July 8, 2015 — Invoicing and dealing with legal contracts can be a scary task when you’re first starting out. However, as you stay longer in business, you learn how to best deal with them. We have invited well-known experts in the industry to share their tips on scoping, contracts, invoicing, and legal.

July 8, 2015 — Mikko is speaking on doing business with WordPress. His talk is in Finnish.

WordCamp Finlandissa Mikko luo yleiskatsauksen siitä, miten markkina ja WP: n hyödyntäminen bisnesmielessä on kehittynyt Suomessa hänen oman uransa aikana ja mitkä asiat painottuvat jatkossa.

July 8, 2015 — This talk addresses common contractual provisions relevant to web professionals, such as provisions related to indemnification, intellectual property, moral rights, and venue. Learn best practices for understanding common contractual provisions in contracts for web professionals, as well as negotiating them. From novices to veterans, this talk touchs on business and legal issues that are important to web professionals of all levels.

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July 8, 2015 — Jussi gaves a lightning talk about creating a HTML Presentation using the Reveal.js framework and Advanced Custom Fields.

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July 7, 2015 — Do you have a product or service that is not getting traction? Ever wonder why certain products tend to get traction and become an industry standard? In this presentation, Syed Balkhi founder of several well-known companies shares his product launch and marketing techniques that will help you craft a marketing strategy that works for your business.

July 7, 2015 — Everyone’s goals are different. Maybe you want bigger, better clients. Maybe we want a new job or a promotion. Maybe you want to work less and focus more on traveling, family, or your hobbies and interests. Aaron walks through his experience building and leveraging his reputation in the WordPress community to do all these things, and shows how you can, too.

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July 5, 2015 — BuddyPress is the perfect solution for what you need but maybe you are currently on another platform. Move it to BuddyPress! We go over a few ways to get your data into BuddyPress. Got a custom database schema? Got several CSV files? Got XML data? Only have access to the front end of a proprietary service that won’t export your content? No problem, move it to BuddyPress!

July 5, 2015 — My strategy is that the more of YOU that is in your website, the better you’re going to be able to market, sell, and just generally rock your stuff. That is SO MUCH EASIER with WordPress because I’m all about empowering my clients to do it themselves. I have no interest in being a website factory where every site is the same. I want each of my clients to have an individual site that works for them and what they do. WordPress is the only way I can deliver that.

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July 5, 2015 — Being successful in business is challenging. When we started we were late to the party in a very saturated market. We weren’t getting very far and needed to find something that would differentiate us from the other players. Then we discovered the add-on business model and it fit beautifully with our product.
This add-on model allowed us to engage with the greater WordPress community like never before. It turned our struggling company into one that is well respected and growing almost faster than we can keep up with. In many ways, it has shaped our very ethos on how and why we give back to the WordPress community.

July 5, 2015 — This talk covers how to use Stories, WordPress, and Experience Design to help you connect with your audience. There are some simple techniques that will help you connect the dots and create a better relationship with your audience.

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