Meetups

Whether you are new to WordPress or have been developing for years, Gutenberg is going to be a game changer! Come learn about the next big thing in WordPress, ask your questions, and share your experiences with this brand new core feature. We’ll have live demos of Gutenberg uses and tips, as well as time to discuss the impact of the new tool on your sites and businesses.

This month doesn’t have much in the way of notes since it was mainly live demos.

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Scott Mann – Marketing Tactics Overload

Get your notepads ready. This will be a sprint of digital, real-world marketing tactics and strategies from a 15-year veteran to help you achieve new levels of success. We’ll be covering Adwords, SEO, Link Building, Branding, Intelligence Gathering, Social Media and more in this whirlwind tour.

Gary Kovar – Get “Ship” Done! Best Practices for eCommerce Shipping

If you sell physical products online you know the excitement you feel every time a new sales order arrives! Your job doesn’t end when the credit card clears. Now you have to actually get the product to your customer.
I’ll tell you what I learned growing from <100 shipments per day to over a thousand.

Stephanie Wolfinger – Legal Matters for Small Business Owners

Many of us are small business owners, and have to wear multiple hats on a daily basis. One hat that you don’t want to wear lightly is that of a legal expert. You may not have a lawyer to manage all aspects of your business, but they can be invaluable assets to ensure that you are managing your company properly.

In this talk, the founder of Wolfinger Law will discuss the requirements involved in starting and maintaining a business. She will also give tips on protecting yourself in day to day operations, and keeping your business in compliance.

David Laietta – Cool Tools to Manage Online Work

I believe that it is becoming more important every day to leverage technology to improve productivity. We all have increased demands on our time, and multi-tasking doesn’t do much to help efficiency.

This talk will cover tools that I use to automate tasks or enhance productivity, as well as alternatives where applicable for various operating systems and price points. You will learn about ways to improve:

– Handling email
– Notifications
– Organizing your computer workspace
– Staying informed
– Creating custom workflows
– Even more!

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Irina Blumenfeld – Best practices for faster website

Why is my site slow? I hear this a lot from people. In this presentation we’ll discuss how you can test website speed, figure out what’s causing loading delay, and what are the best practices you can implement to make your site load faster. We’ll go over images, caching, 3rd parties, HTTP/2 protocol and more.

Josh Nederveld – Website Content Debt

When you launch a website, it’s like driving off the lot with a brand-new car. It’s shiny and perfect in that moment, but over time it starts to get worn down. If you ignore the issues long enough, eventually the car will break down completely. Web developers are familiar with this in terms of “technical debt,” but a website’s content is just as at risk for decay. We’ll take a look at 3 different types of content debt and identify how to find and fix content debt on your own website.

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