Social Geek

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...

  Join AK Stout and Deb Evans as they interview co-founders Kim Oksenberg and Meredith Dennes of Project Eve. Project Eve is a social media platform dedicated to supporting, promoting, and celebrating female entrepreneurship and women owned businesses. The core of their platform is a social network that helps women build and grow successful, scalable and innovative ventures. They connect thei...

  Creating a buzz via social platforms about your event can bring incredible benefits. Today creating a viral sensation about an event can be accomplished with the right street team and event hashtag. The members of the team will create a buzz and energize others to attend or follow the event. Understanding the audience and where street team members spend their time is crucial to the online e...

         This will be the last Thursday night show. Would you know how to handle a social media crisis? Do you have the steps in place to reply and respond to the crisis  where the crisis began? Are there plans in place to follow up and follow through? This week AK and Deb will be joined by Leslie Farnsworth, President and CEO of FrogDog, a strategic marketing and com...

Deb Evans welcomes BJ Emerson this week as Social Geek Radio co-host. Together they will interview Stephen Fells, CEO and Co-Founder at follr.com. Follr is a social digital version of a business card. All your social platforms and connections can be organized on one FREE Website. Tune in to learn how easy it is to claim your digital identity today!  BJ will host our GeekItOut segment and...

Our guest this week is Ralph Quintero, Founder of Bald One Media and The Great Business Project. His goal is to "help entrepreneurs get off the hamster wheel and take their business to the next level". Ralph will explain what The Great Business Project is all about . He will also share how he created his no-fluff digital magazine using the MagCast system allowing him to design digital content by e...

  Dr. Sarah David is the Founder of Social Savvy Sarah and our guest on Social Geek Radio this week. Sarah is a personal branding strategist and works with a World-Class Team of 7 renowned business partners, talented graphic designers. She is known for her love of entrepreneurship, gadgets, innovation and inquisitiveness.  Sarah recently completed a series of blogs posts on “On...

This week on Social Geek Radio Deb and AK will talk all things blogging. From recommended word count and frequency to details specific to optimizing your blogs for search.  In today's times of "extreme social" the blog is often overlooked or laid by the wayside while businesses and marketers fervently work on their Facebook and Twitter strategies. During this episode we will tell you why your...

AK and Deb welcome Sima Dahl, Founder, Parlay Communication as their guest. Sima Dahl is a Marketing Consultant, Social Media Strategist and Personal Branding Expert. A veteran marketer with more than 20 years in the trenches, Sima has experience working with Fortune 500 corporations, venture-backed start-ups, non-profits and academic institutions. As president of Parlay Communications, Ltd.,...

This week on Social Geek Radio, AK & Deb will be joined by guest, Greg Goodson, cofounder of Rafflecopter, an app that makes it super-easy to run and manage giveaway promotions on your blog or Facebook Page. Before Rafflecopter, Greg was an independent SEM/SEO consultant after time spent as a marketing manager at online outdoor retailer Backcountry.com and digital ad agency 360i.  Du...

This week on Social Geek Radio, Deb and AK will re-join special guest, Ashley Rudolph. Ashley is a native New Yorker and lover of fashion and making a difference. She has a background in Market Research, a Master's in Global Entrepreneurship (she studied business strategy in France, China, and the US), and is currently a fashion blogger, Chief of Business Development for a NYC financial literacy n...

  Our guest this week is Nick Smoot, who is a driven entrepreneur, husband, and father who has impacted both the non-profit world and big business.  After spending 7 years in the non profit world where he was leading state wide initiatives, global leadership development trips, and educational tours in the middle east he redirected his focus to providing answers to complex problems in the...

Mindy Goldeis a member of the leadership team at Listen360 as the Vice President of Sales. Listen360 provides an efficient way to manage feedback and use customers direct and honest  comments to improve business operations, correct short comings, and deliver outstanding customer service. Mindy believes that social media enables customers to have a voice about your company and the products and...

AK will share with us how she established, markets and delivers her online courses. She will share: The major benefits of taking online coursesThe class setupThe course technical and setup requirementsHow to prepare for the unexpected Cancellation policyWhat class materials should be provided   To see a complete listing of AK's upcoming courses visit: Online Courses  

Managing a team is hard enough but how do you manage a team when each team member works remotely? Our guest, Justin Brackett, vice president of Shift Digital manages all strategic and creative aspects of digital campaign development. He works with 10 individuals closely. In fact, he spends 50+ hours with them weekly, collectively and individually. What makes this unique is that he hasn't met them...

This week on Social Geek Radio, Deb and AK will be joined by specialguest Elsa M., Community Manager and Marketing Director for Yelp Baltimore. After 9 years working as a TV reporter and radio host, Elsa knew it was time for a new challenge, but she also wanted something creative and fun; Yelp was a perfect combination of just that. Yelp is a website that puts people in touch with great local busi...

Join AK Stout, Deb Evans and friends of Social Geek Radio as they celebrate the 100th episode of the popular Thursday night BlogTalkRadio Show - Social Geek Radio! Tweet along  using #SocialGeekRadio, watch the Facebook page  http://www.facebook.com/SocialGeekRadio and/or join their Google Hangout as they play "Social Geek Radio Guest Trivia" game and award prizes. Which guest share...

This week on Social Geek Radio, Deb and AK will be joined by special guest, Ashley Rudolph. Ashley is a native New Yorker and lover of fashion and making a difference. She has a background in Market Research, a Master’s in Global Entrepreneurship (she studied business strategy in France, China, and the US), and is currently a fashion blogger, Chief of Business Development for a NYC financial...

Deb Evans will be joined by Dana Lopez as Co-Host this week to speak with Al Navarro, co-founder of Mint Advertising. Mint is a creative boutique in central New Jersey that works with a wide range of local, regional, and national clients including Domino's Pizza and Century 21. Leveraging his love for all things automotive, Al once served as the comment moderator and Facebook page admin for a lead...

This week on Social Geek Radio, the fabulous tiarra wearing Lorri Wyndham will be filling in for Deb to help AK discuss tips, tricks, and tools to help you get on the radar of your taget audience using Facebook and Twitter.  We'll address questions such as: How do you get people to 'like' your Facebook Page? How do you get people to follow you on Twitter? What's the number one thing businesse...