This week on WPblab Bridget Willard & Jason Tucker speak with Sé Reed of Sé Reed Media about how small businesses can use WordPress. There is much ranting and raving about the difficulties of getting small businesses to choose WordPress over companies like Wix and Squarespace. Sé shares her perspective on educating new users to WordPress and her quest for making the entry level of self hosted WordPress easier for small businesses.
EP030 – Using #WordPress for Your #SmallBiz /w @sereedmedia – #WPblab
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oh no i’m a mocker
@noncasus apparently I can get what I need just with a look
I prefer fancier cheeses
I am WP designer / developer
Se Fan!
@techno_siren O_O
water cooler fan
Woot woot!
first timer here
Se fan too
Yes!!
Freelance Design+Web from NZ. WPWatercooler follower since it’s inception.
wooooot
Nice!
Local WordCamp & Meetup organiser.
Yep.
It depends
I agree.
Yes
You’re about to say SquareSpace aren’t you?
you win, @techno_siren
@techno_siren you were right lol
What about Drag & Drop Plugins for WordPress? Those make it easy for customers.
@VeriousSmithIII yes
I’m in Joomla-Hell at the moment, stay with WordPress no matter what
@VeriousSmithIII Haha careful now. Don’t say VC…
@ListingVideosLA No you didn’t say Joomla!
kitchen calls. go night all
I taught a 7 week class and through those 7 weeks, I told them in 3 class, there’s a core update, go update.
Ahhhhh!!!!!
I’m doing a pretty large community site right now and I’ve spent the bulk of dev time making sure nobody has to hit the admin
you can say Beaver though
beaver builder … feels like I am giving up “dev” but in reality allows clients to interact more easily
not the D word
@design_tlc yep!
@design_tlc I love Beaver Builder.
Let’s name all the downsides of WIX
I am a huge Bb convert. but I resisted
I am rapidly warming to Beaver Builder. 🙂
I’ve been thinking of jumping ship to Jekyll
The Web is in transition. Understanding is decreasing and ease is increasing.
People are doing straight up ridic shit with Facebook pages and groups in lieu of having their own site.
@techno_siren yikes
Drag and drop takes away complexity
@VeriousSmithIII Takes away complexity or hides it?
@YouTooCanBeGuru you are right. It hides it.
@techno_siren thats because they know Facebook can handle it
Can I call in?
I have.
donations on Facebook #donate .. enhancement to website donations (@youtoocanbeguru) and I hear non profits getting lots of donations via Facebook
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