{"id":2891,"date":"2018-08-16T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2018-07-30T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:44:35","slug":"speaker-chris-lema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker-chris-lema\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Speaker: Chris Lema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/06\/chris-lema.png\" alt=\"Chris Lema\" width=\"768\" height=\"419\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/06\/chris-lema.png 768w, https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/06\/chris-lema-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/06\/chris-lema-500x273.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chrislema.com\">Chris Lema<\/a> has been building eCommerce sites since 1997, back when it would take a lot of time, cost a lot of money, and still didn\u2019t work perfectly. Today he\u2019s the VP of Products at Liquid Web, where he\u2019s designed and launched a new platform dedicated to WooCommerce stores.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to have Chris onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Chris below:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the topic of your WordCamp talk?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/ecommerce-decision-making\/\">eCommerce Decision Making: How Customers Decide What To Buy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you think this is important?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sells things online has fallen into the trap of &#8220;Build it and they will come.&#8221; But that&#8217;s not how online conversions work. Come learn how people make decisions and how you can improve your online conversions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your WordPress origin story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I discovered WordPress in 2005 after working with TypePad and DotNetNuke. It was fast, easy, and great as a CMS for the startups I was coaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has WordPress impacted your world?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WordPress has created a large community of friends that have changed my life over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can connect with Chris further at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislema\">@chrislema<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Get Your Ticket ASAP!<\/h2>\n<p>WordCamp Sacramento 2018 sold out in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and we do expect it to sell out again. Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">get your WordCamp Tickets<\/a> asap to secure you spot at this awesome event! Tickets are only $40 (thanks to our <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/sponsors\/\">generous sponsors<\/a>) and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two full days of Beginner Tracks, walking new users through how to use WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Two mixed tracks of sessions on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Two mixed tracks of sessions on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>A Happiness Bar &#8212; our version of a help desk, open throughout the event so you can get help with your site and get your questions answered.<\/li>\n<li>An opportunity to network with and meet sponsors, speakers, and other WordPress community members, including business owners, designers, developers, agency owners, bloggers, copywriters, freelancers, site owners, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Refreshing drinks throughout the entire event.<\/li>\n<li>A WordCamp Sacramento 2018 t-shirt.<\/li>\n<li>A catered lunch on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>A networking reception Saturday immediately following the event.<\/li>\n<li>Snacks on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Get Your Ticket Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Lema has been building eCommerce sites since 1997, back when it would take a lot of time, cost a lot of money, and still didn\u2019t work perfectly. Today he\u2019s the VP of Products at Liquid Web, where he\u2019s designed and launched a new platform dedicated to WooCommerce stores. We&#8217;re thrilled to have Chris onboard &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker-chris-lema\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet The Speaker: Chris Lema&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13848243,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9umQf-KD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13848243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}