{"id":1386,"date":"2017-08-29T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2017-08-28T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T23:31:29","slug":"speaker-interview-mendel-kurland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker-interview-mendel-kurland\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Sacramento Speaker Interview With Mendel Kurland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mendel<\/p>\n

Mendel Kurland<\/h2>\n

ifyouwillit.com<\/a> | @ifyouwillit<\/a><\/p>\n

Mendel loves the outdoors, so you\u2019ll usually find him hittin\u2019 the trails between tech events and site building. He’s also usually got my nose in a cup of single origin, Chemex-brewed coffee. As a GoDaddy Evangelist, he spends most of my time hanging out with developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and creative people all around the world to make sure their opinions and suggestions are heard.<\/p>\n

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WordCamp Session Title<\/h3>\n

Building Community to Supercharge Your Niche Blog<\/p>\n

Why Is This Important?<\/h3>\n

We don’t often think of creating our own community in order to build business and awareness. It’s important to know whether building community is right for your business or organization, and if so, how to do it.<\/p>\n

How Did You Discover WordPress?<\/h3>\n

Around 10 years ago I stumbled upon WordPress because of how modular the system was while still retaining the ability to update easily.<\/p>\n

How Do You Use WordPress?<\/h3>\n

I help people build websites in WordPress, and use it on my personal site ifyouwillit.com<\/a>, and some other community sites I run.<\/p>\n

How Has WordPress Impacted You?<\/h3>\n

WordPress allows me to rapidly build prototypes for side hustles that I never would have been able to otherwise create as easily.<\/p>\n

What Do You Do When Not Working?<\/h3>\n

I’m an avid hiker, run a community website for geeks who like to hike (hikingwithgeeks.com<\/a>), and love spending time checking out new restaurants in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n

What Is Your Favorite Candy?<\/h3>\n

Reese’s Peanut Butter ANYTHING.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mendel Kurland ifyouwillit.com | @ifyouwillit Mendel loves the outdoors, so you\u2019ll usually find him hittin\u2019 the trails between tech events and site building. He’s also usually got my nose in a cup of single origin, Chemex-brewed coffee. As a GoDaddy Evangelist, he spends most of my time hanging out with developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and creative … <\/p>\n

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