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    WP Publisher Success Week – Key Learnings from WordPress Experts

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    WP Publisher Success Week – Key Learnings from WordPress Experts

    WordPress dominates Google’s search engine results pages because it significantly simplifies the optimization process for its users.

    However, with competition for the audience’s attention and engagement at an all-point high, publishers have to go the extra mile and apply best practices in managing and optimizing the performance of their WordPress sites.

    That’s why, in partnership with Multidots, we hosted WP Publisher Success Week – to help publishers learn best practices from leading experts in the field.

    This ebook is a summary of learnings from the event, highlighting WordPress best practices that every digital publisher that uses or plans to use this CMS must know.

    What you will learn

    wp week ebook

    What’s in Store for 2024

    With the launch of the Gutenberg Project in 2018, WordPress embarked on a four-phase plan to modernize website content management and publishing. We are currently in Phase 3, where the focus is squarely on collaboration. At a time when AI and automation are revolutionizing content creation as we know it, what impact will the upcoming features have on publishers in 2024?

    Automation & AI

    The dramatic rise of large language models like ChatGPT and Midjourney has brought AI and automation to the mainstream. Publishers are actively embracing AI tools to increase productivity and cut costs. How is this highly disruptive technology impacting the field of journalism, and what does it mean for the future of journalists?

    Workflow & Website Performance

    Countless processes and tools are involved in the digital publishing process. From editorial workflows to WordPress plugins and metrics like Core Web Vitals (CWV), there are plenty of things you can optimize to improve performance, speed, and efficiency. In this workshop, three experts will provide real-world examples of how you can improve editorial workflow, optimize WordPress performance, and adapt to the upcoming changes in CWV in March 2024.

    Monetization & Improving Revenue

    The dramatic rise of large language models like ChatGPT and Midjourney has brought AI and automation to the mainstream. Publishers are actively embracing AI tools to increase productivity and cut costs. How is this highly disruptive technology impacting the field of journalism, and what does it mean for the future of journalists?

    WP Publisher Success Week as Shared by…

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    Anil Gupta

    CEO & Co-founder | Multidots

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    Anil Gupta
    Anil is a Technopreneur with more than 17 years of experience leading the business with mind and people with heart. With a degree in computer science, he always had the vision to build a company that takes care of customers as well as employees and the community; thus, he started Multidots in 2009, and since then, as a CEO & Co-Founder of Multidots — he and his team are on the mission on "Serving People & Solving Problems." Anil loves to read, travel, yoga, and meditation! He’s a 15 year veteran SEO and content strategist for publishers and an explorer of digital media and technology trends.
    Pete Pachal

    Pete Pachal

    Founder | The Media Copilot

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    Pete Pachal
    Pete covers how AI is changing media, and provides training and consulting on applying generative AI to content creation. A lifelong journalist, Pete has held leadership positions at several companies, directing editorial teams to maximize audience, social reach, and business opportunities. As a thought leader on AI, Big Tech, and cryptocurrency, he is featured on national television regularly, including appearances on the Today Show, CNN, Fox Business, NPR, and The Daily Show.
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    Liam Andrew

    Chief Product Officer | Texas Tribune

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    Liam Andrew
    Digital media and technology expert with over ten years of experience in organizational leadership, product strategy, and software development for researchers and publishers. Specializes in designing systems for content management and recommendation; improving user experience for readers and creators; and teaching and translating technical topics.
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    Barry Pollard

    Web Performance Developer Advocate on Google Chrome | Google

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    Barry Pollard
    Barry Pollard is a web developer who is obsessed with web performance. He is the author of the Manning book “HTTP/2 In Action” and is a one of the maintainers of the HTTP Archive, including it’s annual Web Almanac state of the web report. He thinks the web is amazing but wants to make it even better. He’s a 15 year veteran SEO and content strategist for publishers and an explorer of digital media and technology trends.
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    Pete Pachal
    Pete covers how AI is changing media, and provides training and consulting on applying generative AI to content creation. A lifelong journalist, Pete has held leadership positions at several companies, directing editorial teams to maximize audience, social reach, and business opportunities. As a thought leader on AI, Big Tech, and cryptocurrency, he is featured on national television regularly, including appearances on the Today Show, CNN, Fox Business, NPR, and The Daily Show.

    Angelo Paura

    Global Editorial Director | Blasting News

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    Angelo Paura
    Angelo Paura is the Global Editorial Director at Blasting News. He focuses mostly on digital cultures, new media, technology, politics, and misinformation. His work has been published in Italian and international media including Politico Europe, BBC World Service, MediaShift, ProPublica, Motherboard, International Center for Journalists, The Tow-Knight Center, BuzzFeed, Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Corriere della Sera, and Il Messaggero. Angelo is also a consultant for NewsGuard and runs a monthly newsletter about AI and local news, produced by the NYC Media Lab at NYU.
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    Aslam Multani

    CTO & Co-founder | Multidots

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    Aslam Multani
    Aslam is the Co-Founder and CTO of Multidots Inc and loves solving complex problems through out-of-the-box approaches. Multidots is an Enterprise WordPress digital agency and a WordPress VIP partner agency, with a globally distributed team of WordPress experts helping content publishers around the world. Aslam has more than a decade of experience working with enterprise customers and providing WordPress based solutions. With a team of more than 100 developers, Aslam has experience working with large development teams.

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    Chief Revenue Officer | Foreign Affairs Magazine

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    Stephanie Solomon
    Stephanie brings an entrepreneurial mindset to marketing innovation, operational optimization and organizational change for direct to consumer brands with reoccuring revenue streams. With hands on operating experience, disciplined P&L management and clear communication, she leads teams through periods of strategic change by focusing on data-driven decision making and solving challenges within corporate constraints.

    About the Report Producer

    This report is brought to you by State of Digital Publishing.

    State of Digital Publishing (SODP) is a startup market research publisher, producing a publication and community for digital media publishing professionals, content and media owners, in new media and publishing technology.

    SODP’s mission is to discover and foster sustainable digital media publishing models.SODP publishes news, educational content and research, and provides consulting that help digital media publishers and editorial marketing professionals develop their skills, advance their careers, gain better insights and achieve audience development results.

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