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55 – A great way to think about writing copy with Regina Tuzzolino – Part 1
7 december 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
So web copy is hard to do. Some of you might be experts, but most of us are not! We struggle to find a way to make copy that is engaging and innovative; something that people will want to read. Regina has a wonderful take on how to create successful copy through her step-by-step process. It's called the 'Hero's Journey', a 12 step method of breaking down ideas into something meaningful which will resonate well with people. Lees meer
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54 – Why choose WP Engine with Edmund Turbin
30 november 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
In the episode we talk to Edmund Turbin about WP Engine and why you might consider it if you're in the game for a hosting provider. I'm sure that you've heard of WP Engine before, but if you haven't, they're a WordPress specific host who do WordPress and nothing else. They have been experiencing amazing growth since they were founded, and it says a lot about the WordPress ecosystem that services such as this can thrive. Lees meer
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53 – How to get paid more with Brent Weaver – Part 2
23 november 2017 · 44 min
Discussion - David and Nathan discuss whether or not it's a good idea to automatically update your plugins.
Interview - How to get paid more with Brent Weaver - Part 2. Last week we were introduced to Brent Weaver from uGurus. We learned about his business and how he aims to assist businesses achieve higher fees and become more profitable. This week is a little different, because we're delving more into Brent (the man) and not Brent (the business man)! Does that make sense? Lees meer -
52 – How to get paid more with Brent Weaver – Part 1
16 november 2017 · 1 uur 7 min
In this episode of the podcast we talk to Brent Weaver from uGurus. He's an exceptionally thoughtful mentor for people who would like to see an upturn in their web design business. uGurus has been going for many years and has helped loads of agencies both big and small to increase their fees. I guess that there is no magic sauce for this kind of thing, but what you'll be gaining is the combined experience of people who have struggled through this problem before. Lees meer
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51 – What’s your design process?
9 november 2017 · 57 min
In this episode we talk a lot at the beginning about the fact that we're going to be making some changes to the podcast over the coming weeks. We also talk about what processes we follow when we work. In the light of all the tools that we have available to us these days, what we do / use to get a site from proposal to completion. Now, we're not saying that you should follow what we do, as we know that it's likely hopeless, but we're telling you anyway so that you can tear us down and make us feel inadequate! Lees meer
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50 – Getting more sales with Chris Mason from WooCurve
2 november 2017 · 55 min
This week we chat to Chris Mason, the founder of a few plugins which extend WooCommerce. Making sales on the internet can be hard, and it’s made more difficult if the checkout process is not optimised as much as possible. If you run a WooCommerce store then you’ll know that the checkout process, whilst perfectly okay, doesn't really allow you to upsell items. Well, WooCurve aims to make that a reality. Lees meer
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49 – WordPress and where it’s headed with Matt Medeiros
26 oktober 2017 · 52 min
So you’ve heard of Matt Medeiros before, you know that you have. He’s the guy that does The Matt Report, a podcast that delivers great content to business owners who are using WordPress. He’s all over the internet all the time, writing great articles and making useful videos teaching people how to use WordPress. He’s full of energy in a way that most of us could only dream of! Great episode from start to finish! Lees meer
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48 – Ladies and gentlemen, Lee Jackson
19 oktober 2017 · 53 min
In this episode of the WP Builds we talk to the one and only Lee Jackson. If you’ve not heard of Lee before, then, frankly, it’s high time that you did! In fact, if you’ve not heard of Lee, I wonder if you should get your eyes or ears tested, because he’s making so much content it’s like he’s actually part of the internet itself! He makes a great podcast, runs a successful agency, makes lots of video content. I wonder if he sleeps? Lees meer
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47 – Taking online payments, simply, with Phil Derksen from WP Simple Pay
12 oktober 2017 · 56 min
If you’ve been using the internet lately (ha!), you’ll know that people use it to buy and sell things! Wow, amazing! Turns out that taking payments online is a seriously difficult thing to do, difficult that is to write the secure code that will ensure that transactions processed properly. Phil has built a WordPress plugin that allows you to really easily get up and running with Stripe payments. Lees meer
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46 – Being awesome with WordPress without coding with Kim Doyal
5 oktober 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
Today we have Kim Doyal, aka The WordPress Chick, on the podcast. I don’t think that it’s entirely possible that you’ve not heard of her before if you’ve been in the WordPress space for any length of time! She a powerhouse of energy and enthusiasm and has been pushing put content at a breathtaking rate day after day, year after year. Does she ever sleep, no! Is she great, YES! Lees meer
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45 – Running multiple successful WordPress businesses with Gin McInneny from WP Elevation
28 september 2017 · 1 uur
Today we talk Gin McInneny, an Aussie who is well worth listening to. I’m sure that you’ll have heard of some of the projects that she’s working on. Gin is a central person in the running of WP Elevation, a community of WordPress professionals; making sure that their WordPress businesses are super effective. Lees meer
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44 – How and why to Podcast by Craig Hewitt from Seriously Simple Podcasting
21 september 2017 · 57 min
Today we’ve got Craig Hewitt on from Seriously Simple Podcasting. Now this is something that I can really relate to, and if you have (or have ambitions to have) a podcast, then this is going to be worth listening to. Seriously Simple Podcasting makes podcasting, erm… seriously simple! It’s not a joke it really does. Lovely show! Lees meer
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43 – Running a large Facebook group with Dave Toomey
14 september 2017 · 1 uur 9 min
This week we get to meet the man behind the Beaver Builder Facebook group - Dave Toomey. Many of you will know that there is a 8,000 strong group out there, but perhaps you didn’t know that it was not started by the folk over at Beaver Builder, but by a lone Irish fella called Dave Toomey. Turns out that running a large Facebook group involves quite a bit of work. Lees meer
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42 – Build it out of love. The morality of GPL licenses.
7 september 2017 · 48 min
In this episode Nathan and David talk about GPL (General Public License). This is the license that allowed the work that was done webblog tool B2 to be used to make WordPress. It’s the licence that allowed WooCommerce to use the entire code of Jigoshop. What does this mean for those of us who built websites professionally with WordPress? How do premium theme and plugin providers survive? Lees meer
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41 – Andre Gagnon from Project Huddle
31 augustus 2017 · 52 min
In this episode we talk to Andre Gagnon from Project Huddle. Andre has been wrestling with the issue that we all face of trying to gain meaningful comments about static designs and website builds. Often, it’s tricky trying to communicate with clients, but he hopes to solve some of that! It’s worth listening to the very end as he’s a really lovely guy with some great advice! Lees meer
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40 – Puneet Sahalot from the Power Pack addon for Beaver Builder
24 augustus 2017 · 51 min
In today's episode we talk to Puneet Sahalot. He is probably best known as the man behind Power Pack, a Beaver Builder addon pack over at wpbeaveraddons.com. We talk a little bit about what coming up next for PowerPack, but we also talk about two new products, Woo Pack and WP Fomo. Lees meer
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39 – Adam Hempenstall from Better Proposals
17 augustus 2017 · 53 min
In this episode we interview Adam Hempenstall from BetterProposals.io, a company on a mission to make the dull job of writing proposal for your client work as painless as possible. We’ve all been there, you’ve had the client meeting, then you get back to the office to discover that you’ve lost your mojo, because you have to write that proposal and the blank page just kills your will to live! This can help! Lees meer
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38 – How not to talk to WordPress clients
10 augustus 2017 · 49 min
In this weeks episode we discuss the thorny issue of how we communicate with clients; how we communicate our value to clients in the face of stiff competition from the likes of Squarespace and Wix. We talk about the way that we talk to clients and what we do to ensure that they 'get' what it is that we're trying to sell them. Lees meer
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37 – Evaluating WordPress software for website building businesses
3 augustus 2017 · 48 min
We’re always in groups talking about WordPress software, but rarely do we talk about how we evaluate it. That’s what this episode is about. Do we: Lees meer
Test software for ourselves?
Trust the views of leading influencers?
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36 – Marketing Funnels and WordPress with Mike Killen
27 juli 2017 · 53 min
Whatever I do on the internet these days, I seem to be being followed about by Mike Killen, the guest for this week. I see his face everywhere, posting here, in a sponsored post there, I cannot get away from him. The reason for this is that a) he’s really got an understanding how how to be on my radar with his products and services b) he’s just so damn handsome, so I cannot miss him when he does appear. Lees meer
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35 – Styling your CSS in WordPress with Sebastian Webb from Microthemer
20 juli 2017 · 1 uur
If you’re anything like me you don’t really like styling sites. Well, enter Sebastian web from Microthemer who has a pretty nice way of speeding things up for us all. We’ve all grown accustomed to page builders so why not have a WordPress interface to speed up the process of writing CSS? Microthemer does that! Lees meer
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34 – Why Pods and Beaver Themer are jolly good together, with Bernhard Gronau
13 juli 2017 · 1 uur 7 min
Today we are talking about Pods and Beaver Themer with Bernhard Gronau. Where to start? Pod is a free open source plugin available on the WP repository that allows us to easily create Custom Post Types (CPTs) and Custom Fields in WordPress.
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33 – Getting content from your client with James Rose
6 juli 2017 · 51 min
In this episode of the WP Builds podcast we have a slightly different take from the usual WP related content, because this week, we’re talking to James Rose form Content Snare, which has no connection to WordPress at all! However, fear not, all is not lost because this has a great deal to do with your web design and development business. Lees meer
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32 – Tom Usborne from GeneratePress
29 juni 2017 · 54 min
This is an episode that I really wanted to do. Generate Press is a WordPress theme that I’ve been using for quite a while now, and it’s my theme of choice. The options that it presents are powerful and yet the theme itself if very lightweight. Hooks galore, tasteful defaults, in short a great WordPress theme. Lees meer
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31 – What the heck are WooCommerce doing?
22 juni 2017 · 47 min
Today we had a carefully considered and mature debate about the removal of the 50% yearly discount on Woocommerce extensions. We also recorded today's podcast which ... erm... is not entirely like that. LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. That’s not because we use rude words… Nah, it's simply that no-one can resist a warning and we don't have an interesting guest for you this week. Lees meer
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30 – Jack McConnell from Made with Fuel
15 juni 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
Today we have the hugely talented, young and successful Jack McConnell from Made with Fuel on the show. Lees meer
Made with Fuel is one-man WordPress web design and development agency based in Bath in the UK that focus on Websites, Online Stores and Membership Sites.
He also makes plugins like Better Notifications for WordPress among others. In this episode he shares his experience of that.
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29 – Being an online marketing consultant with Jim Galiano
8 juni 2017 · 57 min
How do we introduce Jim Galiano? Galiano (you need to say that like you’re Robert De Niro), New Yorker accent, grandfather in the boxing business, connections with entertainers. We know what you’re thinking… mafia support... Jim is an online consultant and author who started years ago and has loads to share. Lees meer
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28 – How to stay relevant in WordPress with Eric Hamm
1 juni 2017 · 1 uur 8 min
This theme then transitioned into the very popular Dynamik Website Builder (a customizable Child theme for the Genesis Framework) and Genesis Extender (a tool to help customize other Genesis Child theme). "Yeah dude now we're talking... Frameworks are cosmic!". Years of blissful happiness ensued. Lees meer
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27 – The WP community with Paul Lacey
25 mei 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
Today we rejoice! We have that nice Paul Lacey with us! We are in the WordPress Community! Let's hold hands and sing and dance around the podcasty campfire... Ah, no, no wait, that's too disturbing! In truth, this episode is about Paul's 10 plus year journey working with WordPress. Lees meer
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26 – Turning your web design business around with Chantal Edouard-Betsy
18 mei 2017 · 57 min
Chantal, from 1daywebs, turned her website design business away from the tedium long drawn out projects to the heart fluttering thrills of one day web builds. She’s never looked back. D'ya fancy some of that too?
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25 – Beaver Themer with Justin Busa and Robby McCullough
11 mei 2017 · 1 uur 9 min
Today we welcome back Robby and Justin from Beaver Builder. The last time they joined us was for our Christmas special. This time it just feels like Christmas. If you didn’t know already the Beaver Builder team have just released their Beaver Themer extension. Lees meer
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24 – We have a plugin idea, how do we get customers?
4 mei 2017 · 43 min
This week we talk to not one, but two lovely developers (Nathan Tyler and Natalie MacLees) from California who have a really interesting take on launching their plugin. Their new plugin, Simply Schedule Appointments is launching BEFORE it’s ready!
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23 – The price of using WordPress
27 april 2017 · 54 min
Today we talked about the price of using WordPress. No, it's not a long sob story about how the wife and kid left us! Those trailer park days are behind us now!
The topic came out of a Facebook discussion around a plugin release. It got us thinking about our expectations as "professional" builders of websites. Lees meer -
22 – Amir Helzer, CEO of Toolset and WPML
20 april 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
In this episode (drum roll please) we had the great honor of talking to Amir Helzer. Amir is the CEO of OnTheGoSystems known for WP-Types' Toolset, the WPML multilanguage plugin and also ICanLocalize.
Yes, indeed, how did we manage that? More to the point, how did he manage that? Lees meer -
21 – Can we compete with Wix Weebly SquareSpace and Shopify?
13 april 2017 · 46 min
We hate to say it, but DIY website building solutions are getting more attractive all the time. They offer an empowering solution to the "I want a website" problem. Are we facing extinction?
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20 – What do clients need to know about web software licenses?
6 april 2017 · 46 min
My oh my! Software licenses. What a knotty subject that it. It seems we both came to WordPress seeing software primarily as the tools we use to build websites. I mean who asks a plumber what spanner he (sometimes she) uses to fix a boiler? Okay, maybe Nathan might, but that’s not the point! Lees meer
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19 – What do you need to know to offer a full web design service
30 maart 2017 · 50 min
Today we ask ourselves what skills do we need to offer a full web design service. That sounded like a great topic. It turns out it's a bit slippery this one.Is a webdesigner like a graphic designer for the web or someone who designs business solutions that are realised on the web? Lees meer
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18 – What’s so great about WordCamp?
23 maart 2017 · 1 uur 40 min
In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence today is "World day of making a podcast about WordCamps". Lees meer
Even more freakily (is that really a word?) we have both just recently attended our first WordCamps. I know, you're right - it’s almost unbelievable!
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17 – What should we expect from WP support?
16 maart 2017 · 52 min
No guests this week. Just Nathan and David. Two guys in their middle youth chatting about stuff we love.
Ok, there maybe little bit of venting, but actually this is quite a nice topic.
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16 – Alternative revenue streams for freelancers with Davinder Singh Kainth
9 maart 2017 · 43 min
Today we talk about multiple income streams with Davinder Singh Kainth. Many will know Davinder from his ProBeaver site, weekly newsletter and tireless support in the Beaver Builder Facebook Group.
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15 – How to stop clients ruining your work with Adam Lacey
2 maart 2017 · 45 min
In this episode we are joined by Adam Lacey from penguinmedia.co.uk. We chat about coping when enthusiastic clients want to exercise their creativity. We ask how much we restrict their role both during and after the website build?
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14 – The development of Page Builders with Doug Belchamber
23 februari 2017 · 54 min
Today we are joined by Doug Belchamber for a chat about the development of page builders. Naturally, we’re huge Beaver Builder fans so this episode is very much inspired by the Alpha release of "Beaver Themer".
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13 – Hani Mourra from Simple Podcast Press plugin
16 februari 2017 · 53 min
In this, episode 13 of the WP Builds podcast, we take a slightly different direction! We have Hani Mourra on, telling us about his experiences building a WordPress plugin in the podcasting space.
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12 – Top five tools that we cannot live without
9 februari 2017 · 46 min
This week David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley discuss the 5 tools that they could not live without.
This is not supposed to be some sensationalist list that makes you want to go out and buy things! Rather, it’s just the tools that we’ve settled upon after trying out quite a few over the years. Lees meer -
11 – The feast and famine cycle of a web developer
2 februari 2017 · 47 min
In this episode of the WP Builds podcast Nathan Wrigley and David Waumsley talk about the feast / famine cycle of being a freelancer.
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10 – Work / Life balance
26 januari 2017 · 37 min
In this episode of the WP Builds podcast, David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley discuss the subject of work / life balance.
What time of the day do you start work, and what time do you stop? Perhaps you work around your family commitments, or do the family have to work around you? Lees meer -
9 – Promoting a web design business
19 januari 2017 · 49 min
In this, episode 9 of the WPBuilds podcast, David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley discuss the topic of promoting a web design business. Being the non-experts that they both are, they do some of the things that they talk about. Most of the ideas are things that they’ve heard about, but don’t do! Lees meer
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8 – Shiny new toys
12 januari 2017 · 44 min
David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley explore the notion of "shiny new things". This is when you buy things that, perhaps, you don't need, just because it is new and you don't have it!
We find out that Nathan is a complete sucker for buying things that he does not need, will not use, and perhaps does not even want. Lees meer -
7 – Web site care plans
5 januari 2017 · 47 min
In this, the 7th episode of the WP Builds podcast, David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley discuss web site care plans. We discuss what we both do to create recurring / passive revenue for our web design businesses, what works and what does not.
There's so much to this topic, support requests, backups, security... Lees meer -
6 – The founding fathers of Beaver Builder
22 december 2016 · 1 min
Well this is a good episode, we think.
This week, we've got two of the founders of the Beaver Builder plugin for WordPress, Justin Busa and Robby MuCullough on the the show.