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Sponsor spotlight: Blue Zoo Creative

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The folks over at Blue Zoo Creative have been active in WordCamp Fayetteville since it began six years ago. They’ve sponsored, taught sessions, and this year co-owner Eric Huber is the lead organizer.

Blue Zoo started in 2008 with co-owners Collin Condray and Eric Huber. They wanted to make life easier for small businesses by creating a “DIY” website builder for people who want to manage their own websites and had limited budgets.

Within two years, they realized that small business owners were ready to utilize many more online tools that would help grow their business. Blue Zoo rebranded from Blue Zoo Websites to Blue Zoo Creative and drastically expanded their services. They now offer services including website development and design, SEO and analytics, content creation and blogging, and branding/graphic design.

Blue Zoo’s team has members located all over but they work cohesively to create beautiful, functional and user-friendly online business solutions. They know that websites and other online tools need to be more than just a pretty thing online that represents the business. The Blue Zoo crew knows their clients’ job is to solve problems for their own clients and the folks at Blue Zoo make that happen.

“By listening to what you want, asking what your customers need, and researching proven techniques to inspire action, we deliver a result that drives business.”

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Sponsor Spotlight: GoDaddy Pro

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GoDaddy is one of the top web hosting companies in the nation, if not in the world. They are definitely the top shop for domain registration. They provide professional email addresses, too.

And while their Website Builder may not be the best option for creating a website, they offer WordPress hosting at an unbeatable price.

GoDaddy Pro is for agencies, designers, and developers. Here’s what you get with Pro that you won’t find in the ordinary GoDaddy plans:

  • Client Access Tools
    Get secure admin access to client sites without password sharing
  • Site Monitoring
    GoDaddy Pro lets you know if there are ever any issues with uptime or site speed.
  • Simplified Shopping
    Fill a shopping cart for your client and email it directly to the client so they can checkout without confusion.
  • Pros-Only Support
    It’s your livelihood, so GoDaddy Pro gives you faster service and support.

You’ll get discounts, too, and they even promise you hugs. Not many hosting options offer that.

That list of benefits probably reminded you of some of the more frustrating moments in your career if you’re a WordPress pro, and signing up could bring a great sigh of relief. We’re expecting a GoDaddy rep at WordCamp, so stop by their table and see if GoDaddy Pro is for you.

Hey — it’s WordPress Month in the GoDaddy Garage, so go get some knowledge when you check out their Pro package!

Thank you to our Outstanding Sponsor sponsors

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WordCamps wouldn’t be possible without the sponsorship of companies who care about WordPress, and we are lucky to be supported by some great firms.

Jetpack can supercharge your self-hosted site with a suite of the most powerful WordPress.com features.

From its inception in 1998, (mt) Media Temple has been on a mission to help people and businesses succeed online, and they certainly helped out our WordCamp by supporting us as a WordCamp Pillar. Huge props to Media Temple for their commitment to WordCamps all over the US, including this one!

WiredTree provides Managed VPS and Managed Dedicated Servers to WordPress users worldwide from their Chicago-based data center and offices. They also support all WordCamps in North America as a Pillar sponsor. Thanks so much, WiredTree, for helping us plan a great event for our local WordPress community.

Did you know that Bluehost powers over one million WordPress sites? And did you know they sponsor every WordCamp in the whole entire world? Bluehost was the first company to sign on as multi-event sponsor when we debuted the program in March of 2013, and we’re so very grateful for their continuing support of this and every other WordCamp.

Giving Back

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WordPress has asked all of us who make their livings with WordPress to give back to the community. They suggest 5% of your time — a couple of hours a week. There are plenty of ways to give back: help in the support forums at WordPress.org, organize and participate in meetups, help with WordPress sites at Give Camps…

Here’s something else you can do: present at WordCamp.

Chances are there’s something that you know but which other people don’t know. Maybe there’s a great plugin you know how to use. Or perhaps you have a special way of organizing your blogging calendar. Maybe you have a trick for integrating social media with your WordPress site that other people don’t know.

Think about sharing that knowledge with the rest of the community.

What will you get out of it?

  • You might get extra visibility, a job, a lead, or some other measurable return on your investment. We’re not here to promote our companies, but you know what they say about casting bread on the waters.
  • You’ll learn things, too. The comments and questions and discussions after your talk will almost certainly teach you something, and then there are other people’s sessions.
  • It’s fun. WordCamp is a great place to meet people and to get to know folks you’ve only talked to on Twitter.

And you’ll be doing your part to give back to WordPress, that free tool that makes you money.

Not a speaker? That’s understandable; some say that fear of public speaking is the #1 phobia in the nation. In that case, think about sponsoring, volunteering, or just helping to spread the word!