Speaker Feature: Eric Pretorious

April 18, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Eric Pretorious

pretorious_ericEric Pretorious (@epretorious) of Reno, NV is conducting the hands-on workshop on Sunday, titled Taking Your First Steps, at the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. He will walk attendees through the process of downloading, installing and configuring WordPress (along with some essential plugins and free themes). He will then guide you through the process of backing up and restoring your sites quickly and easily.

Eric is the Technical Operations Manager for Rocket-Powered.com.

Feel free to leave us a comment if you have any questions for Eric.

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Speaker Feature: Gene Hammett

April 17, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Gene Hammett

hammett_geneGene Hammett (@genehammett) of Atlanta, GA is presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. His session, titled Creating New Revenue Streams with WordPress, will discuss leveraging your current skills and experience with WordPress so that you can create new revenue streams. Enabling you to do that means you don’t have to just develop solutions for one client, you can extend your ideas out to other areas and make money from it.

Gene has spoken at large conferences, provided group training sessions and given presentations at many business associations and WordPress meetups.

Comment below if you have any questions for Gene.

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Speaker Feature: Susan Briedenbach

April 16, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Susan Briedenbach

briedenbach_susanSusan Briedenbach (@wordsbysusan) of Reno, NV is presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. Her session, titled Newsjacking: High Risks but Higher Rewards, will cover:

  • What newsjacking is
  • How newsjacking can be used effectively
  • Examples of effective newsjacking by brands
  • How ineffective newskacking can backfire
  • Examples of newsjacking gaffes
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Speaker Feature: Mark Tilly

April 11, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Mark Tilly

tilly_markMark Tilly (@MyCurator) of Philadelphia, PA is presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. His session, titled How Content Curation Makes You a Better Writer, will cover the elements of content curation and how its regular practice can build content for your site.

Mark is the Founder and CEO of Target Info which provides the MyCurator content curation WordPress plugin software to bloggers, internet marketers and small businesses.

Comment below if you have any questions for Mark.

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Support System: Bluehost

April 10, 2013 by Megan Duggan • Comments Off on Support System: Bluehost

sponsor-bluehostWe’d like to thank Bluehost for becoming a Pillar sponsor of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. Bluehost provides quality web hosting solutions to businesses and individuals. Their goal is to provide outstanding services for the best possible price.

We are honored to have Bluehost join our list of event supporters.

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Speaker Feature: Billie Hillier

April 10, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Billie Hillier

hillier_billieBillie Hillier (@billiehillier) joins us from our southern counterpart, Las Vegas. She is presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. Her session, titled How to Make Readers & Search Engines Love Your Content, will describe the key components most articles should include to ensure that readers stay on the page, increase page views and the page ranks with the search engines.

Billie has over 15 years in traditional and internet marketing experience and loves helping others master marketing techniques to benefit their businesses. She is the founder of Mommy Blogger U.

Her past and future speaking engagements are:

  • Bloggers at Sea 2012
  • Las Vegas Bloggers Meetup (Recurring Speaker)
  • Mom 2.0 Summer 2013
  • Bloggers at Sea 2013

If you have any questions for Billie, please comment below.

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Speaker Feature: Joe Boydston

April 9, 2013 by Megan Duggan • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Joe Boydston

boydston_joeJoe Boydston (@joeboydston) of Northern California is speaking in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. His session, titled Free Speech, Free Press, Free Software, will discuss how community newspapers in California have replaced their proprietary publishing systems with WordPress.

Joe is the Vice President of McNaughton Newspaper Group, operator of eight northern California newspapers. He is A Knight News Challenge winner, was named Innovator of the Year by Suburban Newspapers of America and serves on the Board of Directors of the Local Media Foundation.

Welcome, Joe!

Please leave us a comment if you have any questions for Joe.

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Speaker Feature: Patricia Barnes

April 9, 2013 by Megan Duggan • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Patricia Barnes

barnes_patriciaPatricia Barnes of Reno, NV is presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. Her session is titled Using WordPress to Sell Books and Influence People.

WordPress sells books! I developed a legal blog on workplace abuse and bullying about two years ago. The blog has allowed me to influence the national debate on the topic. I wrote an ebook, Surviving Bullies, Queen Bees & Psychopaths in the Workplace, last May. The book sells steadily as a result of the blog.

Patricia is a judge, licensed attorney and legal writer who is a recognized expert on workplace abuse and bullying. She was recently interviewed by Bloomberg Businessweek for a feature article on the topic.

Here is a shortened list of speaking engagements she has participated in the past:

  • Business Organization Classes at the University of Nevada, Reno
  • Radio show of Steven Hollingsworth, All in a Day’s Work
  • Television station, KRNV-TV in Reno, NV
  • Invited expert to speak about workplace abuse issues before the NV General Assembly’s Commerce and Labor Committee

A big welcome to Patricia!

If you have any questions for Patricia, please leave us a comment.

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Speaker Feature: Brian Bourn

April 9, 2013 by Megan Duggan • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Brian Bourn

bourn_brianBrian Bourn (@brianbourn) of Sacramento, CA is presenting in the Designer/Developer track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. His session is titled How To Plan Your WordPress Site For Conversion. Building a WordPress site focused on conversion is a deliberate task that requires strategy and organization throughout the entire creative process, from theme design/selection through final content organization and layout. This presentation is an overview of the design process we use with our clients, guiding them to make strategy based decisions on theme design and use of WordPress Menus.

Brian is the co-founder of Bourn Creative, a web design and graphic design company specializing in online brand design and custom WordPress websites for the Genesis Framework.

Comment below if you have any questions for Brian.

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Speaker Feature: Kathy Alice Brown

April 9, 2013 by SierraTR • Comments Off on Speaker Feature: Kathy Alice Brown

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Kathy Alice Brown (@kathyalice) joins us from the San Francisco Bay Area. She will be presenting in the Business/User track of the 2013 Reno-Tahoe WordCamp. Her session, titled Demystifying WordPress SEO, will cut through the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) noise and give you her proven roadmap to bring traffic to your website. She will cover all aspects of SEO as well as the best WordPress plugins.

Kathy is a SEO Consultant and has built well optimized WordPress sites for select clients. With this combination, she has developed an expertise in WordPress SEO.  Kathy blogs about WordPress, SEO and Online Marketing at webenso.com.

We welcome any questions in our comments below that you may want to ask Kathy before, during or after her presentation.

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