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136 – Standing up to clients
11 juli 2019 · 44 min
In this episode David and I talk about the interactions which we have with clients. Most of the time (I hope) we have good relations with our clients. They want to work with you and you want to work with them... but this does not mean that you're always going to see eye to eye with them. From time to time you're going to have to face up to a client who is not wanting to work with your processes and it not willing to be flexible. What do we do...? Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #70 – Plugin updates, community news and Facebook outage
8 juli 2019 · 22 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 1st July 2019
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135 – How to run successful paid ad campaigns to increase conversions with Daniel Daines-Hutt
4 juli 2019 · 1 uur 2 min
Have you ever wanted to get into paid ad campaigns using Facebook or Google, but did not know where start? This podcast episode explains how you can get started and what some of the pitfalls are. There's so much to learn that it's good to have an expert on hand and Daniel Daines-Hutt is that man. Get your content seen by more people whilst targeting those people who you really value thereby saving on your ad campaigns. Check out this episode to see how you can do that... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #69 – Gutenberg 6.0, WP Engine growing and bye Jony, Ive loved your work
1 juli 2019 · 27 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 24th June 2019
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134 – What makes us trust WordPress software developers?
27 juni 2019 · 54 min
In this weeks episode of the WP Builds podcast we talk about the range of things that we consider when we buy a plugin or theme from a WordPress developer. It's clear that you need some level of trust in the product that is on offer, but how deep should that trust run? What are the things that you might want to be on the lookout for to establish some sort of trust score to make you feel confident in the purchase. Some of these are obvious and some are quite unexpected. Join us to find out... Lees meer
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133 – Helping coders run successful businesses with Hahna Kane Latonick
20 juni 2019 · 43 min
In this episode of the WP Builds WordPress podcast we chat to Hahna Kane Latonick. She has a background as a software engineer but decided some time ago that what she really wanted to do was to help coders and developers to run their businesses more successfully. We all know that running a business is not the same thing as being a great developer and so Hahna is here to give you the guidance and support that you might need to both at the same time. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #67 – WordPress 5.2.2 RC1, WordCamp Europe and fake videos
17 juni 2019 · 27 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 10th June 2019
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132 – Working when there are other things to do
13 juni 2019 · 52 min
So this episode is a little bit of a departure for us, in that it's much more personal than usual, and has very little to do with WordPress, so forgive us! When we decided to cover this topic, I (Nathan) was thinking that we'd be talking about the things in life my non-work life that I have to do, sometimes in opposition to my work life. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #66 – Gutenberg motion blocks, Joost steps down and Firefox privacy
10 juni 2019 · 22 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 3rd June 2019
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131 – Stroke and poke your clients to keep you sane with Hannah Smith
6 juni 2019 · 54 min
If you've work with WordPress websites for client you'll know that one of the hardest parts of the job is successfully communicating with clients. Today, Hannah Smith talks about her approach for doing just that. It's a really interesting take on how you can try to keep your clients happy all the time, but that's realistically possible and there's going to be times when you need to push back and say "no". It's an interesting talk with some fresh perspectives in this important business area. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #65 – WordPress turns 16, average salaries and how Slack came to be
3 juni 2019 · 20 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 27th May 2019
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130 – Personality types – finding the right client for you
30 mei 2019 · 50 min
Have you ever thought about the fact that your personality has a direct impact upon how successful you are? Your personality type might make you better at some tasks that others and if you're building WordPress websites for your clients, it might also affect the way that you interact with them too, and have a real impact upon their success and failure. Join us as we discuss this topic; we're not experts and are just scratching the surface, but it's really interesting what we uncover. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #64 – WordPress 5.2.1, plugin news and SERPs problem
27 mei 2019 · 24 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 20th May 2019
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129 – How Beaver Team can speed up your Beaver Builder WordPress website builds
23 mei 2019 · 44 min
If you're a Beaver Builder users then you'll know that there are some tasks that you have to perform over and over again when building a website for a client. It's perfectly okay, but Tom Carless thought that it would be better if there was a way to make repetitive tasks go away, so he built Beaver Team Pro. Want to update all those reds to green in one click, yes, want to make all specific button have an icon, yes! It's a great plugin that will save you (and your agency) heaps of time and money... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #63 – Gutenberg 5.7, Plugin updates and Windows Linux Kernel
20 mei 2019 · 26 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 13th May 2019
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128 – Getting content from clients
16 mei 2019 · 42 min
Do you struggle getting content from your clients when you're building them a WordPress website? Well, you're not alone. We all do. There are so many things that you need from them and so many ways that miscommunication can result. Even if your processes are battle hardened, chances are that they still tested from time to time. So how do you get images, copy and all the rest of it from your clients. Nathan and David discuss it, but don't expect any perfect solution from us... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #62 – WordPress 5.2, plugin news and dynamic emails
13 mei 2019 · 34 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 6th May 2019
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127 – The importance of keeping logs from your WordPress websites with Robert Abela
9 mei 2019 · 51 min
Have you ever had a problem with your WordPress website that you could not figure out. Something appears to have been deleted, something suspicious appears to be happening but your cannot really be sure. WP Security Audit Log is a WordPress plugin that creates logs for just about everything on your site. It will enable you to work out exactly what went wrong and hopefully give you a let up in getting the site back up and running in the least time possible. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #61 – WordPress 5.2 RC2, WordCamp US and colour pictures
6 mei 2019 · 22 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 29th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 RC2 The Month in WordPress: April 2019 WPCampus’ Gutenberg Accessibility Audit Finds “Significant and Pervasive Accessibility Problems” Community WordCamp US 2019 Tickets Now on Sale Security Unauthenticated Media Deletion Vulnerability Patched In WooCommerce Checkout Manager Plugin Users Urged to […] Lees meer
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126 – Is web design dead?
2 mei 2019 · 46 min
Web design is dead. There's no doubt about it. The tools that we have now are so easy to use, there's literally zero barrier to entry. Within a week, you can a great website up and running even if you've never used the internet before. Mmm... You're the expert, these tools are only easy to you because you've worked hard at getting to know them. Then there's marketing, funnels, hosting updates. You know what, perhaps we're safe after all. This stuff is actually quite hard you know! Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #60 – WordPress 5.2 pushed back, new icons and Thanos search
29 april 2019 · 19 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 22nd April 2019
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125 – Making your WordPress website multilingual with Amir Helzer from WPML
25 april 2019 · 56 min
In this day and age where websites are collections of content in a database, there is no reason at all that this content cannot be translated into other languages and presented to people who speak those languages. In fact, I'd be able to make a fair compelling argument that it's a really good idea to translate your website into a variety of languages if there's a market outside of your first language to do so. WPML allows you to do that quickly and easily... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #59 – WordPress 5.2 beta 3, community news and folding phones
22 april 2019 · 15 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 15th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 Gutenberg 5.5 Adds New Group Block for Nesting Child Blocks Community WordCamp Europe Publishes 2019 Speaker Lineup, Contributor Day Registration is Now Open WordCamp for Publishers is Coming to Columbus, OH, August 7-9, Call for Speakers Now […] Lees meer
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124 – How do we put our prices up?
18 april 2019 · 41 min
In this episode David and I talk about the subject of pricing and in particular the thorny subject of putting prices up. We get started with a chat about what systems we use to actually receive payments from clients, PayPal, Stripe and good old fashioned bank transfers. We then move on to discuss what we've done in the past to up our rates. It turns out that maybe we need your help with this as there are so many areas where we're not sure what to do... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #58 – WordPress 5.2 Beta 2, so much security and photos of black holes
15 april 2019 · 25 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 8th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 Beta 2 Gutenberg Team Publishes RFC Document on Widget-Block Interfaces Community WordSesh Returns May 22, 2019, Speaker Application Deadline is April 19 GoDaddy Acquires ThemeBeans, CoBlocks, Block Gallery, and Block Unit Tests Security SQL Injection in Advance Contact Form […] Lees meer
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123 – Creating WordPress courses with Joe Casabona
11 april 2019 · 55 min
Joe has been in the WordPress space for years and years. Working as a freelancer at the start, then as a member of a large agency. All of that is now behind him and he's got a whole heap of different things that he's doing. He's a podcaster, a creator of videos for himself and for third parties, but perhaps most importantly he's a creator of online courses in the WordPress space. If you want to find out why he's so successful then listen to this episode... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #57 – Gutenberg mandatory, evil plugins and stand up more
8 april 2019 · 19 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 1st April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 to Make Gutenberg Block Editor Use Mandatory for All WordPress Sites“Since its initial release in WordPress 5.0, WordPress fans have used the new Gutenberg block editor to publish billions of posts on millions of websites. Third-party developers have also […] Lees meer
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122 – Is our marketing all wrong?
4 april 2019 · 33 min
When you sell your WordPress websites to your clients, do you push the logical or the emotional? Do you talk about technical details or how easy and beautiful it will be? It's so easy to go down the route of the technical details, the SEO and caching that you'll put in place - this will all be good, but maybe your clients want to hear about cool it's going to look and how it's going to make people stop and marvel at the design. David has a problem and we try to solve it... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #56 – WordPress 5.2 Beta 1, Elementor motion effects and security updates
1 april 2019 · 20 min
This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 25th March 2019
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121 – Automate your social postings using Social Web Suite with Tina Todorovic
28 maart 2019 · 43 min
Do you post your content to multiple social platforms? If you do, I'm almost certain that this task is a little bit on the dull side. Is it isn't it? It takes time and is repetitive. Social Web Suite is a WordPress plugin that hooks into your social media accounts just waiting for your to publish something. As soon as you do, it gets to work making the social media posting nightmare evaporate - it does it all for you. Check it out. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #55 – Multiple plugins hacked, plugin updates and MySpace loses data
25 maart 2019 · 15 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 18th March 2019: WordPress Core WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minimum Required PHP Version to 5.6“WordPress has officially ended support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5 and bumped its minimum required PHP version to 5.6. The plan announced last December was to bump […] Lees meer
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120 – Have you got WordPress plugin fatigue?
21 maart 2019 · 37 min
If you're a WordPress user then you've used heaps of plugins in the past. They enable WordPress to do anything don't they? That's WordPress' greatest strength and it's largest curse! There are so many to choose from, and all that choice leads to plugin fatigue. You never quite know if the plugin that you're using is 'the best' and so you're constantly on the look out for a newer, shinier plugin. The problem is that this cycle does not have an end... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #54 – WordPress 5.1.1, plugin updates and Facebook goes down
18 maart 2019 · 17 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 11th March 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.1.1 Patches Critical Vulnerability“WordPress 5.1.1 was released yesterday evening with an important security update for a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability found in 5.1 and prior versions. The release post credited Simon Scannell of RIPS Technologies for discovering and reporting the […] Lees meer
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119 – Using Groundhogg to self host your email marketing with Adrian Tobey
14 maart 2019 · 57 min
Email marketing is usually the domain of expensive SaaS apps. Well, not any more. With the Groundhogg WordPress plugin you can automate all-the-things from inside your website! It's got lots of customisation options and works with a visual builder, just like the services that you're currently using. Adrian comes on to tell us about how it all got started and how the plugin works and what scenarios it might be useful for... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #53 – WordPress triage team, plugin updates and Google+ is no more
11 maart 2019 · 16 min
This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 4th March 2019: WordPress Core Introducing the WordPress Triage Team“As WordPress has grown, the volume of tickets in Trac has naturally increased. While the number of open tickets on its own should never be the sole metric of software health, a large number of open tickets […] Lees meer
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118 – We know nothing about website pricing
7 maart 2019 · 43 min
There are so many ways you can get paid for building WordPress websites, and if you've been in this industry for any length of time, then you've perhaps tried a few out? Do you charge on-off fees or use a model which judges the value that you add to the client's business? Perhaps you perfer to work on the basis that the website is an ongoing cost and the recurring revenue is really where you should be getting paid? We have no idea which is best, but it's fun chatting it all though... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #52 – Blocks management, image creation and free videos
4 maart 2019 · 20 min
WP Builds Newsletter #52 - Blocks management, image creation and free videos
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117 – Using WordPress to run your online course with Chris Badgett from Lifter LMS
28 februari 2019 · 54 min
It's all the rage isn't it? Set up an online course and teach the world about the things you know! You've seen the Facebook ads. You've sat down and thought about all the great content they you'll teach to your students, made some videos, created some handouts, even devised some tests that the students will have to complete to graduate. But then the daunting question arises... how do I actually get this online? Lifter LMS might be the answer... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #51 – WordPress 5.1 released, plugin updates and AI gets really scary
25 februari 2019 · 23 min
WP Builds Newsletter #51 - WordPress 5.1 released, plugin updates and AI gets really scary
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116 – How to secure your WordPress website with Oliver Sild from WebARX
21 februari 2019 · 1 uur
Do you glaze over when someone talks about internet security? Well, you're not alone - it's quite a difficult subject to understand. Thank heavens then that there's people like Oliver Sild who will understand it all for you. His company, WebARX has built a product which get all of your WordPress websites secured. They have one central dashboard which shows you all of the activity on your sites. Their firewall will drop suspicious traffic and keep you safe. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #50 – WordPress 5.1 RC, multiple vulnerabilities and AI gets scary
18 februari 2019 · 23 min
WP Builds Newsletter #50 - WordPress 5.1 RC, multiple vulnerabilities and AI gets scary
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115 – The client is always right, we just need anger management
14 februari 2019 · 46 min
Are you the type of person who always does what your clients ask of you, or do you get angry with them? It's hardly a binary answer is it, but it certainly feels like it is sometimes! We've all been there... you've worked really hard on their WordPress website and you think that you've done everything right, but then the client comes back to you with a difficult email and your serenity is blown out of the water! What should you do...? Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #49 – New Gutenberg blocks, Wordfence Central and DuckDuckGo rising
11 februari 2019 · 19 min
WP Builds Newsletter #49 - New Gutenberg blocks, Wordfence Central and DuckDuckGo rising
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114 – Introducing Split Hero for split testing with Adam Lacey
7 februari 2019 · 46 min
Adam has been on the podcast before, but on that occasion he was talking about his life as a freelancer, not as the owner of a SaaS app! He's founded a company called 'Split Hero' which is laser focussed upon one thing - split testing your WordPress website pages and gain meaningful data back about which one wins! Hang on a minute though... what is a 'split test'? Well, I'm glad you asked... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #48 – WordPress 5.1 Beta 3, Plugin updates and Google dominates
4 februari 2019 · 18 min
WP Builds Newsletter #48 - WordPress 5.1 Beta 3, Plugin updates and Google dominates
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113 – Should we give our clients telephone support?
31 januari 2019 · 54 min
Should we be available on the phone to deal with client issues for our WordPress website business? I have had this conversation so many times in the past with so many people! We all know that, in the right hands, a phone can be one of the best ways to engage with your clients. But, in the wrong hands, the phone can be a scary thing that wastes your time and causes you stress and anxiety. See what we think... Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #47 – WordPress 5.1, Gutenberg and Page Builder updates and new Google Search Console features
28 januari 2019 · 20 min
WP Builds Newsletter #47 - WordPress 5.1, Gutenberg and Page Builder updates and new Google Search Console features
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112 – How to do SEO right with Phil Singleton
24 januari 2019 · 54 min
Phil Singleton is one of those guys who seems to do 15 things all at once, and doing them really well. His background, like many of us is not web design and development. He started in finance and insurance and hated it. Now he's an SEO specialist with a projects under his belt. We chat about the fact that SEO has changed over the years and what strategies you can employ with your WordPress website clients to ensure that their sites rank well, as well as being able to pitch SEO as one of your services. Lees meer
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WP Builds Newsletter #46 – Automattic announces Newspack, WordPress 5.1 feature and Gutenberg layouts
21 januari 2019 · 17 min
WP Builds Newsletter #46 - Automattic announces Newspack, WordPress 5.1 feature and Gutenberg layouts
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111 – Should we use the magic email?
17 januari 2019 · 37 min
In this discussion episode with David and I, we discuss an idea called "The Magic Email". It's a really simple email that you can send to get something... anything back from a client who has gone AWOL. Simply, the email is designed to be deployed with the minimum of effort from you, but in return you'll get clarity if the email is replied to as well as if the email is not replied to! It's 17 words long and brings up some interesting points... Lees meer