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In 2022<\/a>, my dear friend Jos\u00e9 Luis<\/a> attended (as a volunteer, of course) the first WordCamp Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/a>. I remember meeting him on his return and when I asked him how was the WordCamp, he told me emphatically: <\/p>\n\n

— I loved it! A small, but very special WordCamp, with lovely people and the spirit I love about WordPress events. <\/p>\n\n

I could not go to that edition, but I kept the “thorn”. Especially for the organization team<\/a>. Great friendships, with great personal and professional values, starting with the great Fernando Lopez<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Fernando L\u00f3pez presenting WordCamp Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong>. Photo by Nilo V\u00e9lez<\/strong> from the official Flickr album.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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I met Fernando <\/strong>in Pontevedra, in one of our WordCamps. He is a very special guy that I admired from the beginning for two reasons: <\/p>\n\n

(1) He is a good-natured guy. Noble. I admire that nobility a lot. Dedicated with much affection to the community and does not cut a penny in being to thousands of things: mentoring, organization of WordCamps, from Madrid<\/a>, Gri\u00f1\u00f3n <\/strong>and now: WordCamp Europe<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

(2) As SEO <\/strong>is to admire his clients and projects. He is the typical “webmaster<\/em>” who has been in this world for ever and has an experience that many of us would like to have. <\/p>\n\n

The rest of the organization group, that “bunch of WordPress geeks” <\/em>as they define themselves and who continue to defend independent WordCamps with heart.<\/p>\n\n

Thanks to David Plaza<\/a> and Gema Fusion<\/a>, a very powerful family tandem with great experience in these WordPress worlds. It’s amazing the energy <\/strong>they both have. <\/p>\n\n

The great Angel Zinsel<\/a>. He is one of those classic friends and collaborators. One of those people you meet at a WordCamp and you are going to have one of the best conversations<\/strong>. Mayl\u00e9n Garc\u00eda<\/a>, who already surpassed her father in many aspects (I’m sure with a lot of pride on her part). A great volunteer organizer and very experienced<\/strong> in many WCs. <\/p>\n\n

Lola Lim\u00f3n<\/a>, one of my wonderful discoveries of that WordCamp Torrelodones<\/a> where she shone with her copla, voice and that joy she has that is contagious to anyone. And finally, Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Romero<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

As we can see, a team with a lot of tradition, which is reinforced by a team of volunteers<\/strong> with a lot of experience in these matters: Carlota Galv\u00e1n<\/a>, Gian Oliveira<\/a>, Carla Saiz<\/a>, Luis Antonio Neira, C\u00e9sar Frisa, \u00c1ngel Cabaleiro<\/a>, Adolfo Garc\u00eda-Uceda<\/a>, Fede Padilla<\/a>, Paco Marchante<\/a>, Paula Carmona<\/a>, Gustavo Galati<\/a>, Jorge Mar\u00edn Nieto<\/a>. And Colibot<\/strong>, a wonderful initiative of his Telegram channel<\/a> (brilliant idea). <\/p>\n\n

The date didn’t suit me personally, but I didn’t want to miss this event for anything in the world. They managed to organize a very balanced program<\/a> and true to their tradition, focused on online stores and business<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

I had high expectations for the food, which was very high in their communications. On Friday, my friend Jaime G\u00e1rmar<\/a> kindly picked me up in Madrid <\/strong>and we went together to the volunteers and organization dinner. <\/p>\n\n

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The restaurant was beautiful and the food was spectacular. I felt like I was at a wedding. I refer to the photos. I shared good conversations with people I had not seen for a long time, or new friendships.<\/p>\n\n

We got up early, because the next day would be an intense day. The space where the celebration is held is small but cozy. They were very clear about the maximum number of people for space reasons. There were many people on Friday looking for tickets on the Telegram channel waiting for another batch to come out. <\/p>\n\n

The sponsors<\/a>, who are closely linked to the team, are fundamental for everything to work out the way it did.<\/p>\n\n

The program was one of the best I have seen at a WordCamp. Not only because it was very specialized with all the e-commerce<\/strong> stuff, but the quality of the talks I was able to attend were very high. <\/p>\n\n

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Santiago Alonso at WordCamp Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong> 2024. Photo by Nilo V\u00e9lez<\/strong> from the official Flickr album.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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I was able to enjoy Santiago Alonso<\/a> ‘s talk about AI support for online stores, mentioning several inspiring tools and ideas for any business. Santi is brilliant. <\/p>\n\n

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Montse Cano and Lola Lim\u00f3n at WordCamp Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong> 2024. Photo by Nilo V\u00e9lez<\/strong> from the official Flickr album.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Montse Cano<\/a> followed with her interesting talk on creating brand differences in global markets<\/strong>. With her experience in London and working with international companies, I knew it would be a very valuable talk. <\/p>\n\n

Then it was the turn of Viola Gruner<\/a>, who I was especially excited about. I met her in a pizzeria in Torino, Italy<\/strong>, a few days before this year’s WordCamp Europe<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

Despite his youth, he has an incredible experience in the marketing<\/strong> world, and with his perfect Spanish learned in Mexico, he gave us a very interesting talk with a framework on decision making and changes in a web page. <\/p>\n\n

He only failed to say “Ostia,” in the chat. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n

Then, it was my turn with the talk: “First of all, a lot of linking: Advanced tracking of your online store”.<\/em> It was a wink and homage to Siniestro Total<\/a> and Radio 3′<\/a>s S\u00f3tano<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

Suffice it to say that I got them to “sing”. Talking about SEO and crawling is super heavy, but if you’ve read me before, you know that I’m obsessed with teaching in a didactic and entertaining way. And since I’m a bit of a gamer, costumes are never in short supply. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n

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Me with my nonsense at WordCamp Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong> 2024. Photo by Nilo V\u00e9lez<\/strong> from the official Flickr album.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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So I’ll leave you with the video of it, if you want to laugh at me, or just learn some crawling tricks<\/strong> with Screaming Frog<\/a> looking to improve your internal linking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

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