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Live Site Reviews
Presented by Joost de Valk, Michiel Heijmans, Willemien Hallebeek and Annelieke van den Berg
SEO experts Joost de Valk, Michiel Heijmans, Willemien Hallebeek and Annelieke van den Berg perform live site reviews at WordCamp Austin and share some practical tips with you. Do you want us to review your website? Send an email to community@yoast.com.
October 9, 2020 at 9:00 am CDT in Cactus Cafe -
WordPress 5.6 and the jQuery Update: An Agency’s Approach – WordPress TV Available
Presented by Karen Kitchens
Watch Karen's talk on WordPress TV here. An update in WP 5.6 is going to remove support for very old jQuery. I am a Senior Front End Developer for an agency that builds and supports over 40 WP sites a year. Our custom theme, Gesso, does not use older jQuery, but we do use a …
October 9, 2020 at 9:00 am CDT in Broken Spoke -
5 Ways to Make Your Events and Projects More Diverse
Presented by Allie Nimmons
We all know that the tech space – including the WordPress space – could stand to be more diverse. But whose responsibility is that, and what are the best ways to accomplish it without tokenizing people? How can you improve upon diversity in your immediate and extended spaces? In this session, we'll identify the kinds …
October 9, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT in Cactus Cafe -
The Ultimate Newsroom QA: How To Manage Your Editorial Workflow Like A Boss
Presented by Francesca Marano
In 2013 I launched a blog for female creative entrepreneurs that became an overnight success in its own niche in Italy. Six years later, the blog is still going strong: it grew from a handful of contributors to a newsroom of over eighty authors. Last December I was able to hand it off to a …
October 9, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT in Broken Spoke -
Cover Your Assets: WordPress Accessibility Images, Videos
Presented by Joe A Simpson Jr
Whether you are a beginner or not, most WordCampers know what an image ALT tag is or have seen closed captions on our television shows or YouTube videos. But the majority of you reading this STILL skip these critical first steps in making your client or personal WordPress sites accessible and perform markedly better.In this …
October 9, 2020 at 11:00 am CDT in Cactus Cafe -
Things Well-Meaning WordPress Developers Do That Hurts SEO in 2020
Presented by David Zimmerman
Have you ever launched a website only to return to find some annoying SEO has come after you and destroyed it? Has some obnoxious marketer bugged you for lots of little changes- outside the client's scope and budget? I'm sorry.That might have been my fault. Let's work together to help our clients. I’ll share my …
October 9, 2020 at 11:00 am CDT in Broken Spoke -
How To Increase Ecommerce Conversions
Presented by Topher DeRosia
Do you want shoppers, or do you want buyers? An ecommerce store is only as valuable as the number of visitors it converts to buyers. But Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is a successful online store. Building a sustainable, cash positive storefront takes time – and a thoughtful strategy. We’ll go over …
October 9, 2020 at 1:00 pm CDT in Broken Spoke -
Improving Customer Satisfaction and Profitability With Rapid Website Prototyping
Presented by Nicholas Batik
As websites and web applications get larger and more complex, one of the great challenges is how to rapidly prototype to get immediate client feedback and agreement from your customer, and identify any hidden technical issues before investing significant time and effort writing code. In this session you will learn how to create custom backend data …
October 9, 2020 at 1:00 pm CDT in Cactus Cafe -
Git into the Groove – Moving from Freelance to Collaborative Workflow
Presented by AmyJune Hineline
Going from freelance to working in an agency can be overwhelming, but don’t let the fear of a collaborative workflow scare you.What is Git?? Better question, what is version control? And what the heck is a local environment?We’ll cover the basics of- Local environments, multidevs, and branches- Version control- Overview of a git client
October 9, 2020 at 2:00 pm CDT in Cactus Cafe -
Rock Your Blocks
Presented by David Vogelpohl
Have you been scratching your head wondering how or if you'll even use the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg)? In this session, David Vogelpohl of WP Engine and Genesis discusses the evolution of the block editor in WordPress Core, what that could mean for the future of WordPress, and how brands and agencies are using the …
October 9, 2020 at 2:00 pm CDT in Broken Spoke -
An IBM Watson Powered Assistant On Your WordPress Site – An AI powered web assistant.
Presented by Adrian Campos
Utilizing IBM Watson Assistant, a chatbot for your website, you can bring in AI to support your website visitors. Imagine tending to your site visitors, whether guests, potential clients, or current clients. Directing them to funnels or helping them, through AI (natural language understanding), without you lifting a finger.
October 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm CDT in Broken Spoke -
Mompreneur Powered By WordPress and Passive Profit
Presented by Cousett Hoover
Mompreneurs everywhere use WordPress for their business and blogs. There are a lot of things we are doing with WordPress to become profitable entrepreneurs include passive profit streams. This talk will encompass many of the opportunities WordPress gives us to have a profitable income stream, many of which are passive. From ads on a high …
October 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm CDT in Cactus Cafe -
Keynote: WordPress…It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
Presented by Jason Cohen
A reflection on the value of the WordPress community, and how we all can contribute to its on-going success.
October 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm CDT in Broken Spoke