Designing a Process

that Gets Things Done

Tools and Tips to Exceed Expectations and Still Keep Your Sanity

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Karena Kregeropen sky web studio

jacksonville, florida

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Process

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Provide predictable costs,

timeframes and outcomes.

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Be an expert and manage

expectations.

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Avoid scary past projects.

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Process gives room for

growth.

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Be a Curator

Keeper of the

Best of the Best

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A rising tides lifts all boats

Provide excellence yourself

and the entire community will

lean towards excellence.

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Innovation Adoption Cycle

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Integrations

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Rule of Thumb

If you need it, someone else

needed it first.

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Be an Integration Ninja

• CSS/HTML5 Comfort

• Basic Coding Skills

• Be a pro Googler

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Integrations

• Social: icons, sharing, feeding, commenting

• Ecommerce: payment services, inventory, fufillment

• Communication: email lists, notifications, chat, forums

• Data: calendar, forms, tables

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Foundations

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Sandbox

Where do you play?

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Template

Where do you start?

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Frameworks

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Starter Themes

Underscores

Roots.io

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Good Plugin, Bad Plugin

• WP Repository Info

• Recommendations from WP

Sites or Blogs

• Test, test, test

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Why Premium?

• Features

• Support

• Updates

• Reputation

• Cost

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Tools

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Tasking & Communication

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File Sharing & Storage

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Updates & Backups

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Tech Docs

Naming & tracking protocols

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Inspiration

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Curse of the Blank Slate

• Color Schemes

• Inspiration Sites

• WP Blogs

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Karena Kregerwww.openskywebstudio.com

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bit.ly/opensky-process

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