Speakers
Christine Young
Christine is married to her best friend, Ray, and together they have six very active children, all ages 8 and under. She’s a busy mama, spending most of her days homeschooling her crew. She is the proud author of the blog From Dates to Diapers, where she shares about life with little ones, offers advice and encouragement, and writes her thoughts and opinions on some of the greatest products on the market - those that make family life FUN.
In addition to being a mom, wife, laundry-hater, dish-washer, and boogie-wiper, Christine loves to connect with other moms in various social media spaces. She also enjoys building relationships with companies and brands on a daily basis. Christine was just tapped as one of Nielson’s Top 50 Power Moms, is one of Wal-Mart’s “ElevenMoms” and a spokesmom for Johnson’s Baby.
You can find Christine on various online social communities and speaking at conferences around the country.
blog | From Dates to Diapers : : tweets | @youngmommy
Josh Unfried
Josh is founder and CEO of MomFaves, Inc - a social marketing agency and technology company dedicated to empowering moms and promoting mom-valued brands.
He led the design, development & social marketing strategy behind the successful launch of MomFaves.com - the mom word-of-mouth network™, a proprietary social recommendation platform that’s revealing what moms love most. Before starting MomFaves, his leadership helped propel a tech start up into the 124th spot of INC Magazine’s list of The 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America.
Josh is a family man, enjoying life with his wife Rebecca and two sons in Lincoln, CA. They incorporated MomFaves to honor the legacy of Josh’s mom, who died from cancer in 2004.
Josh and the MomFaves team recently launched MomWordOfMouth.com — a go-to resource for businesses, causes and organizations that provide value to moms. His company MomFaves, Inc. develops technologies that empower moms to improve their collective voice, confidence and connectedness. The agency connects mom-valued brands to their mom fans and delivers social marketing services designed to generate explosive mom word-of-mouth. Josh also blog’s for MomFaves at WhyMomsMatter.com.
blogs | WhyMomsMatter - MomWordOfMouth : : tweets | @joshunfried
Lesley Miller
Lesley Miller is the Director of Public Relations for 3Fold Communications, a full service marketing agency in Midtown, Sacramento. But really, she prefers you call her a professional storyteller. From convincing the media to cover her clients’ latest and greatest news, to “tweeting” their updates on Twitter, Lesley loves keeping people informed and engaged. She has worked with a wide range of clients from nonprofits to developers, resorts, produce & food suppliers, technology, and green tech. Lesley began engaging in social media in 2005 when she begrudgingly joined MySpace. After discovering she liked the tool, she also began blogging about her travels in China, and joined Facebook in 2006. She now manages 3Fold’s social media outreach, and works closely with her clients to train and develop social media plans that work with their traditional marketing efforts.
blog | 3fold :: Twitter | @lesley3fold, :: Delicious | lesley3fold
Alejandro Reyes
Alejandro Reyes is a social media marketing strategist, speaker and creator of SacramentoMarketingLabs.com - a blog that educates entrepreneurs and small businesses on how to use social media to grow their brand, increase revenue and build a loyal following online.
website | successfool : : facebook | alejandro reyes
tweets | @successfool
Kelli Jane Seeley
Kelli Seeley is the founder of Kelli Jane photography located in East Sacramento. For the past four years she has been utilizing different social media tools such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and online forums to successfully grow her business.
Having just moved to Sacramento in 2008, her effective use of social media has played a vital role in establishing and growing her new customer base. When she’s not on a shoot, you’ll find her at home with her husband and their two year old daughter Riley - where there is lots of love and laughter…and lots of photographs too.
website | kellijanephoto : : blog | kellijane.blogspot.com : : tweets | @_kelli
Dana Lookadoo
Dana Lookadoo is an SEO Consultant with a focus on Word-of-Mouth SEO. Dana’s launching a new brand, YO YO SEO, to provide Search Marketing Optimization and Education based on the art and science of SEO and Social Media participation. Planned site launch is late July 2009. Dana will help “Mom Word of Mouth” attendees understand how Social Media participation can improve their visibility and rankings in the search engines.
Dana began her career in Website Development and Online Marketing in 1996. She has managed two successful Web firms and an SEO agency. Dana’s expertise and passions include:
- Search Engine Optimization & Copywriting
- Social Media Marketing & Engagement
- Information Architecture & Planning
- Website Usability & Conversion
- Technical Training & Curriculum Development
Dana has a BS in Multimedia, Telecommunications & Applied Computing and taught Web Design as Adjunct Faculty at Cal State University Monterey Bay. She has conducted multiple corporate training classes and developed technology curriculum for Fortune 500 companies. She authored “Traveling the Internet” for Sun Microsystems, a 100-page guide teaching how to travel safely and securely on the Web. The book was distributed by the First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, to >1200 women to empower them with knowledge about technology.
blog | DanaLookadoo.com : : website | YO YO SEO : : twitter | @lookadoo : :
LinkedIn | Dana Lookadoo
Bryan Merica
Bryan Merica - Founded ID Media (www.idmcommunications.com), co-founded Fox and Hounds Daily, (www.foxandhoundsdaily.com), a blog covering business and politics in California and will serve as a “founding professor” for the soon-to-be-launched, National Institute of Politics, an online education resource for communications and political consultants. Before starting ID Media, he worked as a senior strategist for enterprise software, management consulting and start up technology companies. Merica graduated Summa Cum Lude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Pacific.
website | ID Media : : tweets | @bmerica : : linkedin | bryan merica
Sierra Friend
Sierra Friend, the “Blog Site Coach”, coaches Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs on the step-by-step process of setting up and marketing their business online. She assists in identifying, locating and creating relationships with target audiences and building online branding through Blogging, Social Networking, Video and many other Multi-Media platforms.
A certified Business Coach, Life Coach and Speaker, Sierra thrives on working one-on-one with her clients providing direction, training and support while they learn and implement their online systems and processes.
Sierra has created www.TheBlogSiteCoach.com as a go-to resource for businesses getting started online that wish to learn about the many tools available on the Internet to maximize their business exposure and profits.
Sierra and her team specialize in installing, customizing and optimizing Wordpress Blog Sites and have many programs and services that support you through the process of setting up and marketing your business online.
A Northern California native and mom of 2 fur-kids, Sierra enjoys hugging trees, small animals and her husband, Eric, when she’s offline.
website | sierrafriend : : facebook | sierra friend : : tweets | @sierrafriend
Suzanne Hopkins
Suzanne Hopkins, a proud mom and self described social media aficionado, recently joined the MomFaves team as Director of Marketing and Outreach. Working in various marketing and communications roles throughout her career, she’s especially passionate about working with small businesses and start-ups–integrating both traditional and online outreach strategies to achieve results.
Before relocating to the Sacramento region 4 years ago, Suzanne owned and ran a successful brick and mortar specialty retail shop for 6 years–an invaluable experience in which she learned the unique challenges and obstacles small businesses often face in finding, attracting, and engaging loyal customers. Drawing on this experience, she’s developed creative marketing and outreach strategies that help small businesses leverage cost effective resources and tools that, when used effectively, enable them to truly connect with customers and grow their businesses.
Applying her experiences to assist and empower mom-valued brands is a dream-come-true job!
Suzanne lives just outside downtown Sacramento with her husband and eight year old daughter, Bella. In her ’spare time’, you can find her hanging out on her blog, S.HOPtalk, where she chats about the many things that inspire her–incluiding: family, indie artists, photography, travel, and her latest vintage finds.
