WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups

We are doing a two-parter with Morten Rand-Hendriksen! Our guest today is a published author and one of the top WordPress experts in North America.  He is well known as a WordPress staff authors at Linda. Running a digital media company, he divides his time evenly between building web solutions and teaching others how to do things right and get the most out of the web. Morton grew up in Norway and now makes his home is  Canada his home in 2002. Check out the Lynda link: http://www.lynda.com/WordPress-tutorials/WordPresscom-Essential-Training/141506-2.html Go to episode 085, Part 2 for the rest of the story! Morten Rand-Hendriksen Links: https://plus.google.com/+MortenRandHendriksen/posts Twitter: https://twitter.com/mor10    WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

Welcome to WP-Tonic Episode 14. Today Jonathan and I are interviewing a 20 something Austrian who runs a business out of Bangkok, Thailand, but before we get into the show, I would like update you, the listeners, on what Jonathan and I are doing with our businesses. First,  to the surprise of many, we made it to episode 14 and we are  going strong producing podcasts together, getting better each and every episode! We are both building websites, improving techniques and developing new products.  Jonathan is working hard on his SaaS (Software as a Service) product Mail-Right and I am working on developing a process to help the new podcaster quickly integrate WordPress and new media so they can focus on podcasting.  At the first of the new year, Jonathan and I are starting a new WordPress Meetup Group  called WordPress and NewMedia for Reno Entrepreneurs and Businesses. The meetup will be oriented toward the small business owner and how they can better utilize WordPress and New Media into their businesses. It will  complement the current Reno WordPress Meetup Group which is oriented more at the technical side of WordPress, diving more into  PHP which is a server-side scripting language designed for web development and HTML or HyperText Markup Language. Guest David Hehenberger: Well this is the second of two interviews, you can find more about our guest on Episode 80 on Timelines of Success but now, let's  get to our show with, David Hehenberger. David is from Austria,  and he has been traveling the world for 4.5 years. He is currently in Bangkok, Thailand running his company, FatCat Apps, building amazing plugins with his team of coders. He is also co-host WPCAST.FM, a professional WordPress podcast. Now without further ado, let's get right into this episode of WP-Tonic with our guest David Hehenberger. Closing Technical Comments: Jonathan and I get asked often many questions about WordPress, New Media and Podcasting.  One of them is the type of microphone we use. In todays interview, I was using a Heil PR-40 with a pop filter and small mixer. This is one of the best setups you can have. The mixer, the pop filter and microphone cost just under $500 but a good substitute is the ART-2100 microphone which allows you to plug into your computer with a USB connections or go through a mixer. This dynamic microphone with a foam filter will do a great job and stop pops and outside noise. it cost less than $60. Jonathan was using a Blue Yeti microphone and a pop filter and he sounded very good. The cost is a little over $100. David was also using a Blue Yeti but without a pop filter. If you can listen closely, you can hear the a few pops. These pops are something hard to remove in post editing.  We were all connected on this episode with Skype, David was in Bangkok, Thailand, Jonathan in Carson City, Nevada and I was in Reno, Nevada. Again thank you for listening to WP-Tonic, We would appreciate it if you would go to iTunes and give us a review. The link is on the bottom and top of your show notes on this episode.   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

Today's we will go over WordPress Camp San Franscisco, Meetup Schedules and WordPress Security. 1. Sercure Web Hosting 2. Backup 3.Security Socket Layer (SSL) 4. Security Plugins Additional show notes on WP-Tonic.Com     ========================= WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.    

ADAM SILVER, is your LA WordPress go to guy.  He is a teacher, WordPress leader in his community and comedian. This is a weekend wrap special. Saturday, Adam the organizer of the South Bay WordPress Meetup Group in LA, was on the WP-Tonic WordPress organizes Google Hangout. The meetup can be found below the read.   http://kitchensinkwp.com/ http://silverliningphotography.net/ Also hear Adam's Timeline of Success inteview at:http://timelinesofsuccess.com/076-adam-silver/   ========================= WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

WordPress: Speed is Important! Tips & Tricks   1) If You Have Deactivated Plugins Remove Them. If you have plugins that are not being used i.e. they are deactivated remove them.   2) Cleanup Your Database. Use plugins to cleanup your database up or disable options. https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/disabler/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/   3) Us a Caching Plugin. A lot of people use either W3 Total Cache or Super Cache. https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/    4) Good Quality Hosting: http://www.siteground.com/ http://getflywheel.com/pricing/ https://pagely.com/plans-pricing/ http://wpengine.com/  5) Don’t Run Plugins That You Don’t Really Need.   Don’t run plugins that you don’t really need, however it not the quantity that the real problem it the quality of the plugins that you run which is the real problem. You can use this plugin to find slow running plugins.   P3 Plugin Performance Profiler Plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-profiler/   6)CDNs & Accelerators. Using a Content delivery networks (CDNs) and Web Performance Optimization (WPO) services can speed up your slow WordPress site. Be careful which one you use. A lot of people use CloudFlare because the basic level is free. http://www.cloudflare.com/   7) Optimize Your Images. WP Smush.It https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ Speed Testing Tools Google PageSpeed Insights https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/ Pingdom Tools http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ GTmetrix http://gtmetrix.com/ Resources http://wpfreesetup.com/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-website/ http://www.rackaid.com/blog/fix-slow-sites/ http://www.rackaid.com/blog/speed-up-website/ http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/why-trying-to-get-95-on-google-pagespeed-insights-will-drive-you-mad/ http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/web-hosting-review-so-just-who-is-the-best/   ======================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

For full show notes, go to WP-Tonic.Com    ======================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

http://wp-tonic.com/ Time Lines of Success Kim Doyal The WordPress Chick   ==========================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.  

WP Tonic 008  SPENCER FORMAN,  passion lies with providing software, practical advice, and hands-on solutions for other entrepreneurs who may be struggling with the mechanics of how to turn their online business dreams into reality; not bad for starting out as an attorney. Listen to Jonathan and Spencer pound Genesis Frameworks (that the framework I use along with Dynamik, BC) Bottom line from Spencer, is that  To listend to Spencer’s Timeline go to http://timelinesofsuccess.com/061-spencer/   Contact Information:  http://spencerforman.com/ spencer@spencerforman.com   ======================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

In this episode Jonathan and Bill dig into the real estate industry to see how WordPress, social media and traditional media all work to promote the marketing of real estate. What we found is that real estate agents still need to go the basics of establishing spears of influence call farms, both personal and geographical. That a good CRM program tied into social media can be of great benefit especially when it is tied to traditional mail and print media. Furthermore we found that real estate agents in order to establish social credibility,  need a website, blog and some type of drip email system to develop a presence on the internet. Furthermore we feel that while traditional media still works in Reno, Nevada, in some metropolitan areas, they are not cost effective and that social media and the web play a much larger role in the real estate industry.     ====================== WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly, top WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.    

Today show we have Matt Medeiros, a WordPress entrepreneur, podcaster and co-founder of Slocum Studio. Matt started the Matt Report podcast in October of 2012 and it quickly grew to one of the most popular WordPress podcasts available. Matt Report became  a connect with the community and help others while spreading the good gospel of using WordPress to publish and make a living. A fun ride and fulfilling journey all at the same time. In 2008, Matt started a company "freelancing in WordPress with his Father Mark Medeiros called Slocum Studio. He started out with what I call, “freelancing in WordPress.” Today, Matt tour the country speaking at WordCamps and other business/media events representing my team and our products. Slocum Studios is now a premium WordPress agency focused on engaging with client’s that want conversions. They are also building WordPress themes that are powerful in code and clean in design. LINKS The Matt Report ConductorPlugin.Com   ====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly top WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.