Kickstart Your Non-Profit or Small Business with WordPress
Rick Tuttle @ricktuttle
papasoft.com
Mother of Future Bloggers
Father of Bloggers
How We Use WordPress to Mobilize Our Community to Fight Human Sex Trafficking, Restore Survivors and Bring Scumbags to Justice
What I Wanted the Title To Be…
Startup Case Study
Jorge Veitia !
Executive Director, SOL Media SOLmedia.net
@sol_media
Starting Up
Multiple Websites
• SOLMedia.net
• SharingOneLove.org
• LOFCenter.org
• FreedomAndHopeRally.org
Starting Up
• Donations
• Forms
• Newsletter
• Social Media
WordPress Es Super Bueno!!!
Es muy fácil !
Muchos Temas !
Plugins Mejor !
Viva La Comunidad !
Not All Good
Easy to get 90%
Absurdly painful to achieve the
remaining 10%
Custom can cost you $$$$
Get over the 10% and…
– Voltaire (possibly)
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
– Rick Tuttle
“Get over the 10%”
papasoft.com/plugins
Pro Theme Package
• Well worth the money
• Stick with one vendor if they have common plugins and admin features
• Be happy with the 90%
Plugins
• Popular or Pro
• SEO
• Newsletter Integration
• Social Media
• Sensei (Training)
• Custom Post Types UI
• Adv Custom Fields
• Calendar (Modern Tribe)
• CiviCRM
Forms
• Contact
• Event Registration
• Volunteer Screening
• Incident Reporting
• Zapier Automation
• Get Creative!
Forms -> Custom Post Types
• Define Your CPT
• Add Custom Fields
• Gravity Forms creates CPT
• Use WP Admin to manage CPT and workflow
Getting It Done With the 90%
• Phone Outreach Call Logs
• Street Outreach Incident Reports
• Maps Used by Coordinators and Law Enforcement
WordPress isn’t always the tool of choice. !
!
That’s OK. Pick the right tool for the job.
Own It!
– Rick Tuttle
“If building websites were like building a house then WordPress would be a
double-wide.”
What if we did the equivalent of Extreme Home Makeover for a charitable organization's web presence, with a highly skilled, motivated and directed team of professionals working together to revive a local charity?
AgentsOfKindness.org
Questions?
Rick Tuttle !@ricktuttle !Papasoft.com !AgentsofKindness.org
Jorge Veitia !
@sol_media !
SOLMedia.net !
SharingOneLove.org !
LOFCenter.org