{"id":471111,"date":"2014-03-14T04:51:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T04:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.miami.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=471111"},"modified":"2014-04-20T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T16:24:13","slug":"crush-your-marketing-fears-and-grow-an-audience-2","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/crush-your-marketing-fears-and-grow-an-audience-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crush your Marketing Fears and Grow An Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mason-james\" class=\"wcorg-speaker\">\n<h2>What This Session Is About:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p>In this talk I cover the reasons and strategies behind growing an audience for your business. Platforms such as podcasting, web shows, and niche communities are great vehicles for networking. Crush your fear of marketing and sales pitches by cultivating a dedicated following while providing immense value to your audience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-matt-medeiros\" class=\"wcorg-speaker\">\n<h2>Matt Medeiros<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eaed464c506ba756de95cccd3758b5ff?s=100&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D100&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Matt Medeiros is co-founder of Slocum Studio a custom development and theme shop. He is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/WPMentor.org\/\">WPMentor.org<\/a> a website dedicated to helping WordPress people find mentorships. Matt hosts the popular podcast Matt Report which aims to help new WordPress freelancers and agencies grow their business.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What This Session Is About: In this talk I cover the reasons and strategies behind growing an audience for your business. Platforms such as podcasting, web shows, and niche communities are great vehicles for networking. Crush your fear of marketing and sales pitches by cultivating a dedicated following while providing immense value to your audience. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/crush-your-marketing-fears-and-grow-an-audience-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crush your Marketing Fears and Grow An Audience<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23114,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1399821300,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[456499],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[107898],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-471111","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-business-track"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"May 11, 2014","time":"3:15 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"456499","slug":"matt-medeiros","name":"Matt Medeiros","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/matt-medeiros\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/471111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/471111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495034,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/471111\/revisions\/495034"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/456499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=471111"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=471111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}