Difference between revisions of "User:Kristina Weis"

Latest revision as of 21:52, 19 July 2013

Kristina worked for AboutUs (.org and .com) from 2007 through July 2013.

If you have a question about AboutUs, please contact AboutUs.org.
Have a non-AboutUs question for Kristina? Connect with her via social media (links below).

Here are some how-to articles and blog posts I've written about various digital marketing topics:

Social Networking

Twitter: : @KristinaWeis (Follow?)
Kristina's : [}}} LinkedIn] (Network?)
Kristina's : [}}} Facebook] (Subscribe?)
KristinaWeis.com - my personal blog

Videos

This is me talking about title tags, and below I discuss alt text.

One of my favorite videos: Un-choreographed swing dancing (not me).
(How to add a YouTube video to AboutUs.org pages)

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-<small>> ''Looking to '''[[Kristina Weis/Contact|contact me]]'''?''</small>
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-[[Image:Gasworks-me(crop).jpg|250px|left|thumb|More photos [[User:KristinaWeis/Photos|here]]]]
+<center><big>Kristina worked for AboutUs ([[AboutUs.org|.org]] and [http://www.aboutus.com .com]) from 2007 through July 2013.<br /><br />''If you have a question about AboutUs, please [[Contacting AboutUs.org|contact AboutUs.org]].''</big><br />''Have a non-AboutUs question for Kristina?  Connect with her via social media (links below).''</center></div>
-====Why hello!====
+<!-- I've been part of the [http://www.aboutus.com/aboutus/team/ AboutUs team] since February 2007, and I am now the Director of Marketing.
-My name is Kristina Weis.  Thanks for checking out my [[personal page]] here at [[AboutUs.org]].
-{{IntroductionLinks}}
-If you're new to [[AboutUs]], hello and [[Portal:AboutUsWelcome|welcome]]! And may I suggest that you check out our [[WikiAnatomy|tours]] and [[:Category:VideoFAQ|videos]] to formally introduce you to [[WikiWiki|wiki]] and [[AboutUs]]?
-<big>''Let me know if I can [[Portal:AboutUsHelp|help]] with anything - just pick a way to '''[[Kristina Weis/Contact|contact me]]'''!''</big>
-====AboutMe====
+On a more personal note, I love to dance, and I try to go hiking and rafting anytime that Portland's weather permits. I blog about social media and SEO on my personal blog, [http://kristinaweis.com KristinaWeis.com], and I also [http://kristinaweis.com/portland-cat-sitter/ cat sit] for fun.
-I have been a part of the [[:Category:AboutUsPortland|AboutUs Portland team]] since February '07.  On an almost daily basis I am reviewing [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] that have been made on the [[WikiWiki|wiki]], [[WelcomingPeople|welcoming]] new [[AboutUs]] [[WikiWiki|wiki]] editors, and recently I answered a higher calling to help respond to the growing interest in our '''[https://www.aboutus.org/au_web_services/sponsor/page/ article writing service]'''.
+What I'm up to at AboutUs:
+* Helping people who contact AboutUs.  I answer a lot of questions about social media and SEO :-)
+* Sending the weekly AboutUs email newsletter with online marketing tips. ''[http://eepurl.com/kCw_ Sign up to get it].'' <small>([http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=840e6c3576a5904d8936bd4b4&id=5848474dc4 See past newsletters I've written].)</small>
+* Engaging with people on AboutUs's [http://www.facebook.com/AboutUs.org Facebook] and [http://twitter.com/AboutUs Twitter].
+* Reviewing [http://www.aboutus.org/recent_changes edits] and making suggested edits anytime I see a page that I can add to or [[How to improve AboutUs pages|improve]].
+* Helping our [http://www.aboutus.com/what-we-offer/ Competitive Edge] clients see how their digital marketing stacks up to their competitors, and helping them improve and beat the competition to that next customer.
+* Working with our developers address bugs and design new features. ''Notice a bug? [mailto:kristina@aboutus.org?subject=Bug Let me know].''-->
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+Here are some how-to articles and blog posts I've written about various digital marketing topics:
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+*[[Learn/Reputation-Management:-Neutralize-the-Bad-with-the-Good|Reputation Management: Neutralize the Bad with the Good]]
-{{Badge:IWorkWith|AboutUsPortland}}
+*[http://www.aboutus.com/boost-sales-conversions-seo-with-contact-info/ Boost Sales, Conversions and SEO with Contact Info]
-{{Badge:ImAWelcomer}}
+*[[Make Sure Your Business Appears in Google Maps]]
-{{Badge:ImARecentChangesPatroller}}
+*[[Learn/Use_Twitter_to_Engage_and_Build_Your_Base|Use Twitter to Engage and Build Your Base]]
-{{Badge:LeaveMeAMessage|User_talk:KristinaWeis|font=lucida console|bold=on}}
+*[[Learn/Getting_Started_With_Facebook_For_Your_Business|Getting Started With Facebook For Your Business]] & [http://www.aboutus.com/6-simple-facebook-page-tricks/ 6 Simple Facebook Page Tricks]
-</div>
+*[[Crash course in Google Analytics]]
+*[[Tips for Sending Email Newsletters]] & [http://www.aboutus.com/11-ways-to-stay-out-of-spam-folders/ Staying Out of Spam Folders]
+* [[An HTML Sitemap Helps Search Engines Discover You|HTML Sitemaps]] & [[Creating an XML Sitemap|XML Sitemaps]]
+* [[Keep Visitors That Don't Type WWW]]
+* [[Get Your Website Indexed]]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/what-to-do-before-after-your-blog-content-is-scraped-stolen-copied/ What to Do If Your Content is Stolen]
+* [[Make Groupon Work for You]]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/what-pagerank-means-how-to-improve-yours/ What PageRank Means & How To Improve Yours]
+* [[Learn/How-H1-and-Other-Headings-Help-SEO|How H1 and Other Headings Help SEO]]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/ Alt Text Helps People and Search Engines] (with video)
+* [http://blog.aboutus.org/2011/04/01/best-seo-advice-ever-april-1st-edition/ Best SEO Advice Ever! April 1st Edition]
+* [http://blog.aboutus.org/2011/02/16/online-marketing-summit-debrief/ Online Marketing Summit Debrief]
+* [http://blog.aboutus.org/2011/01/26/answering-peoples-questions-about-seo/ Answering Peoples' Questions About SEO]
+* [[Learn/6-Easy-Ways-to-Improve-Your-Site-Speed-for-SEO|6 Ways to Improve Your Site Speed for SEO]] & [[Learn/Compression-Can-Help-Speed-Up-Your-Site|Compression Can Help Speed Up Your Site]]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/title-tags-really-matter-seo-social-clicks/ Why Title Tags Really Matter for SEO, Clicks & Social] (with video)
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/how-to-use-twitter-for-seo/ How To Use Twitter for SEO]
+* [[Learn/Google's-Farmer-Update:-What-You-Need-To-Know|Google's Farmer Update: What You Need To Know]] (with video)
+* [[Learn/Improve-Your-URLs-for-Better-SEO|Improve Your URLs for Better SEO]]
+* [[Learn/Get-More-Clicks-With-Good-Title-Tags-and-Meta-Descriptions|Get More Clicks With Good Title Tags and Meta Descriptions]]
+* [[Learn/SEO-Tips-for-Ecommerce-Sites|SEO Tips for E-commerce Sites]]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/9-common-title-tag-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/ 9 Common Title Tag Mistakes and How To Avoid Them]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/how-to-get-more-twitter-followers/ How To Get More Twitter Followers]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/how-to-avoid-an-unnatural-links-penalty/ How To Avoid an Unnatural Links Penalty]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/googles-penguin-update-prevention-and-recovery/ Google's Penguin Update: Prevention & Recovery]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/penguin-pain-google-launches-tool-to-disavow-links/ Penguin Pain? Google Launches Disavow Links Tool]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/yes-your-company-needs-a-blog/ Yes, Your Company Needs a Blog - 13 Reasons Why]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/wikipedia-paid-editin-scandal-one-wikis-pov/ Wikipedia Paid Editing Scandal - One Wiki's Point of View]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/url-shorteners-in-social-media-pros-and-cons/ URL Shorteners in Social Media: Pros and Cons]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/facebook-takes-money-to-game-edgerank-algorithm/ Facebook Will Take Your Money To Game Their EdgeRank Algorithm]
+* [http://www.aboutus.com/avoid-being-unfollowed-on-twitter-14-tips/ Avoid Being Unfollowed on Twitter - 15 Tips]
-I am 22 and just graduated from [[PDX.edu|Portland State University]] with a BS in [http://geog.pdx.edu/ Geography].  I also have a background in Journalism and an associates degree from [[Clark.edu|Clark College]] in [http://wikitravel.org/en/Vancouver_%28Washington%29 Vantucky].
+===Social Networking===
+*Twitter: {{Twitter|KristinaWeis}} <small>''(Follow?)''</small>
+*Kristina's {{LinkedIn|url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinaweis}} <small>''(Network?)''</small>
+*Kristina's {{Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/KristinaWeis}} <small>''(Subscribe?)''</small>
+*[http://kristinaweis.com KristinaWeis.com - my personal blog]
-I love to '''[[Blues Dancing|blues]]''' and '''[[Swing Dancing|swing]]''' dance socially and in my living room.  I am a bit of a music fanatic, primarily for that with an electronic or [[Portal:Blues Dancing|blues]]-y influence... [[Moby.com|Moby]] and [[NinaSimone.com|Nina Simone]], yum.  And a good hike is sure to make my day.
+===Videos===
+<YouTube>4LIavUuUDVw</YouTube>
+''This is me talking about [http://www.aboutus.com/title-tags-really-matter-seo-social-clicks/ title tags], and below I discuss [http://www.aboutus.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/ alt text].''
-====Contact====
+<YouTube>_K3gBqzGVwg</YouTube>
-{{:Kristina Weis/Contact}}
-*Visit me on [[MySpace]] [http://www.myspace.com/dancewithkristina here]
-*Poke me on [[Facebook.com|Facebook]] [http://pdx.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25908771 here]
-====Welcome to AboutUs [[:Category:VideoFAQ|video]]====
-{{:Welcome to AboutUs}}
-''See our growing collection of [[help]]ful videos at [[:Category:VideoFAQ]]''
-====Helpful Links====
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-* '''''[[TheWikiWay:WhatIsWiki|Wiki Fundamentals Tour]]'''''
-* '''''[[TheWikiWay:Edit|Wiki Basic Editing Tour]]'''''
-* [[Portal:AboutUsHelp|The AboutUs '''''Help Page''''']]
-* [[:Category:VideoFAQ|The AboutUs '''''Help Videos''''']]
-* [[Internal Linking Guide|Linking Guide]] & [[WikiLink]]ing
-* [[WikiSyntax|Basic Wiki Formatting]]
-| valign="top" width="50%"|
-* Adding [[ImageHelp|Images]] & [[AboutUsVideoSupport|Videos]]
-* [[CamelCaseCapitalization|Fixing Domain/Article Capitalization]]
-* [[How to improve AboutUs website pages|How to Improve DomainPages]]
-* [[The benefits of creating an account|The Benefits of Being Logged-In]]
-* '''''[[HowYouCanHelp|How You Can Help Here at AboutUs]]'''''
-* '''''[[AboutUs LiveChat|Chat with us]]''''' for more [[help]]!
-|}
-====Recent and <strike>Past</strike> Projects====
-* View my recent [[UserContributions|contributions]] '''[[Special:Contributions/KristinaWeis|here]]'''.
-* Working as a [[Wiki Coach]] on the following [[DomainPage|pages]] for our '''[https://www.aboutus.org/au_web_services/sponsor/page/4077368?title=Wiki article writing service]''':
-** [[InsideSoccer.com]]
-** [[Imagination.vg]]
-** <s>[[ExiledMothers.co.uk]]</s>... [[SpotlightArticles|spotlighted]]!
-** <s>[[StressDesign.com]]</s>... [[SpotlightArticles|spotlighted]]!
-* [[PossibleAdultContent|Flagging possibly adult content]] pages
-* The '''[http://www.myspace.com/aboutuswiki AboutUs page]''' on [[MySpace]]
-* <strike>[[Learning Gardens Laboratory]] - using [[WikiWiki|wiki]] as a tool for student collaboration for a [[PDX.edu|PSU]] class.</strike>
-* [[Blues Dancing]] and [[Swing Dancing]] - two of my favorite hobbies.
-* Having fun with [[Special:Specialpages|SpecialPages]], fixing [[Special:Longpages|LongPages]] and [[Special:Shortpages|ShortPages]].
-====My Video of the Year====
 <YouTube>IsuLM_EOjow</YouTube>
-''Kevin & Carla '''[[swing dancing]]''' to "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" (thanks to [[AllSwing.org]]).''
+''One of my favorite videos: Un-choreographed swing dancing (not me).<br /><small>([[AboutUsVideoSupport|How to add a YouTube video to AboutUs.org pages]])</small>''
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-[[Category:AwardedACaricature|K]]
-[[Category:ActiveCommunityMember|Kristina]]
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