Hey gravity formers.
It's Wednesday, June 12th.
We'll see you at WordCamp Europe in Torino, Italy.
It's breakdown.
It gravity forms podcast.
If you're listening to this on your way.
WordCamp Europe or you're just watching the live streams
from the comfort of your home.
I wanted to let you know that our team is back supporting yet another word camp.
Find us in our booth, located in the sponsors section of the venue and say,
hi, There's lots to learn about gravity forms, latest ad-ons features, new
products like gravity SMTP, and what that means to you and your WordPress business.
Come check out a demo of gravity flow or systems automation product that helps
customers automate actions after forms get submitted into your WordPress database.
Oh, and we can't forget our awesome new t-shirts a whole new version is out.
Customers say we have the best teas in the biz.
Come grab one before they're all out.
We also are giving away some cool stuff in the booth and
including a Lego NASA Artimus set.
Uh, gravity mission pack.
It's a backpack filled with some awesome gravity swag.
You can't get anywhere else.
Or when a gravity forms, license or gravity flow license combo.
There's one stipulation.
However, you have to be present at the booth on Saturday the 15th at 2:15 PM.
Where we'll announce our winners.
If you're not there, you won't be able to claim your prize.
You must be at the booth on Saturday the 15th at 2:00 PM.
It's come to the attention of the WordPress community.
That attendance for new participants at WordPress events are down.
Obviously COVID and the global pandemic shifted how events are
accepted throughout the world.
And while we've seen a bounce back in participation, it isn't
nearly as high as it once was.
So I wanted to take a moment to share my experiences with word
camps and advocate for you to attend the next one in your area.
And by the way, the next major word camp I'll be at, along with
the team from gravity forms.
His word camp us.
In Portland, Oregon on September 17th through the 20th, 2024.
So moving on.
You're are my top three reasons for attending award camp.
Number one, it's the best bang for your buck event in our space.
Even with the price point of major word camp tickets, rising to $50 in general
word camps hovering around $30 for access.
You simply can't beat this deal.
Another hot event.
I know many other word pressers are attending cloudfest comes with a general
admission price tag of around 525.
Us dollars for standard access.
Which ramps up to well over 2000, if you want access to everything.
When you match the low cost of access over award camp to the high
value of being in a venue, filled with other WordPress users to talk
to learn from and collaborate with.
That's 30 to $50 price point is going a long way to helping you with
your WordPress business or acumen.
Number two, it's all things WordPress, even if you're not running a WordPress
business, but you're part of a team tasked with maintaining a WordPress site.
Word camps are a fantastic place to have that aha moment with WordPress.
When I started attending and speaking at word camps around 2015, it was
the place to learn the software.
Heck maybe even the only place aside from wordpress.org to learn how to WordPress
tutorials and blog posts.
We're nowhere near as accessible as they are today.
And as a content creator, there's nothing more I want than someone listening to
my podcast or watching my videos, but that in-person learning is so much more
magical when it comes to WordPress.
At word camps, you can show up and learn more about using the software.
Attenda.
Hyper-specific talk, ranging from how to blog with our favorite CMS or learn the
latest and greatest development standards.
There's a healthy mix of content available to help elevate your WordPress game.
Uh,
number three community.
At the end of the day, one of the most valuable aspects of WordPress, the
software is the community behind it.
If you're new to WordPress and WordCamps getting into the community
should be a welcoming experience.
Simply being with others on the early start of their WordPress journey
can help you break the ice and feel less stressed about the whole thing.
As if you're the only one missing the bigger picture, because you're not, we
all were in your shoes at some point.
As time marches on you become more involved with the community.
You enter the next phase where connections with others can really ramp up your
professional life within WordPress.
That could be finding other freelancers or agencies to partner with finding
a full-time job in the space.
Or making connections with potential customers.
WordPress has a massive footprint across many digital businesses.
Sometimes you'll find WordPress living in the most unique environments, not
just a blogger marketing website.
Being involved in any of these phases helps WordPress thrive.
At first you're a little lost.
Then you meet your tribe fully grasping what open source WordPress.
Can do for you and for others a year later, you too are advocating for
your friends and colleagues to take part in their local word camps, too.
Heck, maybe even you apply to speak at your first word camp.
And that's a topic for another podcast, but if you're interested in learning more
about word camps and where the next one is in your area, head to wordcamp.org.
And join the mailing list.
WordCamp central list out all the upcoming events.
And if there's not one in your area, you can reach out to the organizing
team to see if there's opportunity to start one in your city or
at the very least you could start a local WordPress meetup.
To get the ball rolling.
Word cancer, one of the best places to experience WordPress and truly
grasp the value of open source within this thriving digital landscape.
It's why we at rocket genius and our family of products continue
to support them every year.
We hope to see you in our booth at Torino this weekend and in Portland,
Oregon at WordCamp us this September.