July 25, 2018 — When podcasting became a thing over a decade ago, there weren’t many options for distribution. In order to share our podcasts, we needed to develop a home for them – somewhere where people could find us online that was easier to work with than simple listing sites like TalkShoe or iTunes. That’s why we took advantage of resources we were familiar with – specifically WordPress. We have individual websites for our in-house podcasts – as well as a network page which is home to our growing catalog of Pittsburgh podcasts. I’ll show you how we’ve been able to do that and how you can do it, too.

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July 25, 2018 — Creating a professional blog post is more important than it’s ever been. Why? There are a handful of reasons, but one major one is due to the amount of competition. In 2017 WordPress.com reported 2000+ blog posts every minute. You read that right. Every minute!

Today I want to share my top 5 findings with you. I trust that if you read and apply these, you will create content that will truly stand out.

#1 Content (Draft)
#2 Craft a Title
#3 Select a Featured Image
#4 Content (Edit)
#5 Content (Format)

Creating a professional blog post that will stand out is no simple task. However, after years of practice and hard work, I’ve come up with these 5 points above. Ever since I implemented these points, my traffic has skyrocketed. I firmly believe that the same thing will happen to you when you implement these points.

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July 25, 2018 — Thousands of sites are launched every day, but the quality varies. As leaders of the world’s most widely used content management system, we need to ensure that every site we launch meets certain quality standards.

Drew Barton, founder of Southern Web, a WordPress-centric digital marketing agency in Atlanta, shares his firm’s quality assurance checklist.

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July 25, 2018 — I will talk about the importance of automating your WordPress development regardless if you are building themes, plugins or full websites. Also, I will provide resources on how you can set it up based on your current workflow.

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July 25, 2018 — The workshop is on how business owners can build successful stores using WordPress. I will be speaking on how to use WooCommerce, abandoned cart recovery system, upsell and cross-sells, and other tools/resources e.g. Facebook ads to boost sales on a WordPress store.

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July 25, 2018 — Tutti noi ormai sappiamo che WordPress è uno strumento duttile, che può essere utilizzato davvero in tanti modi. Negli episodi precedenti abbiamo avuto interventi davvero interessanti che spiegavano e ne testimoniavano alcuni utilizzi. Ma avete mai pensato di utilizzarlo come mini applicazione per l’acquisizione di dati?
Silvio Boscolo ci porta un esempio concreto.

July 24, 2018 — As creatives, we have a lot on our plates. Keeping it all straight can be a real challenge, particularly for those of us to whom it does not come naturally. Over the past few years as a professional creative, I have found that having systems and processes in place can make a huge difference. The trick? Don’t over-complicate it. In this talk I share how to get started creating and using simple systems and processes to help us do our best work while keeping our sanity intact.

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July 24, 2018 — Hispanic consumers are young, averaging only 27 compared to 42 for average American consumers. Additionally, Hispanics over-index in social media. Is your brand growing this incredible share of consumers? Considering diversity and multicultural perspectives is critical to reaching this young powerful market.

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July 24, 2018 — En esta sesión vimos casos prácticos y desarrollos que se han realizado en el Ayuntamiento de Rivas Vaciamadrid utilizando WordPress como framework y mostrando que plugins son los más interesantes y desarrollos que hemos realizados y que se van a compartir con el resto de administraciones y entidades / empresas que quieran reutilizarlos .

July 24, 2018 — En la sesión veremos como funciona el nuevo editor de WordPress a nivel de usuario con alguna pincelada técnica, para ello exploraremos la nueva interfaz de Gutenberg y cada uno de los diferentes elementos que la componen, por último intentaremos acabar con todos esos miedos que existen hacia Gutenberg, el futuro editor de WordPress.