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In this episode, I’m chatting with Sallie Goetsch about Content Audits and how they can save you development time. If you’ve every had a project with a lot of existing content, performing an audit of that content BEFORE you begin any design or development work, will save you time. We’ll talk about what it is and how to go about performing one. It is a valuable service to offer that benefits both you and your client. Meet Sallie Goetsch Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with ‘sketch’) first got online in 1985, via the mainframe at Brown University. She founded an online journal in 1993 and built her first HTML website in 1994. Since discovering WordPress in 2005, she hasn’t looked back. Sallie became the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup in Oakland, California, in 2009. Sallie has produced WordPress videos for Peachpit Press, taught introductory WordPress classes for Mediabistro, and acted as Technical Reviewer for O’Reilly’s WordPress: The Missing Manual. She runs her WP Fangirl consulting and development business from her home in Oakley, which she shares with her husband and two cats. Show Notes A few resources suggested on this topic: Plugins: Content Audit Plugin Export WordPress data to XML/CSV Plugin Books: Content Strategy for the Web (Voices That Matter) Content Strategy for WordPress: Structured content and sustainable workflows for a future-proof site

This episode is all about content. My guest John Locke and I talk about developing a content first strategy when working on client projects. Meet John Locke Since 2012, John has been helping business owners in Sacramento and across the country. His WordPress consultancy, Lockedown Design, helps businesses improve their SEO, launch and improve their e-commerce stores, and solves business critical problems on their WordPress websites. John also serves the WordPress community as a co-organizer the Sacramento WordPress Meetup and as the co-host of the WP-Tonic podcast.

In this episode, I’m talking about how the idea for Rethink.fm came to be. Tonya Mork shares her thoughts on WordPress, code, and workflow. Meet Tonya Mork Tonya teaches programming, how to think about code, and how to build WordPress products (themes and plugins) at Know the Code. She is always examining the way we do things to find a better path, one that is more efficient, effective, that moves us forward, and is balanced with the intent. She loves sharing ideas, planting seeds, and inspiring others to consider a different approach. She is an engineer, innovator and a forward-thinker.