#687 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Guest Michelle Frechette

#687 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Guest Michelle Frechette The Importance of Community in WordPress in 2022? With Special Guest Michelle Frechette Director of Community Engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web In addition to her work at StellarWP, Michelle is the Podcast Barista at WPCoffeeTalk.com, cofounder of underrepresentedintech.com, creator of wpcareerpages.com, the president of the board for BigOrangeHeart.org, Director of Community Relations and contributor at PostStatus.com, author, business coach, and a frequent organizer and speaker at WordPress events. Michelle lives outside of Rochester, NY where she’s an avid nature photographer. You can learn more about Michelle at meet Michelle. online. https://twitter.com/michelleameshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefrechetteames/https://www.facebook.com/michellemariefrechettehttps://www.instagram.com/michelleames/https://profiles.wordpress.org/michelleames/ #687 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Startups Michelle Frechette Director of Community Engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web This Weeks Main Questions #1 - Michelle how did you get into the crazy world of WordPress? #2 - Can you explain some of the key things you do connect to being the director of community engagement for StellarWP at Liquid Web? #3 - What do you see as some of the key challenges and opportunities that WordPress faces in the next 12 to 18 months connected to building up the community? #4 - Community seems to have become a semi buzzword in the world of SaaS and platforms like WordPress, would you agree with this statement, and what do you think "community in 2022" really means when it comes to WordPress and similar online platforms? #5 - In the world of semi post-COVID-19 people are speculating on how the real physical and the online worlds will work together and I feel you can clearly see this in the WordPress community what treads do you see building momentum connected to this question? #6 - What are some of the biggest mistakes you see people making on semi-regular basics connected to failing to build real community?