Social Geek

AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Jon Vidar, Cofounder and Executive Director of The Tiziano Project, a nonprofit organization providing community members with the equipment and training necessary to report their stories and improve their lives.   The 4 pillars of the Tiziano Project: Provide technology & training using experienced journalists/specialists in emerging technologies Pr...

AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Annie Fox, M.Ed., an internationally respected educator, award winning author, and a trusted online adviser for teens and parents. Her latest book, Teaching Kids to Be Good People, is a guide for navigating 21st century parenting challenging. Annie's other work includes, the ground-breaking Middle School Confidential™ ...

AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Ruchit Garg, CEO of 9Slides, a cloud based presentation platform which allows users to capture and share the experience of "being there" in the presentation room with a remote audience, anytime, anywhere.  Ruchit is a serial tech entrepreneur and founded 9Slides in 2011. Prior to founding 9Slides, he spent more than 5 years at Microsoft Corp. During the...

Joining AK Stout & Deb Evans will be the co-founder of Social Geek Radio, BJ Emerson, CEO and Head Story Hunter at Buzzadelic, a NC-based digital agency. BJ is also co-authur of The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave. Infographics are all the rage these days. One part brain candy and one part eye candy, these shareab...

This week, AK & Deb will interview Robert Moore, President/Founder Internet Media Labs. Robert's experience with social over the last several years has given him  the knowledge and experience to help any business - large or small - win in Social Media by using a combination of Technology & Methodology to accomplish their social mission, what ever that might be. Robert believes that th...

This week AK & Deb will interview Scott Jordan, Co-founder & CEO of SCOTTEVEST. Scott is no stranger to media attention. He appeared on Season Three of ABC's Shark Tank in March 2012. He has received a multitude of press in the past for his successful entrepreneurship, including write-ups in Entrepreneur magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and even several college textbooks.  SCOTTEVES...

REPLAY Listen as Shelley Roth discusses her latest book "Shedding Your Sales Shark" The book is designed for those looking for effective ways to engage with their clients and community via social media networks. Shelley shares how social media has completely shifted. The inclusive community-driven nature of social media is sending traditional sales sharks, and their shark tanks, the way of the din...

This week on Social Geek Radio, Deb Evans and AK Stout will interview John Morgan, author of Brand Against the Machine. Notable points from the book that will be discussed during the show include: •  Know who your target audience is and what they want •  Define your position as the go-to authority in your industry •  Determine your audience’s problem and create a solution for them •...

AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Jason Falls, Digital Strategist, Author and Speaker. Jason is VP, Digital Strategy for CaféPress, Inc and Founder of Social Media Explorer. Jason’s book co-authored with Erik Deckers, No Bullshit Social Media, is a strategic blue-print manual for social media marketing. During the show we will cover the following from Jason’s book: *Why Jason believes social...

This week, AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Local and NY Times Bestselling Author, and his wife, Carrie Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Media.  Dave and Carrie will talk to us about how they got started (anyone remember theKBuzz?!), Likeable Media, writing a NY Times Bestselling book (Likeable Social Media), and what life is like as an adorable, social media crazed...

This week, AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Coryon Redd, Owner batteries4less.com and Coryon Marketing. Coryon will spend time explaining the complex world of internet marketing in ways that everyone can understand and implement immediately. During the show we will cover *Keyword research and tools *Competitor research *Getting to the top of Google Following the int...

This week we are joined by Dave Delaney, a recognized leader, consultant and speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. He hosted one of the first parenting podcasts from 2005-2008, and has been blogging for nearly a decade! Today, Dave conducts Content Marketing & SEO Training and will share tips on developing quality,creative content that actually gets shar...

We will reply one of  Social Geek Radio's 2012 popular shows with Greg Goodson, cofounder of Rafflecopter. Rafflecopter is an app that makes it super-easy to run and manage giveaway promotions on your blog or Facebook Page. During the show you'll learn best practices for running online giveaways and why it might be a good idea for your business or blog. Well also discuss the often misundersto...

  Bonnie Sharon aka Gadgetista is our guest this week. Bonnie is Director of Social Media at Wireless Zone Gadgetista: One who pushes the envelope on wireless devices and accessories to realize their full capabilities and help you; the end user, scratch the surface of what they can do to help make your life easier and more productive. We will discuss: hot tech gadgets of 2012, holiday te...

  This week, Sarah Robinson will join AK Stout & Deb Evans  Sarah is a business coach, strategist, advisor, speaker and author of Fierce Loyalty. Sarah helps businesses and nonprofits small and large stand apart from the pack. During the show we will cover: -Clear, specific steps for creating and maintaining a community -How to build a community around a company or bra...

This week, AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Matt Job, VP Sales, Local Search Masters. Matt will share some tips on best practices for local search optimization. Local Search Masters were recent finalists for the  Nashville Best in Business Awards and Small Business Awards and ranked #3 nationally on Google for “Local SEO Best Practices.” During the sh...

This week, AK Stout & Deb Evans are excited to bring Shelley Roth back to the show! Shelley is a recovering sales shark.  She has learned how to get out of the "eat -what-you-kill" mode into the “give-to-grow” philosophy of winning. Shelley is a social media trainer, speaker, consultant and author. She has over 25 years of successful business development, sales and educational leadership...

This week, AK Stout & Deb Evans will interview Sterling Mckinley, Entrepreneur, Online Marketing Expert, CEO, Speaker & Blogger. Sterling has over 10 years of experience in online marketing which includes search engine marketing, online lead generation and web site development. Sterling’s experience encompasses working directly with small business owners & corporations helping them get...

This week Deb Evans and AK Stout interview Kelly Kim. Kelly is co-founder of Twylah – a startup company and content marketing platform.  A popular guest on top blogs, chats, radio shows, and more, Kelly is known for her knowledge of new media business and her leadership in marketing for big brands and celebrities.  Prior to founding Twylah, Kelly was a...

This week AK will be interviewing Walt Rampata, Chief Marketing Officer at SocialToaster.  In 1999 Walt co-founded digitalorganism, an Interactive Multi-Media Marketing Company. He was the mastermind behind the company's strategic focus. Since digitalorganism, Walt has worked to help organizations construct, grow and manage their interactive and online marketing opera...

Tune in and meet CEO and Founder of DejaVu, Keith Murphy.  Deja Vu is an application that makes your mobile social by bridging the gap in local search, combining check-ins from your Facebook friends with deal sites like Groupon and Living Social, and including consumer reviews for all locations provided by Yelp!. In local search, we’re able to show you if your friends have...

Due to technical difficulties the original interview with Gene Gurkoff, Charity Miles was not recorded. If at first you don't succeed then try again so join AK Stout and Deb Evans as they interview Gene Gurkoff (Founder, CEO) the entrepreneur and lawyer who conceived of Charity Miles.  After graduating Harvard Law School in 2004, Gene practiced corporate law for two of the world’s m...

After reading The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave,  both AK Stout and Deb Evans knew that they could dedicate an entire show around the book. Join them as they interview BJ Emerson, VP Technology, Tasti D-Lite and co-author of the Tasti D-Lite Way. Find out why AK spent a Saturday evening reading the book and says that it...

AK Stout and Deb Evans will be joined by Andy Steggles, President of Higher Logic, a social media and mobile software company. Andy is also the author of "Social Networking for Non-Profit: Increasing Engagement in a Mobile and Web 2.0 World  http://higherlogic.com/snfnp . Andy will share how to connect, collaborate, engage and empower franchisees with a connected digital community. “An engage...

What do Microsoft, Black & Decker and Bayer have in common?  Not very much, except this: when they want to know what's about to happen in the social media realm, they turn to Matt Goddard. Goddard, founder and Chief Executive Officer of R2integrated, is among the top tier of forward thinking visionaries in the digital and social marketing field.  A regular speaker at major conference...