January 24, 2019 — On average 68% of all shopping carts are abandoned. That’s a huge leak in any business’ funnel. In this power talk, conversion expert, Syed Balkhi, will share his top tips to reduce cart abandonment, boost sales, and increase profit-margins.

January 24, 2019 — “The attendees will walk away with an online game plan to increase qualified business-to-business (B2B) leads using WordPress and inside sales tools such as linkedin and marketing automation.

Bernard will teach you how to:

– Generate Multiple Streams of B2B Leads
– Ethically Spy on Marketing Strategies of Your Competitors
– Leverage WordPress to create a killer landing page
– Leverage Linkedin and Email Marketing to Leads
– Stay Top of Mind with Very Little Advertising Budget”

January 24, 2019 — “There is no one “right way” to build an Agency. There is only the solution that works best for you!

This talk will explore the pitfalls and growing pains that come with the transition from Freelancer to Agency owner. From not knowing how long tasks really takes to the unexpected expense of management tools and lost billable hours. It will also share both online & online resources as there is great power in learning from those that have gone before.

Views will learn that there are a vary ways to grow your team from US based to oversees; contractor to employee to strategic partner. The possibilities are endless. They will leave this talk inspired with the knowledge that they can grow their business their way!”

January 24, 2019 — An overview of how Gutenberg will impact plugin development, how to handle backwards compatibility and correct breaking issues, and how to develop extensions for Gutenberg.

January 24, 2019 — In this talk, we’ll dip our toes into the hot new javascript framework called Vue.js. We’ll go over how to integrate Vue.js into a custom theme and use WordPress as the backend that powers a simple directory with an ajax search feature and Google Maps. We’ll cover a few basic concepts of Vue and why it can be a nice alternative to using jQuery.

January 24, 2019 — Ah, the allure of running an e-commerce business. Sipping drinks on the beach while a third party logistics company, or Amazon, does all the work. Living the dream, right?

Maybe. Eventually. The reality is that it takes putting a lot of pieces in place in the right way while juggling your financial stability to start and sustain a modern eTailer, just like any other business. Competition is everywhere. Knockoffs are rampant. Trademarks are harder than ever to defend. You have to wear a lot of hats. Inventor, technologist, marketer, social media manager, customer whisperer, warehouse manager, shipping guru, packaging expert… the list goes on!

In this session, we’re going to take a 50,000-foot look at the systems, tools, and knowledge needed to launch a successful e-commerce store in 2018. There’s no way we can cover it all, but you’ll leave ready to conquer your corner of the e-commerce world!

January 24, 2019 — Dr. Nancy Richmond will present the most important social media tips for 2018. She will share best practice examples that will leave you feeling inspired and excited to grow your following and engagement on social media.

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January 24, 2019 — Help make the world a better place with WordPress.

Assisting organizations that make this world a better place is highly inspiring and satisfying. But that can’t be the only reward when you give your professional best. In a nutshell: Birgit shares how to work with nonprofits and how to bring them into the best light online.

She dives into the importance of a rare commodity: Listening. She teaches how to create catered comprehension. She discusses how you can build a donor/member-oriented website and how to incorporate the organization’s “bucket list” within the realities of budgets and capabilities.

You will learn about the wide range of online needs for various types of nonprofits and share info about plugins and tools to build useful solutions. You’ll walk way with the resources to connect with other nonprofit technologists and services.

Just because the organization is a nonprofit doesn’t mean you can’t make a living building effective websites with a notable online presence.

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January 24, 2019 — It’s time to make the robots do all the things we can make them do. Machines can do just about anything as long as you give them the properly formed instructions. Fortunately for us WordPress allows us to give these instructions in an easy to learn and very robust manner called The WP-CLI. It is the fastest way to install, active and update any theme, plugin or just about anything else in your WordPress site.
In this presentation I will demonstrate a simple install script that will have a fully functioning, customized WP website in about the same time than it normally takes download the WordPress.zip file. We will also look for how third party tools and hosts are leveraging the WP-CLI to make your life as a developer even easier.

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January 24, 2019 — In this session we will cover simple tips for setting up the WooCommerce subscription plugin for simple and variable products, recurring payments, prorating subscriptions to a set day, sales tax tips, initial membership fees with a free trial period and more.