February 23, 2013 — This presentation shows you how you can utilize AJAX in your WordPress plugins the right way and gives you some practical examples to use. It also shows you how to debug and watch AJAX requests be executed and completed so that the mystery behind the scenes can be revealed!

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February 22, 2013 — Tony Perez presents on web security and WordPress and how they co-exist on the inter webs. He updates the audience with the latest trends, sharing insights of hardening techniques.

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February 22, 2013 — Zack exposes the brilliance of the object cache. He sheds light to numerous facets of the WordPress WP_Object_Cache class, including strategies for maximizing object caching, understanding persistent vs. non-persistent solutions, leveraging object cache extensions & writing code for an object cached environment.

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February 22, 2013 — Nando Caban-Mendez walks viewers through his Blogging Workflow and Content Promotion tools as it applies to them.

February 22, 2013 — This talk breaks down the world of hosting in a way that is easy to understand, including specific examples of each tier, and the tradeoffs for each one so you can make a decision as to what kind of host you need.

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February 21, 2013 — Too often, we start a blog with an idea and then don’t know what to do with it. In this session, we’ll be talking about:
* Finding your voice
* They’re coming for you
* Keep ‘em coming, babe
* Please, let’s eat Grandma
* What if they don’t come?
Speaker site: http://lonelygourmet.com/

February 21, 2013 — An Introduction to Making Money With a Blog is aimed at an audience that’s curious about how to start bringing revenue with a blog. Topics covered are: Prerequisites to things to think about as you plan to make money, A quick overview of some considerations that will help guide your monetization strategy, Options for income and a look at the pluses and challenges of each one ( advertising, sponsorship, affiliate programs, membership sites, and product sales), A quick look at email lists and how to effectively tie one into a blog revenue stream, Where to go, What to read, and Who to follow to learn more about making money with a blog.

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February 21, 2013 — Presentation about Group Deals plugin. Presentation and Q&A.

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February 20, 2013 — In this workshop, learn how to cultivate your own distinctive voice in your writing, building authenticity and your personal brand in the process and engaging readers more effectively. We will analyze blog posts written with particularly engaging voices and identify what makes them linguistically unique.

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February 20, 2013 — Scott Basgaard speaks about delivering happiness to customers and users. He argues growing and building business through customer service and discuss some tools of trade.

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