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  • My HeroPress Essay Has Been Published

    August 9, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    My HeroPress Essay Has Been Published

    Early in July, Topher DeRosia asked me to write an essay for HeroPress. In it I talk about my experience with the East Bay WordPress Meetup and how it led me deeper and deeper into the WordPress community.

    Filed under: WordPress Consulting
  • Kinsta Kingpin Interview

    February 20, 2017
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    Kinsta Kingpin Interview

    I assure you I have never in my life considered myself a kingpin of any kind, but Brian Lee Jackson interviewed me for the Kinsta Kingpins series. If you want to hear more about my background and how I came to be a WordPress consultant, hop on over and read it.

    Series: Interviews
    Filed under: WordPress Consulting
  • WP-Tonic 161: Pricing Models for Web Design and Web Development

    January 29, 2017
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    WP-Tonic 161:  Pricing Models for Web Design and Web Development

    If you’re a WordPress professional, one very important thing you have to learn is how to price projects. That’s not just a matter of how much to charge, but how to charge. The main options are hourly, flat-rate, and value-based, and each has its place.

    Series: WP-Tonic Roundtable
    Filed under: WordPress Consulting
    Tagged with: WP-Tonic Live
  • How to Trust Your Website Designer

    January 28, 2017
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    How to Trust Your Website Designer

    Not every WordPress professional is a good fit  for every project, even if they have perfect integrity. If you’re looking to hire someone to (re)build your site for you, take 2 minutes and watch this video by Cody Landefeld.

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  • WP-Tonic 126: Your Website and Your Overall Online Strategy

    September 20, 2016
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    WP-Tonic 126: Your Website and Your Overall Online Strategy

    In WP-Tonic 126, Jonathan Denwood, Jackie D’Elia, Kim Shivler and I focused on the surprisingly-overlooked fact that your website does not exist in a vacuum. It’s part of your overall business marketing strategy (on and offline) and your online marketing strategy. If you don’t figure out why you want a website, you’re inevitably going to…

    Series: WP-Tonic Roundtable
    Filed under: WordPress Consulting
    Tagged with: WP-Tonic Live, Marketing
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East Bay WordPress Meetup

  • Does It Work? Using The New CSS Layout with Rachel Andrew
    Description Over the past two years, we have moved from a situation where we essentially lacked a layout system for the web, to one where a complex and flexible system […] The post Does It Work? Using The New CSS Layout with Rachel Andrew appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • Speaker Training
    Get the workbook and slides for the October 2019 speaker training, plus background and pro tips. The post Speaker Training appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • SEO Audit Template & Resources
    Our November speaker, John Locke, graciously provided a template for an SEO audit report. You can download it as a Microsoft Word or PDF document. The post SEO Audit Template & Resources appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • How to Conduct an SEO Audit (11/18/18 Slides)
    The purpose of an SEO Audit is to give a website the best chances of ranking. It is an investigative process. Doing it properly takes time, nuance, and an understanding of context. The post How to Conduct an SEO Audit (11/18/18 Slides) appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • Slides: Google Tag Manager
    Anca Mosoiu demonstrates the use of Google Tag Manager for handling all of your tracking scripts and understanding the behavior of your website visitors. The post Slides: Google Tag Manager appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.

About Me

Sallie Goetsch, smiling, wearing blue-framed glasses and a peacock-feather-motif jacket.
No longer a girl, but still a fan, I built my first website in 1994 and have been building with WordPress since 2005.

Contact Information

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I work from home in Oakley, 45 miles northeast of the WordPress Meetup in Oakland.
  • Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with ‘sketch’)
  • sallie [at] wpfangirl [dot] com
  • +1 (510) 969 -9947 voice/text
  • 2063 Main St #133, Oakley, CA 94561

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