Sarah Cooley

Current

Host/Writer/Producer at What's it all about: Web 2.0
Social Media Consultant, Blogger at RandomSarah.com

Past

Mac Specialist at Apple Retail
Genius at Apple Retail
Editor-in-Chief at Queens College Knight News

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Education

City University of New York-Queens College

Recommended

4 people have recommended Sarah

Connections

70 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Sarah Cooley’s Summary

I have always been interested in technology and the web, but I discovered a special interest when I started to get involved in social media.

I have extensive experience with social media, online community, and online video.

I love educating people about New Media and Technology and I am an experienced speaker on the topic.

My goals are to grow my knowledge and help companies better understand how they can use Social Media to grow their brands.

Sarah Cooley’s Specialties:

Social Media Tools: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Wiki’s.
User Generated Content: YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo, Blip.tv, Flickr, and iTunes.
Web Platforms: Wordpress, Wordpress MU, Blogger, Tumblr, and basic HTML.
Software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
Final Cut Pro, and iMovie

Sarah Cooley’s Experience

Host/Writer/Producer

What's it all about: Web 2.0

(Online Media industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

What's it all about: Web 2.0, is a podcast about Web 2.0 sites and services and how to use them. The podcast was created by Sarah Cooley as a way to help people get more involved on the web.
Social Media Consultant, Blogger

RandomSarah.com

(Online Media industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Founder, Blogger, and Video blogger, covering web 2.0, new media, and online communities.
Mac Specialist

Apple Retail

(Public Company; AAPL; Retail industry)

March 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Familiar with everything that Apple makes and sells. Not only the hardware but understanding all of the software as well. Responsible for knowing and understanding all the technical specifications of Apple’s products. In that time I became very good at explaining very technical things in a way that was easy to understand.
Genius

Apple Retail

(Public Company; AAPL; Retail industry)

February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

Provided support customer service issues and in technical support issues for all Apple computers, iPods and iPhones at the Genius Bar. Also was responsible for helping customers trouble shoot technical issues with the operation system, OSX and with the web.
Editor-in-Chief

Queens College Knight News

(Online Media industry)

October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)

The Queens College Knight News is a publication run by students at Queens College. It has issues both in print and online.

As Editor-in-Chief I was responsible for overseeing production, managing deadlines from editors, dealing with advertising sales, all while being the public face of the newspaper.