Public speaking is something I love to do.

I love to teach, engage and contribute to those who want to listen.

I was honored to be able to present at WordCamp Phoenix. The event was one of the best organized and produced WordCamps I have attended. Excellent line up of WordPress professionals, great venue and format. Kudos to the organizers and sponsors.

WordPress is utilized by such a wide variety of people for multiple disciplines. There are bloggers, web designers, web developers, entrepreneurs, business owners, application innovators, social media enthusiasts, content publishers, small businesses and everyone in between. Considering the breadth of users and uses for WordPress, its difficult to host an event that will cater to everyone in the audience. Click to Read More >>

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November 13, 2009 will be a day to remember as WordCamp Pheonix will be the first WordCamp professionally produced by a big name local internet services company, GoDaddy!

I have attended a few WordCamps in person as well as via live streaming video and tracking the trends of status updates on twitter.  I have been totally impressed with the volunteers efforts and class A speakers.

The venues have varied greatly all over the world, each with their very own distinctive and unique atmosphere and culture. Click to Read More >>

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LinkedIn is Not LinkedOut

October 31, 2009

LinkedIn is Not LinkedOut

As many of you, I too utilize social media as my main communication tool.

Yes I still check email, but I love the quick status messages from my friends, family, clients and colleagues.

We are a “byte sized” information society.   We scan web pages, we don’t read them.  We surf the net looking for what we want and if we don’t find it on the webpage within 7 seconds we move on to the next listing on our SERP (search engine result page). Click to Read More >>

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WordPress Thesis Theme Makes Life Better

31 August 2009 Social Media

I love it when a WordPress Theme makes my job easier
And better yet still retains custom design changes when you upgrade your theme for the latest and greatest functionality.  The Thesis theme available from diythemes.com was developed with that purpose in mind. 
Tweak it, bend it, modify it how ever you want, as long as you [...]

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GoDaddy Integrates Twitter Domain Name Check

20 August 2009 Social Media

I needed to point a domain to a new website I am developing, so I logged in to my GoDaddy account and noticed something very interesting on my domain manager screen.  There was a little blue Twitter button to the right.
Huh? Is GoDaddy an affiliate of Twitter Or is Twitter paying GoDaddy?

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I Am Totally Disqus ed

19 August 2009 Social Media

“Plug in the DISQUS comment system and bring out the best discussion on your website”
- from disqus home page
We all know the power of comments on our blogs.  They give us a mechanism for discussion, real feedback and personal opinions from our readers.  With comments, we are able to establish a connection and participate in [...]

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Personal Branding Tip – Secure Your Name

17 August 2009 Business

All about domain names, usernames and email adresses…
Make sure You Get Them All!
I have a few new projects in the works and one of the first things I do is run extensive searches on name availability.  I search for top level domain names (.com, .net, .org) for the project name or with a keyword people [...]

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