WP-Tonic is a podcast for WordPress entrepreneurs who are using WordPress to make money online. We cover a wide number of areas with our main show in which we interview a number of WordPress entrepreneurs and also other online experts who with their insights can help you build your online business with a focus on marketing automation.
WP-Tonic is produced by Jonathan Denwood who is the force behind WP-Tonic of the longest-running WordPress podcasts. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through businesses built on WordPress.
Our Friday we do a live round-table show with a panel of leading WordPress experts. We discuss all the leading WordPress and online technology news stories of the week.this is a test
In this week’s WordPress panel, we looked at social media tools and services. What tools do we use to share, track, and accelerate social media engagement? We also talk social media strategies, and what platforms are giving us the best returns. We do a live show every Saturday at 9am PST. You can find details…
Social media consultant Mojca Marš returns to tell us all about Facebook ads and why they are so effective. http://superspicymedia.com/ ============= Table of Contents for Episode 165 0:00 Podcast Intros 2:53 What things is Mojca applying in her business that’s allowing her to double her income from last year? 4:34 Why Mojca recommends…
We have a great discussion here with Cody Landefeld, co-founder of Mode Effect, a WordPress ecommerce agency that has worked with Fortune 500 companies. We talk with Cody about some of the difference between a regular web project and an eCommerce web project. What should you be preparing for with eCommerce that is different from…
Consultant Philip Morgan discusses positioning in a crowded market. He literally wrote the book on positioning for technical firms. Philip helps technical consultants, like web development shops, find a specialized position in a generalized world. This specialization, in turn, helps those firms strengthen their expertise in a specific niche and command higher rates. We really…
Web pioneer Jeremy Keith talks with us about the resiliency of the web, upcoming innovations in CSS and browser support, native vs. web, and what he’s excited about in web development. You can follow him on his site at https://adactio.com/. ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering…
Following up our previous episode with a discussion on different types of pricing for web design and development services. How do we price our projects? Hourly? Fixed fee? Project rate? Blended rate? Value based? We also talk about some of the mistakes we’ve made in pricing projects, and the #1 step we recommend to estimating…
In episode 160, consultant Jonathan Stark tells us why hourly billing is nuts. Jonathan Stark built a six figure solo consultancy by ditching hourly billing for value-based fees. He has a decade of real-world experience successfully applying value-based theories to software development projects. With his coaching program, he teaches freelancers, solo consultants, and boutique firm…
We take a look at the growing ecosystem of contact forms for WordPress. Which ones should you check out? Which are best for your project? What types of functionality exist in contact forms in 2017? =================== Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for 6 months on managed WordPress hosting for our viewers….
This week, we are blessed to have Rachel Andrew as our guest. Rachel is an accomplished web developer, co-founder of Perch CMS, a Google Developer Expert, an invited expert to the CSS Working Group (which sets the direction for how CSS works in the future). For the past four years, Rachel has also been the…
Our WordPress panel discusses the planning, coordination, and execution of a complex site migration from one hosting environment to another. We’ll also cover what type of content planning you’ll need to put together when moving from one platform to another (like from an external CMS to WordPress.) Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jackie…
Carrie Dils returns to WP-Tonic for her third appearance. She is the queen of the Genesis Framework and also the host of the popular Office Hours FM podcast. We ask her about the future of Genesis, multiple income streams, teaching courses, and podcasting. You can find Carrie at https://carriedils.com/. She also hosts one of the…
In this WP-Tonic round-table we discuss Web Accessibility. What tools does the panel use to test sites for accessibility? What are the key factors that you must know about web accessibility in 2017? We discuss web accessibility standards and guidelines. How do you make sites more accessible? What needs to be included and tested? Why…
Nate Wright provides WordPress themes and plugins to build better restaurant websites. After more than three years delivering products for restaurants, cafes and bars, he’s built up a suite of free and commercial products to help you take reservations online, manage your restaurant menus and boost local SEO. Nate Wright runs Theme of the…
Jonathan on 2016 We look back through 2016 at what were the most interesting WordPress stories. Also, what guest interviews we found personally the most insightful or surprising. For me personally, the best part of 2016 connected to the show is having John Locke join the team and agreeing to be my full-time co-host. I’ve…
We look at a number of tools and services that we use on a daily basis. These are services that make a big difference in how we run our businesses. We move at speed and cover a lot of ground in this pre-Christmas show! Summary: We talk about our favorite web tools of 2016. Covered:…
