April 25, 2026 — Many people stop at using WordPress as a website. This talk focuses on how individuals and business owners can use the WordPress ecosystem and its community to support content, communication, and everyday operations in a sustainable and practical way. Instead of adding more tools or custom solutions, the session looks at how individuals and business owners can make better use of existing plugins, shared practices, and community-driven knowledge. Attendees will leave with a clearer sense of how to work with the WordPress ecosystem rather than around it.

May 31, 2018 — In this talk, we will discuss several other uses a small business can use WordPress for rather than “just a website”. The WordPress ecosystem has grown well beyond a blogging platform and informational websites. It’s now possible to run an entire business off of WordPress.

April 17, 2016 — The WordPress ecosystem is maturing every day as new businesses and products enter the market. There are many models that a business can adopt in this diverse market but there are also many challenges that need to be addressed if one wants to not only survive, but thrive.
This talk takes a “been there, tried that” look at the various business models that have been used when selling WordPress products, challenges that need to be considered, and some tried and tested solutions that have worked extremely well for us.

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