Uncategorized – WordCamp Birmingham 2017

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017

Phylecia Jones Reins in the Money and Budgeting Issues at WordCamp Birmingham

Phylecia Jones wants to help you get the “more money” mojo going with your business and website.

Speaker Phylecia Jones at WordCamp Birmingham

Session

How WordPress Freelancers Can Stop Sucking at Budgeting

Why This Topic?

I met Nathan Ingraham at WordCamp Denver and he encouraged me to submit a talk on money and budgeting. I love talking about this… I think it is fun… and I was also coming home to visit my parents, so everything just seemed to work out very well! I am also very much in love with the WordCamp community and had fun nerding out with everyone I met.

What Will You Take Away?

The wakeup call needed to manage business finances better
A light bulb moment realizing that budgeting, accounting, and bookkeeping are not the same thing
The importance of giving yourself a salary, no matter what
How a budget actual gives power in making good business decisions
A quick and creative way to get started with a one-year business budget and spend plan

Top Advice for Attending WordCamp Birmingham

Life is short. Life is precious. Life is fragile. Enjoy every minute of it with a community of people that get you!

Learn More

Website: Keeping Up with Mrs. Jones
Facebook: Phylecia Jones
Twitter: @keepupwmrsjones

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017

Andrew Podner to Speak on Finding Your Content at WordCamp Birmingham

Andrew Podner will help you find the content that will engage and inform your readers.

Andrew Podner to Speak at WordCamp Birmingham

Session

They Ask, You Answer, They Trust

Finding the time and desire to blog can be tough, so we’ll be talking about blogging and how it can help your business.

Why This Topic?

I am passionate about helping people and companies, and I have seen a disturbing trend of substandard content being pushed all over the web. Content marketing, to me, is not a buzzword. Rather, it is a meaningful endeavor that when done well, allows you to connect with people in a tangible way.

What Will You Take Away?

An understanding of what good content is, and what people who consume content expect from a website.

Top Advice for Attending WordCamp Birmingham

Do it! Jump in and let your voice be heard.

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017

Mickey E Trivett Shares Blogging and Timesaving Tips

Mickey E Trivett wants to help you find more time and get prepared for your next year of blogging.

Session

Outsourcing with WordPress
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Why This Topic?

My topic has helped me get my time back! Let me elaborate. Before I outsourced I was working from 6am to 3am and it was just a continuously repeating cycle. After investigating and doing research on hiring a VA and actually hiring my first VA, I got my time back. Now I am able to focus on my business instead of always working in my business.

What Will You Take Away?

How to find a VA!
Tips on Hiring Preventing VA
Common Mistakes
How to get more time!

Top Advice for Attending WordCamp Birmingham

Do It! You will never have to worry as it is and Awesome Community!

October 19, 2017October 21, 2017

BoldGrid Builds Better By Support of WordCamp Birmingham

WordCamp Birmingham welcomes BoldGrid – as a Gold Sponsor for #WPYall 2017.

BoldGrid supports WordCamp Birmingham, and WordCamps all around, as a Global Gold Sponsor.

BoldGrid has set a target to create WordPress usability like other user-friendly, drag-and-drop builders. The company was invented by a dedicated team with years of practical application building thousands of websites by hand.

BoldGrid used those experiences to build a two-stage development process:

Stage One is the Inspiration Phase – this gives you a chance to explore designs and find the functionality you want and need.

Stage Two is the Customization Phase – this allows you to choose specific elements that will work for your website.

About BoldGrid:

BoldGrid works on top of WordPress as a website builder to make CMS intuitive. Tedious tasks are now automated and the entire WordPress workflow is reimagined to save you time and frustration.

Thanks to BoldGrid for supporting WordCamp Birmingham 2017.

Be sure to join the WordCamp Birmingham team and BoldGrid for #WPYall this Saturday and Sunday, October 21st and 22nd, for only $40.

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October 15, 2017October 21, 2017

Dynamite Developers Track for WordCamp Bimingham

Developers help to build the foundation of the WordPress platform and create the tools to keep sites running smooth. Even developers need some encouragement and guidance to find the ideas for the next great functionality leap.

The support you need may be found right in your back yard. WordCamp Birmingham 2017 has gathered some informative and exciting sessions for the Developer Track.

WordCamp Birmingham Developer Track

Dwayne McDaniel – WP-CLI: Don’t Fear the Command Line

Joshua Gilmer – Task Runners + Theming: Automating Your Workflow

Doug Cone – Multidev, Multi-Platform Development with Docker

Bill Robbins, Micah Wood – Introduction to the WordPress REST API

Micah Wood – A Developer’s Guide to WordPress REST API

Bill Robbins – Build Your Own Web App with the WordPress REST API

Get ready to take developing to the next level.

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October 11, 2017

Today’s the Last Day for Guaranteed T-Shirt Sizes!

Hello, WordCampers (or more accurately, future WordCampers)!

WC Birmingham is rounding the final bend, and we want to make sure that y’all get all the swag you’re entitled to. If you reserve your ticket by 11:59pm tonight, we can guarantee your size in the totally amazing and make-your-friends-jealous 2017 WordCamp Birmingham t-shirt.

If you don’t want to be a Camper who looks like they’ve actually been camping, you absolutely want to hit that button and snag your ticket and your t-shirt.

#fomo

We know that the fear of missing out is a real thing. And you have every right to be frightened. It’s Halloween soon, ghouls and ghosts are everywhere, and y’all are terrified of a lot right now.

So don’t let #fomo be a part of that. Order your ticket, tell us your t-shirt size by 11:59pm on October 11–tonight!–you won’t miss out.

Your fears will be assuaged, you won’t miss out, and you can show off your nifty, beautiful, jealously-inducing, perfectly-fitting t-shirt to all your friends and family.

Louder, for the Folks in the Back

Order a WordCamp Birmingham ticket by 11:59pm TONIGHT and get a t-shirt that’s guaranteed to be in your size!

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017

10 Ways WordCamp Birmingham Creates New Opportunities for Blogging

10 Things learned at WordCamp Birmingham

This article comes from one of our speakers, Kathryn Lang. She shared her WordCamp experience with her readers on her website in 2016. Do you have WordCamp experiences you would like to share? We would love to hear from you. Let’s get the WORD out about how amazing these events are!

Are you looking to learn how to grow your website and build your content? WordCamp provides a number of ways to learn, to grow, and to share!

WordCamp offers more than tips on using WordPress – although those are abundant as well. WordCamp brings together a community of sharing individuals that love words and are working together to find better ways of getting the words before readers.

My experience with WordCamp began in 2013, and each year I have gained more from attending and then volunteering. Wordcamp Birmingham 2016 was no exception.

10 Things I Learned from WordCamp Birmingham 2016

I learned that the key to everything- in business and in life – is to know your purpose. Unless you know why you are doing what you are doing you will struggle in the doing. Cory Miller was the keynote speaker and he kicked off the event by reminding us that the two keys to future success are having the ability to pivot and the focus of purpose.

I learned that one of the biggest challenges I face is a crisis in confidence. Nathan Ingram shares ideas to help me see past what I deem my limitations (by only focusing on those ahead of me) and to see my proficiencies by looking around at those that are behind (and those that are beside me as well.

“Crisis of confidence will steal joy and satisfaction” @nathaningram #wcbham

I learned that the way to know what I am good at doing is to take the time to look at what I am doing. Nathan Ingram again opened my eyes to the understanding that where I stand out from the crowd is usually the place that is most natural to me so that leaves me wondering why anyone would ever pay me to do it. He suggested that if I take time to look at what I am doing and be alert and aware of what I am doing then I will be in a position to discover my greatest proficiency.

I learned that time doesn’t necessarily equal money – which made sense but was still a challenge to understand. Kyle Johnson shared thoughts on ways to separate the time aspect out of the income equation. He recommended focusing more on things that didn’t require additional time to help increase income potential.

I learned that my brand is an experience – and if I want people to be brand ambassadors then I better make sure that the experience is a positive one. Kristi Oliver at FlySoloMedia.com shared some amazing tips on how to define a brand and create that experience. She said that when people understand what you are about then they are drawn to you and they have an experience with your business that meets their expectations.

I learned that I need to keep learning. Kristi Oliver kept pushing me to be more than I am right now. She challenged me to perfect where I am but to keep investing in learning – even within the craft that I had perfected.

I learned that not all learning goes on in a classroom – or session. Amazing lunch conversations with the dynamic duo from Junior Davis & Associates, Inc. provided me with some information to chew on and also some challenges for moving forward.

I learned that the after party is not just about having a party. I had the chance to visit and engage in a way that doesn’t always get to happen in a rush between sessions during the meat of the conference. These engagements reminded me that when I laugh and share I connect in a way that will build foundational relationships that allow me to continue to build and grow on this journey.

I learned that we are all struggling in something. A developer may not understand (or want to understand) the content side, and vice versa. And not only are we all struggling but we all have something to offer each other – so if I am willing to learn then there is always something to learn from everyone that I encounter.

I learned that I am not always as funny as I think I am – at least others may not think I am as funny as I think I am – but I also recognized that it’s okay because that just makes me want to laugh more and try more because it all is better with a little laughter thrown in.

WordCamp Birmingham provides more than conference information. It creates a platform for engaging and connecting with others. If you have never attended a WordCamp, now is your chance. Tickets are on sale for WordCamp Birmingham 2017, and this year has all the makings of the best WordCamp ever.

See you there.

Kathryn

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September 23, 2017

Powerful Business Track Lineup for WordCamp Birmingham 2017

Business Track for WordCamp Birmingham 2017

It may start with the words, but it continues and grows with the right plan. The Business Track sessions for WordCamp Birmingham 2017 are designed to help you build your business by utilizing the tools of WordPress and the power of the internet.

Technology has made things easier for entrepreneurs and business owners. At the same time, it has also made things more challenging. Not only do you need to put the technology to work for you in a way that works for you and your customers, but you have to find a balance that keeps you in your business.

These sessions and speakers are sure to help you find your way through.

WordCamp Birmingham Business Track

Gordon Seirup – Entrepreneurship: Living the Dream or the Tower of Terror?

Kathy Drewien – Psst! Client’s Aren’t Telling You the Truth

Luke Camara – Help Me Help You (or the one where I sell your services and we both get paid)

Melanie G Adcock – Upping Your Freelance Game

Mickey E Trivett – Outsourcing with WordPress

Mitzi Eaker – Pivotal Steps to Digital Rebranding

Get ready to take the next step for your business success.

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September 20, 2017October 11, 2017

How to Make Plans for Five to Make the Most of WordCamp Birmingham

WordCamp Birmingham 2017 put together a great schedule for business leaders, writers, and developers. The way to make the most of your conference time is to start right now.

Before the WordCamp Conference

1. Determine to learn five new things. Review the conference schedule and think about what you want to learn and how the sessions and workshops can help you move forward in these areas.

2. Determine to meet five new people. Review the list of conference speakers and invest some time researching their businesses, their websites, and their online engagement. Be watching social media for people that share they will be attending the conference. Be sure to connect with WordPress Birmingham online (Facebook and Twitter). Make a list of people that you want to meet at the event and even send them a message or email letting them know you are excited to see them.

3. Determine to attend five amazing activities – whether it is a session, a table talk, or a workshop. Write out what you expect to gain from these activities (this will give you a measuring point after the conference). Also, write out any questions you have concerning the topics.

You can attend the WordCamp Birmingham 2017 conference OR you can make the conference work for you. By taking a little time now to prepare for the event you will be in a position to put it (and us) to work for you.

Are you ready?

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September 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Introducing the Speakers that Complete the Blogger Track

You asked for it – you got it! The speakers at this year’s WordCamp Birmingham will offer you the tips and strategies you need to take your website to the next level.

And it starts with the words!

To make the most of WordPress, words will be involved. The WordCamp Birmingham Blogger Track will offer sessions to challenge the new writer as well as push the experienced writer to the next level. The Blogger Track will also offer presentations for those learning to maneuver the website building process.

Words have power. Put these sessions to work for you so you can position yourself to wield your words for the success of your website and your business.

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