August 9, 2018 — Remote working often conjures images of beaches, laptops and cocktails, but for some – remote working can be as simple as swapping the office, for a space at home.

Stuart and Tarei discuss some of changes, challenges and benefits when working from home as WordPress engineers for a distributed WordPress agency.

These discussions are for the freelancers, remote workers, digital nomads, misfits and those who are interested in potentially making the move to remote working.

August 9, 2018 — Creating Online Courses With WordPress
In this talk, Geoff Powell will be talking about the rapidly growing world of e-learning and online courses, and the tools and approaches you can take using WordPress as the platform.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/creating-online-courses-with-wordpress/

August 9, 2018 — Google Analytics: Your Secret Weapon For Conversion Focused Websites
In this talk, Paula and Mel will demonstrate the power of Google Analytics to win clients, and help you add value to your website projects.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/google-analytics-your-secret-weapon-for-conversion-focused-websites/

August 9, 2018 — How I Created My Online Business And A Community Of 20k Crystal Lovers With WooCommerce And Facebook

In this presentation, Melanie will discuss how she built her online retailing and healing business, A Surplice of Spirit, using the powerful combination of WordPress, WooCommerce and Facebook. Since its launch in January 2016, A Surplice of Spirit has grown from zero to thousands of dollars in sales each month, driven almost entirely by their Facebook page.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-i-created-my-online-business-and-a-community-of-20k-crystal-lovers-with-woocommerce-and-facebook/

August 9, 2018 — How To Make Google Love Your WordPress Site

In this presentation, Kate will tell you the tips, techniques and tactics that she uses to help make sites 100% Google lovable.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-to-make-google-love-your-wordpress-site/

August 9, 2018 — How To Deliver A WordPress Website To A Client

Over the time I’ve been building and teaching people how to use WordPress websites, I’ve encountered dozens of sites that needed resuscitating. So I thought it was a good time to talk about how to deliver a WordPress website to your client, the RIGHT way.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-to-deliver-a-wordpress-website-to-a-client/

August 9, 2018 — Just Do It!
Basically a story about how opportunities can open themselves up to you when you make the decision to overcome your fears and anxieties and ‘Just Do It!’.

Starting from the beginning of how he got into the WordPress centred career he’s in today, by punching his fears in the face and putting himself out there.

https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/just-do-it/

August 9, 2018 — Project Management Principles to improve Life, Work, and your Mental Health
Whether you work alone as a freelancer or solopreneur, as a product maker, a developer, content writer, home maker, blogger, or business owner, there will be times you have to deliver things. It may be a product, it may be a renovation, it may be a website, a bunch of cakes for the PTA cake stall, heck, it could even be a tiny human… but you have made a commitment and now have to deliver..

August 9, 2018 — Join Myles on his Cyber security journey of his past failures and how he has grown in to practical cyber security to reduce the fears in your client and stakeholders when making the move or starting out with WordPress.

This is live interactive presentation using a mobile phone voting platform to guide the presentation to answer the big questions and solve the big problems around securing WordPress and Cyber Security in general.

August 9, 2018 — Anthony plans to show you how you can add Customizer functionality into your theme (or plugin). He’ll cover creating Customizer Panels, Sections, Settings and Controls, including making use of the default Core Controls, and also creating your own Custom Controls.

He’ll also show the various ways in which you can update the Live Preview for your Customizer settings, and lastly, how to make use of your Customizer settings in your theme.