September 18, 2019 — Seth Godin has said that podcasting is the new blogging. Luckily, we can podcast just as easily with WordPress as we can blog. In this talk, you will learn everything you need to know about the basics of podcasting, as well as how to start publishing episodes.

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September 18, 2019

September 17, 2019 — Digital eCommerce is a wonderful and exciting frontier full of opportunities. In this session, Kyle describes a few reasons why digital products are so compelling and valuable while also giving an introduction to how digital eCommerce works for anyone getting started.

September 16, 2019 — “The topic is about powerful tool WP-CLI than can help WordPress developers or power users a lot.

If you manage multiple WordPress websites or multiple environments of a WordPress website, you probably have experienced situations where you need to go through exact same steps on multiple websites. Clicking through wp-admin screens to change settings becomes time consuming. WP-CLI can be used to automate those tasks with ease.

During my presentation I’ll introduce the audience with the command line and WP-CLI, then I’ll go through some of the tasks that can be easily done using this tool. I’ll demonstrate some tasks running them on a sample WordPress website running in local development environment. Demonstrations will include tasks like pulling back the database to lower environments (qa/staging) and rewriting it, managing users, plugins, etc.”

September 16, 2019 — “The popular ElasticPress plugin enables anyone to leverage the power of Elasticsearch to supercharge the search experience on their WordPress site. But did you know that ElasticPress can do much more? For example, ElasticPress can surface related posts for your content, speed up the largest WooCommerce installations, and give you industry-leading features like fuzzy matching and autocomplete.

In this talk, we’ll cover the basics of ElasticPress and Elasticsearch, and then dive into some of the cool, lesser-known integrations the plugin offers. We’ll also touch on some free local and cloud-based development options for running an Elasticsearch instance so you can get a feeling for what ElasticPress can do for your site!”

September 16, 2019 — We might all have staging sites but it’s clear we don’t all use them. Why not? Are we negligent or lazy? Or do we simply not understand the true value of a test and deploy workflow? We’ll cover the whys and hows staging. I’m talking to you, a WordPress site owner of any skill level. No development skill required!

September 16, 2019 — With all of the technologies changing in the development industry constantly, how do you know what to follow, how to implement and how fast to implement? Here’s a helpful guide to get you on the right road.

September 16, 2019 — “This presentation makes the case for using page builders to accelerate development, rapid prototyping and advanced wireframing.

We can now build better websites, deliver better value in half the time and make more money.

Page builders now give us the opportunity to style WooCommerce pages, blog posts, 404 pages and more.

We will review a partial list of the alternatives in the marketplace, recommendations, and resources for your exploration in this emerging capability. We will compare Divi, Beaver Builder, and Elementor and share a list of other possible choices.”

September 16, 2019 — “We all know that sometimes the game can be stacked against us. But sometimes we have to play whether we want to or not. Taxes, 9/11, regulations, these are games we have to play.

But what about the game of business? How can you win when the odds are stacked against you?

Let former Army Ranger and startup veteran Pete Parker tell you about he time they were in a war game in Germany, behind enemy lines, with only the stuff they could carry on their back, surrounded by 40,000 enemy soldiers, while forced to hide in the woods, and outnumbered 100 to 1.

In 4 days they found and captured the enemy headquarters, and the two Commanding Generals.

How did they win a game so stacked against them?

And how you can do the same in your business – because in business you are outnumbered a heck of a lot more than 100 to 1.

You can work harder (until you collapse), or you can Change the Game.

We all hear about game changers – but what are they really, and how DO we change a game?

Technology alone isn’t enough. People have wants and needs – understanding these needs drive every successful game changer.

The Game Changer itself may be technological, but Game Changers always come down to a better way serving peoples needs.

Come learn how to change the game of business – and life.”

September 16, 2019 — How to attract and close good deals while avoiding the crappy ones…