell Soup Company, Starbucks, and the NBA. Since 2017, Brad has been a member of the Forbes Agency Council.

Prior to WebDevStudios, Brad was the IT Director at a major eCommerce company based in Indiana, where he managed all online web properties, warehousing systems, and internal servers and networks. Brad is also a US Marine Corps veteran and graduated from Military Occupational Specialty School as a 4067 Computer Programmer. Brad served one tour in Kuwait/Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom where he learned to program with a gas mask on!

Brad is a co-author of the Professional WordPress Book Series, which are some of the highest rated advanced WordPress Development books on the market. He is the co-organizer of WordCamp Philly 2010 – 2015 and the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup. Brad was also a co-organizer for the Inaugural WordCamp US in 2015 and again in 2016. He has been developing websites for over 20 years. In the last 10, Brad has specifically focused on open-source technologies like WordPress.

Brad lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He’s obsessed with cheesesteaks, Raider’s football (it’s complicated), podcasting, Halloween, LED lights, and all things technology.

https://webdevstudios.com/team/brad-williams/

ThIs Week's Show Main Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/

Our secondary sponsor of the show is LaunchFlows At https://launchflows.com/

#1 - Pods Framework Loses Primary Sponsorship, Seeks Donors To Fund Project

https://wptavern.com/pods-framework-loses-primary-sponsorship-seeks-donors-to-fund-project

#2 - The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/21029499/decade-fails-flops-tech-science-culture-apple-google-data-kickstarter-2010-2019

#3 - Landing Kit for WordPress Maps Any Post or Page to a Custom Domain

https://wptavern.com/landing-kit-for-wordpress-maps-any-post-or-page-to-a-custom-domain

#4 - Creating Voice Skills For Google Assistant And Amazon Alexa

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/12/voice-skills-google-assistant-amazon-alexa/

#5 - What is missing in WordPress

https://uxallthethings.com/what-is-missing-in-wordpress/

We look back over 2019 what have we learned over the year. Adrian has joined me as the show's co-host during 2019 and we also talk about his own experiences trying to build a WordPress plugin business connected to GroundHogg.

We will be discussing how you can successfully bootstrap a WordPress based business in 2020 and what does Rob see as the major opportunities in the WordPress environment for bootstrappers!

Rob Walling The former joint founder of Drip email marketing platform and also the joint presenter of the Startup For The Rest of Us

Hi, I’m Rob. I make things. I’ve built and sold several startups, most recently Drip.

I’ve been helping bootstrappers since 2005.

Along the way I’ve…

Written three books (including two best-sellers)
Been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Inc.
Created podcasts that have been downloaded more than 10 million times
Angel invested in a dozen companies
Published more than 400 essays
Received a Wikipedia page
Reached hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs through my interviews, talks, podcasts, and writing

If you’re interested in SaaS, startups, or bootstrapping, enter your email at right to download my second book for free (Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding). It’s a 170-page ebook collecting my best articles from the past decade or so.

https://robwalling.com/about/

ThIs Week's Show Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/

#1 - Bluehost Launches Premium WordPress Theme Marketplace to Customers

https://wptavern.com/bluehost-launches-premium-wordpress-theme-marketplace-to-customers

#2 - Google Fires Another Worker for Exercising her Rights and Protecting Coworkers from Illegal Company Retaliation

https://medium.com/@ksspiers/google-fires-another-worker-for-exercising-her-rights-and-protecting-coworkers-from-illegal-b86c41ef91b9

#3 - One-Time vs. Recurring Payments for WordPress Products

https://wptavern.com/one-time-vs-recurring-payments-for-wordpress-products

#4 - Uber will pay $4.4 million to settle a federal probe into sexual harassment and retaliation

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21029831/uber-settles-federal-probe-sexual-harassment-retaliation

#5 - Risk and reward at Black Friday with WordPress products

https://getellipsis.com/blog/risk-and-reward-black-friday/

#6 - Official U.S. Government Website Lists Fictional Country of Wakanda as Free Trade Partner

https://gizmodo.com/official-u-s-government-website-lists-fictional-countr-1840526805

ThIs Week's Show Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/

#1 - Bluehost Launches Premium WordPress Theme Marketplace to Customers

https://wptavern.com/bluehost-launches-premium-wordpress-theme-marketplace-to-customers

#2 - Google Fires Another Worker for Exercising her Rights and Protecting Coworkers from Illegal Company Retaliation

https://medium.com/@ksspiers/google-fires-another-worker-for-exercising-her-rights-and-protecting-coworkers-from-illegal-b86c41ef91b9

#3 - One-Time vs. Recurring Payments for WordPress Products

https://wptavern.com/one-time-vs-recurring-payments-for-wordpress-products

#4 - Uber will pay $4.4 million to settle a federal probe into sexual harassment and retaliation

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21029831/uber-settles-federal-probe-sexual-harassment-retaliation

#5 - Risk and reward at Black Friday with WordPress products

https://getellipsis.com/blog/risk-and-reward-black-friday/

#6 - Official U.S. Government Website Lists Fictional Country of Wakanda as Free Trade Partner

https://gizmodo.com/official-u-s-government-website-lists-fictional-countr-1840526805

Brian holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a software architect and data recovery expert. He is well-versed in the firmware architectures of all the major storage vendors. He is a co-founder of Phoenix Nuclear Labs and served on PNL’s board from inception to when it decided to spin-off SHINE Medical Technologies. He also previously served on the board for the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps.

Brian co-authored the first edition of the WebLogic Server Bible, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2002. He was named one of Madison’s 40 under 40 by In Business, even though sadly he is 40 now. He and his wife Kara have 3 sons, Charlie, Tanner and Eli. He is an avid but terrible fisherman and has never participated in even a single session of CrossFit. As CEO of Gillware, Inc, Brian oversees and assists all aspects of the business.

https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/our-staff/brian-gill/

ThIs Week's Show Sponsor is WPfeedback.co If you use this special coupon code WPTonicROCKS you will get 25% all plans available https://wpfeedback.co/

#1 - Gutenberg: One Year Later by Chris Hughes

https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-one-year-later

#2 - A social media influencer will serve 14 years in prison after his plot to take over a website at gunpoint backfired

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/social-media-influencer-sentenced-trnd/

#4 - Uber’s first ever safety report discloses 3,045 sexual assaults and nine murders in the US last year

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/5/20997939/uber-safety-report-2018-sexual-assault-ride-hailing-platform-stats

#5 - Zero BS CRM 3.0 Improves UI, Changes Database Structure, and Becomes More Extendable

https://wptavern.com/zero-bs-crm-3-0-improves-ui-changes-database-structure-and-becomes-more-extendable

#6 -I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/magazine/alex-jones-infowars.html