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Why people leave:

● See no value within first billing period

● Do not see equivalent value within first billing period

● Overwhelmed by the product, so much to do, so little time

● Run out of money

For example…

Membership Site buys access, logs in, 100 things to do, can’t figure out where to start, cancels and leaves because it’s too overwhelming. Same can be applied to a software company, LMS site.

We going to be discussing in this episode how WordPress can be a direct competitor to SaaS platforms like Clickfunnels, with the right combination of free tools. We also are going to discuss funnels generally (including how the tech is only one part of the equation when it comes to successful funnels), and how I've used funnels and landing pages to sell $300k+ online courses in my first 2 years of business.

Dave Foy teaches non-coders how to build their businesses faster and more profitably using WordPress and the Elementor page builder.

Dave is actually a fully qualified teacher. For 10 years he taught 5-11-year-olds in the UK.

Dave built his first website 20 years ago, and in 2003 turned pro and spent 14 years in the industry, building and optimizing websites.

He started "Design-Build Web" (https://www.designbuildweb.co) in early 2017, combining his passion for teaching, his non-sleazy approach to marketing and 20+ years of web design experience. He applied everything he knew about sales funnels to his own website, resulting in rapid list growth, a string of profitable online course launches aimed at non-coders and a six-figure income in his first year.

Dave has 2 courses:

No Stress WordPress (https://www.nostresswp.co), teaching non-coders the framework for delivering fully functional WordPress websites faster with Elementor.

No Fear Funnels (https://www.nofearfunnels.co), teaching non-coder 'non-marketers' how to plan, design, build and manage highly effective sales funnels using WordPress and Elementor.

https://www.designbuildweb.co
https://www.nofearfunnels.co
https://www.facebook.com/designbuildweb/
https://twitter.com/designbuildweb/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6kR_saJuc8AJiGosqQai3QDave Foy

How To Create High Converting Landing Pages With Elementor

We going to be discussing in this episode how WordPress can be a direct competitor to SaaS platforms like Clickfunnels, with the right combination of free tools. We also are going to discuss funnels generally (including how the tech is only one part of the eq

Our two main stories this week is WP-Engine buying up Flywheel, the dark star grows our second is an insightful post oh what a test group of Chinese students really do when given access to the open web for a period of time.

We have two special guests this week

Adrian Tobey from Groundhogg: https://www.groundhogg.io/

#1 - WP Engine Acquires Flywheel

https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-flywheel

#2 - When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet

https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/what-happened-when-researchers-gave-chinese-students-uncensored-internet/article/3015387

#3 - After Party: An Apology

https://2019.europe.wordcamp.org/2019/06/24/after-party-apology/

#4 - Something Awful’s founder thinks YouTube sucks at moderation

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18744264/something-awful-youtube-moderation-rich-kyanka-lgbtq

#5 - State of CSS 2019 Survey Results: Top Frameworks Rank Low in Satisfaction, JavaScript Proficiency is on the Rise

https://wptavern.com/state-of-css-survey-2019-results-top-frameworks-rank-low-in-satisfaction-javascript-proficiency-is-on-the-rise

#6 - How Much of Google’s Search Traffic is Left for Anyone But Themselves?

https://sparktoro.com/blog/how-much-of-googles-search-traffic-is-left-for-anyone-but-themselves/

Panel's Recommendations of the week

Jonathan's Conductor - LifeTime Package $399 https://conductorplugin.com/

Chris Badget: https://lifterlms.com/recommended-resources/

John Locke: https://whitespark.ca/review-handout-generator/

Adrian Tobey: https://obsproject.com/

 

Our two main stories this week is WP-Engine buying up Flywheel, the dark star grows our second is an insightful post oh what a test group of Chinese students really do when given access to the open web for a period of time.

We have two special guests this week

Adrian Tobey from Groundhogg: https://www.groundhogg.io/

#1 - WP Engine Acquires Flywheel

https://wptavern.com/wp-engine-acquires-flywhee

Violette has managed to build a real online community with her FemCity brand we discuss how she did it and the lessons she has learned.

Violette created FemCity while developing a Public Relations + Marketing business. She was seeking a community of women to network and mastermind with monthly. She couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she created a business community for women. For the first year, she only hosted workshops and the series in Miami. From there, women around the world started to ask for their own FemCity community in their backyard. Today we have over 140 communities in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean.

Key Subjects We Discuss During the Show

1 - Advice on how to build real community online?

2 - Key things learnt connected to building a successful online membership based business?

3 - What were some the major business problems Violette faced building up the business and how did she overcome them?

4 - What are some of the things Violette would like to share with the audience connected to things she would have like to have known at the beginning?

5 - Where would Violette like the FemCity brand be in 18 months time?

https://femcity.com/

How To Build A Real Community Based Highly Profitable Online Membership Business

Violette has managed to build a real online community with her FemCity brand we discuss how she did it and the lessons she has learned.

We have a special guest panelist this week

Adrian Tobey of GroundHogg. https://www.groundhogg.io/

This week show we discuss some great stories. One of our main posts is connecting Yoast working with Google to integrate XML Sitemaps into WordPress Core. Then we have a couple. of posts about Facebook. One is about the company's recent announcement of its massive cryptocurrency project "Libra." The second post is what is it's really like being a Facebook moderation in 2019 a pretty dark article.

#1 - Developers at Yoast and Google Collaborate on Proposal to Add XML Sitemaps to WordPress Core

https://wptavern.com/developers-at-yoast-and-google-collaborate-on-proposal-to-add-xml-sitemaps-to-wordpress-core

2 - Key things learned connected to building a successful online membership-based business?

https://gizmodo.com/senate-banking-committee-schedules-hearing-on-facebooks-1835672507

#3 - Disgruntled security firm discloses zero-days in Facebook's WordPress plugins

https://www.zdnet.com/article/disgruntled-security-firm-discloses-zero-days-in-facebooks-wordpress-plugins/

#4 - The restaurant owner who asked for 1-star Yelp reviews

https://thehustle.co/botto-bistro-1-star-yelp/

#5 - WP Rocket: from $0 to $2.6 million in 5 years | Made In WordPress #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aZU5nXR8Sc&feature=youtu.be

#6 - Bodies in Seats - At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18681845/facebook-moderator-interviews-video-trauma-ptsd-cognizant-tampa

Recommendations of the week!

Jonathan's Mega Menu Builder - Max Mega Menu Pro - https://www.megamenu.com/features/

Adrian: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chatbot/.

 

This week show we discuss some great stories. One of our main posts is connecting Yoast working with Google to integrate XML Sitemaps into WordPress Core. Then we have a couple. of posts about Facebook. One is about the company's recent announcement of its massive cryptocurrency project "Libra." The second post is what is it's really like being a Facebook moderation in 2019 a pretty dark article.

In this episode we discuss LearnDash 3.0 which is a major upgrade and what are some of the new powerful improvements

Justin Ferriman Founder of LearnDash

https://www.learndash.com

Cindy Nicholson Co-Host of WP-Tonic

https://www.thecoursewhisperer.co