{"id":976,"date":"2019-09-23T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T04:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.portmacquarie.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&p=976"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T23:03:20","slug":"toni-livesey","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/portmacquarie.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/toni-livesey\/","title":{"rendered":"Toni Livesey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m a wife, mother and grandmother who somehow found her way into building websites back in 1996. As the MC who introduced me at the Brisbane WordCamp put it\u2026 that makes me older than Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I was around before the Google boys set up shop in their mother\u2019s garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1998 I was building websites, affiliate marketing sites and e-Commerce sites fulltime and I\u2019ve been doing that ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from building websites I\u2019ve done consulting work for businesses from Argentina to Canada. Portugal to Russia, Fiji and here in Australia too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve worked with rural contractors, tourist resort operators, indigenous groups, real estate agents, gardeners, cleaners, butcher shops, fruit and veggie home delivery people, coffee shops, cafes, car dealers, education providers, course creators, gun shops, museums, media companies, psychologists \u2026 and that\u2019s only part of the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here in Australia my clients stretch from Perth through the Simpson Desert to Victoria, NSW and throughout Queensland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last couple of years more and more people who come to me for websites are wanting online shops and, while I started with Zencart, I\u2019ve become more and more interested, and focused on, WooCommerce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have become so focused on WooCommerce that these days it is the only thing I use for online shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my spare time I\u2019ve spoken to small business groups and been a mentor in a small business program run by the Fraser Coast Regional Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also been a ghost writer for a single mother living in America who wanted to get her story out there and I helped found a support group for mothers who have lost their children through adoption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sometimes I cook\u2026 but never garden.<\/p>\n\n\n