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See You in Las Vegas at Blog World Expo
I’m going to be joining everyone in the blogosphere at Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend, September 20-21, 2008. Not going to be there? You are missing out on what could be a record breaking...
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WordCamp Las Vegas Will Rock the WordPress Community This Weekend
I’m off on a plane to Vegas for WordCamp Las Vegas, the very first WordCamp of 2009. I’m so excited. It is happening at the same time as the 2009 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show), the...
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WordPress Las Vegas: Weekend of Non-stop WordPress, Social Media, and Blog Talk
WordCamp Las Vegas was an incredible gathering of some of the best of the best in blogging and WordPress, including: Matt Mullenweg Liz Strauss Joseph Scott Aaron Hockley Jim Kukral Geoff Kleinman...
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Tips for Blogging September 11 Ten Years Later
Over the past few weeks I’ve listened, read, watched, and pondered a quilt of stories around the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, as the world celebrates/honors/remembers the event 10...
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WordCamp San Francisco August 4, 2012
WordCamp San Francisco 2012 is set for August 4 this year at the Mission Bay Conference Center. A developer hack day is scheduled for August 5th, and a survey looking for the best WordCamp speakers is...
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PDX WordPress Meetup Group: WordPress Codex Night
The WordPress Meetup Group in Portland, Oregon, has invited me to tonight’s meetup at the US Bancorps Building in downtown PDX to talk about the WordPress Codex, the online manual for WordPress Users,...
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Happy Holidays and Onward!
We survived the Mayan Calendar. We’ve survived planets lining up. We’ve survived attacks on our person, our community, our faith, and our country. Just another year. As we charge forward this coming...
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Blog Exercises: The Editorial Calendar
Throughout these Blog Exercises you will be building your own editorial calendar, a schedule for content. Consider these as blog planners and self-deadlines. There are many calendar types, traditional...
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Writing for the Web Course
February 18 – March 25, you will find me teaching “Writing for the Web” for Clark College Corporate and Continuing Education on Mondays from 1:30-4:30PM in the West Coast Bank Building in downtown...
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Blog Exercises: Honor the Past with Anniversaries and Birthdays
Every year I celebrate January 11, the birthday of WordPress founder, Matt Mullenweg. The first week in April, I celebrate CSS Naked Day, a day to turn off the CSS designs on your websites world-wide...
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Go to the 10th Anniversary of SOBCon in Chicago
I want to live in a world where my word and expertise initiates action in others. I want to say a few words and watch people jump. I promise to use this power rarely, but if I do, I would like you to...
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Blog Exercises: Add Industry Events to Your Editorial Calendar
In the blog exercise to create an editorial calendar, I gave you many ideas for setting self-assignments and deadlines for content throughout the year on your blog. Don’t forget to investigate your...
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Blog Exercises: July Current Events
Been watching the news lately? It’s time to blog the news and current events for July in our Blog Exercises. School is out for many countries and vacations are planned and in progress. People are...
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Blog Exercises: August Current Events
Been watching the news lately? It’s time to blog the news and current events for August in our Blog Exercises. For some communities, August is the start of the harvest season, a busy month. For other...
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Annual Thanksgiving Orphan Party
You’re invited to the VanFossen Annual Thanksgiving Orphan Party Saturday, November 30, 2013 For many years we’ve gathered together anyone missing home, left out of Thanksgiving celebrations, or eager...
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WordPress Workshop for Writers in Salem, Oregon
Are you a writer? Author? Thinking about it? Live in the Salem, Oregon, or nearby areas? I’ll be leading a workshop in Salem, Oregon, specifically designed for writers and authors using WordPress. The...
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Presentation: Blog Your Passion
The following are the presentations notes for my workshop called “Blogging Your Passion” at Making it in Changing Times in 2015. In 2010 I was in Chicago for SOBCon, the Successful Online Business...
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PDX Writers and Bloggers: Join Me at Press Publish WordPress Event March 28...
Press Publish is a one-day conference in Portland, Oregon, and Phoenix, Arizona, described as “featuring inspiring WordPress bloggers and the people behind WordPress.com. I’d rename it to “Rocking Your...
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Presentation: Blog Your Passion
The following are the presentations notes for my workshop called “Blogging Your Passion” at Making it in Changing Times in 2015. In 2010 I was in Chicago for SOBCon, the Successful Online Business...
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PDX Writers and Bloggers: Join Me at Press Publish WordPress Event March 28...
Press Publish is a one-day conference in Portland, Oregon, and Phoenix, Arizona, described as “featuring inspiring WordPress bloggers and the people behind WordPress.com. I’d rename it to “Rocking Your...
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