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LMScast with Chris Badgett

By WordPress LMS Elearning Expert Chris Badgett and Entrepreneur & Online Marketing Business Strategy Expert Chris Badgett on Teaching, Education, WordPress Development & Online Business.podcast.lifterlms.com
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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Episodes

Entrepreneurship Lessons from Running 100 Miles

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Chris Badgett offers a very personal tale in this LMScast episode that relates endurance running to entrepreneurship and personal development. He ran 100 miles from Vermont via New Hampshire to his home in Maine at the age of...

Oct 19, 202529 minEp. 522

Marketing Automation For Course Creators

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett shares about marketing automation. According to Chris Badgett, marketing automation is the foundation of a scalable online education company. Its role is to generate leads, cultivate rel...

Oct 12, 202527 minEp. 521

When to Get Offline For Online Business

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Chris Badgett argues that in-person interactions are a powerful tool for internet businesses. Get away of your computer and spend time with your consumers where they already congregate. At Retain, a conference for membership-...

Oct 05, 202531 min

Membership vs Standalone Courses Which One Wins

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett highlights how each model works for various kinds of entrepreneurs as he compares the benefits and drawbacks of membership sites against stand-alone online courses. With a one-time payme...

Sep 28, 202523 minEp. 519

Become A Teacher Without Going To Teaching School And Make A Fortune With Online Courses

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Chris Badgett stresses in this LMScast solo episode that producing a successful online course involves more than simply developing a website, marketing strategies, or technology; it also involves effectively instructing the s...

Sep 21, 202533 minEp. 518

How to Build A 100,000 Subscriber Email List

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Chris Badgett offers his advice on creating and running an email list that now has over 100,000 subscribers in this episode of LMScast. He makes the case that, when compared to social media, email is the most reliable and eff...

Sep 16, 202538 minEp. 517

Meet Serial Education Entrepreneur And Super Coach Ziv Raviv

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Ziv Raviv explained how he started his business ten years ago with a podcast, which paved the way for him to pursue coaching and online courses. After learning about LifterLMS, he expanded into creating over 300 courses in a ...

Sep 08, 202549 min

WordPress LMS Website Security With Chris Badgett

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In his LMScast solo episode, Chris Badgett discusses the new safeguards in LifterLMS 9.0 a nd delves further into the significance of WordPress LMS website security. He describes how tools like Akismet spam detection, sophist...

Aug 31, 202526 minEp. 515

How To Sell More Courses, Memberships, And Websites With Victor Julio Coupe

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Victor Julio Coupe reveals in his LMScast interview with Chris Badgett that his strategy for sales, particularly in the SEO space, differs much from the conventional, hard-pitch method. According to him, the market is already...

Aug 24, 202544 minEp. 514

How To Manage LMS Websites Inside WordPress Like Trello With GravityBoard

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast, Zachary Katz from GravityKit presents Gravity Board , a WordPress add-on for Kanban project management that integrates Trello-like features into your website. Zachary Katz founded GravityKit, a business that ...

Aug 17, 202541 minEp. 513

Becoming a Better Leader | Wisdom from the Trenches

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Kurt Von Ahnen disclosed that John C. is the source of one of his fundamental ideas on leadership. According to Maxwell, “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” He thinks that everyone ...

Aug 11, 202548 minEp. 512

Master Multi Channel Course Marketing With Greg Zakowicz From Omnisend

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Greg Zakowicz from Omnisend offers a useful, data-driven strategy to assist course developers in expanding their audience and boosting enrollments through successful multi-channel marketing. Greg highlights the significance o...

Aug 03, 202536 minEp. 511

AI SEO For WordPress LMS Websites With Lindsay Halsey From Pathfinder SEO

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In the episode, Lindsay Halsey from Pathfinder SEO delves at the ways artificial intelligence is changing search behavior and the implications for website owners, particularly those creating online training programs or e-lear...

Jul 27, 202551 min

Create an AI Tutor For Your WordPress LMS Website With Andy Jack From Training Spark

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Andy Jack from Candle Digital explores the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence in e-learning in the LMSCast episode. He specializes in assisting subject matter experts in transforming t...

Jul 20, 202548 minEp. 509

How Missouri Credentialing Board Built a Continuing Education Platform With LifterLMS

In this LMScast, Founder Karen Wisch of Graphics by Design talks about how she transitioned from traditional graphic design to web development. She began her profession in design when computers were widely used, and once a customer requested a website, she progressively moved into web programming. Karen finally started using WordPress after learning it on her own. She talks about an exceptional effort with the Missouri Credentialing Board , which certifies practitioners in Missouri who treat dru...

Jul 13, 202528 minEp. 508

AI Agents For WordPress LMS Websites with Vibe Coder Chris Lassiter

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Chris Lassiter of LearnAINow joins Chris Badgett in this episode of LMSCast to demonstrate how AI is revolutionizing web development. Chris is now developing online courses that show individuals how to create websites complet...

Jul 06, 2025

Powering Your Website Progress For Maximum Results With Taco Verdonschot

In this LMScast, Taco Verdonschot presents Progress Planner, a proactive solution for website optimization and maintenance made just for WordPress users, including developers, agencies, and site owners. Taco makes a compelling analogy when he says that creating a beautiful website is only the first step, much like growing a garden. To remain healthy and functional over time, both require frequent care updates, cleanups, and continuous enhancements. This is the role of Progress Planner, which fun...

Jun 29, 202540 minEp. 506

How To Build Open Source Community With Roger Williams From Kinsta

If you spend any time in WordPress circles you’ve probably noticed Kinsta’s name surfacing whenever developers talk about stress‑free performance, stellar support, and content that actually solves problems. In this week’s LMS Cast episode, host and LifterLMS CEO Chris Badgett sits down with Roger Williams . Roger Williams is the Community & Partner Manager at Kinsta . He’s been in the WordPress community for many years. He unpacks the culture, tech stack, and relationship‑first mindset that ...

Jun 20, 202540 minEp. 505

Internet Marketing With David Risley From Blog Marketing Academy

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this episode of LMSCast, David Risley from Blog Marketing Academy talks about how his online business has changed over time. In 1998, he started a tech blog called PCMech, which eventually attracted over 100,000 readers. H...

Jun 15, 202540 minEp. 504

WordPress Performance And The Business of Newsletters With Remkus de Vries

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now Remkus de Vries, a WordPress performance specialist and strongman athlete, combines technical know-how with a holistic outlook on life and health in this episode of LMScast. He talks about his curatorial WordPress weekly, Wit...

Jun 08, 202537 minEp. 503

The Future of Online Education in an Artificial Intelligence World With Bud Kraus

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In “The Future of Online Education in an Artificial Intelligence World,” Bud Kraus examines how the field of digital learning is changing as a result of artificial intelligence. Bud Kraus, who has worked as a WordPress specia...

Jun 01, 202554 minEp. 502

Beyond Basic Forms – Advanced WS Form Techniques for Your LMS with Mark Westguard

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In the latest LMSCast episode, Chris Badgett reintroduces Mark Westguard, the creator of WS Form a robust and adaptable form-building WordPress plugin. Mark Westguard, the creator and principal developer of WS Form , a robust...

May 25, 202534 minEp. 501

Podcasting WordPress Branding and the Long Game with Matt Medeiros

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Matt Medeiros shares all the tips about podcasting WordPress. Matt Medeiros highlights that the success and longevity of a podcast come from genuine interest and care, not just from treating it as a m...

May 18, 202545 minEp. 500

Revolutionizing WordPress Theme Upgrading With Brad Williams From ThemeSwitcher Pro

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMSCast episode, Brad Williams from ThemeSwitcher Pro talks about the motivation for and workings of ThemeSwitcher Pro, a WordPress plugin created by his agency WebDevStudios . Brad Williams is a seasoned WordPress ex...

May 11, 202540 minEp. 499

How to Design Event Experiences and Build Community With Raquel Karina

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this episode of LMSCast, Chris Badgett interviews Raquel Karina, the founder of Wonderland Curious and the creator of PressConf, a new WordPress conference aimed at businesses that seeks to replace PressNomics. She shared ...

May 04, 202547 minEp. 498

The New Way Of Building a World Class Money Making Online Education Business With Emily Middleton

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Apr 27, 202533 min

Success vs Failure in Online Education Companies

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this episode of LMSCast , Chris Badgett reunites with longtime collaborator Kurt von Ahnen to dissect the core patterns that determine who wins and who fails in the online education space. Drawing on decades of combined ex...

Apr 18, 202545 minEp. 496

Selling 5000 Enrollments to Groups Using LifterLMS With Student Confidence Coach Anita Van Rooyen

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, student confidence coach Anita Van Rooyen describes how she used LifterLMS to target groups rather than individuals in order to effectively sell over 5,000 course enrollments. Instead of promoting to ...

Apr 13, 202551 minEp. 495

How To Build Your Digital Business With WooCommerce Core Product Lead James Kemp

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Apr 06, 202541 minEp. 494

Creating Courses, Coaching and Community with Michael Wolf

This episode is brought to you by Popup Maker Boost Your Website’s Leads & Sales with Popup Maker Get started for free or save 15% OFF Popup Maker Premium—the most trusted WordPress popup plugin to grow your email list and increase sales conversions. Get Popup Maker Now In this LMScast episode, Chris Badgett and Michael Wolf share a passion for online education, technology, and personal transformation. Michael Wolf left his job in corporate sales to co-found Golden XPR, a learning platform d...

Mar 30, 202535 minEp. 493
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