Vicki Flaugher, Publishing Strategist

http://linkedin.com/in/smartwoman

I’m an author, speaker, publisher, and crazy positive dreamer. I give back as a Lions club member, and for fun, I’m a two-stepping, shotgun shooting scooter girl. I never waste a chance to chase (and find) fun with abandon and joy. Life is both too long and too short to not do what you love.

For work, I’m a geek girl author who loves social media, niche marketing, digital reputation development. Writing is my favorite thing but I also like busting down the silos of old school media via digital publishing.

I love to speak/train about the amazing power of the crazy interwebs and encourage entrepreneurism every chance I get. I think the internet was sent from heaven to change the world for the better, and I thrive best bathed in laughter and sunshine.

My passionate purpose is empowering female entrepreneurs in developing countries through microlending, education, and market access.

Some bragging rights:

Mentions on Forbes: 2011 Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers, 2011 Top 10 Most Influential Women on Social Media, 2009 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter. Featured as WE Magazine’s Bloggers to Watch, guest featured on Blognosh.com, Divapreneurs Magazine, SocialMediaClub.org and currently head blogger at CommPRO.biz’ Social Media Zone. I have a BBA in Finance, was on the web before Google existed, & I have a pet unicorn that laughs out rainbow sparkles.