Thank you to our Squirrel Sponsor MobiLoud

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Smartphone internet traffic is up 89% since 2015 and desktop traffic is down 30%. If you don’t have a mobile app for your business, you’re missing out on traffic and sales from people using their smartphones and tablets.

MobiLoud builds, publishes, and maintains customized mobile apps for brands and publishers that want to improve user experience, and increase audience engagement with push notifications.

MobiLoud provides business owners and digital content publishers with an effortless way to have your existing WordPress website turned into native apps for iOS and Android. Your existing website will work exactly as you’d expect, and all your WordPress plugins will work in your app too.

We’ve been building apps since 2012 and know exactly what you need to be successful on mobile.

Grow faster with your own app, thanks to an App Store Presence, your brand’s dedicated place on your users’ smartphone home screen, no adblocking hurting your ad revenue, and push notifications to engage your audience at the most important moments.

If you think your business could benefit from a mobile app, let’s have a chat!

Catering at WordCamp Edinburgh 2018

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WordCamp food Saturday and Sunday

For the third WordCamp running our catering will be done by the wonderful team at Social Bite.

In 2015 we had haggis, neeps and tatties (pictured) and last year a collection of cold food platters.

WordCamp Edinburgh vegetarian haggis in 2015

WordCamp Edinburgh 2015 lunch from Social Bite

What food will Social Bite provide at our WordCamp?

This year Social Bite will be providing a range of soups and cold platters on both days.

We’ve listed the ingredients for each type of food in case there is anything you can’t eat or prefer not to eat.

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Thank You to Our Squirrel Sponsor Design33

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Design33 is an Edinburgh based full service creative digital agency specialising in web design and development. We’re known for delivering quality websites and for our quick and friendly support.

Based in the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland, we’ve been delivering bespoke websites and market-aware content since 2011. Our clients love the enthusiasm and expert advice that we bring to their project, and the measurable results that come after it’s completed.

Over the last four years we have been growing rapidly thanks to passionate recommendations – it’s a great feeling when our clients share their experience with others! The services we provide include website/web app design and development, branding and brand guidelines, website maintenance, WordPress CMS, hosting and a full web consultancy service. Our project managers provide clear channels of communication and act as a go-between for the technical and business aspects.

If we can be of service to you, please get in touch.

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Thank you to our Salmon sponsor Heart Internet

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We are delighted to announce that Heart Internet is a Salmon sponsor for 2018.

Heart Internet is a UK-based company offering web hosting, domains and other related services. They were voted Best Web Hosting company in 2015 and 2016 in the ISPA awards (the trade association for UK Internet service providers).

Whatever your web needs, Heart can provide hosting from shared up to reseller and dedicated servers. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer robust and secure Hosted Exchange email, and they offer discounts on multiple domains purchased together.

Heart Internet is a regular sponsor of community events. Aside from WordCamps they have backed Generate London, Smashing Conference, Reasons To and other events for digital professionals.

I have picked up some of the best WordCamp swag from Heart Internet. Their water bottle has saved me buying countless single-use bottles. And at WordCamp London 2017 they had some extremely cute knitted Wapuus to be won. We look forward to welcoming Heart Internet and appreciating their offerings at this WordCamp!

Heart Internet swag including knitted Wapuu toys

Heart Internet swag including knitted Wapuu toys

 

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Thank you to our Squirrel sponsor HelpJet

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HelpJet knowledge base software helps your business to automate customer support.

Struggling to keep on top of customer support emails? With a self service knowledge base your customers can help themselves without having to reach out to your support team. This means you can grow your customer base without having to grow your support team.

With clever built-in analytics you can discover what your customers are searching for, and which articles generate the most support tickets. With this information you can improve your knowledge base and make it more effective.

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Thank you to our Squirrel sponsor Zero BS CRM

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Every business needs a CRM, even if they don’t know it yet! Zero BS CRM sits in your WordPress, automatically adding new contacts from contact forms, (e.g. Gravity forms or Contact Form 7), WooCommerce, Stripe etc. providing entrepreneurs and small teams with invaluable customer relationship management tools.

Zero BS CRM is a small CRM that’s growing fast, with over 1000+ active users and the backing of a slack community of entrepreneurs. (We also have a rebranding/reseller package ideal for agencies and freelancers to upsell to clients).

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Thank you to our Squirrel sponsor Strive Digital

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Strive Digital are a full-service digital agency based in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north of England.

They provide:

  • Consultancy including discovery workshops, competitor analysis and strategy.
  • Design for websites, email marketing and social media.
  • Development for WordPress, WooCommerce and custom needs.
  • Digital Marketing including Analytics, PPC and SEO.
  • Aftercare including website care plans and training for your WordPress site.

As well as working with their own clients, Strive also partner with other marketing agencies on WordPress projects.

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Thank you to our Salmon sponsor Weglot

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Weglot is one of the best WordPress multilingual plugins to translate and display your website in multiple languages. Founded in 2016, Weglot is trusted by more than 40,000 websites owners and developers, with an average rating of 4.9/5.0 (700+ reviews).

Key benefits include:

  • Simple and quick set-up.
  • Multilingual SEO best practices. Compatibility with any Themes and Plugins (incuding WooCommerce).
  • Human and automatic translations. A unique dashboard: edit and replace any content, add your own translations rules, invite in-house freelancer or team mates to collaborate.
  • Expert Support: Fully dedicated translation technical expert of 10+ team members.

Why have a multilingual site? Sites in multiple languages are better understood, lead to more sales, improve user experience and rank more highly in search engines.

Weglot supports over 80 languages. Try Weglot yourself with their free 10-day trial: https://dashboard.weglot.com/register

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Thank you to our Unicorn sponsor 34SP.com

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We are delighted to announce that 34SP.com is our Unicorn sponsor for 2018.

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34SP.com are a domain registrar and web host based in Manchester, UK.

34SP.com have long been supporters of the WordPress community. They sponsor our regular WordPress Edinburgh monthly meetup and are to be seen regularly at WordCamps throughout the UK. They bring an element of fun to the proceedings. At previous WordCamps 34SP have introduced us to Giant Wapuu and the Wapuu conga video game!

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Claire meets 34SP Wapuu at WordCamp London 2016
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34SP’s Wapuu conga game

Speakers Tim Nash and Kayleigh Thorpe both work for 34SP and love sharing their extensive knowledge at WordPress events.

34SP offer a free 30-day trial on any of their five hosting plans. Their managed WordPress hosting costs just £9.95/month and comes with free SSL, email, backups and staging sites.

UK charities can benefit from their free charity hosting which supports over 420 charities.

34SP has data centres in the UK and earlier this year produced a free guide to GDPR.

The 34SP.com blog covers WordPress hints and tips as well as the latest news on their hosting and domain services and community news.

Thank you to our Golden Eagle sponsor – EasyWP from Namecheap

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EasyWP is the latest Managed WordPress product from Namecheap, built and hosted on Namecheap’s own cloud. EasyWP is designed to offer the fastest, easiest and hassle-free way to deploy WordPress with the whole process taking less than 30 seconds.

EasyWP also introduces much more affordable Managed WordPress hosting with prices starting at just $3.88 per month.

Namecheap is a global domain registrar, web host and cloud company supporting 2 million customers worldwide, with over 10 million domains under management.

Namecheap has a long-standing commitment to privacy, supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fight for the Future. Every domain registered with Namecheap includes free WhoisGuard to protect users’ personal data.

Visit Namecheap here and learn more about EasyWP here.


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