
Leslie Poston is passionate about helping people and businesses find their way to success via technology. As a writer, she has over 200 ebooks and books in her repertoire and several more in development, including Twitter for Dummies with Laura Fitton and Michael Gruen (set for release in summer 2009).
As a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development, she is the Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development consultancy. She is also the Co-Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film as well as a long-time consultant to the entertainment industry for new media development and marketing.
A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH/ME and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative. Her educational background is in English Literature and Clinical Psychology.
When she isn't watching or playing sports (especially hockey and UFC/MMA), playing piano, hiking, sailing, skiing, supporting local bands, playing with her Rottweiler, or working, Leslie can be found on Twitter and other social media sites, meeting new people, forging relationships between businesses and customers and making connections with the world.
I conduct social media training sessions of all sizes to help you bring your company into World 2.0 using social media and technology.
I present social media panels and presentations at a variety of conventions, as well as un-conventions like PodCamp3 Boston 2008.
I have ghostwritten ebooks and articles on ADHD, ADD, Death and Grieving, Psychology, Philosophy, MySpace, AdWords, AdSense, Affiliate Marketing, SEO Optimization, Blogging, Weddings, Pets, Business Tactics, Music, Reality Television Shows, 9/11, eBay, Headache Treatments, careers in the arts and much more. Current projects include ghostwriting the book about Twitter.
I have also been tapped for several "blogs for hire" over the years on a wide variety of subjects, including Lost in Technology, TouchBase Blog from Pistachio Consulting, Workshifting blog with Cisco and Chris Brogan, Profy and Blorge.
I completed fifteen "how-to" e-books for Style Career Publications, with more planned.
I completed a major editing project for a private party, encompassing a chapbook of their family history and compilations of several wills and other family heirloom documents.
For Brooks, I was responsible for all marketing material, research, graphic design, direct marketing, ad copy, and corporate identity publishing from design to distribution.
For Vortech Superchargers, I was responsible for retail catalog design, parts and product photography, editing and publication under multiple ongoing deadlines.
I have been responsible for catalog and material copy writing and design from conception to completion for such companies as WAHMOutsource, Writing Concepts, SafeWay Training and Transportation, NAHB, MCC / Peelers, AGC California Tri Counties, Takanaka USA, Barber and Barber, Inc., Cottage Hospital System, Structnet Inc. and BrainPower, Inc., plus many more.
My career in publishing began with 2 years as a contributing reporter to the weekly financial newsletter Corporate Growth Report, followed by a promotion to Managing Editor of the same newsletter and its companion yearly sourcebook for an additional 2 years. During that time I oversaw two other reporters in addition to newsletter and sourcebook production, research and assisting with editing the company's fledgling comedy magazine.
800.501.4049 voice mail 928.438.5038 fax leslie at uptownuncorked.com