July 5, 2016 — The Unconference was a unique opportunity to get on stage and share your stories and experiences with WCEU attendees!

July 5, 2016 — The Unconference was a unique opportunity to get on stage and share your stories and experiences with WCEU attendees!

July 5, 2016 — Online video is getting more and more important. If you want to get awareness outside in the www you need to use videos for your messages besides of text and images. Why? There are a lot of reasons. One of them is that Youtube is second largest search engine in the world. If you go for SEO on your website: don’t forget it is only 50% of the whole traffic. If there is no video – you miss every second search. I am not talking about videos from other sources you simply embedd. I am talking about videos you created individually for you post. My speech tells you in short term what is important when it comes to creating videos and how you should proceed. Easy and simple rules let you create good videos even with your smartphone.

July 5, 2016 — An introverted person enjoys and recovers from spending time alone and being surrounded by silence. But attending a WordCamp or another conference means: lots of people, lots of noise. I’m sharing some tips how to attend such an event and fulfill the needs of an introvert at the same time.

July 5, 2016 — Plenty of freelancers and agencies still sell websites as they were only commodity that needed to be done once and then forgotten. In this talk, Laurent Maillard explains the 4 steps he implements with his clients to help them grow their businesses and how it has helped him switch from one-shot projects to retainers.

July 5, 2016 — Having graduated in Social Design, my ability to merge this field with communication in the world of web puts me in a stimulating position today, but it’s a position not many women know they can reach; especially women of colour – since the tech world is portrayed as a male-dominated industry. I hope to contribute to the growing conversation about how we can make tech more welcoming and accessible for women whose contribution in such fields is often overlooked.

July 4, 2016 — Have you ever wanted to run your own agency? Ever looked around your office and thought, “I could do this better than these guys!”? Ever yearned for more influence and flexibility in your day job? I’m going to tell you how my friends and I started our own WordPress development shop, carved out our niche, and built a successful 10-person firm with clients like the Pathfinder International, the Center for Food Safety, and the Endangered Species Coalition.

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July 4, 2016 — Whether you’re creating a small site for one stake holder or re-designing a large site with many players, understanding how to manage the project is the key to getting anything done. We’ll look at a couple of case studies and learn about methods and strategies that keep a project on track and get the site launched.

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July 4, 2016 — We tend to forget we’re all salespeople. Yet, no matter if you sell plugins, themes, services, tickets or memberships… 99% of your potential customers aren’t looking to buy from you RIGHT NOW.

In this short talk I’ll show you what users are actually looking for and the top 3 tips you can use to boost your sales – without selling directly (hint: all successful salespeople start by solving problems).

July 4, 2016 — In his 10 minute unconference talk Wildheart co-founder, Guy explains what the curse of knowledge is and offers practical tips on how you can “break the curse.” The challenge all business owners face is to bridge the gap of knowledge between us and our customers.