Andy Traub’s lifelong goal is to make things simple.  The web can be such a difficult place for business owners to navigate so Andy started his company in 2009 with the goal to make technology easier to use so that businesses can grow using the best web based tools available.  Andy lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with his wife and two young kids.  He is an admitted Apple fanboy.  He claims affection for his iPad, the Indianapolis Colts and trips to the zoo with his family (in no particular order).

Andy’s many roles include co-hosting the popular Business Tech Weekly podcast alongside Cliff Ravenscraft on the GSPN podcasting network as well as producing his own podcasts (Be A Better Husband Podcast and Profiting From Permission Podcast.  He serves as a technical advisor for the huge 48days.net on-line community and as the Tech and Web professor for the FreeAgentAcademy.net community.

He has a unique gift to help business build on-line communities around their brands/products while helping business owners learn the tools to navigate the ever changing landscape of social media engagement.  Andy built DoItYourselfWordPress.com because he knew that his clients and many other people could have powerful web presence without spending thousands of dollars.

Since starting her virtual assistant practice, The Blue Jeans VA,  in early 2008, Marta Goertzen has worked with coaches and small business owners across the US, Canada and as far away as Sweden & Switzerland. A common thread throughout her work as a Virtual Assistant, has been a request for a simple website solution that is easy to maintain with the flexibility to grow with their business. From this has stemmed a love and fascination with WordPress and all it has to offer.

Marta enjoys helping business owners who are feeling a little overwhelmed managing (or getting started) their website and online presence. DoItYourselfWordPress.com was created out of a desire to help entrepreneurs learn to create their own simple yet highly effective websites.

Born and raised in Oregon (with a short 3-year stint in Alberta, Canada in grade school), Marta can’t imagine living anywhere else. She lives with the furry guy in the photo, a 4-year old Border Collie mix named Bailey whom she adopted from a local animal shelter shortly after starting her business. Together they they love to explore the Oregon Coast, go hiking and camping and long walks at the park.