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#292 WP-Tonic Round Table Show 11th of May 2018 Revised Discussion Articles Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (GADWP) is Now ExactMetrics 1 - https://exactmetrics.com/google-analytics-dashboard-wordpress-gadwp-now-exactmetrics/ 2 - Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/10/17342414/google-duplex-ai-assistant-voice-calling-identify-itself-update 3 - How to Create a Case Study for your UX and Product Design Portfolio https://www.getcloudapp.com/blog/how-to-create-a-case-study-for-your-ux-and-product-design-portfolio 4 - struggle to learn React http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/my-struggle-to-learn-react/ 5 - Customers Don’t Want Content – They Want a Better Path https://chrisbrogan.com/betterpath/ 6 - Things Designers Should Know About SEO In 2018 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/things-designers-should-know-about-seo-2018/ 7 - How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support https://freemius.com/blog/wordpress-plugins-sales-support/

We Interview The Co-founded Brainstorm Force The Maker Astra Theme Sujay is the co-founder of Brainstorm Force. he started this company 2009 as we just celebrated our 9th anniversary in the March. Brainstorm Force started as a digital marketing, web design and development company. Early on their journey, they provided SEO and PPC Management services for clients. After couple of years, they moved into WordPress custom development. Sujay and his team are the company behind some popular WordPress products such as Ultimate Addons, Convert Pro, Schema Pro and the very popular Astra theme which are collectively installed on about one million websites!!!

This Weeks News Discussion Stories 1 - WordPress Theme Review Team Launches Trusted Authors Program https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-launches-trusted-authors-program 2 - Are WordPress Developers Really Cheaper to Hire? https://torquemag.io/2018/04/are-wordpress-developers-really-cheaper-to-hire/ 3 - How To Choose A WordPress Theme, 7 Questions To Ask https://www.wpcrafter.com/choose-wordpress-theme/ 4 - The Ultimate Checklist for SEO Migration [+Infographic] https://cms2cms.com/blog/ultimate-checklist-seo-migration-infographic/ 5 - Solved: Jetpack Generating Mysterious Admin Email Change Messages https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/05/jetpack-admin-email-change/ 6 - What's possible with WordPress 5.0 https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018/sessions/whats-possible-wordpress-50 7 - WordPress Page Builders, Reviewed: Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, WPBakery Page Builder, Elementor

Email & Marketing Automation Done The Right Way! ActiveCampaign began as a solution for business owners who needed to keep in touch with their contacts. There was a demand for a powerful, easy-to-use solution at a reasonable price in a market that lacked options. Over the years, the company has seen a number of drastic transitions. We cut our product line from eight solutions to one, transitioning from a traditional software company to the SaaS model, providing a consistent and stable experience for our users.

This Weeks Articles 1 - Square to buy Weebly for $365 million https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/26/square-to-buy-weebly-for-365-million.html 1- WordPress Accessibility Team Is Seeking Contributors for Its Handbook Project https://wptavern.com/wordpress-accessibility-team-is-seeking-contributors-for-its-handbook-project 2- From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/25/from-seattle-to-luxembourg-how-tax-schemes-shaped-amazon 3 - WordPress Page Builders, Reviewed: Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, WPBakery Page Builder https://wpshout.com/wordpress-page-builder-review/ 4 - I Wrote a Weird Kind of Business Book https://sparktoro.com/blog/i-wrote-a-weird-kind-of-business-book/ 5 - Running a successful web design business https://www.godaddy.com/garage/running-a-successful-web-design-business/

Rand has a book coming out April 24 called "Lost and Founder" about the biased thinking of Silicon Valley startup world and how founders/entrepreneurs/early stage teams can avoid those pitfalls. We also discuss SEO in 2018 and Rand give some insights connected to his many years helping individuals and companies work:

This weeks stories that we discuss during the show 1A- Facebook's Not Listening Through Your Phone. It Doesn't Have To https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-listening-smartphone-microphone/?mbid=BottomRelatedStories 1B - The Ethos of Big Tech On L2inc YouTube Channel Discussion With John Battelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvtOCKJnZBY ———————————————————— 2A - Plugins Hosted on WordPress.org Can No Longer Guarantee Legal Compliance https://wptavern.com/plugins-hosted-on-wordpress-org-can-no-longer-guarantee-legal-compliance 2B - Pulling the plug on legal compliance plugins http://webdevlaw.uk/2018/04/17/pulling-the-plug-on-legal-compliance-plugins/ 2C - Everything You Wanted to Ask a GDPR Expert but Were Afraid to Ask https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/everything-you-wanted-to-ask-a-gdpr-expert-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ ———————————————————— 3 -Design Thinking Is B.S. https://www.fastcodesign.com/90166804/design-thinking-is-b-s ———————————————————— 4 - BuddyPress 3.0 Beta 2 Released https://wptavern.com/buddypress-3-0-beta-2-released ———————————————————— 5 - Divi 3.1 Has Arrived! Introducing The New Divi Developer AP https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/theme-releases/divi-3-1-has-arrived-introducing-the-new-divi-developer-api  

We Discuss Why Its so Important To Find Your Niche! We have an old friend of the show and former co-host John Locke back on the show to talk about why its so important as an freelancer or business owner in the WordPress or technology sector to find your individual niche. Here are the main topic we discuss during the show. 1 - Why its so important to find your niche. 2 - SEO (search engine optimization) for membership/LMS websites. 3 - We discuss why just publishing great content won’t get you the results that you are really looking for.  

In this weeks WP-Tonic round-table show we have a great panel of WordPress experts where we discuss this weeks must interesting article we have found connected to WordPress, development, online marketing or the web in general. Here a list of the stories we discuss this week 1 - Theme Review Changes Place More Onus Onto Theme Authors https://wptavern.com/theme-review-changes-place-more-onus-onto-theme-authors 2 - Google Fights Businessman's Attempt to Erase Conviction Links https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-27/google-fights-businessman-s-attempt-to-erase-conviction-links 3 - The Blogger’s Guide To Choosing The Perfect Niche https://www.wpsuperstars.net/choose-a-niche-for-your-blog/ 4 - WordPress plugin looking for a new owner: from Rachel Cherry https://bamadesigner.com/2018/04/wordpress-plugin-looking-for-a-new-owner/ 5 - How to Optimize Google My Business and Leverage It For More Sales https://neilpatel.com/blog/optimize-google-my-business/ 6 - 5 Reasons Developers Are Switching To Vue.js https://www.heartinternet.uk/blog/5-reasons-developers-are-switching-to-vue-js-from-other-frameworks/ 7 - The 8 WordPress Plugins That Will Change the Way Your WordPress Site Looks and Performs https://torquemag.io/2018/04/the-8-wordpress-plugins-that-will-change-the-way-your-wordpress-site-looks-and-performs/

From Being A Clinical Psychologist To Running A Highly Successful Web Agency Here’s The Three Main Areas We Cover During This Great Interview. 1 - How To Become An Effective WordPress Website Designer/Developer 2 - How Much Work Is Necessary To Develop An Online Training Course? 3 - Website Pricing Trick and Tips Judi was formally a clinical psychologist who was in private practice for years before starting a medical records software company for psychiatric hospitals. After selling that company, Judi knew that I didn’t want to practice psychotherapy again but she had no idea what she was going to do instead. Even so, she decided to let her license go so she wouldn’t be tempted to “fall back on it.” While trying to figure out her next move, she be sitting in her neighborhood coffee shop, showing friends how they could use WordPress, along with the new and emerging social media tools that would help them grow their businesses. People sitting around would overhear her talking and ask me for my business card. I would tell them, “ she don’t have a card”, and they would reply, “I don’t care! I want to work with her!”