March 30, 2020 — Speed matters. People are impatient. If your website or a client’s website doesn’t load within just a couple of seconds,­ many visitors will abandon it completely. A slow site means lost time and revenue. But figuring out how to speed up a slow site can be HARD. Everyone’s got a suggestion and an idea for how to fix your performance issues, but most are just guessing. STOP GUESSING. If you have a performance issue, or just want a faster site, you need to KNOW exactly what is slowing things down and how to fix it. This workshop will show you how.

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March 30, 2020 — In the world of fleeting news and viral sensations, creating killer content can help make or break your website. Learn how to capitalize on pop culture, holidays, and trending moments which can elevate your content and social media to the next level. Whether your creating web content or social media posts, keep your site one step ahead with relevant material your audiences will love.

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March 30, 2020 — Whether you are managing your own business or blogging as a side hustle, chances are you wish there were more hours in a day. How do you manage your time when there’s so much to do, and all of it feels important? Through this talk, we will discuss how to evaluate where your time goes, prioritize tasks, and how to segment responsibilities for easy automation and training.

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March 30, 2020 — If you are a blogger, you’ve probably hit the dreaded wall we call “Bloggers Block.” Perhaps you’ve reached a plateau with your site and cannot seem to write any more. Maybe you are unsure what you can cover on your site, or you worry about spamming. Sometimes we are afraid we might be copying other sites in our niche that may be covering the same topics. Or maybe it’s a challenge of juggling family and personal issues. There’s a solution for all of these! We’ll provide tips to help you overcome Blogger’s Block and get you thinking outside the box. You’ll rediscover that you still have more to say.

March 30, 2020 — You’ve got a website that’s SEO’d. Where do you go from there? In this talk, you’ll get top actionable tips for acquiring new clients, from smartly packaging your WordPress services through acquiring and closing leads.

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March 30, 2020 — Learn design techniques that can help you achieve more conversions/sales! You created a website with impressive functionality, extremely valuable content, and the solutions to the huge issues that keep your clients up at night. Why aren’t more of your visitors staying longer, clicking through your site, and acting on your Calls-­to-­Action? Maybe the design conveys something different, contradictory, or incomplete. Good design facilitates reading, understanding, quick skimming, ease of use, mood, and aspiration. Discover how shapes, colors, contrast, and organization with your message and brand influences users’ perceptions and actions.

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March 30, 2020 — Have you ever had a To Do list so long or been assigned a project so big you felt paralyzed because you didn’t know where to begin? Whether you’re planning your next website refresh, juggling competing priorities, or it’s your official job title, everyone is a Project Manager. And sometimes managing and executing that long project list can be chaotic and overwhelming. In this session, we’ll discuss common project pitfalls and pro­ tips on how to prevent and overcome roadblocks in a way that positions you for success.

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March 30, 2020 — Most website owners want to make money with their websites by selling more products, getting more paying customers, and branding their businesses more effectively. The problem is that most websites miss great opportunities to convert visitors into paying customers. This session shows how to make simple, but powerful web design changes to our WordPress websites and blogs to engage our customers, subscribers, and repeat visitors. We also learn how to keep people on our websites longer and lower the bounce rate. I reveal the secrets to leveraging Google Analytics’s bounce rate to improve online sales.

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March 30, 2020 — You’ve been putting it off. You’ve been relying on the classic editor plugin for a year but time is running out. Get to know the block editor and how to use it. In this workshop, we’ll cover using the block editor, the features and functions available to you and how to find them. Find out how best to add the block editor to your workflow and how to train your clients to use the block editor. This workshop is for people comfortable with logging in and navigating the WordPress dashboard already. So if you are one of the thousands experienced with the classic editor who just haven’t had the time or inclination to figure out how to use the new block editor, you will leave this workshop knowing the ins and outs of creating content using blocks.

March 30, 2020 — Courses are only getting more and more popular as people decide to expand and refine their businesses and how they work. In this workshop, we will lay out all the best tools and processes for building a course using the WordPress platform, including which plugins and themes are best suited for the job. You’ll receive instruction on how to make courses easy for your clients and users, how to take payments, and how to use features like video, asset hosting, and user comments and questions, to set up lessons for maximum benefit and ease.

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