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Blogging and Dating: Not so Different. What your business or brand needs to know for attracting visitors.
The thrills and perils of dating have a lot in common with blogging and building a presence online. Using some common dating tips, this presentation will lead bloggers to begin to think through various aspects of their sites, from content … Continue reading Blogging and Dating: Not so Different. What your business or brand needs to know for attracting visitors.
100 Plugins You Need In Your Life
Ryan is the Editor-In-Chief of WPCandy, a blog all about WordPress. He’s tried a lot of plugins. There are a lot of places where you can find different plugins to do one job, but in this session, Ryan will go … Continue reading 100 Plugins You Need In Your Life
How to Win Awards and Influence Readers in 439 Days and 668 Posts
Birmingham’s Best Blogger Wade Kwon reveals the secrets to developing a content strategy. It’s a plan that took an unknown site from just another URL to the Best Website of 2011, according to readers of the Birmingham News. This session … Continue reading How to Win Awards and Influence Readers in 439 Days and 668 Posts
WordPress for Business – You have an SEO’d website that’s fast, now what?
Over 85% of new WordPress sites are sites where WordPress is used as a CMS. You’ve probably attended tons of sessions telling you how to optimize WordPress for speed, and how to use some SEO plugin. I’ll talk about things businesses … Continue reading WordPress for Business – You have an SEO’d website that’s fast, now what?
Stop creating content for the sake of creating content
Description: 14% of the web uses WordPress. That’s 70+ million blogs delivering content to users, who in turn are responding with even more content. All of this content, or data, is going untapped as we stumble around and keep asking … Continue reading Stop creating content for the sake of creating content
Scan it! Incorporating QR codes into WordPress
Move over social media, making room for QR Codes in your WordPress site enables quick scanning of key topics and features. It can be as easy as a vCard, a coupon, link to an event, or something else. Understand the … Continue reading Scan it! Incorporating QR codes into WordPress
WorryProof WordPress: Backup Strategies for your Web Site
It’s a dangerous Internet out there, and your WordPress site needs a reliable backup. In this talk, we will discuss why a backup is so important, the 5 musts of a solid backup strategy, a comparison of free and premium … Continue reading WorryProof WordPress: Backup Strategies for your Web Site
5 tips for success when the project team involves more than just you
Designer, information architect, content producer, developer, tester, systems administrator, project manager, sherpa, shepherd, client… Which roles do you play? Who plays the other roles? How do your fellow cast members affect your happiness, compensation and overall success? 12 years after … Continue reading 5 tips for success when the project team involves more than just you
Oh My, So Many to Choose From.. . How to Pick a Theme
This presentation will give the scoop on themes. Specifically, What is a theme? What is GPL licensing? What is difference between free themes and premium themes. What are theme frameworks and why use child themes? And why certain themes are … Continue reading Oh My, So Many to Choose From.. . How to Pick a Theme
Running Your Freelance Business: a workshop
Freelancing allows you to create your own hours, work at home in sweat pants, work from a cabin in the mountains, work anywhere you’d like! Freelancing lets you do things your own way, when you like it and how you … Continue reading Running Your Freelance Business: a workshop
