{"id":739,"date":"2011-04-28T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.reno.wordcamp.org\/?p=739"},"modified":"2011-04-28T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T16:58:34","slug":"speaker-feature-mike-pomranz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reno.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speaker-feature-mike-pomranz\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Feature: Mike Pomranz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sterling Another introduction to one of our wonderful speakers! If you don’t know who Mike Pomranz<\/a> is, then you’re probably not getting enough laughs in your day. Mike is a blogger, comedian, musician, and beer lover from Brooklyn who has learned how to build audiences with comedy and writing. He is currently a senior blogger and researcher for Comedy Central’s Tosh.0<\/a> and has formerly blogged for Slashfood.com<\/a> and the Cheezburger Network’s My Food Looks Funny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his session, “Whittling Your Tone: How to Engage an Audience with a Pointy Stick of You,” Mike will be taking his experience and teaching us all how to engage your audience and build a strong following online:<\/p>\n

\nNowadays, everyone seems to have a blog, but not everyone has an audience.\u00a0 Culling a group of engaged readers is what separates a successful site from just another empty lot of Internet real estate.<\/p>\n

But where do you start?\u00a0 And how do you grow?\u00a0 And why the hell would I want to waste my time pandering to these stupid commenters anyway!?<\/p>\n

Whoa!\u00a0 Slow down.\u00a0 The web can be tough waters to navigate, but we’ll look at how to define and refine the tone of your blog and your writing in a way that will engage an audience without undermining everything you’ve ever held dear.<\/p>\n

We’ll also discuss how to listen to and work with your readers, understanding how they can hold the key to helping you achieve your goals.<\/p>\n

And we’ll try to do it all with an eye towards not taking ourselves too seriously.\u00a0 AND SOCIAL MEDIA!!!!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, SOCIAL MEDIA!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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