LMScast

Hosted by Chris Badgett

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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 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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November 1, 202653 min

The Expert's AI Advantage | Become a Subject Matter Expert on Steroids

In this episode of LMScast, Chris Badgett, co-founder and CEO of LifterLMS, joins Alex Panagis, founder and CEO of ScaleMath, to discuss how education entrepreneurs can utilize AI to improve learning, better understand their clients, and expand their expertise. Chris discusses his 10/80/10 approach to AI, which explains how humans may give the initial guidance, let AI do the majority of the job, and then evaluate and improve the outcomes. He also talks about building a personal knowledge base to assist AI comprehend your background and areas of competence. Instead than only depending on AI-generated solutions, Alex emphasizes that true knowledge is derived from hands-on experience, independent thought, and concept testing.

October 25, 202648 min

574: How a WordPress LMS Agency Turned a Family Office Education Site Into a Paid Board Seat

Kurt Von Ahnen describes how, through a project with Prestige Family Office University (PF University), he turned his WordPress firm, Mañana No Más, from a website-building service into a business consultancy and e-learning partner. In this episode, Kurt describes how, without the need for any new programming, he assisted in creating a membership-based online learning platform utilizing LifterLMS, FluentCRM Pro, Fluent Forms Pro, Bunny.net, and Presto Player. For mentors, advisors, and ambassadors, the platform provides a distinct, member-only training site in addition to several schools, courses, and certifications. He also describes how the customer created hundreds of training films using AI technologies like ElevenLabs and HeyGen to transform existing knowledge and instructional content. Kurt talks on the significance of comprehending clients' business objectives, offering strategic counsel, and developing into a long-term business partner as opposed to just supplying a website and moving on.

October 18, 20261 hr 19 min

574: How To Find Yourself With Kinergy Creator David Labuschagne

The founder of Kinergy.life, David Labuschagne, discusses his concept and practical methods for empowering individuals to take charge of their lives, enhance their physical and mental health, and rediscover who they are. David discusses how he uses dance, meditation, Eastern energy practices, and Western science to help individuals become more self-aware, energetic, balanced, and connected to their true selves in this LMScast episode with Chris Badgett. "What makes you tick?" is how he presents his three-step method. Why do you feel ill? How can we repair it? Finding out what inspires and drives you is the first step. Finding the internal and external elements that interfere with your wellbeing is the second. Finding workable solutions to such problems is the third. He highlights that many of the solutions are already inside people; sometimes they only need the correct questions, direction, and viewpoint to find them again. Additionally, David presents his ACE framework, which stands for Awareness, Clarity, and Energy. Filtering information, seeing patterns, and figuring out what really important are all components of clarity.

October 11, 202659 min

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 ten years of expertise in software development, Alex argues that although AI makes coding more accessible, the proper foundations and development methods are necessary to produce dependable, scalable, and maintainable solutions. He talks about typical issues including managing more complicated projects, technical debt, inconsistent AI-generated code, and losing context during lengthy coding sessions. In order to assist users in organizing their projects, reviewing AI-generated code, and avoiding typical development errors, he emphasizes the significance of coding patterns, such as adapter, factory, and registry patterns, as well as version control with Git and GitHub. Additionally, Alex provides real-world examples of how AI may be used to create bespoke dashboards, internet integrations, automatic podcast discovery systems, interactive product experiences, and internal business tools.

October 4, 202638 min

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 phone tutoring, switched to Zoom lessons, and ultimately built his own WordPress-based platform in 2019. His approach to teaching is based on simplifying and making difficult science understandable. His classes employ mastery-based learning, in which pupils continue to study until they fully comprehend the material. Students do printed worksheets with pen and paper, accompanied by theoretical teachings and thorough walkthrough videos, rather than using automated quizzes or multiple-choice exams. In order to allow pupils to concentrate on truly comprehending science, he purposefully reduces difficult math.

September 27, 202650 min

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 channels by using DocsBot to train AI agents on a company's websites, manuals, support tickets, videos, PDFs, audio, and other information. The use of DocsBot as an AI instructor for online courses is a primary emphasis. According to Josh, instructors may include data from a variety of sources, such as websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, PDFs, and course materials. In order to make the AI more tailored for students, Aaron also shows how DocsBot may link to LifterLMS to get course progress and other user-specific data.

September 19, 202646 min

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 for years as a notary and instructing notary programs. His goal was to provide a more economical and useful substitute for costly notary programs, emphasizing not just passing the California state test but also teaching students how to carry out official duties in realistic settings. WooCommerce enabled him to sell tangible goods like notary stamps, journals, supplies, and insurance, while LifterLMS enabled him to provide the video course, monitor student progress, and issue certificates.

September 13, 202641 min

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 significant turning event. After one of his trainers found LifterLMS through a YouTube video, Richard swiftly transferred the instruction online. He taught himself WordPress and LifterLMS and created the complete training portal on his own, despite the first learning curve being difficult. Approximately 15–20% of the UK transport management training market is served by MDR Training, which now has about 5,000 students on the platform with 200–300 new students enrolling every month.

September 6, 202645 min

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 native." Brian talks about his experiments with AI agents, such as creating a virtual company where a chief-of-staff agent manages specialist agents for product creation, expansion, and upkeep throughout his companies. By fusing AI's engineering capabilities with their current subject expertise, he thinks AI is also opening up new chances for non-technical entrepreneurs to create their own software. Brian now concentrates on product strategy, architecture, user experience, processes, and verification rather than developing code by hand, with AI agents handling the majority of the execution. He is investigating new methods for entrepreneurs to become AI native, automate their processes, and produce more autonomously through Builder Methods and solutions like Flywrite and Mimeo.

August 30, 20261 hr 10 min

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 builders, growers, and scalers. Understanding people's actual pain spots, assisting them in moving through various stages, and fostering an atmosphere where members feel understood and supported are key components of effective coaching and community building, according to a main subject of the discussion. Josh also discusses the importance of in-person events and community development. He describes how ProCon grew from a tiny get-together to an annual gathering where web designers can network, learn, have fun, and form sincere connections. He places a strong emphasis on starting off simply, allowing for impromptu interactions, and fostering an environment that values independence, diligence, and having fun. He provides examples of members who, just by meeting in person, were able to find business prospects, collaborations, and deeper friendships.