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Episode 43: Yvette Sonneveld
Introducing Yvette Sonneveld
Yvette is a WordPress enthusiast living in The Netherlands. She attended and volunteered at her first WordCamp in Miami in 2014. Yvette has been on the WordPress Marketing Team since WordCamp Europe in 2017.
Show Notes
Website | Inbound Marketing Bliss
Twitter | @yvettesonneveld
Episode Transcript
Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress.
Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community.
Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress.
Tara: Today’s show is brought to you in part by Liquid Web.
Liam: We sure know that there’s a lot of choices when it comes to hosting your WordPress site. Liquid Web is the manage WordPress partner you’ve been waiting for. Whether you’re a business owner, an agency, or a freelancer, Liquid Web has you covered when it comes to performance, uptime, and ease of site management.
Tara: And one of the things we love most, when your content goes viral, Liquid Web doesn’t charge you more for huge spikes in traffic. Transparent pricing, no surcharges.
Liam: Liquid Web is offering Hallway Chats listeners 33% off for the first three months. Go to Liquidweb.com and use the coupon code, HALLWAYCHATS, all one word, to sign up.
Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is Episode 43.
Tara: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Tara Claeys.
Liam: And I’m Liam Dempsey. Today, we’re joined by Yvette Sonneveld. Way back in 1999, Yvette taught herself HTML and CSS using library books and notepad. In 2005, she fell in love with WordPress. Yvette tended and volunteered at her first WordCamp which was WordCamp Miami in 2014. Yvette has been on a community rollercoaster ever since WordCamp Europe in 2017. Hi, Yvette, welcome.
Yvette: Hey, Liam. Hey, Tara. Thanks for having me.
Tara: Welcome. We’re glad to have you here, can you tell us a little bit more about yourself after Liam’s introduction?
Yvette: Yes, sure. I’m Yvette Sonneveld, obviously. 44, mother of two amazing kids, married to a lovely husband, moved back to the Netherlands about one and a half years ago, after we lived abroad for 16 years. Worked freelance from home, which is amazing because your balance with family really works out. I am a total WordPress community junky now.
Tara: Oh, I can relate to that. Were you living in the States when you were living abroad or where were you living?
Yvette: No, I actually lived on a small island in the Caribbean called Curacao. I lived there from 2001 to 2005 and then again from 2008 until 2016. And in between, we lived in Ontario, Canada for three years.
Tara: Wow, that explains how you were able to go to WordCamp Miami in 2014, I guess. You were relatively in the same general area at the time?
Yvette: Yes, it was about two-and-a-half-hour flight and the island we lived at that point didn’t really have internet marketing conferences so I had to fly abroad all by myself and that was so scary.
Tara: Oh. And what was it like living on a small Caribbean island? Were you doing WordPress while you were there?
Yvette: The first time, I wasn’t. First time I was a part of that period. I was working on building my business, I was still coding in HTML and CSS at that point. The second time, I actually adopted WordPress back when I lived in Ontario. When I got back to Curacao, I was working with WordPress already. And with my kids, I had a baby the second time so working from home was just perfect and people were really starting to adopt WordPress so that would count wonderf...
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Introducing Yvette Sonneveld
Yvette is a WordPress enthusiast living in The Netherlands. She attended and volunteered at her first WordCamp in Miami in 2014. Yvette has been on the WordPress Marketing Team since WordCamp Europe in 2017.
Show Notes
Website | Inbound Marketing Bliss
Twitter | @yvettesonneveld
Episode Transcript
Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress.
Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community.
Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress.
Tara: Today’s show is brought to you in part by Liquid Web.
Liam: We sure know that there’s a lot of choices when it comes to hosting your WordPress site. Liquid Web is the manage WordPress partner you’ve been waiting for. Whether you’re a business owner, an agency, or a freelancer, Liquid Web has you covered when it comes to performance, uptime, and ease of site management.
Tara: And one of the things we love most, when your content goes viral, Liquid Web doesn’t charge you more for huge spikes in traffic. Transparent pricing, no surcharges.
Liam: Liquid Web is offering Hallway Chats listeners 33% off for the first three months. Go to Liquidweb.com and use the coupon code, HALLWAYCHATS, all one word, to sign up.
Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is Episode 43.
Tara: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Tara Claeys.
Liam: And I’m Liam Dempsey. Today, we’re joined by Yvette Sonneveld. Way back in 1999, Yvette taught herself HTML and CSS using library books and notepad. In 2005, she fell in love with WordPress. Yvette tended and volunteered at her first WordCamp which was WordCamp Miami in 2014. Yvette has been on a community rollercoaster ever since WordCamp Europe in 2017. Hi, Yvette, welcome.
Yvette: Hey, Liam. Hey, Tara. Thanks for having me.
Tara: Welcome. We’re glad to have you here, can you tell us a little bit more about yourself after Liam’s introduction?
Yvette: Yes, sure. I’m Yvette Sonneveld, obviously. 44, mother of two amazing kids, married to a lovely husband, moved back to the Netherlands about one and a half years ago, after we lived abroad for 16 years. Worked freelance from home, which is amazing because your balance with family really works out. I am a total WordPress community junky now.
Tara: Oh, I can relate to that. Were you living in the States when you were living abroad or where were you living?
Yvette: No, I actually lived on a small island in the Caribbean called Curacao. I lived there from 2001 to 2005 and then again from 2008 until 2016. And in between, we lived in Ontario, Canada for three years.
Tara: Wow, that explains how you were able to go to WordCamp Miami in 2014, I guess. You were relatively in the same general area at the time?
Yvette: Yes, it was about two-and-a-half-hour flight and the island we lived at that point didn’t really have internet marketing conferences so I had to fly abroad all by myself and that was so scary.
Tara: Oh. And what was it like living on a small Caribbean island? Were you doing WordPress while you were there?
Yvette: The first time, I wasn’t. First time I was a part of that period. I was working on building my business, I was still coding in HTML and CSS at that point. The second time, I actually adopted WordPress back when I lived in Ontario. When I got back to Curacao, I was working with WordPress already. And with my kids, I had a baby the second time so working from home was just perfect and people were really starting to adopt WordPress so that would count wonderf...