Category Archives: speakers

How to Turn WordCamp into Social Media Engagement and Business Growth

Attending WordCamp Birmingham is only the beginning of the experience. It is what you do when you go home – with the information and connections you’ve encountered – that will make the most difference in what you are doing and where you are going.

Aida Correa joins WordCamp Birmingham 2018 with a session focused on how to take all that you get at WordCamp and step by step leads you from the weekend experience to real-life applications.

WordCamp to Real World

“As a relative “newbie” to the WordCamp experience, I found it exciting and overwhelming all at once. I wanted to share some of the strategies that have helped me to organize and apply the information I’ve gathered.”

It doesn’t matter where you are in your WordPress journey. You can benefit from WordCamp and you can take your WordCamp experience an put it to practical use.


Sometimes you have to make the decision to move from full-time work to freelance work. Sometimes you want to make that move. No matter what your motives driving the decision, you want to think about a few things first.

Kerry Putman joins the WordCamp Birmingham speaker team with the session, Full-Time to Freelance: Practical and Self-Care Advice for When the 9-To-5 Has to Stop

Putman uses her own experiences to offer practical advice and self-care tips for dealing with the transformation from full-time employee to freelance.

“I hope you get some practical advice to help smooth the transition and also tips on taking care through the process.” Putman wants to help you avoid the pitfalls that can occur when you move from traditional employment to the world of freelance work.

When it comes to attending WordCamp, Putman has some advice as well. “I continue to find great people to know and to get advice from when I attend WordCamps. Break out of your shell and talk to the people next to you.”

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Freelancing offers as many opportunities as there are people or events to make the most of the freelancer.

Marc Gratch shares his journey with freelancing and self-employment in the session, Tips to Being an Awesome Freelancer (And Not Failing… Too Hard)

“Working for yourself is hard! Knowing the right answer is fleeting.” Gratch is inviting you to learn from his mistakes. “I hope people will learn to avoid repeating the mistakes many make when starting out. More than anything, I want them to find solace in knowing they aren’t alone making the mistakes.”

Gratch will also be sharing in the session: Using the Command Line: Bash and WP-CLI

When it comes to WordCamp, Gratch says, “Becoming a part of the WordPress community can have incalcuable impact on your career.”

Sponsorship and community

Unlock Your Content Creation Tips, Tricks, and Secrets

Announcing the Content Track for WordCamp Birmingham 2018

The Content Track for WordCamp Birmingham 2018 will be packed full of unique ideas and tricks for creating the content you need for your website.

This year’s sessions will include podcasting, video, photography, books, and so much more.

Content Track

Repurpose Your Words (Kathryn Lang)
12 Lessons from Daily Blogging for over 1200 Days & Still Counting (Helen Ritterspoon)
Gutenberg 101 (Jacob McKinney)
Video For WordPress – The Engagement, Search, and Vlogging Trifecta! (Steve Schwartz)
Improve the SEO of your website with the Yoast plugin WordPress (Bobby Kircher)
So you’ve “WordCamped” – Now What? Leveraging Your WordCamp Experience for Better Social Media Engagement (Aida Correa)
Strategies Beyond SEO and Google to Build Your Brand and Market Your Social Media Awesomeness (William Jackson)
5 Things WordPress Users need to know about Copyright and Intellectual Property (Anna Rabe)
How to grow your business (ONLINE PRESENCE) with Podcasting (Adam Silver) – two part workshop
Photography for WordPress – Create Beautiful Images for your Websites (Steve Schwartz)
Tracking Your Website with Google Analytics (Chris Edwards)

You will also have the opportunity to attend a WordPress 101 workshop in the Happiness Bar on Saturday AND a Podcasting 101 Workshop in the Happiness Bar on Sunday.

There will be plenty of information for creating the content you need to build your online success. Don’t wait. Get your tickets today!


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Business Takes Center Stage at WordCamp Birmingham

Announcing the Business Track for WordCamp Birmingham 2018

Business matters! No matter what you are doing or where your focus, if you want to build success then you need to treat what you are doing like a business. The Business Track of WordCamp Birmingham 2018 was designed to help you find the tools you need and put those tools to work so you can create the online success you desire.

So you want to start a web design business? Advice, Tips, and Tricks that I have learned! (Mickey Trivett)
Overcoming Your Fear of Sales (April Weir)
The New WordPress Paradigm – How Gutenberg Will (Eventually) Empower WordPress End-Users AND Professionals (Alonso Indacochea)
The Top 5 Legal Liability Risks of Building a Website (Anna Rabe)
Biz Panel (Weir, Seirup, Trivett, Adcock – Nathan moderate?)
The most important thing you’re not telling your clients (David Zimmerman)
Crafting the Perfect Proposal (Melanie Adcock)
Tips to being an awesome freelancer (and not failing… too hard) (Marc Gratch)
How to improve any web project with communication (Laura Bosco)
Picking your Project Management Software for Success (Sandy Edwards)
Full-Time to Freelance: Practical and Self-Care Advice for When the 9-To-5 Has to Stop (Kerry Putman)
Code on the Road: Freelancing WordPress from an RV (Cindy Cullen)

Come prepared to learn. Bring your questions and your concerns about your business or the next step for your business. Look for ways to connect, engage, and develop the relationships that will provide you with the answers you need.

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Content, Business, and Developers – Oh My! WordCamp Birmingham Is Packed with Goodies

The schedule is posted. The speakers are prepping. And visions of WordCamp Birmingham 2018 are dancing in our heads.

Are you ready?

WordCamp Birmingham has it all – content, business, developer ideas, great food, amazing engagement, and cool surprises (literally)!

Like to Talk? Then Speak at WordCamp Birmingham 2018!

Okay, folks, it's time to put your thinking caps on again and brainstorm ideas for talks you can give at WordCamp Birmingham on August 4-5. We are looking for any and all ideas you have to make this year's #WPYALL better than ever.

We have three tracks for your talks: Blogging & Content Creation, Business, and Development. You can submit any number of talks you like, and we can work together to see which ones best fit our community.

Brian Krogsgard giving the 2017 WPYALL Keynote 

Community Request: Podcasting

Finally, we want to call attention to a community request that came a lot during and after last year's WordCamp. Many people were discussing podcasting and live streaming, in either questions at panels, the Hallway Track, or just conversations at dinner.

We would love to hear your thoughts on these topics, and since we're in the planning stages, let us know what cool ideas you have.

Would you want to teach an afternoon workshop? A tips & tricks panel? A hands-on equipment demo? Let us know because there's certainly been a demand for it.

Send in the Talks!

Like I said, feel free to throw your WordPress ideas at us, and let's make WC Birmingham even bigger and better than it has ever been.

Need an idea of where to start? Check out last year's schedule to see what filled up Campers' days!

Can't wait to see you in Birmingham, AL on August 4-5!