HOW ENTREPRENEURSLAUNCH IDEAS WITH WORDPRESS

JOHN HOUSHOLDER@ahsodesigns

#wpnash

WHO AM I . .Owner of Ah So, a Nashville

WordPress shop

Emma emarketing plugin

Meetup organizer with Randy Hicks

Mentor at EC

Art Institute of TN Web and Interactive Instructor

TONIGHT• About WordPress community in

Nashville

• Wordpress.com vs. wordpress.org

• 10 steps to launch your site

• Questions

• networking

WHO IS HERE?

• First time attendees at a WordPress Nashville Event

• Attendee at WordCamp

• Normal WordPress Meetup attendee

• Who has used WordPress the last year?

1216 people in Nashville mention WordPress in their LinkedIn Profile

614 members of MEETUP.com group

248 tickets sold to WordCamp Nashville

OUR COMMUNITY

January : adding Media to WP

February: WP plugin

April: WordCamp (WordPress Conference)

May: WordPress 10th Anniversary Social

June: WP Security

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO:

August: Help Desk

September: How Entrepreneurs Launch ideas with WordPress

October: WordPress theme customization

November: joint SEO meetup with Belmont

December: User Group Christmas Party

WordCamp

Meetups

Dev meetups

Developer Meetups

wpnashville.com

EDUCATION

LATEST ENTREPRENEUR

SITES DEVELOPED IN WORDPRESS

NASHVILLE, TN

Deanna Atkinson

Mariel Heart

Ross Jones

Judy Wilson

Wordpress.com vs. WordPress.org

Entrepreneur sites built on WordPress

• http://eventualmillionaire.com/• http://blogmaverick.com/• http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/• http://cdixon.org/• http://danariely.com/• http://steveblank.com/

Let’s setup a WordPress.org site

To sell my dog’s alarm clock…….

When we are Dunn ……….

10 STEPS

Setup Hosting through WPEngine

1. Change your header

2. Add color to header

3. Add a header image

4. Menu or Navigation

5. Plugins

6. Permalinks

7 . Modify Jetpack

8 . Setup Sidebar

9 . Color Changes?

10 . Launch your Site!

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO: FOLLOW: @wpnashville

SIGNUP: email list and meetup on wpnashville.com

To view slides, links, and presentation in the morning

Wpnashville.com

Network with WordPressers….

Thanks for coming!

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