{"id":835,"date":"2019-06-28T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&p=835"},"modified":"2019-06-28T23:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:32:13","slug":"nik-cree","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/nik-cree\/","title":{"rendered":"Nik Cree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I Had A Dream!
<\/strong>To create an online business that I could set up in a week powered by coffee working in a cafe, then retire as millions of people came and bought my stuff while I spent the rest of life lying on the beaches of the world lapping up the riches that come from being an online entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 then \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Had A Nightmare!
<\/strong> All those online courses and gurus didn’t tell me how much work there is and who wants to take their laptop to the beach anyway?! I’m still working from a damn cafe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 and then \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Woke Up!
<\/strong> I discovered WordPress, learnt how to code in another cafe from 6am – 10am before heading into a corporate cage to sell timeshare plans by phone to unwilling buyers. Thank God I got my first client who actually paid me some money to look after their website so I could walk away from the 10am – 4pm grind and enter a more the more fulfilling 6am – 2am world being the master of my own destiny freelancing as a WordPress Developer (still can understand how I got paid for the awful websites I laboured over before I figured stuff out?!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 but \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast Forward 11 Years!
<\/strong> That inauspicious start has morphed into a successful (imposter syndrome go away!) Online Marketing Agency working with business to create websites that work \u2026 meaning they get leads and enquiries to turn into customers. Along the way, I discovered some pretty cool tools and apps that helped in my business and now work with clients as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 lurking nearby \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll Find Me!
<\/strong>I run the “Business Owners Smashing It Online” Meetup in the Gold Coast<\/a> and Brisbane<\/a>, moderate a Facebook group by the same name<\/a> and co-host the Gold Coast WordPress Meetup<\/a>. And \u2026 I think I’m starting to have a life, not quite on the beaches of the world but I do have some money to spend, time to hang out with my partner and kids (only if they want me too, as they in their teens and 20’s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 seek me out \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s Meet!
<\/strong> If you think we have something in common, or even if you feel sorry for me, find me and have a chat. WARNING: I do drink coffee which can present as mild hyperactivity and apparently I am pre-vegan (i.e. I don’t eat meat but consume large quantities of gourmet cheeses and chocolate)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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