1.
STARTING OFF RIGHT
WITH WORDPRESS
(Advice, Skills, Training, Resources)
Nick & Sandi Batik
@nick_batik / @sandi_batik / hansonwp.com

2.
Or: Don’t Do What I Did
Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes

3.
Working hard, Working Alone, Re-writing WordPress
Life Lesson: Don’t Work Alone

4.
Dev Cod(e) share - a fish story
Life Lesson: Share Freely –
Information (just like fish) goes bad quickly

5.
Marketing copy omits the messy How-to details
Life Lesson: Know your strengths, grow your skills,
but be willing to abandon bad decisions

6.
Life Lesson: Ask for support, Support Others
The WP101 Plugin is always a good idea

7.
Don’t try to fix other people’s mistakes
Life Lesson: Bid every job as a new project,
or have the client pay for discovery

8.
Scope Creep: adding features, ideas, and more people
Life Lesson: Tell your client “Great! Let’s add that in phase
2.”

9.
Some people want a lot, but won’t pay for a lot
Life Lesson: Some jobs are too expensive. Walk away.

10.
Life Lesson: Celebrate. You never know what you’ll learn

11.
Get to the front of the room
Life Lesson: Being a leader makes you the expert
You’d be amazed who notices.

12.
Some things are out of your control
Life Lesson: Be sure you know whose in charge,
and be willing to compromise to save a project.

13.
Google the error message
Life Lesson: Don’t make things too complicated.
Sometimes the answer is in front of you.

14.
Find a mentor. Mentor someone else.
Life Lesson: Open Source is not just software –
its a way of life.