{"id":1042,"date":"2015-01-05T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.maui.wordcamp.org\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:22:46","slug":"speaker-spotlight-chris-norberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-chris-norberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Chris Norberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Project Manager of Maui\u2019s own Hawaii Web Group (@maui), Chris has admittedly been riding the internet roller coaster with some success and much failure. \u00a0Providing exposure for Hawaii businesses to visitors before arriving on island, Hawaii Web Group builds and promotes their own high-traffic websites and concentrates on community development and social media engagement. \u00a0Largely due to viral posts, last year their sites reached over 1 million users and enjoyed over 156 million impressions socially.<\/p>\n

Company:<\/strong> Hawaii Web Group<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.hawaiiwebgroup.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Talk Title:<\/strong> Viral Blogging Tactics and Outreach<\/p>\n

Talk Summary:<\/strong> Having a blog post pick up the kind of speed only viral sharing can produce is something most bloggers dream of. \u00a0And though there are no magic bullets, steps can be made to ensure the largest audience finds your post and are encouraged to share it. \u00a0Chris will\u00a0share his\u00a0company\u2019s personal successes and failures from years of low-budget web marketing, along with their experiences with SEO, social media, and crafting content which drives converting traffic.<\/p>\n

WordPress Love:<\/strong> \u00a0I\u2019ve spent years fighting the urge to use WordPress (after having been hacked in early years), and I\u2019m now a disciple. \u00a0I love the ability to grab plugins\/themes and use an existing community of great minds and products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project Manager of Maui\u2019s own Hawaii Web Group (@maui), Chris has admittedly been riding the internet roller coaster with some success and much failure. \u00a0Providing exposure for Hawaii businesses to visitors before arriving on island, Hawaii Web Group builds and promotes their own high-traffic websites and concentrates on community development and social media engagement. \u00a0Largely … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Chris Norberg<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14070086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9463],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","tag-speaker-spotlight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Sfes-gO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1183,"url":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-rosie-warfield\/","url_meta":{"origin":1042,"position":0},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Rosie Warfield","author":"ElenaRego","date":"January 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rosie Warfield is the Manager of eGovernment services at eHawaii.gov. 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