{"id":112881,"date":"2013-07-23T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T18:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=112881"},"modified":"2013-07-31T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T20:48:08","slug":"sponsors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2013\/sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a list of the current WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013 sponsors. If you’d like to become a sponsor<\/a>, just click through to our enticing become a sponsor<\/a> page \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\t\t

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Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over one million WordPress sites. Their goal is to provide outstanding hosting services and customer support for the best possible price. Bluehost is also constantly innovating and upgrading their services and infrastructure at no additional cost to their customers. Join the millions of other website owners that have already chosen Bluehost and see how they can help you with your site.<\/p>\n

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WiredTree provides Managed VPS<\/a> and Managed Dedicated Servers<\/a> to WordPress users worldwide from our Chicago-based datacenter and offices. All servers are backed by 24×7
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DreamHost is a global Web hosting and cloud services provider with over 350,000 customers and 1.2 million blogs, websites and apps hosted. The company offers a wide spectrum of Web hosting and cloud services including Shared Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Server Hosting, Domain Name Registration, the cloud storage service, DreamObjects, and the
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If you use WordPress to build things for other people, we want to make
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\nknow-how. To make you better at what you do. To make it easier to make
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You\u2019re part of a tribe of WordPress designers and developers over
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Steelcase helps leading organizations \u2013 in business, healthcare and education \u2013 create the places that can unlock the promise of their people.<\/p>\n

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Mindutopia is a full-service web design and development firm located in Grand Rapids, MI. We produce WordPress websites for a wide array of clients throughout the Midwest. Our bread and butter is building websites that clients can manage easily and efficiently. But we also help clients with photography, social media, e-mail marketing and more. We\u2019d love to hear from you on how we can enhance your digital presence.<\/p>\n

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DesktopServer from ServerPress.com<\/a> makes it simple to create local wordpress sites in just a matter of a few clicks. With DesktopServer you can design, develop and deploy WordPress solutions quickly and easily. It is the ONLY localhost server that integrates WordPress with Adobe\u00ae Dreamweaver\u00ae, Panic\u2019s Coda and Diet Coda with WYSIWYG features for theme design and web developer professionals, offers multi-site, import and export (deployment) of archive files such as BackupBuddy, Duplicator, BackWPUp, BackUp WordPress, InfiniteWP & ManageWP, create custom blueprints and a lot more! Save tons of time and even more \u201cbrain damage\u201d with DesktopServer!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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WooThemes is an international, market leading, bootstrapped business providing a platform to extend standard WordPress-powered websites via a range of innovative themes and plugins. With WooThemes businesses and individuals can get professional WordPress sites launched quickly and affordably.<\/p>\n

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iThemes Exchange \u2013 Simple ecommerce for WordPress<\/h2>\n

Sell your stuff online in under 5 minutes using a simple, but extendable, interface.<\/p>\n

Your products are not blog posts. So we created an experience that makes creating products simple and intuitive. In most ecommerce solutions, things can get pretty complicated pretty quickly. We recognize that not every store has the same need. In Exchange, many features are split into add-ons. This way, you only see what your store needs, making it simple to use and manage.<\/p>\n

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We hope you’ll try Exchange and love it.<\/p>\n

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BackupBuddy \u2013 Back up, restore and move WordPress.<\/h2>\n

Backup<\/h3>\n

Back up your entire WordPress installation. Widgets, themes, plugins, files and SQL database – the entire package!<\/p>\n

Restore<\/h3>\n

Restore your WordPress site fast. The restore function in BackupBuddy is super simple.<\/p>\n

Individual File Restoration<\/h3>\n

Did you make a bunch of changes to your theme and then decide you want everything back like it was? You can now pinpoint files to restore individually, instead of having to go through a complete site restore!<\/p>\n

Migrate<\/h3>\n

Move a WordPress site to another domain or server easily. If you build custom WordPress sites for clients, this plugin is for you!<\/p>\n

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WebDevStudios<\/a> is a website development company specializing in WordPress powered websites. With a full staff of developers and designers who live and breathe WordPress, we pride ourselves in being WordPress experts. We have the resources to support any client from a single blog to a WordPress Multisite network with thousands of sites to a BuddyPress site with thousands of members. WDS does WordPress!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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WPML<\/a> makes it easy to build and run multilingual WordPress websites. You\u2019ll be able to translate everything in the site, including content, navigation, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 150,000 commercial websites from all over the world. Want to go multilingual? Visit us at WPML.org<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Orion Group is a WordPress web development and Internet marketing company in Wisconsin. Our goal is to create and maintain affordable websites that are effective in brand-building and attracting new business.<\/p>\n

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Contact Forms for WordPress Just Don\u2019t Get Any Easier than Gravity Forms<\/h2>\n

GravityForms is the best form management solution, period. If you\u2019re putting forms on your site, you should be using Gravity Forms. Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress powered site using the built-in tools. That\u2019s way more satisfying (and less fattening) than a peanutty candy bar any day.<\/p>\n

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In 2004 Vortala began providing website services to chiropractors through its
\nspecialist brand Perfect Patients. Over time, licensed professionals from other
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The word \u201cvortala\u201d is derived from \u201cvortal\u201d which is defined as a vertical industry
\nportal. This reflects what Vortala does in serving selected vertical markets (vortals)
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Blue Sky Sessions is a small team of valiant web professionals fighting against the forces of mediocre web experiences. We are WordPress pros \u2013 we love the system because it lets us build amazing looking sites that are simple for clients to manage.<\/p>\n

We are also listed in WooTheme’s index of Affiliate Woo Workers \u2013 they trust our skills when working with WordPress so you can too!<\/p>\n

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The Steve Volkers Group was a pioneer in using a WordPress site for Real Estate in the Grand Rapids area. Hiring on developer Luke Rumely early in his career to create a base for his online presence the owner Steve Volker’s business had a solid base to start on for creating websites for developers and homes. The Steve Volkers Group currently builds about 5 to 6 websites a year based on the WordPress Platform, using the CMS to create data and resources for an online audience to use as a starting point for their home search. The Steve Volkers Group is a top sales team in Western Michigan. They continue to grow their online presence every year with top ranking sites like the stevevolkersgroup.com<\/a>, algerheights.com<\/a>, thefitzgeraldresidences.com<\/a> and many, many (many, many) more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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StickerGiant Custom Stickers<\/a> is proud to be a sponsor of WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013.
\nA big shout out to all of the amazing volunteers and Grand Rapids community members that make this event possible.<\/p>\n

WordPress is more than just software, WordPress is about sharing the things that make us tick and fire us up. This is also the StickerGiant Team mission, we help people share, via stickers, the things that they are passionate about.<\/p>\n

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