Track: Track 2
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How to make the leap from corporate to freelance.
I have worked full time with corporate agencies for the better part of 7 years before transitioning to fully freelancing. This can be quite an adjustment and I have some tips and tricks to share about this.
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From Bricks to Clicks: My Journey from Construction Worker to WordPress Wizard
My journey from contruction worker to freelancer to part-time tech support to marketing manager to Woo Customer Success with information about what the audience can do to make moves in their career. Aka what i learned to get me from construction to WordPress professional.
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Master Website Maintenance
We’ll run over Woww’s practices and the tools we use for website maintenance. Feel free to bring your laptop and follow along as we complete a site’s maintenance and cover questions as they arise. These tasks will include: – Backing up the site – Updating WordPress core – Updating the theme – Updating plugins –…
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Promoting Digital Accessibility Awareness: Building an Inclusive Digital Future
This talk will highlight the critical importance of digital accessibility within the tech community. Discussing essential accessibility standards like WCAG and WAI-ARIA, identifying key challenges faced by developers, and emphasizing the benefits of accessible design. Practical steps to enhance digital accessibility will be shared, including useful tools, resources, and community involvement strategies. Additionally, we’ll briefly…
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Scaling your WooCommerce Store for Success
Dirk will take the audience through a ‘roadmap to success’ when it comes to scaling your WooCommerce store. The interactive workshop will cover topics like: – Performance Optimisation – Conversion Rate Optimisation – Organic vs Paid Traffic Optimisation – Email Automation – Basics of Ecom KPIs – Q&A
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Your Website is Killing Your Business
I have spoken to over 50 000 entrepreneurs at the Real Success Summit during COVID, and 95% of them have stated that their websites do not bring them significant business. As a result of this, I teach people how to get visitors to convert into customers on websites, which is what 99% of my audience…
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The future of online payments in South Africa.
The Future of Payments: Beyond Transactions – Crafting Seamless Customer Experiences As we venture into a new era of e-commerce, the way we handle payments is undergoing a profound transformation. This session will focus on: Emerging Payment Methods: I’ll discuss upcoming payment types like mobile wallets, cryptocurrencies, and bank-to-bank payments, and their impact on the…
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CSS View Transitions: The Future of Animation on the Web
Since the early days of Macromedia Flash and Microsoft Silverlight, developers sought solutions to create animated user interactions on the web to rival those found within native software. While the eventual move away from these proprietary tooling towards open-source browser technologies (as advocated by the Web Standards movement) should be celebrated, developers were provided with…
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Unique opportunities with Retail and eCommerce in South Africa
As the digital marketplace evolves, pop-up eCommerce has emerged as a flexible and innovative solution for businesses to reach their customers. In this talk, we will explore the critical aspects of setting up and managing a successful pop-up online store, addressing key challenges and providing actionable strategies for optimization. Key Topics: Stock Challenges and Accounting…