Building and Leveraging Your Reputation

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iThemes Training, 2015
Slides: https://adcwp.me/itbuildrep

Aaron D. Campbell

Aaron D. Campbell – https://AaronDCampbell.com/
aaron@ithemes.com – @AaronCampbell
http://profiles.wordpress.org/aaroncampbell/

History of Me

Open Mouth, Insert Foot Start Career

Oops…Did I say that out loud?

Success #1

Do What You Enjoy

Mistake #1

No Plan

Reputation!

Mistake #2

Reputation != Portfolio

Index: /trunk/wp-includes/post.php
===================================================================
--- /trunk/wp-includes/post.php	(revision 5684)
+++ /trunk/wp-includes/post.php	(revision 5685)
@@ -607,5 +607,5 @@
 $suffix = 2;
 do {
-	$alt_post_name = $post_name . "-$suffix";
+	$alt_post_name = substr($post_name, 0, 200-(strlen($suffix)+1)). "-$suffix";
 	$post_name_check = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ... LIMIT 1");
 	$suffix++;

Success #2

Thinking Outside My Work

Success #3

A Plan!

Success #4

Leveraging My Reputation

Grandpa and Grandma

What do I want?

Reputation to the Rescue!

To Build
Reputation

  • Do what you enjoy
  • Make a plan
  • Remember: Reputation is more than a portfolio
  • Look outside your work too

Enjoy the
Benefits!

Q & A

Aaron D. Campbell – http://AaronDCampbell.com/
aaron@ithemes.com – @AaronCampbell
http://profiles.wordpress.org/aaroncampbell/

Slides: https://adcwp.me/itbuildrep

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