Amy Vernon

A 20-year veteran of newspaper journalism and named the #15 most influential woman in tech on Twitter by Business Insider and Peer Index, Amy Vernon is sought-after for advice on how to navigate the social web. Amy is an inaugural inductee of the New Jersey Social Media Hall of Fame, has been a mentor for Women 2.0, Women Innovate Mobile, and Bella Minds. She guest lectures regularly at Baruch College, CUNY, on the subject of social media use in traditional media industries.

Amy was asked to contribute to the Social@Scale e-book and contributes to a wide variety of publications including VentureBeat, The Next Web, Medium and LinkedIn. Her #SMEtiquette (social media etiquette) column is widely read and respected.

Her specialties are viral marketing, social media, social networking, the etiquette of online life, content marketing, journalism, evolution of journalism, women in technology, open source, community building, and Siberian Huskies.

Amy has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, AdAge, and Politico.

Follow Amy at @amyvernon