Mike McDermott Joins Bash Foo Social Media as Lead Community Manager

Tipp City, OH, July 24, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Bash Foo Social Media, a strategy and marketing firm that helps small businesses grow Online communities of followers as well as their brand, is pleased to announce that Mike McDermott has joined the firm as Lead Community Manager.

Mike will be spearheading all social media strategies for the firm's clients, with supplementary online and offline content. Mike will be responsible for developing and executing plans in social networking, video sharing, blogging and building and maintaining web communities on behalf of Bash Foo Social Media clients. He will also drive search optimization solutions and web content delivery that will drive traffic to their clients’ websites.

As the former President of Cyberportal Technologies LLC, Mike has used his marketing talents within the connected web since 1995. He has worked to expand his expertise from building web technologies back in the late 1990’s to the new Web 2.0 social media staples such as blogging, podcasting, video, micro-blogging, and social bookmarking. Mike has also began consulting with small and medium sized businesses in the Ohio region on how to use social media and digital marketing to improve brand awareness, drive traffic, and increase sales. Mike has a complete command of internet and social media marketing strategies including SEO, SEM, SMM, and SMO.

Mike provides an uncompromising and unconventional analysis of a client’s business need which then maximizes the returns of even a small social media campaign. As Lead Community Manager, he opens doors for the clients of Bash Foo Social Media in a very unique way so that they can participate in the online dialogue of their business and their brand. His passionate resolve to build communities and moderate the conversation has also driven Mike to host The Get Social! Radio Show, an online radio station that provides local businesses with both a voice and an ear to consumers. The Get Social! Radio Show is broadcast every Wednesday night at 9PM EST http://blogtalkradio.com/getsocial

"Mike has helped to redefine for us what ‘Foo’ actually means to our clients. ‘Foo’ is the amazing ability of human action in all of its forms to excite, engage, enrage, amuse, disgust, align and create a passionate response in others," states Virginia McDermott, Owner of Bash Foo Social Media.

About Bash Foo Social Media
Bash Foo Social Media is a business strategy and marketing firm that grows online communities of followers as well as brand relevance. Bash Foo Social Media seeks to become the most valued and trusted partner for every client through a passionate voice, winning strategies and measurable results. Today, Bash Foo Social Media delivers these winning strategies and measurable results for companies across all industries in Ohio as well as a number of national and international accounts. For more information on Bash Foo Social Media, call 937-573-8535 or visit http://bashfoo.org

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