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title: My experience at PressNomics
description: 'PressNomics 5 was an incredible experience – one that I’ll remember for sure. I put faces to names of folks I’ve chatted with for months – even years, and made strategic ('
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last_updated: '2026-01-08T11:19:19.000Z'
date: '2017-04-17T08:05:49.000Z'
author: Rich Tabor
summary: 'PressNomics 5 was an incredible experience – one that I’ll remember for sure. I put faces to names of folks I’ve chatted with for months – even years, and made strategic ('
tags:
  - Travel
  - WordPress
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type: blog
url: /pressnomics
canonical: https://richtabor.com/pressnomics
id: 96
---

[PressNomics 5](https://pressnomics.com) was an incredible experience – one that I’ll remember for sure. I put faces to names of folks I’ve chatted with for months – even years, and made strategic (and more importantly) personal connections with the people who basically power the WordPress business economy.

I had the idea to sum up my thoughts, ideas, and takeaways from my experience at PressNomics 5 into bite-size chunks.

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[Syed Balkhi](https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi) shared some simple ways to level-up your online shop, which include using [OptinMonster](http://optinmonster.com) through and through your website, even on checkout pages with an exit intent display, to captivate potential buyers leaving.

Also, Syed basically told everyone to deploy [CartHook](https://carthook.com) to abandoned cart recovery. I use it on [ThemeBeans](https://themebeans.com) and can personally say it’s recovered 86 carts to date.

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This is a neat one. Sean Tierney shared about his ongoing experience working remotely while traveling the globe as part of [Remote Year](http://remoteyearblogs.com/). You can follow along at his [blog](http://scrollinondubs.com/), and learn how Pagely makes remote work, work [here](https://pagely.com/blog/2017/04/making-remote-work-work/).

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Neill Feather from [Site Lock](https://www.sitelock.com) presented a few powerful statistics concerning website security, including that over 60% of small businesses go out of business within six months of a cyber attack — that’s insane.

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[Chris Wallace](https://twitter.com/chriswallace) shared how enforcing boundaries and creating routines helps him overcome workaholism — which we all know is a very real issue, especially in the tech/software world. Remember, more work does not equal more success.

“Your brand is what others think it is – not what you do.” — words of wisdom from [Chris Lema](https://twitter.com/chrislema), shared during the King’s Corner breakout session. Chris has such a unique way of bringing concepts and techniques you’ve heard a hundred times to a “real-world” level.

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[Aaron Jorbin](https://twitter.com/aaronjorbin) shared about giving constructive criticism with a positive attitude, actionable advice and polite demeanor. Without those three elements, feedback is likely to fall flat.

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Well that’s it! If you’re interested in details or have a question about anything, [hit me up on Twitter](https://x.com/richtabor/). Thanks for reading!

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