Taylor Waldon is the Content Writer for GiveWP, a WordPress product company focused on providing solutions for nonprofit websites. She has a passion for WordPress and over 8 years of professional experience in marketing, website content management, and article and documentation writing and editing. She spent the past 2-3 years traveling and living in various locations around the United States while supporting herself through remote content management and social media management work. Recently, Taylor resettled in her hometown of San Diego, where she lives with her two dogs and explores San Diego through mini hiking adventures.
We’re thrilled to have Taylor onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about her. Check out our mini interview with Taylor below:
What is the topic of your WordCamp talk?
Start Your SEO Strong With 4 Key Pieces Of Content
Why do you think this is important?
This talk is important because man people overlook SEO and blogging in general. Whether your website is for a bank, nonprofit, clothing store, restaurant, or any other kind of organization, using the blog on your website to constructively insert keywords is the cornerstone of organic SEO. Even local SEO can be optimized using content and resources from local areas. Attending this talk will show how to use the blog feature on a WordPress site in a variety of ways and help generate ideas for how to fulfill the 4 key pieces of blog content each website should start with.
What’s your WordPress origin story?
I discovered WordPress first professionally after college as a content writer for a marketing agency, then as a travel blogger. When I was in grad school at American University, I attended the School of International Service through their first online Master’s Program, I decided to live in an RV and travel. My website was supposed to be built by a friend in my agency. When I was done with my trip and my site was still not live, I transitioned from content writer to mediocre WordPress designer and have continued advancing ever since.
How has WordPress impacted your world?
It’s allowed me to pursue my writing career in a completely unexpected format. I can create content in a wide variety of ways. In some cases, I even get to design the entire website the content is displayed on. It’s opened up my options to writing much more than I expected going into the marketing world.
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Get Your Ticket ASAP!
WordCamp Sacramento 2018 sold out in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and we do expect it to sell out again. Be sure to get your WordCamp Tickets asap to secure you spot at this awesome event! Tickets are only $40 (thanks to our generous sponsors) and include:
- Two full days of Beginner Tracks, walking new users through how to use WordPress.
- Two mixed tracks of sessions on Saturday.
- Two mixed tracks of sessions on Sunday.
- A Happiness Bar — our version of a help desk, open throughout the event so you can get help with your site and get your questions answered.
- An opportunity to network with and meet sponsors, speakers, and other WordPress community members, including business owners, designers, developers, agency owners, bloggers, copywriters, freelancers, site owners, and more.
- Refreshing drinks throughout the entire event.
- A WordCamp Sacramento 2018 t-shirt.
- A catered lunch on Saturday.
- A networking reception Saturday immediately following the event.
- Snacks on Sunday.