We all know creating engaging content is THE number one way to build trust and authority for any brand. Writing awesome blogs establishes you as a credible expert, helps you build a steady flow of WordPress clients and gives you the opportunity to educate and help your customers. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/why-no-one-is-reading-your-blog-posts-and-how-to-change-that/

Now that WordPress is maturing and the ecosystem is thriving, it may seem overwhelming to start a new business. But you can do it. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-i-built-my-wordpress-business-with-almost-zero-investment/

This talk will skip over the obvious stuff and get stuck straight into techniques and tools that make remote work truly awesome! Learn how you can empower your team to become far more than just a bunch of people connected via a backlog of tasks and a dodgy NBN connection. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/running-a-remote-team-insights-from-a-wordpress-startup-and-a-13-year-old-remote-agency/

This session will explore why WordPress sites get hacked, how you know you have been hacked, what are the implications of a hack, and what are some of your options to fix your hacked site. It will also look at both simple and more complex solutions to reduce your risk to your WordPress website so you never face a similar night of horror. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/the-day-the-hackers-came-what-happened-when-80-of-my-clients-sites-were-hacked-in-one-day/

The block revolution is undoubtedly here, but not everyone has been able to embrace it yet. If you’ve never used ReactJS before it may seem intimidating, or at the very least time consuming to go all-in on the new editor and create custom blocks for every situation you come across. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/advanced-custom-blocks-creating-customised-editing-experiences-in-a-gutenberg-world-using-advanced-custom-fields-and-the-skills-you-have-now/

Learn how to use GraphQL and Vue to build an interactive WordPress site. We will go over some of the motivations and fundamentals behind GraphQL. From there we will install wp-graphql and VueJs. Finally we will get the client and server to talk to each delivering data via GraphQL. https://2019.birmingham.wordcamp.org/files/2019/08/GraphQL-WordPress-Talk.pdf

This talk will help content creators get more use of their website and blog content while eliminating the stresses of social media management.

Page loading speed is critical these days for user experience, particularly on mobile phones, and therefore for SEO. Research shows that a 1-second difference in loading time can have a huge impact on site conversions. Luckily, there are some awesome plugins that make speeding up your site light work. Using them, you can get 95% of the possible performance boost using only FREE plugins. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-to-make-your-site-load-5-times-faster-in-10-minutes-for-free/

How much is a website worth? Isn’t WordPress just templates?? In this presentation, Jen will showcase just how much you can do with a custom WordPress site. She’ll show you how the team at Pixel Palace build premium custom WordPress websites that are worth every cent to clients. She’ll uncover how to make your website work valuable as well as profitable and how to escape the race to the bottom in terms of price. For business owners looking to invest in a new website, you’ll gain insight into successfully navigating the crazy world of website quotes for your business. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/what-goes-into-a-50k-wordpress-website/

In the past 15 years the technology of the web has evolved, enabling exciting new techniques and tools for web developers. WordPress has evolved with it, but some of the newer and more exciting tools are still out of reach… or are they? This is a developer focused talk about bringing newer technologies into WordPress development through the use (and abuse) of plugins and themes. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/you-cant-do-that-with-wordpress/