John Housholder's talk on the Future of WordPress in Nashville. Talk covers WordPress growth data collected in 2012, highlights of 2012, and goals for 2013.

1. FUTURE OF
WORDPRESS IN
NASHVILLE 2013
JOHN HOUSHOLDER
@ahsodesigns
#wcn13

2. WHO AM I . .
Owner of Ah So, a Nashville
WordPress shop
Emma emarketing plugin
Meetup organizer with Randy Hicks
Art Institute of TN Web and Interactive
Instructor

3. THANKS TO OUR
SPONSORS

4. Thanks to the VOLUNTEER
Committee

5. GOALS
Build email list to 400
Grow Meetup group to 500 – currently at
300
Developer meetup to 25 consistent
attendees – currently at 10
NASHVILLE become a major collaboration
center for WordPress in the South

6. We are here to facilitate
the growth of WordPress in
Nashville

7. STATE OF WORDPRESS
IN NASHVILLE

8. Goals from 2012
Consistent Meetups
More Collaboration through WP
Nashville
Professional

9. the RESULTS!
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Meetup Facebook Twitter WordCamp
2012
2013

10. 505 members of MEETUP.com group
LAST YEAR: 303
1216 people in Nashville mention WordPress in
their LinkedIn Profile
LAST YEAR: 282
129 Likes on Facebook
LAST YEAR: 44
148 Followers of WPNashville on Twitter
LAST YEAR: 279
248 tickets sold to WordCamp Nashville
LAST YEAR: 210

11. REVIEW OF 2012 :
a year of transition
FROM WORDCAMP 2012 TO
WORDCAMP 2013

12. WordCamp 2012

13. Meetups
11 held this year
May 15th: WordPress Social
June 26: Top 5 Plugins you should know
about
July 17th: WordPress Social
August 21: Meet Members who teach
WordPress
September 18th: Avoid 5 Common Web
Design Mistakes that hurt SEO
October 15th: How to Use the Emma
Emarketing WordPress Plugin
November 19th: Category Tags and
Custom Post Types
December 5th: Nashville Christmas Jug
Party with other user groups
January 21st: WordPress 3.5: Media
Manager and Settings
February 18th: WP Plugin Panel
March 18th: WordCamp Volunteers
Meeting: Social

14. Meetups

15. Dev meetups
NEW Developer Meetups

16. Relaunch and rebrand of wpnashville.com

17. Panel at BarCamp

18. Larger venue for WordCamp:
more attendees, free lunch, same price
Nashville school of Law

19. EDUCATION

20. WordPress Landscape in Nashville

29. CONTINUING ON
2013 :
a year of growth
FROM WORDCAMP 2013 TO
WORDCAMP 2014

30. Who is here today
Bootcamp
Specialized
Development

31. GOALS
Build email list to 400
Grow Meetup group to 500 – currently at
300
Developer meetup to 25 consistent
attendees – currently at 10
NASHVILLE become a major collaboration
center for WordPress in the South

32. HOW
WPNashville.com
Consistent User Groups
Attend WordCamps and spread our story

33. You are a designer, you need a local
developer: two clicks :
DONE
You are a developer who needs a design: two
clicks:
DONE
You are a business who needs WordPress
training for your employees: two clicks: DONE

36. Grow meetup.com/NashvilleWordPress
now part of WordPress account

37. Email list
Wpnashville.com

38. Attend more WordCamps
central.wordcamp.org/schedule

39. WE ARE ASKING YOU
TO:
FOLLOW: @wpnashville
SIGNUP: email list on wpnashville.com
WHY: This will help NASHVILLE become a
major collaboration center for WordPress
in the South