Syed Moiz Balkhi

Syed Moiz Balkhi
Alma mater University of Florida
Occupation Entrepreneur, Writer
Years active 2009–present
Website SyedBalkhi

Syed Moiz Balkhi (Hindi-Urdu: سید معز بلخی (Nastaleeq), सैयद मोइज़ बलख़ी (Devanagari)) is a Pakistani American entrepreneur known for his social media work with WPBeginner, a WordPress resource.[1][2][3] Balkhi also serves as a writer for The Huffington Post and Entrepreneur (magazine), where he has authored several articles.[4][5]

WPBeginner

Syed Balkhi is the founder of WPBeginner, a WordPress reference organization.[6] Balkhi, according to The Next Web, founded the resource in July 2009 with the goal of "provide quality tips, tricks, hacks, and other resources for the WordPress community."[7][8] WordPress has featured Syed Balkhi's instructional videos for beginners to familiarize themselves with the platform.[9]

Additional projects

Balkhi is also the creator of List25, an entertainment website,[10][11] which the Daily Mail has featured in Children's Funniest Christmas Wish Lists.[12] In addition, Balkhi serves as the president of Awesome Motive, Inc., a web consulting firm that also evaluates social media and consumer services like Facebook and Amazon.[13][14] Moreover, Balkhi has also designed OptinMonster, which allows users to create and release opt-in forms.[15][16] Conferences, such as those hosted by Affiliate Summit and Alabama Power, among others, have featured Balkhi as a keynote speaker.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ Spannagle, Peter; Soward, Sarah (2010). WordPress and Flash 10x Cookbook. Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 387. ISBN 9781847198839. WPBeginner: site to help beginners learn about WordPress, by Syed Balkhi.
  2. ↑ Black, Leyl Master (4 August 2012). "5 Low-Cost Social Media Marketing Strategies for Authors". Mashable. Retrieved 1 October 2014. In terms of low cost tools and personal branding, the first thing every author needs is a central presence for their brand, such as a blog or a website," says Syed Balkhi from WPBeginner, a WordPress resource site.
  3. ↑ McKeown, Siobhan (1 February 2013). "The WordPress Community Offers Advice to Beginners". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2014. As well as the support forums, Syed Balkhi suggests trying WordPress Stack Exchange and Quora.
  4. ↑ "Syed Balkhi". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Syed Balkhi is an entrepreneur and a public speaker. His passion revolves around helping businesses succeed. He is known for his creative marketing skills and web development experience. He is the founder of WPBeginner and List25 sites that have been featured on NYTimes, Mashable, Huffington Post, Business Insider and TechCrunch.
  5. ↑ "Syed Balkhi". Entrepreneur (magazine). Retrieved 20 January 2016. Syed Balkhi is an award winning entrepreneur and online marketing expert. He is the co-founder of WPBeginner, OptinMonster, Envira Gallery and List25.
  6. ↑ Black, Leyl (4 August 2012). "5 Low-Cost Social Media Marketing Strategies for Authors". Yahoo!. Retrieved 1 October 2014. In terms of low cost tools and personal branding, the first thing every author needs is a central presence for their brand, such as a blog or a website," says Syed Balkhi from WPBeginner, a WordPress resource site.
  7. ↑ "WPBeginner: About & Background information". The Next Web. 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014. WPBeginner is a WordPress resource site which was founded by Syed Balkhi in July 2009. The main goal of this site is to provide quality tips, tricks, hacks, and other resources for the WordPress community.
  8. ↑ Stelzner, Michael (13 December 2013). "Blog Growth, How to Build a Mega-Following Social Media Examiner". Social Media Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Once this change happened, Syed was still approached with the same questions about WordPress. At the time there was no other WordPress resource site out there for beginners. So WPBeginner was formed on July 4, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Syed Balkhi". Speakers. WordPress. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Stelzner, Michael (13 December 2013). "Blog Growth, How to Build a Mega-Following Social Media Examiner". Social Media Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Syed explains that List25 is an entertainment site. Each article relates to 25 things on a particular topic. The slogan is “Consistently Conciliating Curiosity.” You’ll hear the original idea that Syed had for a new site and how it turned into List25.
  11. ↑ "Syed Balkhi: Founder @ WPBeginner". CrunchBase. 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Syed Balkhi is an entrepreneur and a public speaker. His passion revolves around helping businesses succeed. He is known for his creative marketing skills and web development experience. He is the founder of WPBeginner and List25 sites that have been featured on NYTimes, Mashable, Huffington Post, Business Insider and TechCrunch.
  12. ↑ Abraham, Tamara (23 December 2011). "'Dear Santa, if you bring presents, bring batteries': Children's funniest Christmas wish lists revealed". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Children around the world have industriously been compiling gift wishlists. But it seems there is no such thing as the average letter to Santa, as blog list25.com has revealed in a top-25 selection of the most hilarious missives.
  13. ↑ Washenko, Anna (26 June 2013). "3 Marketers Tell Us How They Plan to Leverage Facebook Hashtags". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2 October 2014. Syed Balkhi, president of holding company Awesome Motive, told us about his marketing plans for WPBeginner, an educational site about blogging platform WordPress.
  14. ↑ Copeland, Dave (6 July 2012). "Facebook's "Want" Button Risks Alienating Users". ReadWrite. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Syed Balkhi, president of the online incubator Awesome Motive Inc., sees a key difference between the Facebook and Amazon offerings: Where many users don't even know the Wish List exists, Facebook users will be able to find your Wants.
  15. ↑ Wong, Danny (26 September 2014). "The 7 WordPress Plugins Your Site Needs to Succeed". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2 October 2014. A product of Syed Balkhi, OptinMonster allows you to instantly build and deploy compelling opt-in forms for your site. Advanced capabilities include page-specific targeting, A/B testing and built-in analytics.
  16. ↑ "The 7 WordPress Plugins Your Site Needs to Succeed - Yahoo News". Yahoo!. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014. A product of Syed Balkhi, OptinMonster allows you to instantly build and deploy compelling opt-in forms for your site.
  17. ↑ Law, Jeff Ifrah (23 July 2013). "Jeff Ifrah Speaks at the Affiliate Summit East 2013 - Yahoo Finance". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2 October 2014. The conference agenda also includes a number of confirmed speakers such as Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner.com, John Chow of John Chow dot Com, Brian Marcus of eBay, Inc., David Lewis of Shopzilla, and Lindsay Johnson of Yahoo among many others.
  18. ↑ "Alabama Power Returns as Presenting Sponsor for 2014 Y'all Connect Conference". The Birmingham Times. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014. Speakers include Jen Barnett, Ike Pigott, Syed Balkhi, Erika Napoletano and Jenny Schmitt. More than 200 people from across America attended the 2013 blogging/social media conference.
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