The document discusses the 5 biggest obstacles freelancers face which are having the right tools, skills, clients, community, and confidence. It then describes the services provided by iThemes including over 150 WordPress themes, 20 plugins, almost 300 hours of training, and their WordPress Web Designer's Toolkit which bundles all their products and training for one price to help freelancers launch sites successfully.
Free Webinar: E-Mail Blasts Made Easy: Best Practices Revealed!June Bachman
Email marketing remains the most effective online marketing way to directly reach your prospects and clients. Join Wendy and June of bWyse to explore strategies for improving your open rates, customer engagements and how to grow your contact lists. Register to attend our FREE webinar and learn how to create professionally designed, effective email marketing campaigns that drive more traffic to your website.
At the end of our edutainment workshop you will:
-Understand the tools for designing emails
-Be able to grow your contact database
-Know how to leverage social media with your email
-Have an email marketing strategy you can implement
-Understand the different types of email campaigns
-Be able to improve sales conversions through email
-And much, much more!
Email marketing allows you to easily keep in touch with your customers. It is one of the most effective ways to retain your customer base. Join us to learn the key leverage points for a successful email marketing campaign.
A startup course that I delivered to a group of 18 in Maldon in Essex courtesy of Moat Foundation and Colbea. We were looking at developing the marketing and sales side of their business
Free Webinar: E-Mail Blasts Made Easy: Best Practices Revealed!June Bachman
Email marketing remains the most effective online marketing way to directly reach your prospects and clients. Join Wendy and June of bWyse to explore strategies for improving your open rates, customer engagements and how to grow your contact lists. Register to attend our FREE webinar and learn how to create professionally designed, effective email marketing campaigns that drive more traffic to your website.
At the end of our edutainment workshop you will:
-Understand the tools for designing emails
-Be able to grow your contact database
-Know how to leverage social media with your email
-Have an email marketing strategy you can implement
-Understand the different types of email campaigns
-Be able to improve sales conversions through email
-And much, much more!
Email marketing allows you to easily keep in touch with your customers. It is one of the most effective ways to retain your customer base. Join us to learn the key leverage points for a successful email marketing campaign.
A startup course that I delivered to a group of 18 in Maldon in Essex courtesy of Moat Foundation and Colbea. We were looking at developing the marketing and sales side of their business
Award-winning preview of the new Graphic Novel adventure about a boy who discovers his biracial heritage in Africa.
He learns from the great warrior Shaka Zulu who somehow invented African feminism and inspired Gandhi's passive resistance.
Based on a true story. Winner of the 2009 Fuze Multimedia Storytelling contest.
For more visit http://www.whiteshaka.com
Created and storyboarded by Alan Brody
Graphics by Revo Yanson
Music: Yeah, Yeah by Draztik from the Zulu-language album Imbube
Award-winning preview of the new Graphic Novel adventure about a boy who discovers his biracial heritage in Africa.
He learns from the great warrior Shaka Zulu who somehow invented African feminism and inspired Gandhi's passive resistance.
Based on a true story. Winner of the 2009 Fuze Multimedia Storytelling contest.
For more visit http://www.whiteshaka.com
Created and storyboarded by Alan Brody
Graphics by Revo Yanson
Music: Yeah, Yeah by Draztik from the Zulu-language album Imbube
Top 11 usability recommendations for 2011John Whalen
User Experience (UX) professionals know that audiences are demanding ever increasing levels of sophistication from your websites.
However, before you invest big bucks in the latest [social/mobile/local] solution, let's make sure your site passes 11 basic tests for usability.
A majority of sites still make Usability 101 mistakes. Are you leaving customers frustrated or losing business because of errors that can be fixed hours or days?
Join our webinar and take our 2011 Usability Test to find out how you score (then call us to help with the social/mobile/local project).
Meetup 7 steps formula to launching yourself online fast may 11 2017Michelle Castillo
Are you a consultant, coach, expert, speaker or author who wants to have a website that is remarkably effective and truly helps you build your business?
Have you been procrastinating with building your website for weeks or maybe months?
If you answered yes to the questions above, this meetup is for you.
You see, if you want the Internet to help you grow your business and brand, you need a website that converts visitors into customers on every page.
Many business owners get stuck when it comes to launching their first website or converting their exiting website into a money making one. They know they need the Internet to build their business, but the technology is overwhelming and they don’t know where to start or what to do next.
I can’t tell you how many business owners I have met over the last 6 years who have spent months, or even years not being able to launch the client-attracting website they so desperately needed. (1 or 2 even ended up closing their business before even having a website launched)
This is why I have created the “7 Steps Formula to Launching Yourself Online FAST”
Join me on May 11 and learn:
• The best-performing home page structure you should use when you want to show off your expertise and build rapport with your potential clients
• How to use colors and fonts to increase conversion rate
• Conversion strategies you can use on your site to inspire maximum conversion of visitors into action-takers and buyers
• The set of tools to use, which will allow you to quickly create a website with all these bells and whistles fast while allowing easy updates as your business grows and your marketing material evolves.
• And more…
2011's vision for clients that we work for and the way we see the different role of digital plays out for them but one that will never go away is that if your consumers can't find you, they wont't buy you. Happy to get comments:)
Itsoluz is a clean and modern responsive WordPress theme for tech agencies and IT solutions. It is perfectly suitable for agency, marketing, consulting, start-up, IT solutions, and service companies related to any business website. It comes with a custom Font Uploader, which enables you to easily upload your font in EOT or TTF format. More than 600 options of fonts are also available using Google Fonts.
Website: https://zozothemes.com/item/itsoluz-it-solutions-wordpress-theme/
We provide high-quality SEO-friendly website themes and templates with 100% responsive design. Explore it: https://zozothemes.com
Over the past 10+ years I've had the privileged to recruit, hire and work with amazing software developers as an entrepreneur.
Here are my top career tips for software developers to grow professionally.
5 Key Benefits to Investing in Your Team's Professional DevelopmentCory Miller
Based on my experience as a leader and entrepreneur over the last decade, here are 5 key benefits to invest in your team:
1. They stay longer
2. It re-energizes them
3. It bolsters their confidence
4. You become a magnet for quality talent
5. It's preparation for future needs
My keynote presentation for WordCamp Ann Arbor 2016 talking about how the key skills to surviving and thriving in the very near future is: Pivot and Purpose.
The 5 ALWAYS for a Great Business or CareerCory Miller
Based on his years of experience as an entrepreneur and career advisor, learn the 5 things you always should be doing to have an epic career or foundation to start a business.
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship: How I Cope 7 Years InCory Miller
Entrepreneurship is one of the toughest, most lonely jobs ever. I share the ways I seek to maintain good mental health over the last 7+ years. #WCDENVER
My 7-Year WordPress Product Journey -- Success, Failures & TBDsCory Miller
As founder of one of the first commercial product companies in WordPress, I’ll be sharing the success and failures that we’ve had along the journey, including releasing our biggest, most collaborative, most expensive project for free (iThemes Exchange), and home runs (like BackupBuddy). I’ll also be mentioning some of our miserable failures (trying hosting and services twice) and the lessons we gleaned from it.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithy
Web Designer's Toolkit from iThemes
1. The Web Designer’s
Toolkit Exposed
Plus The 5 Biggest Obstacles Freelancers Face
By Cory Miller
Founder
iThemes | PluginBuddy | WebDesign.com
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2. The 5 Big Obstacles Freelancers Face
Having the right tools
Having the right skills
Finding clients
Having a supportive community
Lack of confidence
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3. I understand.
I’ve been there.
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5. I started iThemes in 2008 to help
freelancers save time & money
in building rockin’ websites
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6. Our mission is to
make people’s lives awesome
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7. We want to be your
one-stop resource & partner
for everything you need to build
beautiful & effective websites
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8. Here’s how we accomplish that...
150+ WordPress themes including iThemes Builder
20+ WordPress plugins including BackupBuddy
Almost 300 hours of WordPress web design training
Professional, helpful support team
... and bundle them in our WordPress Web Designer’s Toolkit
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9. The Toolkit offers you ...
Our entire product inventory for one low price
The right set of tools to get sites launched
The professional on-going training opportunities to help you grow
The right partner & community to walk with you
... so that you have confidence in building your business!
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10. Themes @ iThemes.com
Innovative iThemes Builder with unique layout engine, style manager
and SEO options
150+ predesigned templates, styles and niche themes
Our philosophy is less code, more launches
You shouldn’t have to be a programmer!
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11. Plugins @ PluginBuddy.com
Innovative, high-quality, easy-to-use, frequently updated plugins that
let you extend and do more cool stuff with WordPress
Our most popular product to date - BackupBuddy
Backup, restore and migrate sites easily
20+ plugins that add features and functionality to WP
like rotating images, embedding videos,
custom login screens
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12. Training @ WebDesign.com
Learn innovative, cutting-edge web design skills
straight from your home!
Almost 300 hours of training already
Two full-time instructors (one for development; one for design)
15-20 new hours of training added every month
Vibrant, active, gracious community of peers
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13. The other benefits...
Dedicated team of 20+ talented designers & developers
Offering more and more value each month
Professional support almost around the clock
Customer community centered - you are OUR clients!
We helped write the book on WordPress
Upgrade w/ past purchases as discounts
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14. Toolkit in a nutshell
The right tools
$3,000 value
The right training
The right community
Just $997
In one super affordable package
Pay for it in one job!
From the right partner & one resource ... iThemes
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15. Have questions?
Contact our sales team today!
sales@ithemes.com
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