{"id":1155,"date":"2015-01-11T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T20:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.maui.wordcamp.org\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:22:45","slug":"kevin-bates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/kevin-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Kevin Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;margin-left: 20px;margin-bottom: 10px\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/171f225cc9df4dbf24f21edd4085cc9cea20c5dae5d38c86728b6bbebd0791cf?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/171f225cc9df4dbf24f21edd4085cc9cea20c5dae5d38c86728b6bbebd0791cf?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin is a traffic and conversion specialist, author of traffic courses, and marketer for WooThemes. After spending 5 years as a traffic consultant he&#8217;s now moved into the realm of paid advertising and sales funnel optimization, helping businesses acquire new customers and achieve positive ROI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong>\u00a0 WooThemes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.woothemes.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Title:<\/strong>\u00a0 Your First Profitable Facebook Ad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Summary:\u00a0 <\/strong>In this talk, I&#8217;ll show you all of the elements of a successful Facebook Ads campaign that earns more money than it costs. By the end of this workshop you&#8217;ll have everything you need to launch your first profitable campaign on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love most about WordPress?\u00a0 <\/strong>WordPress is the perfect platform for marketers because you can go from idea to live incredibly fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin is a traffic and conversion specialist, author of traffic courses, and marketer for WooThemes. After spending 5 years as a traffic consultant he&#8217;s now moved into the realm of paid advertising and sales funnel optimization, helping businesses acquire new customers and achieve positive ROI. 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