Bio: Ann Handley
Ann Handley is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs -- which means that she heads up All Things Content on the MarketingProfs Web site and is the Primary Caregiver of this blog, the MarketingProfs Daily Fix. She also blogs at The Huffington Post as well as her personal blog, Annarchy.
Prior to that, she was the co-founder of ClickZ.com.
Even before that, she was a longtime freelance journalist writing on everything from local politics to babies to travel to start-ups and banking and humor. (And sometimes, several topics at once.) She wrote regularly for the Boston Globe as well as a million (give or take) mainstream and trade publications. She wasn't discerning -- the truth is, she wrote for anything that would put bread in her jar.
She received a Bachelor of Communication and Bachelor of Arts in English at Simmons College, Boston, and currently lives near Boston with her family and four dogs (long story).
Loves: cooking, sweet potato chips, sitting on a beach with a really good book. Hates: Writing about herself in the third person. Aspires to: Someday write for the New Yorker.
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Posts by Ann Handley:
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B2B, Twitter and Me,
23 Dec 2008 in Featured Posts
A few weeks ago, Andrew Spoeth of Enquiro interviewed me about my thoughts and experiences on the popular social networking site Twitter, specifically as it relates to my role as a B2B marketer (of sorts) and promoter of the MarketingProfs brand.
A…
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Content & Conversations: MarketingProfs & Forrester,
15 Dec 2008 in Featured Posts
I’ve been meaning to post about this since last week, but here you go: Tomorrow, December 16th, Jeremiah Owyang, Senior Analyst for Forrester Research, and I will collectively present on “Content and Conversations: Engaging Your Customers Online” in…
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50 Social Media & Marketing Predictions for 2009,
15 Dec 2008 in Featured Posts
It’s that time of year again: the holidays are upon us, a new year looms, and the pundits polish their crystal balls and make their predictions for what’s in the offing. This year, Daily Fix contributor Peter Kim assembled some 13 of us to answer the…
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Our New ‘About Us’ Page,
10 Dec 2008 in Featured Posts
On a company web site, the ‘About Us’ page can be a tricky thing. You need one, Jakob Nielsen says, because effectively explaining the company’s purpose and what it stands for “provides essential support for all other website goals.” Ah yes–…
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9 In the Morning,
06 Nov 2008 in Featured Posts
Daily Fix contributor Steve Woodruff runs a series of posts he calls “Five in the Morning.” At 5 AM, he highlights 5 blogs or posts or resources that are worth visiting. I like the concept, but 5 AM is way too early for me. So here are 9 at the more…
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Got iPhone Apps?,
05 Nov 2008 in Featured Posts
This past weekend, I finally bought an iPhone. I say “finally,” because I feel a bit like I’ve arrived late to a party in full swing …. it seems that lots of people have been partying with their smart phones for forever, it seems, while I’m just…
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Something Old, Something New at the Digital Marketing Mixer,
28 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
Eight years ago, in the spring of 2000, a company I co-founded called ClickZ held a two-day conference on email marketing at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA. This guy from Yahoo, Seth Godin, had just written a book called Permission Marketing, and…
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9 Questions for Guy Kawasaki,
21 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
As one of the original Apple employees, Guy Kawasaki is well-known as an entrepreneur in the technology and internet space. More recently, he’s become a publisher, too, founding the rumor reporting site Truemors in 2007 (it was purchased in June by…
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When It’s Time to Turn Off Twitter,
16 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
Don’t get me wrong: I love Twitter with all my heart and soul. But this week, it started to get in the way.
Earlier this week, I spent a day at the New Media Summit. The event itself was a blast: the content was solid, and I met some new friends, g…
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50 Powerful Women in Social Media,
14 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
I’m both honored and privileged to be named #1 on the list of the 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media, as tracked and compiled by the Immediate Influence Blog. Special thanks to Ron Hudson for all his work, and congratulations to…
