{"id":653,"date":"2015-04-25T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/?p=653"},"modified":"2015-06-30T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:13:17","slug":"speaker-nicki-mckay-roooar-magazine-the-benefits-of-publishing-a-digital-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-nicki-mckay-roooar-magazine-the-benefits-of-publishing-a-digital-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Nicki Mckay &#8211; ROOOAR Magazine &#8211; The Benefits Of Publishing A Digital Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_650\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-650\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-650\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/04\/Nicki-Mckay-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nicki Mckay\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/Nicki-Mckay-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/Nicki-Mckay-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/Nicki-Mckay.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicki Mckay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickimckay.com\/\">Nicki<\/a> &amp; Anna initially started ROOOAR magazine as a just for fun experiment to promote their own businesses by speaking directly to their target audience. Now into the start of their second year, the magazine has taken a mind of it&#8217;s own, with a thriving community, regular in person &amp; online events and distribution on the Virgin Airlines inflight entertainment network.<\/p>\n<p>During the talk Nicki will discuss the process of how they started the magazine, the technology they used, how they experienced high organic growth and how they continue to maintain the magazine whilst still running their separate full time businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Nicki&#8217;s talk will cover the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Why they started a digital magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Secrets to collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Monetisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickimckay.com\/\">Nicki Mckay<\/a> is a wander lusting, garden loving Brisbane based creative. A freelance web designer, front-end developer, blogger, digital strategist and co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roooar.com.au\/\">ROOOAR magazine<\/a> &#8211; a digital magazine for female entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>With over a decade of experience in the industry, Nicki has helped hundreds of clients bring their online vision to life. She has a passion for helping people not only build their online brand, but also help them to maintain sustainable businesses.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow Nicki on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickimckay\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>See this and other great talks<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"button cta\" title=\"WordCamp Brisbane 2015 Tickets\" href=\"https:\/\/register.eventarc.com\/29601\/wordcamp-brisbane-2015\" target=\"_blank\">GET TICKETS NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicki &amp; Anna initially started ROOOAR magazine as a just for fun experiment to promote their own businesses by speaking directly to their target audience. Now into the start of their second year, the magazine has taken a mind of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-nicki-mckay-roooar-magazine-the-benefits-of-publishing-a-digital-magazine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Speaker: Nicki Mckay &#8211; ROOOAR Magazine &#8211; The Benefits Of Publishing A Digital Magazine<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13428714,"featured_media":650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Speaker: Nicki Mckay @nickimckay - ROOOAR Magazine - The Benefits Of Publishing A Digital Magazine http:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-ax #wcbne","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,5015],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-speaker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/04\/Nicki-Mckay.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-ax","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":864,"url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-jo-grey-why-isnt-my-beautiful-website-enough\/","url_meta":{"origin":653,"position":0},"title":"Speaker: Jo Grey &#8211; Why Isn&#8217;t My Beautiful Website Enough?","author":"Bronson Quick","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We're adding yet another fabulous speaker to our lineup for WordCamp Brisbane! 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