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We will be attending WordCamp Birmingham

Editorial Staff — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:39:56 +0000

WordCamp Birmingham is scheduled for September 18-19 at University of Alabama Heritage Hall. Syed Balkhi will be representing WPBeginner at this conference. Syed is also speaking on the topic of “How to Speed up WordPress and Boost Site Performance” which would be very helpful for beginners and intermediates due to the hands-on structure of the presentation.

If you live in the area, or in a state nearby, we encourage you to attend this event. Small events like these are great for networking, and you make better connections with folks in your niche. You can also learn a lot about WordPress in these events from the mastermind speakers and other members attending. It is also a great place for beginners because you can ask your questions live and probably have the person fix it there for you. Syed will be at the Genius Bar, so you can get the consulting there for FREE of charge.

There are some awesome speakers attending this event including but not limited to:

Adria Richards
Dougal Campbell
Mitch Canter
Tammy Hart
The GREAT Andrew Nacin
and more…

You only have until tomorrow Friday, September 10th, to make your reservation. There is a $5 off coupon for registration, if you decide to go. But this coupon has limited quantity, so it will expire.

Click on this Link to Register with Coupon

This trip will be sponsored by:

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WPBeginner is attending Blog World Expo 2010

Editorial Staff — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:46:32 +0000

WPBeginner staff, Syed Balkhi and Amanda Roberts will be attending World’s Largest Blogging conference known as the Blog World Expo. This event is being held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event will help you learn about Content Creation, Distribution and Monetization strategies, step-by-step techniques and bleeding-edge tools from the most successful Bloggers, Podcasters, Social Media Pro’s, Internet TV and Radio Content Generators and New Media Marketing Pro’s. Even though we are not one of the Media Partners for Blog World Expo, we will do our best to take good notes and keep you guys updated with the quality information that we learn.

Blog World Expo is not just about learning from the pros. One of the best part about this event is the NETWORKING. You get to network with some of the top bloggers in the industry and many other bloggers that you can potentially partner up with. Having a face to face networking session helps you build a good relationship with bloggers in your industry. You can learn tips, and tricks from other bloggers that you will never see on the web. These are just few of the best parts about Blog World Expo.

The event is being held in Vegas, so you cannot be bored. There is a lot to do. This is going to be a great trip, and we are very excited about it. If you are going to attend then make sure to meetup with us. We are getting a Full Access Pass, and we will be staying a day extra. For those of you who are not going, you should seriously consider attending this event.

If you register before July 15th, you can save almost 50% off the original ticket price. To be exact, you will save $595 on the full access pass original price. We also have a coupon for the early bird users to make it even sweeter deal. Not only that you are getting the Early Bird Discount, if you use the coupon EBIRD then you will get additional 20% off. Don’t hesitate and get this deal RIGHT NOW.

This trip would not be possible for us if it wasn’t for our AWESOME sponsors. Below we will list all the companies that are sponsoring our trip. If your company is interested in sponsoring us, then please contact us ASAP because we have other WPBeginner members who are eager to attend.

WordCamp Fayetteville 2010 (Overview)

Editorial Staff — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:03:19 +0000

This past weekend, Syed Balkhi (@syedbalkhi) took a trip to our sixth WordCamp attended by the WPBeginner team. This WordCamp was located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The first night Syed attended the official speaker’s dinner along with Mitch Canter (@studionashvegas), Tammy Hart (@tammyhart), Christopher Spencer (@cspencer75), and others. After the dinner, he headed to the official tweetup in the Fayetteville area.

Bright and early Saturday, he arrived at the city town center (conference location) to check in and meet with the organizer of the event, Christopher Spencer (@cspencer75). He attended numerous sessions including WordPress 3.0 overview, Customizing Themes, Analytics in WordPress and others. Syed also gave a 90 minute presentation: The Holy Grail of Blogging.

Syed’s Presentation

I've Got a Blog, Now What Do I Do?

After the event, Syed went to dinner with a lot of amazing folks from the WordCamp. One of these interesting attendees is Stephanie Leary (@sleary), the author of “Beginning WordPress 3“, a book which will come out soon. Once the day was over, there was an awesome after party at the New Design School (@newdesignschool).

The next morning, there was a Guru Gallery at the New Design School. Mitch gave a mini presentation about using WordPress as a membership site. Then Syed along with Tammy Hart and numerous other attendees enjoyed talking about WordPress. Sonia at the New Design School was very kind to get us Veggie burgers.

Now that he is back in Florida, we are looking forward to our next WordCamp. We would like to thank the organizers, the sponsors, and the town of Fayetteville for treating us to a fantastic Wordcamp!

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WordCamp Raleigh 2010 (Overview)

Editorial Staff — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:54:16 +0000

This past weekend, three of the team from WPBeginner (Syed, Muhammad, and Amanda) took a trip to our fifth WordCamp attended by the WPBeginner team. The trip, sponsored by the great people at BuySellAds, took the three of us on a ten hour drive to Raleigh, North Carolina. The first night Muhammad and Syed attended the unofficial meet-up in downtown North Carolina, where they got a preview of the awesome attendees from near and far.

Bright and early Saturday, we arrived at the conference hotel for check in and met the organizers of the event, Craig Tuller (@craigtuller), Michael Torbert (@michaeltorbert), and Steve Mortiboy (@wpsmort). We split up to attend sessions and met great North Carolina natives like Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton), and Patrick O’Keefe (@ifroggy). We sat in on the first live SitePoint Podcast with Stephen Segraves (@ssegraves), Brad Williams (@williamsba), and Patrick O’Keefe and won some great prizes from SitePoint, BuddyPress from Dummies, and other commercial plugins/themes. After SitePoint’s broadcast, Syed gave a speech on integrating WordPress and Facebook. Shortly after it was time for dinner and the afterparty.

Syed’s Presentation

How to Utilize Facebook and WordPress

At dinner the three of us sat down with Jane Wells (@janeforshort), Automattic’s self proclaimed cat herder, and Dave Moyer (@davemoyer) of BitWire Media. As the night progressed, we met up with some great WordCampers. We ducked out just as the band began to play and experienced firsthand the North Carolina rains.

The next morning we were treated to the yummy cloud cookies from the folks at Rack Space Cloud while we watched Syed participate in the first session of the day, a developer’s Q&A panel with Dave Moyer, Brad Williams, and Nathan Rice (@nathanrice). Shortly after we were treated to a panel on the sustainability of open source platforms, moderated by Lisa Sabin-Wilson (@LisaSabinWilson). Finally, the lovely Jane Wells delivered a Q&A style State of the Word. Jane discussed the future of WordCamps, including potential GPL speaker requirements and WordPress learning tools sponsored by the WordPress Foundation. There are some exciting advancements coming to the WordPress world.

Now that we are back in Florida, we are looking forward to our next WordCamp. We would like to thank the organizers, the sponsors, and the town of Raleigh for treating us to a fantastic Wordcamp!

More about our Trip’s Sponsors:

BuySellAds

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We will be attending WordCamp Raleigh

Editorial Staff — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:03:38 +0000

WordCamp Raleigh is coming up soon (May 22 – 23) at Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, North Carolina. This time three of our crew members will be attending: Syed Balkhi, Amanda Roberts, and Muhammad Karim. We will be taking a road trip from Florida to North Carolina. It shall be a fun drive.

If you live in the area or in a state nearby, then make sure you attend. WordCamps are great for networking with people who are in your niche. You can also learn a lot about WordPress in these events from the mastermind speakers and other members attending. It is also a great place for beginners because you can ask your questions live and probably have the person fix it there for you.

For business owners, you can network and meet your potential clients. If you are a designer/developer/marketer, then this event is for you. Not only will you learn more from other speakers, but you will also get to meet with other people in the community who can use your service. We have gotten a lot of exposure from these WordCamps.

Lastly if you are not convinced then here is the final reason:

Our founder, Syed Balkhi, is speaking at the event about WordPress and Facebook. He have a great presentation planned that you will miss if you are not there. While the slideshare presentation will be posted, only the users who attend will receive special information.

They have some great speakers, so check out the speakers list.

Don’t wait and Register NOW

P.S. If you want to meetup with us at the event, simply tweet at us

Lastly, we would like to thank Michael Tolbert, Steve Mortiboy, and Craig Tuller for organizing this great event and bringing the WordPress community together.

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Underground Online Seminar 6

Editorial Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:52:15 +0000

This past week Syed was given an opportunity to attend Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar 6 as one of the Young Moguls. This event brings together the top online marketers in the industry. The event was held at Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The speakers shared a lot of valuable information, but unfortunately we cannot share it on the site. Every attendee had to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Some speakers got the cameras to be turned off, that is how important some of the strategies were.

Yanik is all about fun and entertainment. His childish tricks gives the conference a new life. This year’s theme at the conference was Get Smart. There were Agent 99 and many other agents walking around. The stage was awesome. Each speaker had one of a kind entrance. Yanik organized a casino for us the first night where we gambled with (fake money). The person who made the most profit got prizes. There was a big scavenger hunt the next day, and a lot of opportunities to network. This event was not one of the conferences that you attend in the day, and then leave to come to the hotel room. Everything was very hands on and it was a great experience over all.

Check out some of Syed’s pictures with the people he met.

A lot of these people are young moguls as well who got selected to be the scholarship winners. Each young entrepreneur was behind a project that has made an impact in the industry. The age limit to qualify was between 13 – 23. The youngest attendee was 17 years old. It was a great feeling seeing so many smart minds at one place.

There were some very famous names that attended this conference. Some of these celebrities can be seen in the pictures. Gary Vaynerchuk, Neil Patel, Jeremy (Shoemoney) Schoemaker, Matt Mickiewicz (Founder of Sitepoint, 99designs, and Flippa Marketplace), and many others.

First of all, we would like to thank Yanik Silver and Michael Dunlop for selecting Syed as one of the Young Mogul. Next we want to send a shout out for Todd from BuySellAds and Peter from Romow Web Directory for stepping up and sponsoring this trip for Syed.

If you notice in the pictures, Syed was wearing the shirts for BuySellAds and Romow. He also gave out shirts for each of these companies. This was a great branding opportunity that you can take advantage of also. We will be attending various conferences through out the year. If you are interested in sponsoring our trips, use our Contact form and we can work out the details.

More about This Trip’s Sponsors:

BuySellAds

Romow Web Directory

Romow is one of the popular web directories that have been around since 2006. Romow gets over 650,000 page views per month, and it has over 570,000+ inlinks according to Yahoo site explorer. Syed has known Peter since 2006, and we have done business with them on numerous occasions. Make sure you go submit your site to this web directory.

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