Our Sponsors
WordCamp Asheville is made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors. Without these folks, we could not offer this weekend of learning, networking, and fun! Please take some time to peruse our sponsors and see if their services fit your needs.
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WooCommerce
28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.
- 1+ million active installations
- 16+ million downloads
- 400+ extensions to add functionality
Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.
Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.
Jetpack
Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they’re 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.
Jetpack automatically shields your site from the unwanted attention of spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time sync and backup means you don’t 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.
Jetpack sends new content directly to your subscribers’ inboxes and shows readers related content, helping you increase page views per visitor and boost ad revenue. Whenever you need it, you can rely on priority support from our global team of WordPress experts to ensure a friction-free experience for your visitors — and for you.
Make your site work for you. Get your Jetpack today at Jetpack.com
Bluehost
Bluehost 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.
Big Boom Design
Big Boom Design is an Educational Web Design and Internet Consulting agency based in beautiful Asheville, NC. Big Boom Design strives to educate and empower our clients so that they can take ownership and authorship of their web presence. We build and develop primarily on the WordPress platform and we’re honored to be a supporter of the Asheville WordCamp event for the 5th consecutive year.
Give us a call or drop us an email if you’re interested in learning more about our WordPress services, upcoming classes, or just feel like geeking out about the internet.
Web – https://www.bigboomdesign.com
Email – sales@bigboomdesign.com
Phone – 828-774-5607
A2 Hosting
Since 2003, A2 Hosting has specialized in linux-based, developer friendly hosting services. We cater to the WordPress community by offering reliable, scalable and most importantly secure, hosting solutions at an affordable price.
We recently reaffirmed our commitment to the WordPress community by releasing our Managed WP hosting solution. We built this solution from the ground up specifically to run WordPress at scale.
Our team takes an active approach to participating and growing the WordPress community by getting involved in meetups and camps all over the world. We are proud to be part of WordCamp Asheville 2018 and look forward to meeting you!
Website: A2hosting.com
Twitter: @a2hosting
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DreamHost
Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers worldwide bring their dreams to life on the Internet. A leader in Managed WordPress hosting, over 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. Supporting the open source community with dedicated resources and a passionate team, DreamHost believes in the power of the Open Web and the people that make it happen. Learn more at DreamHost.com.
GoDaddy
GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.
You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.
And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.
Learn more about GoDaddy Pro.
Create My Voice
Is your blog being heard? Create My Voice will make your blog available
on a smart speaker like Amazon’s Alexa. Your community will be able to
ask Alexa to read your posts aloud while they do things like commute,
exercise, and take care of household chores. Be on the cutting edge and
share your content louder!
Website: http://createmyvoice.com/
Twitter: @CreateMyVoice
GoWP
GoWP provides subscription WordPress support for agencies, small businesses and non-profits. Our service includes unlimited small tasks, WordPress core and plugin updates, offsite backups, security scans and malware removal. With our white-label Agency plan, we’ll provide your clients with this support under your brand. Find out more at GoWP.com
Website: https://www.gowp.com
Twitter: @GoWPsupport
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Kinsta
Kinsta provides managed WordPress hosting for small and large. We are exclusively powered by Google Cloud Platform and we focus on providing the best performance and support in the industry.
Kinsta is officially recommended by Google Cloud as a fully-managed WordPress hosting solution. You have the option to choose 15 data centers for your site. All of our plans come with Free CDN, free Letsencrypt SSL, staging environments, automatic daily backups and the option to create manual backup points anytime. Server-level rules and optimizations for WooCommerce available on the platform. The pro and higher plans come with a free migration, it’s completed by our expert support team.
BoldGrid
BoldGrid 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.
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.
BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!
Craftpeak
Craftpeak provides complete web solutions for Craft Breweries
We partner with only the best breweries to create digital experiences that engage customers, drive sales, and grow brands through solid strategy, stunning websites, creative marketing, and hands-on support.
Website: https://craftpeak.com/
Twitter: @Craftpeak
WP Buffs
WP Buffs fully manages WordPress websites for serious website owners & white-label agency partners. They handle unlimited edits, performance enhancements, daily health maintenance and regular security troubleshooting so you don’t have to. This allows you to make bold decisions when it comes to your website without hesitating due to technical restraints.
With 24/7 support, a mission driven by their customers and an affinity to sponsor WordCamps, WP Buffs wants to be the very best technical support partner for any individual, business or organization with a WordPress website.
Bufftastic!
Website: https://wpbuffs.com/
Twitter: @thewpbuffs
We’re hiring for technical and marketing positions! If you’re ready to commit to a great remote team for the long-term, take the next step in your WordPress career and ditch the traditional 9-5, we’re looking forward to seeing what you’re made of: https://wpbuffs.com/hiring/
Status Forward
Status Forward works with businesses and organizations to build forward thinking brands and innovative websites that help them stand out from the crowd, attract desired clientele, and get real results.
Our team enjoys working with small to medium sized businesses to build effective brand identities and websites. We work with agencies throughout the U.S., and have a strong focus in our local communities of Asheville & Durham, NC.
LearnDash
LearnDash is the WordPress learning management system of choice for Fortune 500 companies, major universities, training organizations, and entrepreneurs worldwide for creating (and selling) their online courses.
Website: https://www.learndash.com/
Twitter: @LearnDashLMS
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Shepherds Loft
At Shepherds Loft, we use a combination of a great framework with top-notch add-ons to your WordPress website an awesome marketing tool. Supporting that superb combination with professional WordPress Customer Support makes you successful.
Our mission is maintenance free WordPress. We want to help web designers and business owners protect and profit from their website.
FacetWP
FacetWP is a plugin to add advanced filtering (also called faceted search) to shop pages, resource libraries, listing pages, etc.
Website: https://facetwp.com
Twitter: @FacetWP
Element-360
Element-360 is a real estate marketing agency located in Asheville North Carolina and was established in 2009. Our real estate marketing experts specialize in driving the right traffic to real estate websites. We’re a niche agency that focuses on SEO, SEM, Social PPC, Email marketing, and overall Digital Strategy.
Our team believes in fostering creativity, entrepreneurship and challenging the status quo. We want to help others in the community dig deep and build their dreams through learning, collaboration and networking.
JB Media Group
We are a team of strategists and writers that help businesses and non-profits tell their story and reach new audiences. We are focused on Internet marketing exclusively offering SEO, blogging, social media, online advertising, email and online public relations strategy, campaigns and content. Business owners, marketing professionals, designers and developers can learn the full spectrum of online marketing from us via the JB Media Institute.
Website: https://www.jbmediagroupllc.com
Twitter: @JBMediaGroupLLC
Mountain Laurel Digital
Mountain Laurel Digital offers expert level SEO strategy, brand consulting, and market research to businesses that are ready to connect with their ideal client or customer. We provide online marketing services for small to medium sized businesses, specializing in the arts, specialty food, niche consumer products, photography, and other businesses with unique audiences.
Website: https://www.mountainlaureldigital.com/
Twitter: @MtLaurelDigital
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Well Played
Well Played is proud to be North Carolina’s first board game café, where you can choose from a selection of over 500 games, from the classics to the cutting-edge.
Not a big gamer? No problem! We have Gamemasters on hand who will help you choose the right adventure for your experience level and group size. Bring your friends or family, and stay for food, snacks, coffee, and beer! Come roll the dice with us in downtown Asheville and see what all the fun is about.
Wedge Brewing Co.
Established in 2008, the Wedge is a neighborhood brewery with two locations in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District. The Wedge serves as a gathering place for people of all ages and walks of life to laugh, exchange ideas and drink Wedge beer.
The Wedge is a community crafted by the people of Asheville.
The Wedge at Foundation is providing the event space for our Speaker/Sponsor party and has also been generous enough to allow us to hang at the Wedge after both days of WordCamp for the after-after parties!
Farside Films
Farside Films is a production company with roots through out the southeast but headquartered in Savannah, Georgia. They specialize in videography and photography for concerts and live music events, independent feature and shortfilms, weddings, local and regional commercials, website marketing videos, music videos and documentary films.
They utilize the latest in digital cinema technology and achieve the highest image quality available, while keeping within the client’s budget constraints. They have a passion for creativity, in every aspect of production, and it can be seen in their work from script to screen.
Farside Films is proud to be a sponsor for the Asheville WordCamp 2018 conference.
StickerGiant
StickerGiant is an e-commerce company that prints custom stickers and product labels. They make it fast and easy to order with quality guaranteed. Every sticker has a story. What’s yours?
Interested in sponsoring WordCamp this year?
Check out our Call for Sponsors post for details on how you can help make this year’s WordCamp the best it can be!