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We’re going to be introducing Cindy “The Course Whisperer” as the new co host of WP-Tonic Show plus we going to be discussing these four main areas, see below.

The 4 Fatal Flaws in Your Online Course Project & How to Avoid Them!

How to build a pre-launch audience.
MVC (minimum viable course).
Speed is really important.
Security is boring until your course gets hacked.

Hi folks here’s the list of articles that we during the show we also have a special guest Spencer Forman of WP Launchify

1 - iThemes Enters the Hosting Space

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iThemes Sync Pro

https://wptavern.com/ithemes-enters-the-hosting-space

2 - Amid the 20th anniversary of open source, Tim O’Reilly warns that platform companies built on open-source software have lost their way

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amid-20th-anniversary-open-source-tim-oreilly-warns-platform-companies-built-open-source-software-lost-way/

3 - WP Site Care Joins Southern Web

https://www.wpsitecare.com/wp-site-care-joins-forces-with-southern-web/

4 - Don’t feed the trolls, and other hideous lies

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17561768/dont-feed-the-trolls-online-harassment-abuse

5 - Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/07/linkbuilding-the-citizens-field-guide/

6 - Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman

https://www.fastcompany.com/90202172/why-bad-technology-dominates-our-lives-according-to-don-norman

FIVE REASONS YOU NEED MARKETING AUTOMATION FOR WORDPRESS TODAY

1) One-directional marketing is dead
2) A CRM is the brain and WordPress is the body of your business
3) Your business should be modular, not locked into a closed platform
4) Tags & Custom Fields are the “glue” that hold all components together
5) Ignoring Marketing Automation will not make it go away

THE MARKETING AUTOMATION GOLDRUSH: SaaS Platforms v. WP+CRM (+API)
How plugins such as WPFusionPlugin.com are making it possible to use WordPress (plus one's favorite CRM) to take on the multitude of SaaS "platforms" that have arisen lately for marketing automation.

Business owners today MUST use MA in order to survive...it's not enough to have a simple website and do things manually. How does a WP site owner get the best of all worlds

Spencer Forman

https://wplaunchify.com/

310 WP-Tonic’s Round-Table Show July the 13th LIVE at 8:30am PST

Matt Medeiros of the Matt Report podcast joined us on the panel this week.

This Episodes Sponsor is WPFusion

This Weeks Stories

1 - Gutenberg Articles of the Week

Video: A Quick Introduction to Gutenberg and the New WordPress Block Editor from LinkedIn Learning

https://wptavern.com/video-a-quick-introduction-to-gutenberg-and-the-new-wordpress-block-editor-from-linkedin-learning

2 - Matt Medeiros Matt Report Latest Video

WordPress is changing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT6L5GFJdg

3 - SparkToro Raised a Very Unusual Round of Funding & We’re Open-Sourcing Our Docs

#287 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Rand Fishkin Former CEO of Moz

https://sparktoro.com/blog/raised-a-very-unusual-round-of-funding-were-open-sourcing-our-docs/

4 - Tech journalist and Chairman Mom founder Sarah Lacy on the power of being polarizing

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tech-journalist-chairman-mom-founder-sarah-lacy-power-polarizing/

Phillip helps companies convert their static websites into lead-generating marketing platforms.

In 2005, knowing little about web development, Phillip made a promise to a business owner that he wasn’t sure I could keep - to build a website.

https://seoforgrowth.com/about-the-authors/phil-singleton/

https://kcwebdesigner.com/about/

Phillip self-studied and painstakingly created a simple one-page site for him. Two months later, the site achieved top search engine rankings and leads starting pouring in for his business.

Soon after, he called and said “you’ve not only changed my business, you’ve changed my life.”

It was the most rewarding moment of my professional career and ignited a fire in me that rages to this very day.

That ugly little Microsoft Front Page website has snowballed into a thriving digital agency that has partnered with hundreds of businesses.

Phillip have since written several award winning and best-selling books on lead generation, search engine optimization and web design. Forbes named my book SEO for Growth (seoforgrowth.com) as the #1 SEO book to read for entrepreneurs. It’s been endorsed by over 50 of the world’s top marketing experts, and listed as a top marketing book by Inc., Mashable, Oracle and The Huffington Post.