{"id":2291,"date":"2012-10-11T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T02:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2012-10-12T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T21:18:11","slug":"speaker-spotlight-syed-balkhi-of-wpbeginner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-syed-balkhi-of-wpbeginner\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Syed Balkhi<\/p><\/div>\n

Syed Balkhi<\/a> is the founder of WPBeginner<\/a>.\u00a0 He is known for his aggressive marketing skills, creative designs, and expertise in SEO.\u00a0 Syed has been in the industry for over eight years, and he has worked with some of the top brands in the industry.<\/p>\n

A serial online entrepreneur and professional blogger, Syed will share his practical tips and tricks that will help you create a passive income out of your blog in his session How to Monetize Your Blog (A Crash Course for Beginners)<\/a>.\u00a0 This presentation will go in-depth about the available tools and plug-ins for WordPress which can help a blogger generate a passive income through their blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the user-interface of WordPress is fairly easy to use and understand.\u00a0 It is superior to anything else that exists,\u201d says Syed.\u00a0 \u201cAside from ease of use, the WordPress community is the driving force for the fast growth of this platform.\u00a0 With tons of amazing plug-ins and more coming out every day, this is a platform of choice for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because it can cut so much of the development time in creating a website, Syed loves the amazing plug-ins that can be leveraged with WordPress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttendees will get practical advice on how to monetize their blog or any other online business by using the best available tools and plug-ins.\u201d\u00a0 Syed plans to share his own business tactics and how he has managed them successfully.<\/p>\n

Attend this session and get even more WordPress awesomeness at WordCamp Raleigh 2012 on Nov 3-4. Tickets are only $40 and you can register online now<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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