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LMScast
by Chris Badgett
LMScast is a podcast for innovators like you in the WordPress LMS e-learning community. LMScast is produced by Chris Badgett, part of the team behind the #1 WordPress LMS plugin called LifterLMS. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through a learning management system built on WordPress. LMScast is for you the entrepreneur, the teacher, the expert, or the online marketer.
Episodes
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572: How To Vibe Code Products For Non Developers
Alex Standiford from Siren Affiliates, explains how AI-powered vibe coding can be used by non-developers, entrepreneurs, and course designers to create their own internal business tools, apps, and solutions without the requirement for traditional programming knowledge. Drawing on his more than…
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571: Teaching Hard Sciences And More With LifterLMS To Homeschoolers With Dr. Scott
Dr. Scott describes how he used LifterLMS to transform his expertise as a college chemistry professor into a profitable online learning company called Learn with Dr. Scott. He describes how, in order to have control over his website, courses, fees, and the entire student experience, he began with...
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570: Create AI Voice Agents, AI Tutors, And More With DocsBot
Josh Dailey and Aaron Edwards talk about how DocsBot has developed into a potent AI platform for agencies, companies, support teams, and course developers. According to Aaron, companies may develop AI assistants who can offer assistance via websites, Slack, WhatsApp, Help Scout, and other…
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569: How JJ Built a Notary Test Prep and Certification Business in California Called EZ Notary Class
JJ describes how he turned his years of in-person notary teaching into an online learning platform by leveraging WordPress and LifterLMS to create EZ Notary Class, a California-based online notary training and certification company. JJ started EZ Notary Class in 2020 during COVID after working…
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568: Compliance LMS For UK Trucking Case Study Using LifterLMS With Richard Dunbavand From MDR Training
He describes how MDR Training first offered in-person training for the heavily regulated transport sector in the UK, where drivers, transport managers, and company owners must meet certain requirements in order to be compliant. When classroom instruction ceased during COVID-19, it was the most...
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567: AI Masterclass With Brian Casel From Builder Methods
According to Brian Casel, AI is changing how company owners develop software, produce content, and manage their companies. He talks about how incorporating AI into everything from software development and strategic planning to writing, design, and content production helped him become more "AI...
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566: Josh Hall's Web Designer Pro Helps Web Designers Build, Grow & Scale Lifestyle Business
Josh Hall describes how he developed Web Designer Pro into a platform for business education that aids web designers in starting, expanding, and scaling their companies. He describes how he provides courses, community, coaching, and a high-level mastermind to members at three distinct stages...
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565: Outgrowing Your Web Host Is A Sign Your Business Is Working
Chris Badgett discusses his own experience running WordPress for almost 20 years and how LifterLMS's hosting requirements changed as the business expanded. He starts out by talking about his early experiences learning WordPress and creating websites for customers using Bluehost and GoDaddy. He…
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564: Why Students Pay You When AI Is Free
According to Chris Badgett, artificial intelligence is changing online education, but this does not negate the value of coaches, course designers, and education companies. Since students can now readily obtain material using ChatGPT, Claude, Google, YouTube, and other AI technologies, the value…
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563: How to Make More From the Audience You Already Have With Craig Shoemaker
In this episode of LMScast, Chris Badgett and Craig Shoemaker discuss how course designers and education entrepreneurs can boost revenue without continually pursuing new clients. The conversation is on developing more compelling offerings, enhancing the customer experience, forging deep...
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562: The Agency Sales Process Behind 5-6 Figure eLearning Website Clients
According to Chris Badgett, effective LMS and eLearning companies gain valuable clients by serving as strategic business partners rather than just creating websites. Agencies should charge for a systematic discovery process that produces a clear blueprint before any work starts, rather than…
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561: Escape The Downward Spiral With Community And More With Steve Woody From WP Fusion
Chris Badgett and Steve Woody from WP Fusion have an uplifting discussion about entrepreneurship, the strength of the WordPress community, artificial intelligence, personal growth, and creating a meaningful online company in this episode of LMScast. Steve talks about his amazing path from web...
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560: How To Vibe Code A WordPress Website With Claude And WPVibe By John Turner
Chris Badgett discusses how AI is transforming the development, administration, and use of WordPress websites. He discusses leveraging AI technologies like Claude and ChatGPT to communicate directly with WordPress rather than manually navigating dashboards and menus with John Turner, the author…
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559: 6 Ways To Optimize Your Course And Membership Checkout
Chris Badgett discusses six useful and very successful methods for improving the online course and membership website checkout process in this LMScast episode. According to him, checkout optimization is one of the most effective ways to boost income without boosting marketing expenditures because...
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558: Communication Tips For Remote Companies
Effective communication, according to Chris, is the cornerstone of a successful remote business and ought to be regarded as one of the most crucial principles of business. He demonstrates that effective communication enhances cooperation, leadership, customer connections, and overall business...
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557: Why Every Serious YouTuber Should Build an Online Course
In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett discusses why any serious YouTuber should create an online course rather than depend solely on YouTube revenue. He contends that the toughest part is over for creators who have already developed an audience; the next stage is to transform that following into…
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556: The LifterLMS Limited-Time Lifetime Sale: Is It Worth It?
Chris Badgett talks about the limited-time LifterLMS Infinity Bundle Lifetime License in this LMScast episode and explains why professional course designers, education entrepreneurs, agencies, and training companies would find it to be a worthwhile purchase. The LifterLMS Lifetime Deal is…
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555: How To Do Advanced Assessments From Your WordPress LMS With PressPrimer By Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore, the founder of PressPrimer and a previous leader at Uncanny Owl, discusses evaluation, one of the most important but often disregarded facets of online learning, in this LMScast episode. Ryan contends that whether or whether students really learn, remember, and apply the material…
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554: What Is Really Going On_ Chris And Emily Debate Current Reality
Chris Badgett and Emily Middleton from WPCourseGuide examine the quickly changing effects of artificial intelligence on online learning, course design, WordPress, entrepreneurship, and the nature of employment in this episode of LMScast. They talk about how AI is enabling creators to develop...
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553: Your Course Site Is Half-Built Without WP Fusion
Chris Badgett argues in this LMScast episode why LMS and CRM should be handled as a single, integrated system rather than as distinct tools by any professional online learning company. He highlights that whereas CRM technologies handle marketing, automation, and customer connections, platforms…
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552: The Business of WordPress LMS Hosting with WP Tonic Founder Jonathan Denwood
In this LMScast episode, Jonathan Denwood talks about how WP-Tonic makes it easier for instructors, coaches, owners of membership sites, and educational institutions to create robust WordPress-based learning management systems without having to deal with complex technical settings. He clarifies...
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551: How To Increase Course Sales and Learner Results With Smart Popups
In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett discusses how clever popups may be effective tools for increasing course sales. Also, learner success on an LMS website. Chris illustrates why popups should assist, support, and customize the student experience rather than just interrupting users for…
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550: How to Use an Affiliate Program to Create a Content Marketing Engine (1)
According to Alex Standiford from Siren Affiliate, affiliate programs should be much more than just discount systems or referral links in the modern era. According to him, companies particularly those that provide courses and software should consider themselves to be media and education…
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549: The Claude Playbook Smart Course Creators Are Already Running
In this episode, Chris Badgett provides a thorough guide on how contemporary course designers are use Claude to greatly expedite and enhance the process of creating and marketing online courses.He says he switched to Claude because it is better at handling long-form content, retains more context,...
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Why Most Membership Sites Fail
Most membership sites collapse under their own complexity. In this solo LMScast episode, Chris Badgett breaks down the three-part alignment model that keeps the winners standing: business model, pricing, and offer stack. You will learn four core subscription models, three alternative ones, and…
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12 Years of Building LifterLMS , 7 Things I Got Wrong
In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett takes a deep and honest look back at more than 12 years of creating LifterLMS, detailing seven big blunders that molded both the product and his evolution as an entrepreneur. He starts out by discussing content and SEO, stating that one of his first regrets...
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546: From Course Creator to Media Company The Only Way to Win Now
In this episode of LMScast, Chris Badgett offers an important perspective change for anybody making online courses: you should conceive of yourself as a media firm rather than merely a course designer. He says that since systems like ChatGPT and Claude can rapidly give answers and learning...
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545: 10 Ways AI Will Change Online Courses in the Next 5 Years
In this episode, Chris Badgett explains how AI will significantly reshape online courses by making creation faster, cheaper, and more accessible, while also increasing competition and lowering average quality due to an influx of generic AI-generated content. He emphasizes that although those who...
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544: AI Empowered Course SCORM Content Creation With Joe Gorup From CourseAvenue
In this episode, Joe Gorup goes into great detail about how his platform CourseAvenue uses a highly developed AI system called Course Advisor to transform complicated, dense source materials (like technical documents, PDFs, or government regulations) into fully structured, instructionally sound...
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543: Transform Your Teaching With Lee-Anne Ragan
In this episode of LMScast, learning and development specialist Lee-Anne Ragan, who has over 40 years of experience working with international organizations, such as the United Nations, shares useful tips for designing more successful and captivating learning opportunities. According to her, many...
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542: How to Decide Which eLearning Content Should Be Free vs Paid
Chris Badgett discusses how course designers may choose which e-learning materials should be paid for and which should be free in this episode. He emphasizes that while many producers are afraid to share too much information for free, free material is actually crucial for gaining a following,...
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541: Company Culture by Design Using LifterLMS
Chris Badgett and Alex Panagis delve deeply into the meaning of corporate culture and how it influences every aspect of a business in this episode of LMScast. They clarify that a company's culture is its actual conduct rather than merely a collection of words on a "About" page. The founder's...
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540: The Secret World Of Continuing Education Entrepreneurship
Kurt Von Ahnen discusses in this LMScast episode that continuing education (CE), which is one of the most reliable and scalable options in online learning, is basically corporate training provided in accordance with certification or licensing criteria. He draws attention to the fact that...
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539: How To Validate An Online Course To Maximize Your Success
Kurt Von Ahnen from MANANA NO MAS, demonstrates in this LMScast episode that even if you are certain of your knowledge, you must validate an online course. Since he thought his ideas would succeed, he acknowledges that as an entrepreneur, he used to detest validation. However, experience has…
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538: How to Deal with the Failed Online Course Business
538: How to Deal with the Failed Online Course Business by Chris Badgett
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537: How To Launch Your First Course As Quickly As Possible
In this LMScast episode, Kurt Von Ahnen discusses the challenges of rapidly establishing an online course and the typical errors that hinder developers. He clarifies that the most significant obstacles are frequently psychological rather than technical, including the expert's curse, impostor...
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536: Look Inside The World Of Corporate Training Powered By WordPress And LifterLMS
In this LMScast episode, Kurt elaborates on the notion that corporate training is a continuous process that changes with the company rather than a one-time event. He argues that many businesses put off documenting their procedures because they think things will change all the time. However, when...
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535: Making LMS Website Magic With Emily Middleton
According to Emily Middleton, the way she operates WP Course Guide is purposefully distinct from a standard agency or freelancer model since she bases her company on close, intimate connections with her clients.Her early exposure to entrepreneurship through her family and her long-standing...
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534: Best WordPress Plugins For LMS Websites _Besides LifterLMS_
Chris Badgett offers a comprehensive overview of the top WordPress plugins in this episode for creating and expanding an LMS website that goes beyond the LifterLMS core. He begins by emphasizing that LifterLMS itself handles almost all of the fundamental LMS features, such as creating courses,...
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533: Profit from Pain: Build Online Courses That Sell
In this LMScast, Chris Badgett clarifies that "profiting from pain" refers to generating enormous value via the resolution of significant issues rather than exploiting people. Because conventional educational systems concentrate on teaching knowledge (mechanisms) rather than addressing why…
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532: Plan Your Online Education Business for 2026
Chris Badgett offers a comprehensive guide on how to strategically plan your online education business for 2026 in this LMScast episode. He emphasizes that planning is about developing clarity, focus, and adaptability to maximize the probability of success rather than forecasting the future. He...
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531: How to Build an AI Teacher With ChatGPT, WordPress & LifterLMS
Marcus Carter returns in this episode of LMScast to provide a detailed look at how he turned decades of conventional English instruction into a scalable online learning company driven by LifterLMS and WordPress. Marcus, who has taught for more than 30 years, describes how the COVID epidemic...
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530: Cohort vs Self-Paced Courses: How to Choose the Right Online Course Model
Chris Badgett explains the main distinctions between cohort-based and self-paced online courses in this LMSCast episode, assisting course designers in selecting the approach that best suits their objectives.
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529: How To Create An Online Course With ChatGPT
Chris Badgett outlines a comprehensive, useful process for utilizing ChatGPT to create an online course that centers around your special skill. He emphasizes that while depending exclusively on AI results in generic. Low-value course content. ChatGPT should enhance your creativity rather than...
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528: Creator Burnout Is Killing Businesses_Here_s How to Survive
In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett shares the growth of creator burnout poses a danger to the prosperity of companies that rely on human ingenuity. Content development, editing, uploading, marketing, analytics, audience interaction, and customer service are all tasks that many producers…
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527: How To Sell More Courses With Incentivized Affiliates
In this LMScast, Alex Standiford from Siren Affiliates shared, developing incentive affiliate systems that compensate affiliates, instructors, and content producers according on performance, engagement, and conversions is the secret to increasing the number of courses and memberships sold.…
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526: How To Add Gamification To Your Online Course With Kimba Digital
In this LMScast, Kimba Cooper, a gamification specialist from Kimba Digital, discuss how course designers can make learning more enjoyable and interesting in this podcast episode. In addition to discussing the drawbacks of "over-gamification," which can put strain or stress on certain students,...
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A Season for Course Creator Freedom: LifterLMS Black Friday
In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett shares details about the biggest sale of the year for course creators: LifterLMS’s all-November sale (Black Friday through Cyber Monday), which runs from November 1 through December 1 (Cyber Monday). It’s our biggest sale in 12 years, and it’s live now on...
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524: Create Impact And Revenue From Free Courses With Matt Medeiros
In this LMScast, According to Matt Medeiros, The WP Minute is changing profoundly from being a WordPress news and community site to a resource for agencies and freelancers that is more value-driven and instructive. At first, The WP Minute concentrated on reporting on upcoming WordCamps, community...
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523: Building Full-Stack eLearning Solutions with Robert and Dana from CourseCREEK
Chris Badgett speaks with Robert Lunte and Dana Sleeper from CourseCreek, a full-service eLearning provider that assists people and businesses in making money out of their knowledge through excellent online courses, in this episode of LMScast. According to Robert, Course Creek offers each…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
LMScast is a podcast for innovators like you in the WordPress LMS e-learning community. LMScast is produced by Chris Badgett, part of the team behind the #1 WordPress LMS plugin called LifterLMS. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact through a learning management system built on WordPress. LMScast is for you the entrepreneur, the teacher, the expert, or the online marketer.
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LMScast is a podcast for innovators like you in the WordPress LMS e-learning community. LMScast is produced by Chris Badgett, part of the team behind the #1 WordPress LMS plugin called LifterLMS. Each episode brings you valuable insights with one goal: to help you generate more income and impact...
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