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

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

2. 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

3. TONIGHT
• About WordPress community in
Nashville
• Wordpress.com vs. wordpress.org
• 10 steps to launch your site
• Questions
• networking

4. 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?

5. 1216 people in Nashville mention WordPress in
their LinkedIn Profile
614 members of MEETUP.com group
248 tickets sold to WordCamp Nashville
OUR COMMUNITY

6. 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:

7. 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

8. WordCamp

9. Meetups

10. Dev meetups
Developer Meetups

11. wpnashville.com

12. EDUCATION

13. LATEST
ENTREPRENEUR
SITES DEVELOPED IN
WORDPRESS
NASHVILLE, TN

14. Deanna Atkinson

15. Mariel Heart

16. Ross Jones

17. Judy Wilson

19. Wordpress.com vs.
WordPress.org

20. Entrepreneur sites built on
WordPress
• http://eventualmillionaire.com/
• http://blogmaverick.com/
• http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/
• http://cdixon.org/
• http://danariely.com/
• http://steveblank.com/

21. Let’s setup a WordPress.org site
To sell my dog’s alarm clock…….

22. When we are Dunn  ……….

23. 10 STEPS

24. Setup Hosting through WPEngine

25. 1. Change your header

26. 2. Add color to header

27. 3. Add a header image

28. 4. Menu or Navigation

29. 5. Plugins

30. 6. Permalinks

31. 7 . Modify Jetpack

32. 8 . Setup Sidebar

33. 9 . Color Changes?

34. 10 . Launch your Site!

35. WE ARE ASKING YOU
TO:
FOLLOW: @wpnashville
SIGNUP: email list and meetup on
wpnashville.com

36. To view
slides, links, and
presentation in the
morning
Wpnashville.com

37. Network with
WordPressers….
Thanks for coming!
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