{"id":535258,"date":"2015-04-05T19:58:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.nashville.wordcamp.org\/?p=535258"},"modified":"2015-04-05T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T00:58:57","slug":"faces-of-wordpress-david-prochaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/faces-of-wordpress-david-prochaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces of WordPress: David Prochaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 300px;float: right;clear: right;padding-left: 1em\">\n<div id=\"attachment_535265\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535265\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-535265\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.nashville.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/04\/david-prochaska-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"David Prochaska\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/david-prochaska-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/david-prochaska-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/david-prochaska.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-535265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Prochaska<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;clear: left\">\n<li>David Prochaska<\/li>\n<li>Founder\/President of MarketRiser<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"market-riser\" href=\"http:\/\/marketriser.com\" target=\"_blank\">MarketRiser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"david-prochaska\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidproHQ\" target=\"_blank\">@DavidProHQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How were you first introduced to WordPress?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was introduced to WordPress 4 years ago. I created a website to help college students with homework. I have created 20+ WordPress websites since then (it&#8217;s sort of part of my job).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like about it?<\/strong><br \/>\nI like how easy it is to set up. I&#8217;ve been creating websites since 2004, and back then it was all HTML and CSS by hand. I still have to get in the back end here and there, but for the most part, I don&#8217;t have to worry about the coding. I can focus more on driving results for my business rather than writing code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do with WP now?<\/strong><br \/>\nI have my own business, MarketRiser, which I use WordPress on. All clients that I have built websites for are on WordPress. I also do SEO professionally, so I jump into WordPress on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the WP community (local and beyond) helped you?<\/strong><br \/>\nWordpress Codex has definitely been a life saver. The forums on the WordPress website are very helpful as well. Early on using WordPress, it&#8217;s easy to be totally confused on simple things like setting up a child theme. The WP community is more than helpful on solving any problems I have.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did learning WP lead to any significant professional, personal, creative changes in your life?<\/strong><br \/>\nWordpress allowed me to build websites a lot faster than coding HTML, which led to being able to generate more money. WordPress now allows me to host my website where I generate a small amount of affiliate income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you tell a brand new user?<\/strong><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t get plugin happy. Plugins are essential for a WordPress site, but it&#8217;s easy to install every &#8220;bright shiny object.&#8221; For any website you have, no matter what it is, set up an opt-in form to gain subscribers to your email list. This goes beyond just WordPress because you have to have an email marketing provider, but it&#8217;s so essential for every website and business to have an email list. Pro tip: get a plugin like Visual Composer to create pages in a drag and drop format. It saves a TON of headaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should we know?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m a husband and a father of 4 kids. My favorite quote, &#8220;Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.&#8221; -Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"faces-of-wordpress\" href=\"http:\/\/wpnashville.com\/community\/form-faces-of-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">BECOME A FACE OF WORDPRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Prochaska Founder\/President of MarketRiser MarketRiser @DavidProHQ How were you first introduced to WordPress? I was introduced to WordPress 4 years ago. I created a website to help college students with homework. I have created 20+ WordPress websites since then (it&#8217;s sort of part of my job). What do you like about it? 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