WordPress & Opportunities for Students At Techcamp Saigon Uni 2014
May 19, 2015
WordPress &Opportunities for Students
At Techcamp Saigon Uni 2014
About me and the companyDat Hoang
● Community & Support of OnTheGoSystems
● Marketing Online
OnTheGoSystems
● WPML● Toolset plugins● ICanLocalize
Agenda
● Amazing Trend
● Opportunities
● Where to start
WordPress.com stats
In 1 month:● 409 million people view 14.4 billion pages● 40.5 million new posts● 50.3 million new comments
Source: http://wordpress.com
Big brands using WordPress
Using both + WordPress.com (VIP) + WordPress.org (open source)
Source: http://wordpress.org
Big brands using WordPress
● CNN● New York Times● Harvard Business Review● Samsung
● Wall Street Journal● Forbes● Ebay blog● TechCrunch
Market share
Grey: all sites Green: CMS
● CMS: over 60% is WordPress. Far behind: Joomla 8.8%, Drupal 5.4%...
● 5 new sites are created over the world, 1 site is WordPress.Source: http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all
How users make the trend
Source: Google Trend
What creates the trend
● Easy to learn
● Easy to use
● Easy to manage
● Easy to do SEO
Opportunities
● Jobs
● Freelancers/Startup/Self-employed
● Work remotely
Opportunities: Jobs
Opportunities: Jobs
Freelancers/Startup/Self-employed
● ThemeForest: designers + coders
● Freelance sites:
○ oDesk.com
○ freelancer.com
● Bloggers: thachpham.com
Work remotely
● Saving Traffic Time
● Work Anywhere in the World
● Requirements:
○ Smart brain and fingers
○ Internet
Work remotely: an example
● 45 members - over 20 countries - 4 continents● company conference: once a year● always moving● we are hiring
Where to start
● IT background● Soft skills: communication, teamwork...● English● WordPress Codex● Community
○ FB group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpressviet/
○ Meetup:http://www.meetup.com/Saigon-WordPress/
○ Website: ThachPham, Izwebz
Big Thanks!Dat HoangCommunity & Support Vietnam E: [email protected]: wpml.org | wp-types.com | icanlocalize.com
At Techcamp Saigon UniSaigon, June 21, 2014