{"id":8456,"date":"2018-05-28T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T08:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=8456"},"modified":"2018-05-28T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T09:01:21","slug":"small-businesses-take-the-floor-at-wordcamp-europe-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/press\/small-businesses-take-the-floor-at-wordcamp-europe-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses take the floor at WordCamp Europe 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsoring WordCamp Europe is even more attainable this year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Past sponsor recounts their experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsorship slots are filling up fast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordCamp Europe has become an annual highlight for anyone working with WordPress. With 30% of the web now powered by WordPress, WordCamps bring together thousands of professionals and influencers to participate, share ideas and get to know each other. They are non-profit events organised by people from within the WordPress community on a voluntary basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small Business sponsorship was introduced as a sponsorship package at WordCamp Europe in 2017. The package allows small businesses that work with WordPress and generate less than 1 million euros in annual sales to gain visibility at WCEU, and it was such a successful new sponsorship opportunity that WCEU 2018 is bringing it back this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robot Ninja, a small business sponsor at WCEU 2017 wrote about their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prospress.com\/prospress-wceu2017-wrapup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">experience<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> afterwards, explaining that, for them, it was a great opportunity to get feedback from everyone on their business concept. They had great traction with the WordPress community, with many attendees signing up to be notified of when their beta product was made available. They also gave \u00a0away 70+ hoodies in 2.5 hours! This shows how co-operative the WCEU audience is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For WCEU 2018, 20 Small Sponsor slots have been offered and some of the companies confirmed to join WordCamp Europe in Belgrade are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WPML<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/getshifter.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shifter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savvii.eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Savvii<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/seravo.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seravo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polylang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malcare.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malcare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speakers, attendees and sponsors will come to Belgrade for WCEU from all corners of the world, and sponsorship gives businesses both access and high visibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With just 7 slots left and at 1500 Euros each, there is still an opportunity for small businesses involved with WordPress to take advantage of the sponsorship perks, and introduce their products to an inclusive and receptive audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read more about the sponsorship packages <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/sponsors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and contact the organizing team <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sponsors@wp-europe.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">directly <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications are considered on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordCamp Europe takes place between 14-16 June, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsoring WordCamp Europe is even more attainable this year Past sponsor recounts their experience Sponsorship slots are filling up fast WordCamp Europe has become an annual highlight for anyone working with WordPress. 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