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Monetizing WordPress Websites: Nov 17th

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 by Jacques Surveyer

This was another informative WordPress Meetup hosted by David Michaels which considered a broad brush of topics of interest to 20 attendees. The common topic was methods to help monetize your WordPress websites. First discussion was about website specializing in motor boats driven by electric engines. The website has substantial worldwide readership but European countries … Read more

Monetizing Websites at the Baka Cafe

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 by Jacques Surveyer

David Michaels and attendees were offering a broad palate of tasty WordPress morsels at this Sunday WP Meetup.And the number of entrees and appetizers generously offered put this notetaker to the test. David as master chef asked which website had 1000 hits per week and looked for some common factors among the websites: Niche website … Read more

WordPress PageBuilders as Page Stylers

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 by Jacques Surveyer

Here is the PowerPoint slides – Slideshare.Net is fumbling the direct slide connect so attendees will have use this as the source.

“Let’s Fix Your Website” Recap for September 17, 2019

November 20, 2019September 25, 2019 by Alex Sirota

We had about 15 people come out to the September 2019 edition of “Let’s Fix Your Website.” We switched for fall to third Tuesday’s of the month and will continue to see how this date works. This avoids our Monday statutory holidays that happen just about every month, and also Lokaal has better availability on … Read more

New meetup series: WordPress for Non-Profits

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 by Andy

We started a new meetup series last week focusing on not-for-profit (non-profit) organizations. We held the first meetup in the east end at Kobayashi + Zeitguys on the Danforth, our old haunt for the WPToronto East meetups.

A reminder: what our meetups are for

Local WordPress meetup groups like WPToronto are for the community to come together, sharing our knowledge and experiences with the WordPress platform.

WordPress is all about community. It’s open source software, which means it’s built through the collective contributions of people from around the world.

The beautiful thing about a WordPress meetup is that anyone in the community can step up and lead their own event.

If you’re not familiar with WPToronto and Toronto’s WordPress community, look into the various meetups happening around town.

Who is this new NFP meetup series for?

This new monthly meetup series focuses on WordPress sites that support the social good. We had a great kick-off event with Amanda Gorman from GiveWP sharing best practices for donation pages.

We also talked about what we want this meetup series to be. What topics should we cover?

What topics do we want to see in the future?

Suggestions included:

WordPress security
WordPress hosting – different types, pros and cons
Membership sites, programs and campaigns
DIY website management & maintenance
Content strategy
Collaborating and working with other organizations
Automation, productivity tools
WordPress plugins for non-profits
Website planning
Web analytics & reporting

Best practices for donation landing pages

Preparing for Success

Understand your donors as deeply as you can
Perform keyword research
Do a competitor analysis
Understand donor demographics & qualities (via surveys, interviews)
Set goals
Be clear and specific
Set dates to review success and make improvements
Measure your data
Set clear metrics you can track & improve

NFP Members Design Problem

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 by Jacques Surveyer

Not For Profit Websites (Monthly): Aug: Donation Page Best Practices + more was an excellent Meetup this last Tuesday. At the end of the Meetup, Brent Kobayashi asked for directions on what topics should be considered at the Meetup. Since I had just made a NFP Project proposal for a client – the topic of … Read more

Personal Data Privacy: Rising Issue

August 30, 2019August 28, 2019 by Jacques Surveyer

It used to be that WordPress Website Security was the number one problem confronting Website Developers. This is primarily due to the army of hackers who are using ever more sophisticated code to break into WordPress websites. However, an excellent Meetup by Andy Mcllwain and Brent Kobayashi – Not For Profit Websites Donation Page Best … Read more

July 2019 – Let’s Fix Your Website recap

July 17, 2019 by Alex Sirota

This month’s meetup was a surprise. We had 17 people show up out of the 35 people who rsvp’d on meetup.com. In the summer, I thought we would have a light turn out but that was not so. Pizza and drinks were courtesy of Weglot.com. The lovely meetup space was donated courtesy of Lokaal.

Try Weglot at WordPress Toronto’s Translation Workshop

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 by Alex Sirota

Let’s face it. For most of us, the translation process is overwhelming, expensive and difficult to maintain. Weglot (www.weglot.com) may be the answer. Weglot has developed a WordPress plugin that features a five minute install, activation and initial configuration. Then Weglot translates your copy automatically, on the fly, and creates a best-effort translation using commercial … Read more

“Let’s Fix Your Website” Recap & Podcast – May 23, 2019

May 24, 2019 by Alex Sirota

This month we held the event a new coworking community called Lokaal. Lokaal donated the space for our meetup which featured pizza, drinks, chips and cookies for the first time ever. A nominal $5 fee covered the food, and the community and fellowship was excellent indeed! Robin Macrae recorded our May 23 2019, “Let’s Fix … Read more