January 24, 2019 — “You can’t just install a couple of security plugins and call it a day when it comes to safeguarding your WordPress website. Plugins are a great start. The door to your website now has a lock on it. But how about adding a dead bolt? A door chain? A peep hole? Titanium reinforcement? A pet dragon hiding inside?

Just as you would add layers of security to protect your home and family, your WordPress security needs a multi layered approach. Come learn how to build a wall, a moat, and some additional lookout towers to keep the bad guys away from your castle. Oh, and dragons? We’ll talk about them too, if we have time.”

January 24, 2019 — This talk will look at the best practices for building and customizing themes and plugins for WooCommerce. We’ll talk about:

* Keeping template files up to date;

* Useful actions and filters;

* Custom solutions for unique eCommerce situations

January 24, 2019 — “Let’s explore the benefits of thinking in re-usable blocks. Modular
Development improves productivity, enhances UI and empowers authors.
Leveraging the WordPress templating system and Advanced Custom Fields
we can achieve modularity in our WP themes.”

January 24, 2019 — Keynote

January 24, 2019 — On average 68% of all shopping carts are abandoned. That’s a huge leak in any business’ funnel. In this power talk, conversion expert, Syed Balkhi, will share his top tips to reduce cart abandonment, boost sales, and increase profit-margins.

January 24, 2019 — “The attendees will walk away with an online game plan to increase qualified business-to-business (B2B) leads using WordPress and inside sales tools such as linkedin and marketing automation.

Bernard will teach you how to:

– Generate Multiple Streams of B2B Leads
– Ethically Spy on Marketing Strategies of Your Competitors
– Leverage WordPress to create a killer landing page
– Leverage Linkedin and Email Marketing to Leads
– Stay Top of Mind with Very Little Advertising Budget”

January 24, 2019 — “There is no one “right way” to build an Agency. There is only the solution that works best for you!

This talk will explore the pitfalls and growing pains that come with the transition from Freelancer to Agency owner. From not knowing how long tasks really takes to the unexpected expense of management tools and lost billable hours. It will also share both online & online resources as there is great power in learning from those that have gone before.

Views will learn that there are a vary ways to grow your team from US based to oversees; contractor to employee to strategic partner. The possibilities are endless. They will leave this talk inspired with the knowledge that they can grow their business their way!”

January 24, 2019 — The internet has made it easier than ever for us to look beyond our personal networks and build teams that are filled with people from every walk of life. Having a virtual office takes you one step further! Now your team members can live almost anywhere and have a wide variety of personal circumstances. Are you and your hiring practices taking full advantage of this opportunity?

I’m going to take you on a swift 10-minute journey during which we’ll discuss what diversity is, how our implicit biases can act as a barrier to building diverse teams, and how resolving those biases will improve your business’ bottom line.

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January 24, 2019 — An overview of how Gutenberg will impact plugin development, how to handle backwards compatibility and correct breaking issues, and how to develop extensions for Gutenberg.

January 24, 2019 — In this talk, we’ll dip our toes into the hot new javascript framework called Vue.js. We’ll go over how to integrate Vue.js into a custom theme and use WordPress as the backend that powers a simple directory with an ajax search feature and Google Maps. We’ll cover a few basic concepts of Vue and why it can be a nice alternative to using jQuery.