Laura started her first WordPress site back in March 2006 when she and a friend and decided to create a website about a then little-known book called Twilight where fans could discuss the novel on a blog and forums. What started as a small site with maybe 30 visitors a week rapidly grew into the most popular Twilight website on the Internet, with millions of visitors each day from around the globe. Laura was suddenly thrust into a media vortex that included set visits, a book deal, speaking engagements, and too many surreal experiences to count. This led to Laura transition from a career in teaching to one in marketing with a whole new skill set that included podcasting, video editing, SEO, social media management and content marketing. Since then, she’s created and written for more than twenty WordPress sites, mostly in the areas of education and entertainment. Aside from her love of WordPress, Laura is also an Anglophile, avid traveler, theater lover, fantasy junkie, and occasional actor. She currently writes for Hypable.com and does freelance marketing and social media work.
Say hello to Laura on Twitter @NewYorkerLaura.