After almost a decade of marketing in a corporate setting, she got sick of being a corporate cog and decided to go it alone, bootstrapping a business based on one simple principle:
Partnership.

Armed with an Apple computer and head full of marketing know-how, she built Blue Steele Solutions to help small businesses market themselves and grow in ways they didn’t think possible.

But that doesn’t mean she has to leave her coding, design, or writing days behind—when she isn’t building out CRMs or getting her hands dirty in a new Genesis theme, you might find her writing a blog post, designing a logo, or watching reruns of The Office.

When she’s not moderating questions in the Advanced WordPress Facebook group, Heather hangs out at Disney World and kills old flash applications—she even writes functions when she’s bored.

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Rocks Digital Marketing Q & A Panel

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DeAndre has worked with more than 600 brands (yes, really!) to help them enhance their social media presence, across a variety of social channels, increasing not only their fans and audience, but a return on investment for their social media efforts. He hopes to be a Power Ranger when he grows up.

DeAndre currently services as Digital Media Manager at Standing Dog Interactive.

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Rocks Digital Marketing Q & A Panel

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Bill maintains a blog on his website, www.BillHartzer.com, and is one of the original founders of the Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM). He has more than 18 years of search engine marketing, SEO and social media marketing experience.

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Rocks Digital Marketing Q & A Panel

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In 2009, she discovered she had a passion for digital marketing and a natural talent for leveraging social media platforms to brand clients and businesses.

Lissa speaks at conferences around D/FW, local chambers of commerce and to groups about digital marketing, social media and the importance of online branding. She does all this while balancing her many responsibilities at Advice Local. Her primary focus is spearheading company initiatives related to branding and marketing in the local search industry.

In her spare time, you can find Lissa behind the scenes creating content, playing in WordPress and posting to the company’s social media accounts, as one of the voices behind the brand.

Connect with Lissa on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn @LissaDuty. Google “Lissa Duty” to find an endless stream of information to learn more about her and her contributions to social media and the community.

Workshop Details

Making the Most of Social Media

SEM, SEO, PPC, SMM and if you don’t know what all that means, it’s a TKO for your brand. In digital marketing, as in life, many disjointed pieces come together to make a masterpiece. Taking control of your brand’s identity and giving it a “personality” all its own has never been easier in the age of social media.

But it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. In this workshop, you’ll walk through the finer points of social media optimization for three major channels, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

A presence on social media does not guarantee traffic or success. A strategic approach, catered to your targeted audiences, on the social channels they frequent, is essential to winning in this wired world. Lissa and John will cut through the algorithms and tech talk to give you practical points to win.

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Rocks Digital Marketing Q & A Panel

Wouldn’t it be great if you could ask your favorite digital marketers, local search experts and social media pros questions about their areas of expertise up close and personal? Rocks Digital thinks it’s a great idea and is bringing back this favorite, all Q&A panel for you to do just that! After hearing cool keynotes and participating in mind-bending breakouts we’re sure you’ll have a list of questions to settle your mind before you head home.

Conference organizer and hostess with the mostest, Lissa Duty, will moderate the session and make sure you get the mobile & web, content, local search & SEO, and social media answers you desire from industry experts.

Meet the panelists – Bill Hartzer, Heather Steele and DeAndre Upshaw.

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