Paul Chaney

Paul Chaney

Internet marketing director

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

Current
  • President at International Blogging and New Media Association
  • Internet Marketing Director at Bizzuka, Inc
Past
  • VP, Business Development at Blogging Systems
  • President at Radiant Marketing Group (Sole Proprietorship)
  • Director of Online Communications at American Family Association
Education
  • New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • William Carey College
  • East Central Junior College
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Paul Chaney’s Summary

Paul is Internet Marketing Director for Web content management software company, Bizzuka. He is also president of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA). In addition, he serves on the advisory board of the Womens Wisdom Network, Social Media Marketing Institute and SmartBrief on Social Media.

He is author of a a new book on social media marketing entitled, "The Digital Handshake: Seven Proven Strategies to Grow Your Business Using Social Media," published by Wiley and set for release in September 2009.

Paul was co-founder of Blogging Systems, a blog software company that significantly impacted the real estate industry in terms of encouraging Realtors to adopt blogging as a marketing strategy. Along with Blogging Systems CEO Richard Nacht, he co-authored "Realty Blogging: Build your Brand and Outsmart Your Competition," which similarly impacted the industry and which was the first blogging book to target a specific industry vertical.

He is a feature writer for Practical Ecommerce magazine on the use of blogs and social media for marketing purposes. He has led numerous workshops and seminars on the topic, including the first ever such seminar in Asia in 2005. He also blogged professionally with Weblogs, Inc, as well as with Allbusiness.com.

Paul has served as Technical Editor on a number of the "For Dummies" series books related to blogs and Internet marketing, and was contributing writer on Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies, published by Wiley.

Paul has been quoted in leading mainstream media publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer and Best's Review, as well as a number of industry trade magazines.

His dedication to and belief in this medium has made him a widely recognized thought-leader and respected industry expert in the field of business blogging and social media.

Paul Chaney’s Specialties:

Business blog consultant, online marketing consulting, social media marketing, Facebook marketing, Twitter marketing, real estate blogging, business blogging


Paul Chaney’s Experience

  • President

    International Blogging and New Media Association

    (Internet industry)

    March 2008Present (1 year 5 months)

    The IBNMA has been formed to serve as a single voice representing members of the industry and as an advocate to promote its growth. The Association’s mission is four-fold, to provide: Research, information, education and advocacy to bloggers, podcasters, social media consultants and others related to the industry in any way.

    Membership is open to anyone who actively participates in the industry as well as those who have an interest in doing so.

    The IBNMA is committed to:

    -Educating and guiding its members, from the individual enthusiast up to enterprise level professionals.

    -Promoting and nurturing blogging & new media communication technology, methods and standards.

    -Collaboration and dynamic community interaction through online technology.

    -Representing the global interests of our community through advocacy endeavors in the U.S. and abroad.

  • Internet Marketing Director

    Bizzuka, Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    August 2007Present (2 years)

    Bizzuka provides custom Web site design and content management services and intranet development services for small and medium sized business throughout the United States. I oversee marketing at the company and provide creative direction in the Production department.

  • VP, Business Development

    Blogging Systems

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2006August 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Blogging Systems provides turn-key blog social networks for real estate, recruiting and other industries.

  • President

    Radiant Marketing Group (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    November 2004July 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    Online marketing boutique focused on providing web design, development and marketing services to SMBs with a special emphasis on blogs.

  • Director of Online Communications

    American Family Association

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

    December 1999November 2004 (5 years)

    Oversaw all aspects of AFA's online communications efforts, which included a family of Web sites, opt-in email list management, online advocacy and fund-raising.
    • Grew department from one staff member to four full-time employees and one part-time
    • Went from two web properties with 1,500 unique visitors per day to more than 12 with over eight million unique visitors per month
    • Oversaw creation of innovative online advocacy technology
    • One of first non-profits to deploy use of RSS technology
    • Grew opt-in email marketing list from 50,000 to over two million
    • Increased online revenue from zero dollars to nearly $700,000 per year


Paul Chaney’s Education

  • New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

    MRE , Church music,religious education , 19801985

  • William Carey College

    BM , Music , 19751977

    Graduated cum laude

    Activities and Societies:
    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,Chorale,Jazz band
  • East Central Junior College

    AA , Music , 19731975


Additional Information

Paul Chaney’s Websites:

Paul Chaney’s Interests:

Web 2.0,business blogging,social networks,real estate blogging,general aviation,jazz piano

Paul Chaney’s Groups:

Practical Ecommerce, Society of Word of Mouth, International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA)

  •    Real Estate Connect
  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
  •    WordFrame Community Platform
  •    Fans of Mashable
  •    Social Media Today
  •    Tweeple
  •    Connected Marketing Networking Group
  •    MarketingProfs
  •    Ragin Cajuns
  •    TechWeb
  •    user friendly thinking
  •    Linked Strategies
  •    Web Development for Advertising Agencies
  •    Social Media Marketing Mavens
  •    Thought Leadership Marketing Mastermind Group
  •    Gravity Summit
  •    IABC Southern Region Conference 09
  •    B2B Lead Generation Roundtable
  •    Your Pitch Sucks
  •    ActiveRain Corp

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