Josepha Haden is the Social Media specialist with Haden Interactive. A native of Arkansas, she’s been working and living in Kansas City for the past four years.
“You can’t tell,” she’s quick to point out. “I don’t have an accent!”
This space is where she muses on social things – media and IRL, both.
If you’ve been following me on twitter, then you already know that we’re working hard to plan this year’s WordCamp for you. We’ve added a few new people to our planning committee this year and have decided to move the event downtown. We’re thinking of the Crossroads area. You know, right near where we hold our MeetUps! Registration is opening this week, so clear the first weekend in June on your calendar and prepare to become the envy of all your WordPressing...
read moreI was fortunate enough to be able to moderate a panel of WordPress experts a week ago at OfficePort here in Kansas City. We were discussing security issues, fixes, and plugins and I’ve rounded up the presentation notes and links here for you! Add your own plugin suggestions in the comments! Baby Steps 1. Keep WordPress updated. 2. Make sure your computer is protected, you have a reputable hosting company and use secure passwords. 3. Report security issues when you see them. There are more Advanced Options… 1. Consider hiding your...
read moreQuick show of hands who wants to learn about BuddyPress? /raiseshand /bothhands I know you’re dying to learn, too, so I’m going to ignore the fact that I can’t actually see any hands raised. Join us tomorrow night at 7:00pm at OfficePort in the Crossroads to learn from Tom Jenkins the basics of BuddyPress. He’s the best and you deserve it. See you all there! Josepha
read moreThis week I had the distinct pleasure of speaking at the second Real Estate Barcamp in Kansas City. This was my first time at a Barcamp ever, a good initial experience I might add, so I thought I would recap the top tips that people received during the day. Twitter Persona – You don’t have to be exactly “yourself” on twitter, but you do have to be real and consistent. Whether you’re Katie the 24 year old helping teachers or Nick the 46 year old community expert, create a profile for the account and stick with...
read moreAnnounced today, GA Real Time has been causing quite a fuss in our little marketing world. I have just been added to the beta and the next few days will be all about figuring out the nuances. First impressions, however, are positive. Instant feedback about who is on your site and what they are looking at could be immensely useful for anyone who has an off-site campaign to compliment their on-site work. Immediately apparent downside is that it does not work on any filtered profiles. The more I learn, the more I’ll share, but I foresee a...
read moreOn the heels of my rant about spam, it occurred to me that I didn’t lay out any specific thoughts on how you can go about making valued comments on the blogs you read. We all have blogs we frequent or forums or newspapers. The really good ones get a lot of comments and, most of them, have a moderation system set up to weed out the spam. I know that I only have something truly good to say about once every couple of weeks, so you can’t rely on being a regular as it were. So you’ve just got to be good. Here are some tips on how...
read moreIf you own a blog that you update more than never, then you have what amounts to a spam magnet. It’s generally innocuous, if entirely weird and unrelated, but that does not make it any less annoying. If you write three times a week about really popular topics, and if you’re remotely popular yourself, you can bag yourself some 80 fake comments each time you post something. Woohoo! I wish I could say there is a magic Spam-Be-Gone System, but there isn’t any one option that is foolproof. All of them will require a little bit of...
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