Founder of Perspective Internet Marketing, Ty has a long history in Internet marketing, with a strong background in integrated advertising , and involvement in social media. He has spoken at national & international events on the topic of social media including (Istanbul, Turkey February 2010) Social Media World Forum, CA, and much more. He is host for the annual Twestival in his city and contributes a lot of time to helping others be successful through his meetup and speaking engagements regarding the importance of a robust social presence.
At Say It Social, Ty is responsible for assessing businesses social influence in both new and existing markets. Ty is also responsible for Services, Support, Education, and Corporate Alliances. In addition to founding Say It Social along with Tim Moore, Ty provides professional Internet marketing services for a number of nationwide companies. Ty loves southern BBQ (actually, any BBQ).
Tim Moore along with Ty Downing, founded Say It Social in 2008 as a concept and has helped assemble this stellar group of social media leaders into a powerful emerging consulting agency. Currently Tim is the "digital retention specialist" at Star News Online, a New York Times owned newspaper located in Wilmington, NC. Tim is an advisor to SayItSocial on social media initiatives, and continues to co-host the nationally known Blog Talk, SayItSocial Radio Talk Show.
Prior to this, Tim has been engaged in technology consulting for nearly 20 years. Tim has gained a reputation for his deep industry knowledge of social media, the transparent enterprise and social engagement, as well as having contributed to the first financially sound Social Media ROI model and is frequently tapped to present at events and serve as a media reference. Tim is also getting help for his addiction to Karaoke.
Tim is a founding student of the Social Media Academy's first Leadership class, is a certified instructor.
You can find Tim on LinkedIn and Twitter as well as on Facebook.
Lori is responsible for organizing and refining established or new social media accounts. She is an exhaustive researcher of online conversations regarding client's business and consumer market trends. She also reports and analyzes clients metrics associated with online social networks i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Blogs. Reach Lori on Twitter , and FaceBook
Lori's background includes project management for web site construction, coordination for production materials, writing copy, and uploading and training clients on CMS. E-Marketing: updating web sites to reflect SEO strategy, social media development and management (blogs, Twitter, You Tube), email distribution campaigns, online press release distribution, Google Analytics reporting. Copy writing for press releases, blog posts, and web sites.
Owner of Techipedia, Tamar Weinberg is a freelance writer who specializes in social media consulting and strategy, blogger outreach, reputation management, and search engine marketing (SEO, link building, and Pay Per Click Marketing). As an opinion leader in Social Media, Tamar is also the author of upcoming book available at Amazon entitled: "The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web" (p.s. You can pre-order). Tamar has also written for numerous blogs in a variety of fields, from tech to travel. These blogs include:
Lifehacker, Mashable, Search Engine Roundtable, Real Simple: Simply Stated, and so much more. A chunk of Tamar can be defined as "social media," and as such, Tamar is a member of just about every social network that has a name, including Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Sphinn, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, MyBlogLog, Plurk, Brightkite, and more. In her free time, she is a "Schwag Addict."
Corporate and franchise specialist with broad experience and expertise in stabilizing existing companies or start-ups and maximizing shareholder equity by "exploding" the growth through structured, pre-defined growth strategies. Specific guidance and instruction in all aspects of Administration, Marketing & Sales, and Production, complete with Exit Strategies. Demand and Expect Excellence!
Kevin Dean is the president and founder of ManoByte, a social media marketing consultancy. Established in 2007, the company's mission is to assist business professionals understand how to use social media data in making more effective decisions that result in attracting and retaining customers. His has spent many years understanding decision support systems and business intelligence. Kevin has worked with two Fortune 500 companies in an IT Management role.
In addition, he spent over 11 years consulting for major organizations such as Sears Roebuck and Company, Meijer, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan Hospital, to name a few. Kevin also sits on the board of the West Michigan Business Intelligence Committee.
Kevin is a recognized expert in the field of social media. Kevin is an instructor, guest speaker, and panelist on the subject of social media at conferences around the country. He has been featured and quoted in trade journals and television reports on the trends and effects of social media on business. Kevin is also the best dancer we know, (we have video).
A creative writer and research maven, Sandy Guerriere has extensive writing knowledge of "the social web" and it's unique optimization needs. She can be reached or direct messaged on Twitter.
She is fully conversant in all aspects of social media, and is actively engaged in research and training for several blogs including a variety of "Green" web sites.