{"id":5603,"date":"2019-02-12T06:14:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T06:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.miami.wordcamp.org\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:34:50","slug":"introducing-the-wordcamp-miami-business-track-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/introducing-the-wordcamp-miami-business-track-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing The WordCamp Miami Business Track For 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Advanced Growth Business Track is for freelancers and micro agencies (services &amp; products) that have <strong>already been in business a few years<\/strong> are the primary target. This format allows attendees to ask and submit questions, of seasoned experts in their field, before and during the Business Track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.miami.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-500x205.png 500w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM-624x256.png 624w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-7.11.26-AM.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIf you\u2019re already running a business that leverages WordPress, and have always wanted but could never afford a business consultant\u2019s time, come ask your questions\u201d<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow, what a ride it\u2019s been so far, you have been running your Product or Service WordPress based business for a couple of years, you have a client base, a general handle on the basics of your business, you have sales, and have a set of contractors or even a small team of employees and you are delivering value to customers. Sounds like you\u2019re on track, good job! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, how do you get to the next stage in growing your business? Does it look the same to grow the next 50% the way you got here? Even if you have a slow and steady approach to growth, does your 3-5 year plan take into account how growth is never linear? What if tomorrow you had a new opportunity to get into a new product, or double your service agency\u2019s revenue? <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday Morning March 17th, WordCamp Miami is proud to build on the success of the last few years in bringing WordPress Community relevant business curriculum to our Community. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Advanced Growth Business Track<\/strong> will be Hosted by Karim Marucchi &amp; Rian Kinney who brought you last year\u2019s \u201c<em>WCMIA 2018 (micro)MBA course<\/em>\u201d. Karim and Rian will lead an audience-interactive conversational session with industry-leading experts, in their respective fields, to assist you in growing your WP business.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve assembled proven experts in the areas of sales growth, scaled customer management operational growth, pricing, vendor, contract negotiation, and team growth strategies to donate their time to share their wealth of knowledge and though stories of how they grew and made years worth of mistakes. This will be a guided, best practices for growth panel talk with &nbsp;moderated audience Q&amp;A with well known and respected leaders Chris Lema of Liquid Web, Colin Dowling of Raincloud, Pat Ramsey of Crowd Favorite, Rian Kinney of The Kinney Firm and eCommLegal and Karim Marucchi of Crowd Favorite &amp; ZenFounder. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advanced Business Track Hosts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rian Kinney<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/5KMhgD2RY9Klx23D8yH-jPXGAFchGLbno99EY_O0RLvXXjCr-0_MVeLRmTeEwdFlcNlFbr6FNp2IYv1lCne4eSjfgzI0K8Tkci_lZi6OB3TyIlpPHU6F7YAi5IDKc-m1kHKrLCLR\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKinneyFirm\">Rian Kinney<\/a>, founder of eCommLegal and <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneyfirm.com\/\">The Kinney Firm<\/a>, is US Privacy and Tech Attorney, assisting businesses of all sizes from freelancers to enterprise, currently representing and working with some of WordPress&#8217;s biggest names.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rian holds the International Association of Privacy Professionals&#8217; CIPM and CIPP\/E Designations and has spoken at conferences all over the US and Europe on issues ranging from contracts, CYA&#8217;ing your site, the future of open source, to ethics, and privacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Karim Marucchi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/DZN4ZF4BNOLE8AnU2QTchgNopjs1FMbZverlCAF0HzH7syINywSmvonMWQg1GT0pjoAg8WaSovoZ0NNDkrxnwi-YwnI5b1sH3J_9RdllWI1-iVhcCWYXqmSJRTZcEPVdjTxP_DL7\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karimmarucchi\">Karim Marucchi<\/a> is the CEO of<a href=\"http:\/\/crowdfavorite.com\/\"> Crowd Favorite<\/a> and Chairman of The VeloMedia Group. In the past 20 years, his career path has encompassed a variety of opportunities including founding startups, working for large web agencies and taking companies public. 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