June 19, 2017 — The white screen of death! You were simply uploading content, updating a WordPress plugin, or clicking on this neat thing to see what it does and then your screen goes blank. You cannot login to your website. You can’t even see your WP login screen anymore. HELP!

In this session, you’ll learn how to break your WordPress site by:
– Updating to the latest version of WordPress
– Updating your plugins
– Adding new plugins
– Adding 301 redirects
– And much more

Most importantly, you’ll learn how these seemingly innocuous updates that should be easy to make on your website can break your WordPress site if not done properly.

Takeaways:

Attendees will learn that without the proper research, thought, and sequence of events, it can be very easy for a new user (or sometimes a very experienced one) to break their WordPress website.
They will get tips on how to avoid breaking their site and getting the dreaded white screen of death with a presentation with dry humor.

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November 9, 2016 — When you write a new blog post on your WordPress site, do you post immediately to your social media platforms that one day, and then never again? Do you think a Magical Social Media Fairy will then grant you 1,000 views every day for the next five years with that one engagement?

Don’t let that well-researched, well-written blog slowly die on your website. Learn how to leverage social media to re-purpose and re-promote the content from your WordPress site in ways that save you time and effort. You’ll learn:

The best plugins for re-promoting your content
How to integrate content scheduling plugins to auto push to your social media accounts
How to use your well-written blog to create new content types
How to automate your social media posting
After you implement the tips you’ll learn in this session, you will see the magic – the magic of increased engagement with your website.

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