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HOW ENTREPRENEURS LAUNCH IDEAS WITH WORDPRESS JOHN HOUSHOLDER @ahsodesigns #wpnash

How Entreprenuers Launch Ideas with WordPress

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Entrepreneurs have ideas, but how do they share those ideas with the world? WordPress makes it easy for them to translate ideas into a web presence without knowledge of coding. In partnership with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, I presented this talk. on September 16, 2013. I demonstrate how to set up a WordPress blog and get started with the 2013 WordPress theme. For step by step instructions, please visit: http://www.ahsodesigns.com/2013/development/how-to-sign-up-for-wpengine

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HOW ENTREPRENEURSLAUNCH IDEAS WITH WORDPRESS

JOHN HOUSHOLDER@ahsodesigns

#wpnash

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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

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TONIGHT• About WordPress community in

Nashville

• Wordpress.com vs. wordpress.org

• 10 steps to launch your site

• Questions

• networking

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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?

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1216 people in Nashville mention WordPress in their LinkedIn Profile

614 members of MEETUP.com group

248 tickets sold to WordCamp Nashville

OUR COMMUNITY

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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:

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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

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WordCamp

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Meetups

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Dev meetups

Developer Meetups

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wpnashville.com

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EDUCATION

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LATEST ENTREPRENEUR

SITES DEVELOPED IN WORDPRESS

NASHVILLE, TN

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Deanna Atkinson

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Mariel Heart

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Ross Jones

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Judy Wilson

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Wordpress.com vs. WordPress.org

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Entrepreneur sites built on WordPress

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

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Let’s setup a WordPress.org site

To sell my dog’s alarm clock…….

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When we are Dunn ……….

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10 STEPS

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Setup Hosting through WPEngine

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1. Change your header

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2. Add color to header

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3. Add a header image

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4. Menu or Navigation

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5. Plugins

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6. Permalinks

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7 . Modify Jetpack

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8 . Setup Sidebar

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9 . Color Changes?

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10 . Launch your Site!

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WE ARE ASKING YOU TO: FOLLOW: @wpnashville

SIGNUP: email list and meetup on wpnashville.com

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To view slides, links, and presentation in the morning

Wpnashville.com

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Network with WordPressers….

Thanks for coming!

Follow me on Twitter for updates and WordPress goodness

@ahsodesigns