Our latest addition to the Speaker roundup for WordCamp Raleigh is Cory Miller, founder of iThemes.com, PluginBuddy.com, and WebDesign.com.

Session:

“5 Tips for Building a WP Web Design Business”

Cory will share his expertise and experience as a small business owner and former freelance designer, including tips on finding your passion, making a profit, managing the finances, and building a team.

Bio:

Cory is the founder of iThemes.com, PluginBuddy.com and WebDesign.com, all focused on providing high-quality WordPress products and training.

Based in Oklahoma City, he started the company in January 2008 and now has a team of over 14.

He got his start with WordPress working for a professional blog and started dabbling in WordPress theme design before starting his current business.

Follow Cory:

Blog: CoryMiller.com
Website: WebDesign.com
Twitter: @CoryMiller303

We have another great addtion to our Speaker lineup for WordCamp Raleigh … Aaron Brodney, of Penguin Militia Networks and G&A Research, his business ventures. He is also on assignment at IBM for The Select Group.

Session:

“Linux Tips for WordPress Users”
WordPress is most frequently hosted on Linux. Learn to harness the power of Linux so that you can better leverage WordPress. We’ll discuss some simple and some not so simple techniques that you can implement for your WordPress-powered site to get more out of your hosting environment.

Bio:

Aaron is a LAMP stack expert, Systems Engineer, consultant and developer. He has used his skills at a number of organizations including North Carolina State University, McClatchy, and at Red Hat as Sr. Technical Support Engineer in charge of LAMP.

Aaron currently applies his Linux skill-set at The Select Group on assignment at IBM, and for his businesses, Penguin Militia Networks and G&A Research. He is an avid fan of WordPress and Penguin Militia Networks specializes in high-performance, secure WordPress hosting.

Follow Aaron:

Blog: Aaron.Brodney.net
Twitter: @linuxvirtuoso

Here’s another great addition to our Speaker line-up for WordCamp Raleigh, Dave Moyer, founding President of Bitwire Media, parent company of the popular WordCast network, a leading destination for WordPress, blogging and social media shows.

Session:

“Breaking the Trust Barrier: Establishing Personal and Professional Brand Reliability”

Dave has worked in tech and media since age twelve and experienced firsthand the stigma that comes along with being the “kid with a blog”.

Just like nearly all bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and even twitterers, he started at square one: from scratch with no audience. Moving beyond square one and connecting with an audience takes time, effort, and careful control, especially when your age is considered a detractor.

Many of the barriers Dave has overcome and the experiences he had whilst growing and establishing both a personal and corporate identity in social media are universal, and can be applied to any individual or group.

This session is designed to share the lessons learned through Dave’s own experiences, and explain crucial points in breaking past notions of unreliability to establish one’s personal and professional presence as something that an audience can trust in, depend on, and turn to.

Bio:

Dave has more web experience than people twice his age (17) and he is a vlogger, blogger, podcaster and producer of WordCast, along with being a traditional media personality in the Denver, Colorado area.

He keeps very busy as the president of the Bitwire Media network and multimedia production company, and he writes for his personal site, Dave Moyer, and guest blogs on many sites around the web.

His recent speaking credits include WordCamp Phoenix, San Francisco, Denver, and Dallas 2009, CSIA DEMOGala 2009 and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Summit 2009.

Follow Dave:

Blog: DaveMoyer.org
Twitter: @davemoyer

We have fantastic addition to our Speaker line-up for WordCamp Raleigh with Patrick O’Keefe, founder of iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests.

Session:

“Building Community Around Your WordPress Blog”

Blogs can be communities – in fact, most of the most visited blogs on the internet are communities.

Learn how you can encourage the community around your WordPress blog to grow.

This presentation will include things you can do within the blog format, new features and add-ons you can install and how blogs and deeper community areas, like forums, can benefit from one another.

Bio:

Patrick has been managing online communities since 2000 and is the author of “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online social spaces.

He has been responsible for the cultivation of communities like phpBBHacks.com, KarateForums.com and PhotoshopForums.com.

He blogs about online community at ManagingCommunities.com and his favorite record label at BadBoyBlog.com, plus more at patrickokeefe.com.

Patrick’s past presentations include everything from WordPress & Blogging to Social Media to Online Communities, for SWSXi, Blog World & New Media Expo and more.

Follow Patrick:

Blog: PatrickOKeefe.com
Twitter: @iFroggy