Interested in sponsoring WordCamp this year?<\/h3>\n
Check out our Call for Sponsors<\/a> post for details on how you can help make this year’s WordCamp the best it can be!<\/p>\n\n\t 28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source\u00a0eCommerce\u00a0solution.<\/p>\n Whether you\u2019re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business\u00a0\u2013 WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and\u00a0scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.<\/p>\n Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered\u00a0by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they\u2019re always firing on all cylinders. Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com so you can focus on the stuff that matters.<\/p>\n Jetpack automatically shields your site from the unwanted attention of spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time sync and backup means you don\u2019t have to worry about data loss. Straightforward traffic-building tools help you attract the attention of readers and search engines. Pages and videos are delivered at high speed from a global, ad-free content delivery network.<\/p>\n With Jetpack\u2019s Affiliate program you can earn 20% for every sale of Jetpack to your customers and clients. And with unlimited referrals, the sky\u2019s the limit! Refer as many clients and contacts as you can, and get paid for every sale you generate.<\/p>\n Make your site work for you. Get your Jetpack today at Jetpack.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Bluehost<\/a> has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24\/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, and developers the world over share and own their digital content on the web. From domain registrations to web hosting and even powerful cloud storage and computing services, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. Focused on WordPress and packed with unbelievable value, DreamHost is the best place to launch a blog, website, or web application into the stratosphere. Learn more at www.DreamHost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Pantheon<\/a> is the website operations platform top developers, marketers, and IT use to build, launch and run all their Drupal and WordPress websites.<\/p>\n Pantheon includes all of the tools professional developers need to build best-practice sites\u2014like staging environments, version control, backups, and workflows. Powering over 200,000 sites and billions of pageviews a month, Pantheon\u2019s container-based infrastructure allows you to launch websites faster, without worrying about traffic spikes, security, or performance. It\u2019s free to develop your site on Pantheon, you only pay once your site goes live. You can scale your site on the same infrastructure from day one, and never touch a server again. Create your free account now!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Wordfence<\/a> is the most popular WordPress security solution, protecting over 2 million sites. It includes an endpoint firewall and malware scanner that were built from the ground up to protect WordPress. Our Threat Defense Feed arms Wordfence with the newest firewall rules, malware signatures and malicious IP addresses it needs to keep your website safe. Rounded out by a suite of additional features, Wordfence<\/a> is the most comprehensive WordPress security option available.<\/p>\n Learn more at wordfence.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t GoDaddy Pro offers a robust suite of free tools to web developers & designers to help them save time managing all their clients and sites. With GoDaddy Pro, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage all their WordPress websites from one place. Exclusive time-saving tools let you update WordPress core, plugins and themes with one click, as well as automate WordPress backups, cloning and migrations. Get real-time performance, security and uptime monitoring across all your websites. Additionally, your free membership includes advanced 24\/7 technical support.<\/p>\n When you pair GoDaddy Pro with GoDaddy hosting products, the benefits are even greater.<\/p>\n Check out the Free Tools<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Founded in 2010, City Ranked Media<\/a>, based in Vancouver, WA serves the digital marketing needs of their clients through innovative and out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to web design. search engine optimization, paid search campaigns and social media management.\u00a0 Focusing on digital strategies that prove ROI month-over-month and year-over-year, City Ranked Media<\/a> serves hundreds of businesses throughout North America and Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t BoldGrid<\/a> is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.<\/p>\n Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.<\/p>\n BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!<\/p>\n www.boldgrid.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t Northwest Media Collective Inc<\/a> is a web development agency that primarily builds in WordPress. We offer full service web development, SEO, Video Production, and Photography. We use a multifaceted approach to overall management; and we customize this approach based on scope, budget, and the duration of the project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t CHIEF, a ByteCubed Company, is a full-service agency with more than 30 years experience driving high-impact brand, technology and communication solutions. Our team of 250+ integrated experts span across strategy, creative and development teams, working together to connect constituents, build loyalty and create new possibility through targeted and enterprise level engagements. CHIEF is consistently recognized as a top creative firm by the Washington Business Journal, most recently winning multiple awards for the National Park Foundation website design and development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t A small but powerful online marketing company. Since 1999\u00a0Webfu<\/a>\u00a0has been serving Portland businesses who offer their products and services locally, nationally or the world over.<\/p>\n With a focus on\u00a0ROI driven search engine optimization<\/a>, we work with Portland designers, copywriters, programmers, marketers & WordPress people to build successful website marketing campaigns. Occasionally we bring on new recruits to help us with projects, if you’re good with WordPress and looking for work,\u00a0let us know<\/a>!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t GreenGeeks<\/a> is an independently owned and operated hosting provider.<\/p>\n Our specially engineered platform offers WordPress users web hosting that is designed for the fastest, most secure and scalable hosting available in multiple data centers. Our WordPress hosting<\/a> makes deploying and managing WordPress websites easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, real-time security protection, SSD RAID-10 storage arrays, PowerCacher and expert 24\/7 support to make for the best web hosting experience.<\/p>\n Since our launch in 2008, GreenGeeks has been the industry’s leading eco-friendly web hosting provider putting back 3 times the power we consume into the grid in the form of renewable energy. We are based out of Los Angeles, California with a global workforce that provides a better web hosting experience to customers from over 150 countries.<\/p>\n GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.greengeeks.com IvyCat<\/a>\u00a0is a WordPress development and consulting agency that creates powerful WordPress, WooCommerce, and BuddyPress sites focused on e-commerce, event management, and membership.<\/p>\n IvyCat also provides on-going WordPress maintenance, monitoring, support, and conversion consulting services; all focused on helping clients grow and succeed without the headaches and stress of doing it alone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t At\u00a0Thrive Business Marketing<\/a>, we don\u2019t believe in being \u201cGood Enough\u201d.\u00a0 Our mission is to continually grow our client\u2019s profits through effective digital advertising, search optimization, and highly effective tracking and reporting methodologies.\u00a0 We are a full-service digital agency with a primary focus of helping small-to-medium businesses\u2026 while also building success for large brands like Venus Williams, Carrier, Nike, and Freightliner.<\/p>\n Thrive is a preferred vendor in several large industry niches and offers WordPress almost exclusively to their more than 37,000 combined B-to-B customers, as well as our very own\u00a0social media management tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t A Portland web design agency<\/a> serving cultural organizations. Makers of Groundplan<\/a>, a flexible Event Management and Calendar plugin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t StickerGiant.com<\/a> LLC is a promotional sticker and product label company based in Longmont, Colorado. StickerGiant was a startup business in 2000 selling retail stickers. Over the years, we have become the go-to custom sticker and label experts for businesses. We strive to provide the best customer service and sticker support in the world.<\/p>\n As we love to say:Fremont<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\nPeel it, stick it, and share your story with the world. Every sticker has a story.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\tBurnside<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortland SEO Consultant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t