Recap: WP Meetup Amsterdam Sept 2022

door Stephanie Scholte | sep 5, 2022

WordPress faster in 5 steps | Marcel Bootsman from Kinsta @ WordPress Meetup Amsterdam sept 2022

On the 1st of September 2022 our first meetup of season 22/23 took place. It was also the first meetup with expert talks organized by the new team: Jaap, Stephanie & Sabine. The evening took place at hostel and event location Stayokay at Timorplein in Amsterdam Oost. And the event was kindly sponsored by Kinsta and WeGlot.

WordPress Talks

The meetup consisted of 2 interesting talks by experts in the WordPress field. We also had an Open Call. And there was, of course, time for some networking and get-to-know-eachother during the borrel. The talks:

✨ Marcel Bootsman – WordPress faster in 5 steps

Marcel Bootsman is Marketing Manager Dutch Market at Kinsta. He explained why and how we should speed up our WordPress websites and showed us 5 steps to make our WordPress websites faster.

Summary: 5 steps to speed up your website by Marcel Bootsman
Slides: A faster WordPress site in five steps – Marcel Bootsman
Read also: Meetup Recap on website Kinsta

✨ Berry van Es – Google Analytics 4

Berry van Es is Partner Manager at Yoast. He talked us through the new Google Analytics version GA4 and explained why we should start migrating today.

Summary: available soon
Slides: available soon

Open call

At every meetup we will have an Open Call. If you have a question, need help with something or you’re looking for an expert, you can ask for it during the open call. This meetup we had 2 calls:

1. Sabine Visser
Sabine’s choir is looking for male singers, specifically with voice type tenor or bass. Contact Sabine if you’re interested, know someone or have any questions.

2. Theophilus Ahenkorah Okyere
Theophilus is looking for a (part-time) job.My Name is Theophilus Ahenkorah Okyere, an international student at Inter College Business School. I’m a WordPress developer, SEO Specialist, SEM specialist and a Digital Marketer, I worked on a website for a hotel in Ghana (Nasco Hotel www.nascohotel.com) and also established it’s online presence on Google, Tripadvisor, Facebook, Instagram and Expedia Hotels. I’m ready to work on websites for businesses and establish it’s online presence.
My website: ads.tbzjournal.com
LinkedIn: Theophilus Ahenkorah Okyere
Phone number / Whatsapp: +31684667422

Next meetup 1st of November

It was a fun and very informative evening. We thank everyone for coming and hope to all see you again at our next meetup on the 1st of November. Please let us now if you’ll attend on meetup.com.