{"id":172381,"date":"2014-09-15T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.annarbor.wordcamp.org\/?p=172381"},"modified":"2014-09-08T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:13:06","slug":"kevin-skarritt-speaker-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/kevin-skarritt-speaker-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Skarritt Speaker Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Bio<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.annarbor.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/09\/kevin-skarritt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.annarbor.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/09\/kevin-skarritt.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Skarritt\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-172382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/09\/kevin-skarritt.jpg 225w, https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/09\/kevin-skarritt-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m the &#8220;Chief Peep&#8221; at Flock Marketing&#8230; a full-service digital design and marketing agency based in the Lansing area.  On my Twitter profile I describe myself as; A Social Media junkie, web wonk, 2 Eagle Scout sons, husband, pilot, chess geek, dart shooter, &amp; upright bass newb.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kevin will be presenting &#8220;Cows Hate It. You\u2019ll Love It!&#8221; at 3:30pm in Henderson Room and will also be participating in the &#8220;Building a WordPress Business&#8221; panel at 1:30pm in the Vandenberg Room.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Why do you use WordPress?<\/h3>\n<p>It ROCKS!<br \/>\n(and, it&#8217;s so much easier to use than any other CMS available)<\/p>\n<h3>When and how did you start using WordPress?<\/h3>\n<p>Version 1 dot something. I was writing a personal blog on a hosted blogging platform and wanted to own my own content.<\/p>\n<h3>What would you tell someone to convince them to attend a WordCamp?<\/h3>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re using WP as 1% of your operations or 100%, there&#8217;s no better nor faster way to come up to speed on all the possibilities and opportunities afforded by this amazing platform.  Whether you&#8217;re a designer or a coder or a biz exec or a marketer, you&#8217;ll find the WP community is huge, is supportive and there&#8217;s a place for YOU!<\/p>\n<h3>Tell us about something awesome you&#8217;ve experienced at a WordCamp in the past.<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the big, obvious stuff like: networking, hearing great presenters, building new business relationships, becoming better at your craft.<br \/>\nInstead, it&#8217;s the little &#8216;nuggets&#8217; of information that are worth TEN TIMES the price of admission!<\/p>\n<h3>Give an example of a cool WordPress project you have worked on recently.<\/h3>\n<p>Worked with Topher on creating custom post types for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macdowells.com\">local fireplace store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What is your favorite part of WordCamps?<\/h3>\n<p>Networking and learning cool new stuff.<\/p>\n<h3>What advice do you have for anyone looking to start or grow a WordPress based business?<\/h3>\n<p>Dive into the deep end of the pool &#8230; the water&#8217;s warm &#8230; join the fun!<\/p>\n<h3>Tell us something awesome about yourself that is not WordPress related.<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m a former world record holder in pogo-stick jumping!  (3.5 hours &#8212; 15,557 consecutive jumps without falling off &#8230; in case you were wondering.)<\/p>\n<h3>Name someone in the WordPress community who inspires you.<\/h3>\n<p>Topher &#8230;. DUH!<\/p>\n<h3>Fill in the blank for other attendees: &#8220;If you __________ then you should come talk to me at WordCamp&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<p>If you &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>feel like you sometimes can&#8217;t save your clients from themselves (e.g. bad technical decisions, bad design decisions, spray-and-pray marketing, poor writing, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>then you should come talk to me at WordCamp.<\/p>\n<h3>What should someone learn before attending your talk at WordCamp Ann Arbor?<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing new required.<\/p>\n<h3>What is your favorite WordPress related resource?<\/h3>\n<p>Topher &#8230; DUH!<br \/>\nAlthough, I just learned about TreeHouse at WordCamp GR &#8230; one of those awesome little nuggets.<\/p>\n<h3>Where can we find you online?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flockmarketing.com\">Flock Marketing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/skarritt\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/flockmarketing\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/skarritt\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/skarritt\">Pinterest<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+KevinSkarritt\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio I&#8217;m the &#8220;Chief Peep&#8221; at Flock Marketing&#8230; a full-service digital design and marketing agency based in the Lansing area. On my Twitter profile I describe myself as; A Social Media junkie, web wonk, 2 Eagle Scout sons, husband, pilot, chess geek, dart shooter, &amp; upright bass newb. Kevin will be presenting &#8220;Cows Hate It. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/kevin-skarritt-speaker-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kevin Skarritt Speaker Interview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9449600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","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":[39724,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9449600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172416,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172381\/revisions\/172416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}