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| Name | Russell Aaron |
| About Me | If you don’t know Russell, he’s been a WordPress guy in Vegas for years and has worked in real estate, casinos, WP agencies and hosting – all doing WP! Russell is currently a WordPress Technician II at Liquid Web + Nexcess. He is literally the only person in the company with this job title. They created it just for him. Russell adds 15+ years of experience and knowledge to the support and marketing team. You can catch him on the following WordPress podcasts: WPWatercooler | WP Dev Branch | WP Round Table. Have you heard about The Corner of Main Street? It’s the first podcast produced by a Las Vegas hotel and casino. Our very own Russell Aaron is one of the co-hosts along side Plaza CEO Jonathan Jossel, Lisa Melmed and Gary Vickery. Chat with Russell Aaon on Social Media. You can always send a tweet to @Enqueue_russ on twitter. |
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| Current Location | Las Vegas, NV |
| WordPress Origin Story | I was sitting in freshman orientation. The head of the English department walks in and says “If you’re going to be a journalist, you need to do three things. Write a story & tell the truth, tell both sides of the story, and you have to have your own blog or no one is going to publish your writing.” In that moment I asked myself “How do you build a blog”? That’s how I got started in WordPress. I’ve progressed from a WordPress enthusiast to WordPress Support Specialist & Consultant. I started with attending/presenting at Meetups. Graduated to Organizing/Sponsoring WordCamp events. Hopped on a popular WordPress podcast in 2014 and made WordPress my career, passion and hobby. One day I was looking for jobs on Craigslist. I came across a post titled: “Seeking WordPress website administrator”. The post mentioned the company was a small mortgage broker in need of guidance with their WordPress Site. In our meeting the owner mentioned having a previous web developer. They needed to fill the open position. I accepted the job once the offer landed in my inbox. I had my own office and the best office setup. Free range to fully rebuild the company website, marketing and branding. I was my own department. We turned the website from a landing page/brochure website into a full fledged Loan Officer’s assistant. Mortgage websites are simple in design and embed a number of services to collect and store data, show thier interest rates and start the loan application. We did everything in-house and with WordPress. Everything a Loan officer needed from their clients. We built into a step by step contact form powered by Gravity Forms. By the end of the form, a user would have all the correct information uploaded and selected to start the loan application process. Over time we fine tuned our online mortgage shopping experience to meet the demands of the loan officers and needs of our users. Working for a small business and appearing on recurring weekly WordPress podcast really helped me transition into WordPress Support. When you work in WordPress Support there are a lot of emails. You have to be able to read, understand and respond. There are also team & client calls. You’re going to be talking on camera frequently. I did all these things while working at the mortgage company and organizing a WordPress Meetup. Read More: https://russellenvy.com/wordpress-qualifications/ |
