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We discuss the latest WordPress news stories of the week in fun and hopefully insightful way! #1 - Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-zero-bs-crm-considers-rebranding-it-as-jetpack-crm #2 - WordPress Poised to Begin Implementing Proposal to Auto-Update Older Sites to 4.7 https://wptavern.com/wordpress-poised-to-begin-implementing-proposal-to-auto-update-older-sites-to-4-7   #3 - Lance Armstrong’s Podcast Is Making Cycling Fans Forget About the Doping https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-30/lance-armstrong-wants-you-to-forget-doping-and-listen-to-his-podcast #4 - Cheap WordPress Hosting Costs 30x More Than You Think (See the Math) https://kinsta.com/blog/cheap-wordpress-hosting/ #5 - Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes   #6 - What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? http://nsaphra.github.io/post/hands/  

Dimi Baitanciuc experienced founder working in the internet industry since early 2000. Skilled in UI/UX Design, Leadership, and Project Management. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences. Co-founded Brizy in 2018, a visual WordPress page builder that lets anyone create websites without skill or effort and ThemeFuse in 2009, a premium WordPress theme shop focused on creative and stand out designs. https://www.brizy.io/  

What an amazing WordPress news story week plus we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show “Heather Wilde” of Roceteer.com - http://roceteer.com/ #1 - Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-tumblr-plans-to-rebuild-the-backend-powered-by-wordpress #2 - 8 predictions made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos 20 years ago that were right on the money https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-predictions-from-20-years-ago-that-were-right-on-the-money-2019-3?utm_source=csp-social-media #3 - WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-scraps-trusted-authors-program-due-to-gaming-and-inconsistent-reviews #4 - What If You and Your Brand Could Break Up with Social Media? https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2019/08/break-social-media/ #5 - My Final Goodbye to the Tavern From "Jeff Chandler" https://jeffc.me/2019/08/13/my-final-goodbye-to-the-tavern/ https://wpdigitalshop.com/wptavern-then-and-now-with-jeff-chandler/ #6 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance " Will Brian Krogsgard be announced, in the near future, as the new chief editor of the WP-Tavern?" https://poststatus.com/woocommerce-vs-shopify-a-battle-for-ecommerce-platform-dominance/ This Weeks Panel Recommendations Jonathan's Heather Wilde's new book "Birth of a Unicorn" https://publishizer.com/birth-of-a-unicorn/  

Joe Casabona is an accredited college course developer and professor. He also has his Master's Degree in Software Engineering, is a Front End Developer, and hosts multiple podcasts. Joe started freelancing in 2002, and has been a teacher at the college level for over 10 years. His passion in both areas has driven him to build Creator Courses, a school for those who want to create online businesses. As a big proponent of learning by doing, he loves creating focused, task-driven courses to help students build something. When he's not teaching, he's interviewing people for his podcast, How I Built It. https://casabona.org/

1 - Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/proposal-auto-update-old-versions-to-4-7/   #2 - After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost https://ghost.org/blog/5/   #3 - Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans https://wptavern.com/jetpack-7-6-improves-amp-compatibility-adds-preview-and-upgrade-nudge-for-blocks-only-available-on-paid-plans #4 - Adblocking: How About Nah? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah #5 - Google puts playable podcast episodes in Search https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/google-podcast-episodes-search/ #6 - WordCamp Long Beach to Debut a “Future of WordPress” Track https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-long-beach-to-debut-a-future-of-wordpress-track This Weeks Panels Recommendations Jonathan Denwood's YouTube Film "Dominion" The truth about industrial farming and why it's slowly killing you and your children! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko #WordPress #WordPressNews #WordPress  

Kurt von Ahnen was a precocious young man raised in a Philadelphia suburb. A non-conformist of sorts, he announced in third grade that he wanted to author a book. He was told that since he didn’t even do his language arts work, it would never happen. In 7th grade, Kurt had a paper route. When one boy failed to arrive to get his papers for the route – he took the route over, then another, then another. What the newspaper branch manager didn’t place together was that Kurt had franchised the paper routes and was paying other boys only a portion of the routes as he was covering the collecting and accounting. In High School he was told with the rest of the class to write a report on where he’d go to college. Having already been made the manager of a local furniture store, he said he’d pass on college as he was already making more than the teacher. After all, in the 80’s, more than 80% of the people making more than $50,000.00 per year were in retail. So why go to college. In his senior year, he was invited to leave his high school and told he would never amount to anything. Finally, in 2007, he made the leap and followed through on the dream from 3rd grade. He published Service Writing in Black and White changing the trajectory of his career. He’s gone on to become a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker and Coach. He’s managed the training departments for two of the most prestigious Powersports companies and grown his own Leadership Academy. He speaks to youth whenever possible – urging them to chase their dreams. Never let someone tell you can’t do something Kurt von Ahnen http://manananomas.com/

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp #2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/   #3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/ #4 - There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites?utm_source=pocket-newtab #5 - Artificial Intelligence and Norwegian Gender Quotas https://medium.com/@alexmoltzau/artificial-intelligence-and-norwegian-gender-quotas-11d8d9bf114a #6 - Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/23/proposal-a-wordpress-advisory-board/

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft. https://memberium.com/ Infusionsoft Training & Membership Software for Infusionsoft Users https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYRkaBaBI

#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27 #2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review? https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097 #3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free https://wptavern.com/wpgraphql-for-advanced-custom-fields-now-available-for-free #4 - The CMS war between Vox Media and The Washington Post is heating up https://digiday.com/media/cms-war-vox-media-washington-post-heating/ #5 - A Tale Of Two WordPress Hosts https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tale-two-wordpress-hosts/ #6 - Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75, but his monologue will live forever https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708804/blade-runner-rutger-hauer-dead-tears-in-rain-replicant-roy-batty "I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." #WordPress #WordPressNews #WordPressDrama Panel's Recommendations Jonathan Denwood: WPCore - https://wpcore.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://visualsitemaps.com/ John Locke: Google Natual Language - https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/ Chris Badgett: Resources for LMS Websites - https://lifterlms.com/recommended-resources/ Adrian Tobey: Trello https://trello.com  

This Show's Main Discussion Topics #1 - The biggest thing a newbie to Google Ads has to know? #2 - Can Google AdWords be used as an effective tool to promote a new course in 2019? #3 - Your thought on Udemy and how it helps a course builder to build a personal brand #4 - How online courses can help you get big clients #5 - What is the most exciting marketing platform for you in 2019? Isaac Rudansky Bio Isaac Rudansky, CEO of AdVenture Media Group, is widely considered to be an industry-leading expert on all matters related to pay per click advertising, online traffic acquisition and conversion rate optimization. As an educator, Isaac has over 91,000 paying students enrolled in his full-length online courses, and his beginners guide to Google AdWords has been watched by over 850,000 students. Isaac founded AdVenture Media, a digital advertising agency based in Long Island, NY, in 2013. Since then, Isaac and his team have consulted with over 450 companies around the world, ranging in size from small mom and pop ecommerce boutiques, to multiple, publicly traded companies. Isaac and his team manage the digital advertising campaigns for well known companies like Forbes, AMC Networks, Karrass Negotiating, The International Culinary Center and many more. https://www.adventureppc.com/ https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?ref=home&src=ukw&q=isaac%20rudansky