{"id":867,"date":"2014-12-10T07:15:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T12:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2015-01-06T22:50:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T03:50:37","slug":"marketing-blogging-community-talking-with-duncan-epping-episode-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/12\/marketing-blogging-community-talking-with-duncan-epping-episode-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing, Blogging, &#038; Community: Talking with Duncan Epping &#8211; Episode 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re pleased to be joined by one of the most significant influencers in the virtualization<a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-riding-a-unicorn-shooting-rainbows-and-a-kitten.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-870\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-riding-a-unicorn-shooting-rainbows-and-a-kitten-267x300.png\" alt=\"duncan-epping-riding-a-unicorn-shooting-rainbows-and-a-kitten\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-riding-a-unicorn-shooting-rainbows-and-a-kitten-267x300.png 267w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-riding-a-unicorn-shooting-rainbows-and-a-kitten.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>. Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist in the Office of the CTO at VMware, joins us to talk about his journey from indy punk websites to significant influence in our community.<\/p>\n<p>We talk to Duncan about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Unlikely punk rock inspired engagement<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>VCDX Unicorn Panel<\/li>\n<li>Karate kid: wash on, wax bacon<\/li>\n<li>Making personal platform for people to get their name out<\/li>\n<li>Making heroes of the brave<\/li>\n<li>Community as a part of your career\u00a0trajectory<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Watching the online activity growth<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Platform creation out of community need<\/li>\n<li>DIY roots in some smaller communities<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0How much energy to put into a blogging project<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Handing over a labor of love project<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Getting an email from a VP when you&#8217;re a lowly blogger<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0How\u00a0Duncan is a natural\u00a0marketer<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Launch day mania<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Strength of a thousand pebbles<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Backing up what you say<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-869 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers-1024x505.png\" alt=\"duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers\" width=\"642\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers-1024x505.png 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers-300x147.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers-210x103.png 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/duncan-epping-quote-geek-whisperers.png 1348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We&#8217;re so happy to have the brains behind <a href=\"http:\/\/yellowbricks.com\">YellowBricks<\/a> and a collection of incredible books join us this week. Thanks for listening!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8837\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-867-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=867-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re pleased to be joined by one of the most significant influencers in the virtualization. Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist in the Office of the CTO at VMware, joins us to talk about his journey from indy punk websites to significant influence in our community. We talk to Duncan&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/12\/marketing-blogging-community-talking-with-duncan-epping-episode-69\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marketing, Blogging, &#038; Community: Talking with Duncan Epping &#8211; Episode 69<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8838\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-867-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=867-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Its-not-about-Marketing-Its-Who-I-Am-with-Duncan-Epping.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}