{"id":242066,"date":"2014-11-12T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=242066"},"modified":"2014-11-13T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T15:52:11","slug":"agency-panel","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/agency-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Agency Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is often one of our most popular sessions, so show up early because the room fills up fast!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Are you curious about the business of designing \/ creating \/ developing WordPress websites? We&#8217;ve created this session for you. We&#8217;ve handpicked experts across a wide spectrum of WordPress-related businesses, from freelancers through web development studios to large agencies. They will be your panel, in a moderated question-and-answer format, where you can ask your questions and hear a variety of (possibly conflicting!) answers from some outspoken folk in the know.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to hear discussions around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to approach a WordPress developer \/  studio \/ agency<\/li>\n<li>How much does a WordPress website cost?<\/li>\n<li>How does one make money selling WordPress-related solutions?<\/li>\n<li>How to incorporate WordPress into your web development workflow<\/li>\n<li>What are the challenges of evolving from a 1-person freelancer to a multi-person webdev shop?<\/li>\n<li>How do you handle a typical web project lifecycle?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The topics are varied and the audience is broad. The focus of this 2-hour session is based on <em>your<\/em> questions! <\/p>\n<h2>Panelists<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/robyn-larsen\/\" title=\"Panelist Info\">Robyn Larsen<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/robynlarsen.ca\/\" title=\"Visit Robyn Larsen Development in a new tab\" target=\"_blank\">Robyn Larsen Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/avery-swartz\/\" title=\"Panelist info\">Avery Swartz<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/averyswartz.com\/\" title=\"Visit website in new tab\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Swartz Web Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/brian-rotsztein\/\" title=\"Panelist info\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Rotsztein<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotsztein.com\/\" title=\"Visit website in new tab\" target=\"_blank\">Rotsztein.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/brent-kobayashi\/\" title=\"Panelist info\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Kobayashi<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kobayashi.ca\/\" title=\"Visit Kobayashi Online in a new window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kobayashi Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/dre-armeda\/\" title=\"Panelist info\">Dre Armeda<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/webdevstudios.com\/\" title=\"Visit website in a new tab\" target=\"_blank\">WebDev Studios<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Moderator<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/tom-auger\/\" title=\"Moderator info\">Tom Auger<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/zeitguys.com\" title=\"Visit Zeitguys' website in a new tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zeitguys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is often one of our most popular sessions, so show up early because the room fills up fast! Are you curious about the business of designing \/ creating \/ developing WordPress websites? We&#8217;ve created this session for you. We&#8217;ve handpicked experts across a wide spectrum of WordPress-related businesses, from freelancers through web development studios &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/agency-panel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Agency Panel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240351,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1416173400,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[241770,241873,242090,242114,241113,242119],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[392567],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-242066","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-agency"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"November 16, 2014","time":"4:30 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"241770","slug":"robyn-larsen","name":"Robyn Larsen","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/robyn-larsen\/"},{"id":"241873","slug":"avery-swartz","name":"Avery Swartz","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/avery-swartz\/"},{"id":"242090","slug":"brent-kobayashi","name":"Brent Kobayashi","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/brent-kobayashi\/"},{"id":"242114","slug":"dre-armeda","name":"Dre Armeda","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/dre-armeda\/"},{"id":"241113","slug":"brian-rotsztein","name":"Brian Rotsztein","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/brian-rotsztein\/"},{"id":"242119","slug":"tom-auger","name":"Tom Auger","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/tom-auger\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240351"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242127,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242066\/revisions\/242127"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/241770"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/241873"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/242090"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/242114"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/241113"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/242119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=242066"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=242066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}