{"id":1210,"date":"2018-10-06T18:36:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.riverside.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1210"},"modified":"2018-10-21T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T22:37:01","slug":"bridget-willard","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/riverside.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/bridget-willard\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget Willard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bridget Willard is a marketing consultant and educator with a passion to help small businesses. She began in construction, and worked in franchise development, nonprofits, and tech. She is known for her brand building for Riggins Construction and GiveWP.<\/p>\n<p>She is the co-host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpwatercooler.com\/shows\/wpblab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPblab<\/a>, a podcast on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpwatercooler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPwatercooler<\/a> network, co-organizer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OC-Women-in-WordPress-Meetup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women Who WP Meetup<\/a>, and Marketing Team Rep for <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not writing about marketing, she is spending time with her Sully Dog, learning languages on Duolingo, or walking by the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Say hi to her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@youtoocanbeguru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@youtoocanbeguru<\/a> and check out her site at <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgetwillard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bridgetwillard.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WordPress Origin Story<\/h3>\n<p>My Twitter friend Pam from Pam Ann Marketing said she wanted to meet us at WordCamp Orange County in 2013. My BFF\/Blogging Buddy Carol Stephen and I went and Pam couldn\u2019t attend. We\u2019ve been going to WordCamps ever since. I built bridgetwillard.com in April 2015 \u2014 my first self-hosted WordPress site. I joined the Marketing Team at the Contributor Day for WCUS in 2015 and became Team Rep shortly after. The rest is history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridget Willard is a marketing consultant and educator with a passion to help small businesses. She began in construction, and worked in franchise development, nonprofits, and tech. She is known for her brand building for Riggins Construction and GiveWP. 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