March 11, 2020 — This presentation will reveal some interesting and creative ways to build your prospect and email list to really explode your business … and in ways that evoke curiosity, likability and wow with your visitors (some will even willingly share and promote for you … could this be the secret to going viral?).

March 9, 2020 — You’re ready to launch your site, or maybe you already have a successful website but are experiencing growing pains – how do you find the right hosting company? Learn from my successes and failures of the numerous hosting companies I’ve used in the almost 20 years of running my business as I share with you some important considerations and things to look for.

March 9, 2020 — Basic troubleshooting for WordPress Users – learn the tricks that Happiness Engineers use to diagnose and fix problems in your own WordPress site

Do you get nervous when you update a plugin? Break into a cold sweat when you see a ‘white screen of death’.

Learn the tips and tricks that Happiness Engineers use to diagnose WordPress problems, and troubleshoot your own site.

Key Take-Away
Have the confidence to track down and fix issues with your WordPress site.

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March 9, 2020 — Subscription revenue models are an increasingly popular choice for a lot of different types of businesses — more and more websites are exploring partial or total subscription strategies.

Speakers Adrian O’Hagan from Crikey and Private Media, and Ben May from The Code Company share their experiences in building and migrating large complex WordPress subscription sites.

Two unique perspectives; Adrian’s experience as both product manager and developer, and Ben as a technical agency working with clients on these kinds of projects.

This talk will examine some of the common pain points experienced with scaling subscription sites, and how the pair have architected powerful and flexible subscription sites using SaaS products such as Chargify.

March 9, 2020 — A tale from foetal position to full fledged fearless leader – through red flag clients, horror scope creep and crippling anxiety due to chronic people pleasing tendancies, Jen will share her journey from solo freelancer to agency director and her hard won learnings over the last 10 years.

March 9, 2020 — This talk will cover off tips, tricks and workflows to make working with Gutenberg a breeze.

March 9, 2020 — How using a page builder helped me create websites, especially ones using custom fields, dynamic content and single page templates.

I’ve spent the last 15+ years relying on templates and themes and to create websites by swapping changing the content because I can’t code to save myself.

Since finding Elementor, I’ve been able to create websites without themes by building them from scratch. What I like best is being able to make more advanced sites with custom fields and single post templates.

March 8, 2020 — The tools and plugins that we use every day slowly change over time, and I love to share them so that we can learn from one another.

In particular, I’ll be talking about:

Tools for your website, for things like handling backups, updates and security.

Tools for your business, for things like billing, contracts and proposals.

Tools for getting things done, for things like task management, contacts, email and more.

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March 8, 2020 — In this session, attendees will learn how padding an estimate to cover “unknowns” can actually hurt their business and an alternative that is a better way of managing and measuring change. We will also walk through the steps for estimating a project with attendee input.

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March 7, 2020 — Do your customers and your prospects have an accurate image of your company values and strengths? Branding is not your business name, logo, or color scheme. Rather, your brand is how others perceive your business.

This talk will help you build a successful brand image for your company. We’ll explore brand consistency beyond just the logo and colors, and help you take control over how your customers view your brand. When your current and potential customers have a clear grasp of your brand, they will in turn become brand advocates for your business.

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