April 27, 2018 — Action Heroes are known for their ability to size up a situation and do whatever it takes to overcome their obstacles and be successful. As designers, bloggers and consultants there is a constant need for dedicated action, yet distractions, lack of focus and just plain daily craziness stop the needed forward momentum.

In this fun, fast moving presentation we look at how to become the Action Hero of Your Own Life by overcoming those distractions, building stronger habits, developing ironclad self-control, and employing laser focus. All of which enable you to overcome your obstacles and master your day.

By the time you leave this presentation you’ll know:
The importance and power of being in action and why it’s easier than you think
How habits are your secret weapon when it comes to having stronger will power and self-control
The four types of procrastination and how to consistently conquer them
Easy ways to leverage dedicated focus to do more with less time

April 27, 2018 — As someone who builds WordPress websites for clients, you’ve probably learned that offering (or requiring) monthly maintenance contracts is smart business. It’s likely you’re including core software, plugin and theme updates as part of your maintenance plan, which ensures a steady income stream you can rely on and helps with your financial forecasting. But are you including website security as part of your project proposal and scope? The security of your clients’ websites is often not a priority or is left till the end of a project (or sale?) as an optional add-on for the client to consider after going live. The value of a strong website security posture can be difficult to explain to clients, but when put in the context of their business and possible loss of revenue, it can become an integral part of your offering that separates you from the rest. In this session, Jamie will cover simple website security best practices that you can implement immediately for your own site and those of your clients. In addition, she’ll also offer advice and examples on how to best present the importance of website security during the proposal, scope, and maintenance package stages to your clients. Not only does this ensure your maintenance plans offer what every website needs, but also presents an additional revenue stream opportunity for your business.

April 27, 2018 — Jason is a partner at co-founder of GiveWP.com, a WordPress donation plugin powering more than 40k+ active installs. He works on managing the businesses growth, buys the ads and does pre-sales support tickets, too. He grew up in Jefferson Park (blue line), too—though he lives in San Diego now, he’s a Blackhawks and White Sox fan.

April 27, 2018 — We’ve all had the experience of a support technician being seemingly unable to answer our question about their theme, plugin, or service. Do you know that there’s a link between your support tickets and better documentation? Do you find yourself frustrated at developers and support reps who can’t seem to diagnose issues arising from their plugins or themes? Do you want to find better answers to your support questions, more quickly? Plus, the two-minute method of solving +50% of your support requests before you even send them. This talk, appropriate for all audiences, will be most beneficial for folks new to the WordPress ecosystem

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April 27, 2018 — In questo talk vedremo insieme – cosa si intende per Community WordPress – come è organizzato il progetto open source – come si può contribuire – cosa abbiamo già fatto in Italia – cosa c’è ancora da fare – come si può far parte di una community globale e allo stesso tempo creare una community locale unica e speciale nel proprio paese.

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April 27, 2018 — One of the most known leitmotif for people into code quality assurance is: “run unit tests in isolation”.

To apply this principle to code written for WordPress will bring us to write tests to be ran without loading WordPress.

The talk will mostly pivot on real-world examples of unit-testing WordPress plugins in isolation.

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April 27, 2018 — Your clients (prospective and active) are not telling you the truth. Maybe it’s about a project that’s gone off track or a website dream they envision. Or maybe they’re not sharing their thoughts on ways their business could grow its sales or improve operations.

By demonstrating your ability to be truly authentic at each step in the process, you can aim toward creating projects that are more collaborative and ultimately more successful. Learn why it’s critical to: – Restate, in your own words, your perception of the project. – Boldly ask, “So, what do you want from me?” – Authentically and directly tell the client what you want from them. – Test for client commitment and control.

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April 27, 2018 — Le monde du référencement est en évolution constante. Rien qu’en 2017, le SSL s’est imposé comme une norme, la technologie AMP ou encore le projet Index Mobile First ont été introduits.

J’ai remarqué que la plupart des clients/développeurs suivent attentivement ces évolutions, néanmoins, les bases restent souvent négligées alors que c’est le socle de toute optimisation SEO.

L’objectif de cet atelier est de montrer l’importance de ces bases et de mener un audit SEO simplifié en direct, point par point, afin de rester accessible aux utilisateurs avancés de WordPress et/ou aux référenceurs débutants.

April 27, 2018 — Le but de cet atelier est de modifier un thème existant, d’appliquer une checklist de recommandations pour améliorer l’accessibilité du thème. Les participants disposerons du thème dont le code sera amélioré en direct lors de l’atelier.

April 27, 2018 — Een advocatenkantoor wil zijn populaire white papers voortaan als betaalde ebook aanbieden, een bakker wil zijn broodjes online verkopen en een populaire “feel good” spreker wil kaartjes verkopen voor zijn nieuwste seminar.

Dan installeren we toch WooCommerce!? Nee!

Het is helemaal niet nodig om voor iedere eCommerce vraag een traditionele webwinkel plugin in te zetten, dat is vaak onnodige “overkill”! Schiet je mis met hagel of ben jij die slimme scherpschutter die in een keer raak schiet?

Wij gaan tijdens deze presentatie “out of the box” denken. We bespreken aan de hand van praktische voorbeelden hoe verschillende WordPress plugins gebruikt kunnen worden om online verkoop systemen op te zetten.

Voorbeelden die wellicht beter zonder traditionele webwinkel plugin kunnen:

iDEAL donaties ontvangen voor een goed doel
Online kaartjes verkopen voor een evenement
Een ebook verkopen en laten downloaden
Een klein aantal producten te koop aanbieden
Aanmelden voor een cursus en direct betalen
Het is de bedoeling dat door het gebruik van de beste oplossing voor jou situatie, je tijd en geld bespaart. Niet alleen tijdens het opzetten van het verkoop systeem, maar ook tijdens het gebruik en onderhoud.