Author: Alex Garrison

Infinite Thanks to Our Terabyte Community Sponsor: WooCommerce!

WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It is is built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, making it the obvious eCommerce choice for existing WordPress users and connects you to the fast-growing WordPress ecosystem which now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.

With WooCommerce you can start with all the basic tools that any small business would need to start selling online, including product setup, payments, shipping options, and sales reports and as your business grows choose from over 300 premium add-ons available including additional payment processors, shipping methods, inventory systems and marketing tools anyone to sell anything, anywhere from real products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content and even your time.

In July 2015, WooCommerce was acquired by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com which serves more than 15.8 billion pages a month and also the creators of other popular WordPress services including Akismet, Jetpack, and VaultPress. We look forward to growing WooCommerce to achieve even greater things together with Automattic.
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Infinite Thanks to Our Terabyte Community Sponsor: Bluehost!

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

Bluehost is one of WordCamp Omaha’s tremendous sponsors, helping to make our conference happen. Thanks, Bluehost!
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Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Kevin Moser

Kevin Moser is currently the Director of Digital Communications for Nebraska’s 150th Anniversary. He graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a degree in psychology but has built websites for more than 12 years now. Work tends to dominate Kevin’s life, but when he has free time he enjoys photography, bicycling, and writing.

Twitter: @VinMoser

Session: Contract to Completion

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Infinite Thanks to Our Terabyte Community Sponsor: Jetpack!

Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

Jetpack is one of WordCamp Omaha’s tremendous sponsors, helping to make our conference happen. Thanks, Jetpack!

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Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Andy Melichar

Andy thrives on discovery. From the beginning of his web dev career, he has focused on discovering what makes the web and the world tick. Through his diverse background of branding, marketing, web development, and currently team management, Andy has developed a knack for seeing opportunity in unknown spaces. At night, Andy can be found throwing up a WordPress website for a family member, friend, or local non-profit. During the day, Andy and his team at A2 Hosting work to create solutions that make the WordPress hosting experience easier, safer, and more robust for their customers and the community at large. Andy is active in both WordCamps and local WordPress meetups in the Detroit and Ann Arbor area.

Session: I CAN HAZ MORE PERFORMANZ?

Twitter: @andymelichar

Website: www.ke0ata.com

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Rob Ruiz

I have been doing web design for over 10 years now; WordPress user for four years. Developing plugins for a little over a year. I also do a lot of graphic design, animation and UI/UX design. I’ve also been a DJ for about 15 years and I teach multiple music-tech-related topics at Guitar Center. I own a business called Bizzle Designs, which specializes in WordPress-based websites for small-to-medium-sized businesses of all kinds.

Session: Admin Experience: The New UX

Twitter: @robcruiz

Website: www.bizzledesigns.com

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Josepha Haden

Josepha comes from a long line of writers and was raised to be a life-long learner. She has a passion for language and storycrafting, a skill she practices on starsandthemoon.com. Josepha has over a decade of experience using SEO, data analysis, and content marketing to bring success and visibility to clients all over the world. Since 2010, she’s been working in her hometown of Kansas City to increase digital literacy and get more women in technology. Josepha works at Automattic as a community organizer for the WordPress open source project and can be found on Twitter as @josephahaden.

Session: Contributing Without Code

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Josh Broton

Josh Broton is the owner and lead developer of Broton Digital Consulting, a small team of designers and developers passionate about solving complex problems for clients using custom web and mobile apps. He spends his days writing JavaScript and his nights assembling Lego sets with his family. Also: very INFP.

Session: WordPress + React: A Match Made in Heaven

Twitter: @joshbroton

Website: www.joshbroton.com

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Josh Collinsworth

Josh Collinsworth is a graphic designer turned WordPress developer who spends his days working as a Happiness Engineer for Flywheel and his evenings teaching Interface Web School’s WordPress specialization course. He enjoys getting nerdy about CSS and great beer, sometimes simultaneously.

Session: Easy WordPress Security for Everyone

Twitter: @jjcollinsworth

Website: www.joshcollinsworth.com

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Andrew Wikel

Andrew Wikel is a WooCommerce ninja at Automattic. He is committed to open source values and loves working with WordPress. He fell in love with WordPress in 2008, and has been working with it in some capacity since then. E-Commerce is something that he has been doing almost as long as working on the web itself. A husband, a father, a WordCamp addict, a coffee snob, lover of shiny things, and a California native living in Illinois.

Session: Customer Information Security in E-Commerce

Twitter: @slash1andy

Website: www.automattic.com

WordCamp Omaha 2016 is happening Nov. 5-6 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets today!

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