June 23rd Conference Sessions
The ABCs of WordPress: Themes, Plugins and More.
WordPress has always focused on ease-of-use and the current version 3.0 is no exception. It’s probably not a coincidence that the world’s most widely used website content management system is also the most user friendly! Still practically every technical solution … Continue reading
Using WordPress for Online Content and Media Websites
This workshop will help you understand how to use your WordPress site to help build a community for your business. It will focus on: Generating Advertising Revenue with Advertising Solutions Engaging with Audiences via Commenting Systems and Feeds Magazine and … Continue reading
Keynote: The Defacto-Standard Web Platform for Business
Over the past 5 years WordPress has become the leading blogging software worldwide, and to many, that’s what it is. But its developers have been busy, and over the years they’ve been building a powerhouse. With the release of v3.0 … Continue reading
Ratcheting up Revenue for Local Business with WordPress
Every business needs a website. And WordPress offers an inexpensive option for a local business to establish an online presence. Through the use of WordPress, local businesses can communicate who they are and what they have to offer. Restaurants can … Continue reading
Interacting with your Audience via Email and Advanced Contact Forms
Websites, email marketing and contact forms go hand-in-hand, and nowhere is that more true than with WordPress. This panel session will introduce you to the options available and the discussion will help you select the best solution for you, including … Continue reading
Using WordPress in Your Non-Profit Organization
This session will help non-profit organizations, associations and government agencies learn how to use their websites to help foster interest in their activities; visitors and donors can subscribe to your RSS to keep updated on your news; ability to add … Continue reading
Navigating your Choices for Hosting
“Is shared hosting good enough to begin with? How hard is it to run my own server? What are the SEO implications of having a slow website? Should I invest in cloud hosting?” These are just a few of the … Continue reading
Setting up a Membership Site
Using WordPress as a membership site is efficient and cost effective for many associations and businesses. You can easily manage your membership, control access to areas of your site and content, accept payments and more. There are many options for … Continue reading
Drawing Traffic: Search Engine and Social Media Optimization
This session will help you understand how to Search Engine Optimize (SEO) your WordPress website. Panelists will discuss what SEO is and some of the ways you can help drive traffic to your site including: Online tools Plugins Graphic & … Continue reading
Integrating eCommerce Solutions into WordPress
WordPress sites can easily be made into e-Commerce sites with a theme and/or plugins. Customized themes for e-Commerce sites offer a variety of options. Businesses can choose basic sites with minimal changes to more sophisticated sites using themes developed specifically … Continue reading
How to Select a Consultant or Agency
You’re ready to move ahead with your website, and need to make a decision on who will help you. And you find yourself overwhelmed with all of the decisions. Who should you hire? What questions should you ask? What is … Continue reading
So what is YOUR “WordPress Strategy?”
There are more ways to leverage WordPress than just launching a website hosted on WordPress software. This session discusses the concept of developing a “WordPress Strategy” which can include leveraging the over 13 million self-hosted WordPress websites by offering a plugin, and … Continue reading
Operations: Support, Maintenance, Disaster Recovery, and Scaling
Things do sometimes go wrong, but you can prepare by having a Disaster Recovery Plan in place. Regular backups, support and maintenance of your site is mandatory to protect your business. Security has always been a major issue for internet … Continue reading
Closing Panel: What’s your Next Step with WordPress?
As a business professional you understand the importance of a web presence. But even more than a presence, your site needs to be current. And you can see what’s possible with WordPress. Whether you are in a small-to-medium sized business, … Continue reading
Servicing Members with a WordPress-based Membership Site
This workshop will show how you easily convert your WordPress site into a membership plugin to monetize your site, control access to information, maintain membership information, and much more. By understanding the options available, you are better able to determine … Continue reading
Adapting a Visual Design to your Budget
This workshop will cover what WordPress’ “Themes” are and how you can use them to customize your site. WordPress Themes provide control over the look and presentation of the material on your website but in general are separate from the … Continue reading
Using WordPress to Close More Real Estate Sales
This workshop will discuss how WordPress is being used to help Realtors streamline their sites and make them easier to personalize. Through the use of a variety of plugins, Real Estate sites are able to provide specific information to visitors … Continue reading