Joomla Beat Podcast | Web design, development, online marketing, social media & website management

Nicky joins me this episode to give us a recap of the Joomla World Conference in Rome, Italy.

Full show notes at http://pbwebdev.com/ep107This week I take a look at some Joomla industry news.- Joomla World Conference around the corner- Joomla Extension Directory potential new redesign- Donate to Joomla via PayPalAlso looking at my top 8 new Joomla Extensions for November 2017.- Articles Field- Easy Facebook Save Button- Have I been pwned - password checker- Login with TREZOR- Bitcoin Payment for Virtuemart- Quick Index- Testimonial Showcase- DD Disable jQuery

Long time no hear!We're back with news from the Joomla industry, including updates with the Joomla CMS, CMS Critic award and Joomla World Conference 2017.Also looking at what has been happening with us and PB Web Development and what will be happening with the Joomla Beat Podcast.Show notes at https://pbwebdev.com/podcast/ep106

This is just a quick update episode about whats happening with the Joomla Beat Podcast and PB Web Development. Where have we been?I also have a few extensions that I had to share as I think they're quite different and very interesting and could become must have essential extensions for Joomla.

Martina and I talk about personas this episode.They are the foundation of almost every web project that we build, whether it's a simple brochure style website to a complex application, personas are the defining building block to all user experience design and development that you may do for a project.

Matt Hayden from Conversion Kings joins be on the podcast to talk about on page optimisation with conversion rate optimisation.Matt runs an agency based in Brisbane, Australia that specialises in just that.Matt shares how he has grown his agency over the years concentrating purely on CRO. Matt shares a few secrets in regards to what CRO is and a few techniques that can help your website grow.Matt uses a tool called Optimizely, something that his agency is a 3 star partner of and the only one in Australia to hold that title.Read the full show notes at http://joomlabe.at/ep103

Eden Brownlee is an online marketing expert with clients ranging from small businesses to large corporates. He helps them create lead lists and the sales funnels behind these lists to create optimal profiles.Eden also has create a Joomla extension called Marketing Rocket that will help you create your very own sales funnels and drive traffic for conversions for your website or for your clients.

Ryan Ozimek joins me on the podcast to talk about inbound marketing in his company for the nonprofit sector. Ryan helps break down some of the concepts of inbound marketing and explains how he does it for his clients.

This is a super long 3 hour episode celebrating the Joomla Beat Podcast's 100th episodes.If this is your first time listening, I'd recommend taking a break every 30 minutes and coming back another time. The Podcasts usually are only 30mins-60mins long.In this podcast I interview:Brian TeemanHenry NguyenIsidro Baquero Jessica DunbarJon NeubauerKenneth CrowderParth LawateRyan OzimekShaila ManTessa MeroTj BakerAs well as a whole bunch of messages from the community saying congratulations.Thank you all, we made it to 100.

Steve Burge, the create and owner of OSTraining shares his secrets in creating the largest provider of open source content management system training in the world.Steve shares how he started the business, how he controls and manages his website, his secret in what runs his membership site and lastly, some insights into how he optimises memberships to build a valuable membership and keeps his members on.

John Pitchers from JoomStore joins me on the podcast to talk about how he grew is Joomla website services business.Starting as a solo business person, John over time grow his customer base, increase productivity and grew his business like never before. Listen in to find out how he did it.

Magda Cortez from News Corp presents at the Product Mavens Meetup for product managers at the News Corp building in Sydney, Australia about mapping the customer journey through some of their publications.Magda Cortez is strategic design thinker who has spent the last 10 years in media crafting cross-platform digital experiences. Passionate about entertainment, social media, popular culture and the fusion of old and new media, her experience spans product management, innovation, marketing, content creation and design. In this session she shares the some insights into how she and her team map our user journeys throughout the one of their websites.

Learn how you can optimise the speed and load times of your website in order to reduce bandwidth, increase your search engine rankings and improve website usability just by installing a few extensions on your website.Peter covers a few fantastic extensions that will allow you to optimise your website for speed and turn it from a 1980's Toyota Corolla into a high performing Lotus Elise, or Porche 911 or Tesla (for the more eco minded).Peter also covers some news and happenings in the Joomla industry from the change over of the Joomla Transition Team, Joomla Events around the world including the upcoming Joomla Day Australia being held in Brisbane and the formation of the new Joomla UX team looking at Joomla 4 and beyond.Show notes at: http://joomlabe.at/ep96

It's Joomla's 10th Birthday and to celebrate we're having a look at the top 10 things we love about Joomla!

This episode Martina and I curate the new list in the Joomla! extension directory and give you our choice of favourite top 10 extensions for this month.Full list and notes at http://joomlabe.at/ep94