Robyn Tippins

Current

• Community Manager, Yahoo! Developer Network at Yahoo!
• Owner at Sleepyblogger.com

Past

• Community Manager at Yahoo! MyBlogLog
• Video Game Work at Fleishman Hillard
• WOM Consultant at Intel

• Editor at Pittwatch.com at b5 Media
• Creative Writer at Behr Paints
• Editor at GamesIndustryWire.com at b5 Media
• Editor at InsideMotherhood.com at b5 Media
• Editor At SocialRiots.com at Know More Media
• Blog Editor at RSS Applied
• Media Coordinator for the State of VA at Concerned Women for America
• Marketing Director at Mooble
• Editor/Writer at VoIP Weblog at Creative Weblogging
• Editor/Writer at Social Networking Weblog at Creative Weblogging

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Education

• Armstrong Atlantic State University
• Georgia Southern Univ

Recommended

6 people have recommended Robyn

Connections

314 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog
• Innovative Advertising
• Gaming And Tech Vlog

Robyn Tippins’s Summary

• Strong Viral and WOM marketing background.
• Recent experience includes everything from full marketing campaign for large social networking site to one-time press releases for small developer-based geek communities.
• Well connected. I am in almost a dozen private, invite-only groups, that are made up of some of the most influential people on the net. (CEOs, bloggers, PR execs, writers, speakers, authors and vlog/podcasters)

I’ve been involved with collaborative and ‘social’ sites since the late 90s. Much of my PR/marketing consulting is topically focused towards the online market. I have advised small businesses and Fortune 50 companies on Web 2.0, Social Networking, VoIP, Video Games, Emerging Technology, the Blogosphere and Youth Marketing.

• I am a prolific member of these sites: Digg.com, Del.icio.us, 43Things, MySpace, Flickr, Orkut (Google’s invite only social site), TagWorld, Mooble, LinkedIN and more
• I design CSS/HTML sites based on web standards. I believe making the user’s site experience almost seemless and natural, habitual, is vital to the success of any site.
• I write on social networking and Web 2.0 at my site sleepyblogger.com, in addition to writing on marketing, advertising and the video games industry on 3 blog networks.
• I have a popular podcast in iTunes (#1 in terms of popularity for 'social networking' and a video games/technology vidcast that also appears on YouTube (50K+ views), Revver, Vimeo and Blip.tv.
• I’ve helped many bloggers make the leap from hobby blogger to full-time blogger. I’ve managed a blog network of 15 bloggers, consulted on the development of another PR blog network, and I’ve written for 5 blog networks thus far. Recently my firm launched Problogwriters.com, a forum for aspiring professional bloggers.

Robyn Tippins’s Specialties:

Most of my clients come for social media consulting (vlogging, social bookmarking, blogging, etc.), but I have a wide variety of experience with web commerce.
• CSS, light JavaScript, HTML (XHTML), light PHP, SEO copywriting.
• Experience with Google Adsense/AdWords, YPN, AdBrite, BlogAds, direct site advertising buys and affiliate marketing.
• Experienced in writing feature articles, essays, editorial pieces, press releases, political talking points, and creative print/radio ad copy.

Robyn Tippins’s Experience

• Community Manager, Yahoo! Developer Network

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; yhoo; Online Media industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Mostly I just have meetings, read email and chat. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it I guess ;)

• Owner

  Sleepyblogger.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 1998 — Present (9 years 11 months)

  Writing and consulting takes up most of my time, but I take on a few 'odd' projects like flash tutorials and pro bono design/marketing work.

• Community Manager

  Yahoo! MyBlogLog

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• Video Game Work

  Fleishman Hillard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; OMC; Computer Games industry)

  October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)

• WOM Consultant

  Intel

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

  December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)

  My main goal is to help people find out what the Intel Software Network is doing. The people there are amazing and their contribution is substantial. They just need a small amount of help being seen and that's where I come in. I help them find the conversation that is relevant to their work and assist them in communicating with developers, innovators and general geeks. You couldn't ask for a better job.

• Editor at Pittwatch.com

  b5 Media

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

• Creative Writer

  Behr Paints

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DADE; Retail industry)

  December 2006 — January 2007 (2 months)

  I'm writing headlines for to inspire bold paint choices and painting techniques.

• Editor at GamesIndustryWire.com

  b5 Media

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

  December 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• Editor at InsideMotherhood.com

  b5 Media

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)

• Editor At SocialRiots.com

  Know More Media

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  August 2006 — November 2006 (4 months)

• Blog Editor

  RSS Applied

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)

  I managed a number of blogs and wrote on the RSS blog, the podcasting blog, and 5 other blogs regularly. The RSS blog won an award while I managed/wrote it and the blog was included in the index on TechMeme.
  
  I wrote much of the text on the static pages at RSSApplied.com, PodcastPublishing.com and many others, as it was one of my primary jobs. I also laid out simple blogs and websites for clients.
  
  I managed more than a dozen bloggers. Duties included finding them, training them, proofing their work for quality and mistakes and training them in proper SEO, including niche SEO for their industry. Our group included blogs on diverse topics (from real estate to music piracy, from credit cards to financial blogs).

• Media Coordinator for the State of VA

  Concerned Women for America

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Political Organization industry)

  August 2002 — April 2006 (3 years 9 months)

  Concerned Women for America is the largest public policy women's organization in America. I served on the steering committee when I lived in GA and when I moved to VA I served on the steering committee for this state as well. My initial position was as newsletter editor, as my design work and writing lended towards this position, however, the media coordinator position came available I gradually transitioned into it. I wrote many press releases, kept the state website up to date, wrote and edited position papers, talking points and spoke on the radio defending CWA of VA's positions.
  
  I represented CWA of VA locally and lobbied at the state house several times. My duties on the steering committee included organizational skills and general position planning. I learned a great deal in my years working with CWA of VA and I have great respect for the women and men leading the organization, especially at the state level.

• Marketing Director

  Mooble

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

  January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)

  Mooble was a flash-based social networking startup based in Europe. I served as the marketing director for a short time. In that time I instated a vidcast, made connections with bloggers/podcasters, bought online advertising and set up several high-level partnerships with other online companies.
  
  I wrote the Mooble blog, that at one time, had a popular vidcast in iTunes and 'owned' several competitive key phrases in Google.

• Editor/Writer

  VoIP Weblog at Creative Weblogging

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)

• Editor/Writer

  Social Networking Weblog at Creative Weblogging

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)

Robyn Tippins’s Education

• Armstrong Atlantic State University

  History August 1997 — July 1998

• Georgia Southern Univ

  Marketing January 1993 — May 1995

Additional Information

Robyn Tippins’s Websites:

• My Blog
• Innovative Advertising
• Gaming And Tech Vlog

Robyn Tippins’s Interests:

6 yrs on-air radio experience; teaching/speaking; 5 yrs freelance design work; html and css capable; really enjoy finding out what makes others do what they do (guess that's why I love marketing); Podcasting for almost 2 years; Vlogging for a year now; Marketing; Non-Profit Management Experience; Self Starter and Workaholic certified pilates instructor; video games; ...world peace ;)

Robyn Tippins’s Groups:

CWFA, FCC, Podcast Roundtable, LinkedIN Bloggers Moderator

•    eOffice member
•    280 Group member
•    jaxtr user group member

Robyn Tippins’s Honors:

several in sales; one or two in awards for volunteer work; have been nominated for blog awards but never won (pity party)

Robyn Tippins’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
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• business deals
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