{"id":944,"date":"2015-05-18T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/?p=944"},"modified":"2015-05-17T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T03:56:01","slug":"speaker-spotlight-rebecca-haden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-rebecca-haden\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Rebecca Haden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rebecca<\/a>Rebecca Haden will be joining us again this year to talk about SEO, content, and collaborating in a distributed\u00a0company using WordPress. We asked her a few questions about her work and her presentation so that you could get to know her better!<\/p>\n

Q: How did you get started in your current field?
\n<\/strong>A:\u00a0I started writing for the web in the 20th century, worked as an in-house SEO, went freelance, and now own Haden Interactive, where we build, optimize, and write for WordPress websites.<\/p>\n

Q: Describe your \u2018ah ha\u2019 moment about WordPress?<\/strong>
\nA: We used to be platform agnostic, but we began to see that WordPress was better for our clients. It also allows us to provide the bells and whistles they want in a cost-effective manner.<\/p>\n

Q: If you could go back to when you were getting started and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0Relax. It’s not as hard as you think.<\/p>\n

Q: Describe your talk<\/a> in three sentences or less.<\/strong>
\nA: \u00a0For Saturday,\u00a0Get Out of Your SEO Time Machine: practical, ethical SEO for WordPress, with data, not just tips. For Sunday,\u00a0World Domination — ahem, remote worker collaboration with WP, including the most useful plugins.<\/p>\n

Q: Who should attend your talk (beginner developer, intermediate content provider, advanced designer, etc)?<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0Site owners, publishers, and entrepreneurs who use WordPress.<\/p>\n

This post is part of a multi-day series<\/a> featuring speakers from WordCamp Kansas City 2015.\u00a0Subscribe to have them delivered to your mailbox, or feel free to check back every day!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Haden will be joining us again this year to talk about SEO, content, and collaborating in a distributed\u00a0company using WordPress. We asked her a few questions about her work and her presentation so that you could get to know her better! Q: How did you get started in your current field? 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