WordPress means business, but you’ve got to own it!

Presentation I gave at WordCamp Norway in Oslo about how to approach your clients in your WordPress Business

Transcript

1. “WordPress means business,
   but you’ve got to own it!”
   Remkus de Vries | @DeFries
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2. Remkus de Vries
   @DeFries
   ForSite Media forsitemedia.net
   WP Realm wprealm.com
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3. WordPress means business,
   but you’ve got to own it!
   Best practices & possibilities
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4. WordPress evolves ...
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5. 5
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6. 6
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7. Do you and
   does your business?
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8. WordPress Skill set
   XHTML > HTML5
   Photoshop 2 > Photoshop 6
   CSS 2.1 > CSS 3
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9. Business Skill set
   What business skills have you
   been working on lately?
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10. You have got to own
    your business
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11. You have got to own
    your business
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12. Your Website needs to:
    • focus on the type of clients you want
    • focus on what your added value is
    • be better than the competition
    • have landing pages
    • have options
    • filter
    • have proper spelling and grammar, yo.
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13. Your Quotes need to
    • Sell yourself first
    • Don’t just throw in a number
    • Explain your added value
    • Set boundaries
    • Show Professionalism
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14. You need to
    • sell yourself first
    • sell your business second
    • show the right images
    • make the right sounds
    • make them feel you mean business
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15. In essence, you have to show
    your professionalism
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16. ... because nobody else will do
    that for you
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17. How are you going to
    do business?
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18. Thanks!
    Remkus de Vries | @DeFries
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