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Turn Talks Into Your Most Effective Marketing Tool written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Overview Most small business owners are sitting on one of the most powerful marketing channels available and never use it. In this episode, John Jantsch welcomes back Jess Ekstrom, founder of Mic Drop Workshop, to make the case that speaking from a stage is not a vanity play. It is a […]
Read more → 5 May 2026WordCamp US 2026 will take place August 16–19 in Phoenix, Arizona, and applications are now open for sponsors, speakers, and volunteers. WordCamp US is the flagship gathering for the WordPress community in North America, where contributors, builders, and users come together to share ideas and help shape what comes next for the open web. Full […]
Read more → 2 May 2026Marketing Strategy for Businesses That Have Outgrown More Tactics written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Marketing Strategy for Small Business: Why Clarity Beats More Tactics Every Time Most small businesses aren’t short on marketing activity. They’re short on the clarity that would let them do less of it. After working with hundreds of small businesses on their marketing strategy over 30 years, I’ve seen the same pattern: scattered tactics, inconsistent […]
Read more → 1 May 2026Write Press Releases That Generate Real Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Overview Most small businesses have written off the press release as a relic. They should not have. In this episode, John Jantsch sits down with Mickie Kennedy, founder of eReleases, to make the case that earned media is more valuable now than it has been in decades — and that AI […]
Read more → 30 Apr 2026WordPress Student Clubs are beginning to take shape as a new way to carry the momentum of WordPress Campus Connect beyond one-time workshops. What starts as an introduction to WordPress and open source is now continuing on campus through student-led groups that create space for learning, peer support, and early community participation. That shift matters […]
Read more → 29 Apr 2026Build a Business AI Can’t Replace written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Overview Most conversations about AI focus on tools, workflows, and competitive advantage. This episode goes deeper. John Jantsch sits down with Derek Rydall, bestselling author of A Whole New Human, to explore a question that rarely gets asked: what happens to the human being while the tools are getting smarter? Rydall […]
Read more → 12 Apr 2026WordCamp Asia 2026 brought the global WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9–11, gathering contributors, organizers, sponsors, speakers, and attendees at the Jio World Convention Centre for three days of learning, collaboration, and community. With 2,281 attendees, the event reflected the scale of the WordPress community and the strong turnout throughout the event. The […]
Read more → 27 Mar 2026The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]
Read more → 12 Mar 2026WordPress 6.9.4 is now available! WordPress 6.9.2 and WordPress 6.9.3 were released yesterday, addressing 10 security issues and a bug that affected template file loading on a limited number of sites. The WordPress Security Team has discovered that not all of the security fixes were fully applied, therefore 6.9.4 has been released containing the necessary […]
Read more → 31 Jan 2026Faster Way For AI Agents To Test AI code agents are getting better at writing WordPress plugins and themes, but testing can still be the slow part. WordPress contributor Brandon Payton has published wp-playground, a new AI agent skill designed to run WordPress via the Playground CLI, giving agents a fast, repeatable way to run […]
Read more → 16 Jan 2026WordPress Playground had a busy year in 2025, with updates that make it more capable for day-to-day development, plugin previews, and learning environments. The project’s latest year-in-review highlights progress across performance, compatibility, database support, and tooling, expanding what can be done in a WordPress environment that runs in the browser and through the command line. […]
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