What We Learned at WordCamp Raleigh 2017
TheeTeam spent the weekend at WordCamp Raleigh 2017 learning about new plugins, Google Analytics and Tag Manager, frameworks, marketing, and engagement strategies. Here's a recap of what we learned.
WordCamp is a series of conferences held throughout the world each year that focuses on everything WordPress. They are community run events focused on educating business owners, marketers, developers, and users about the ins and outs of WordPress.
This year WordCamp Raleigh was held on April 22 and 23 at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. TheeTeam spent the weekend learning about usability testing, auditing sites, SEO, WordPress themes, and more.
What We Learned From WordCamp Raleigh 2017
Here’s a look at what we learned from WordCamp Raleigh:
Google is blind. Alt tags on images are important for #accessibility and #SEO. #wcraleigh @patrickstox
— TheeDigital.com (@TheeDesign) April 23, 2017
Digging on the sweet swag we’ve seen @wordcampraleigh!
— TheeDigital.com (@TheeDesign) April 22, 2017
Ecommerce Training
Our Marketing Communications Manager Sharon taught people how to market their eCommerce website from Amazon to WordPress. She got some love on Twitter from attendees of her presentation.
@SharonADawson awesome session today at @wordcampraleigh. Thanks so much for offering your time. #youcantbeatamazon #wcraleigh
— Michael Baylor (@mjbaylor) April 22, 2017
A picture is worth nothing if it’s wrong! #WCRaleigh #EcommerceAdvice pic.twitter.com/UuWPvm1hX0
— Richard D Horvath (@RichardDHorvath) April 22, 2017