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About Ann Handley

Ann HandleyShort version:

Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer
MarketingProfs
contact me: ann[dot]handley[at]gmail[dot]com

Other places I write:
Huffington Post
MarketingProfs
MarketingProfs Daily Fix
This Mommy Gig

Long version:

I am Ann Handley, and this is my personal web log. This is a place to talk about the state of “Annarchy.” Annarchy is my world: a general state of disorder and occasional (yes!) chaos. Here, I talk about the interesting bits of life, the stuff that doesn’t fit into either my business blogging or freelance editorializing. Often, those “interesting bits” are the intersection of our home lives and technology, or the way new technologies change the way we live our lives.

What I do: I am an 11-year veteran of creating and managing digital content to build relationships for organizations and individuals, and I have a demonstrated ability to develop content strategy and to fully execute on it. I have a real passion for building community, particularly in using new media tools to broaden and build value.

Currently, I work as the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs, which provides strategic and tactical marketing know-how for marketing and business professionals through a full range of online media. I write at the MarketingProfs Daily Fix, a blog in the top 20 of the Advertising Age Power150 and in the top 10 of The Viral Garden’s Top 25 Marketing & Social Media Blogs. I am also a contributor to The Huffington Post.

Previously, I was the co-founder of ClickZ, one of the first sources of interactive marketing news and commentary. Prior to that, I spent 12 years as a business editor and writer for both local and national trade and consumer publications.

I live near Boston in a slightly creaky, comfortable house with 2 kids, 4 dogs, good coffee in the kitchen, decent wine in the cellar, a stack of New Yorkers by the bed, and an occasional field mouse in the laundry room.

If you are still wanting, you can find out more about me here:

My Facebook page
My LinkedIn Profile

Q&A with Conversation Agent
Q&A with MineThatData blog
Interview with Young Go Getter
Q&A with Craig Sutton
B2B, Social Media and Twitter podcast
and
My favorite interview ever

Or possibly nothing is more fun than following me on Twitter.com/marketingprofs

And by the way, that’s a photo of me above, circa 1966, in front of my Dad’s red ‘65 Mustang. I’m about 3.

22 Comments

22 responses so far ↓

  • Dan Schawbel // Jan 27, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    Ann, just saw you now have a personal blog from a tweet. Should be interesting how you manage your time between Huffington, MarketingProfs and everything else!

    Keep in touch,

    Dan

  • Dusan // Jan 28, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Keep it Ann-archistic. :-)

  • Blogger Socialites: Handley, Heaton, Hoet, Horne, Howard « StickyFigure // Mar 4, 2008 at 4:11 am

    [...] and playful - all while fitting a style that is distinctively Ann. If you haven’t had a chance to meet her, you’re in for quite a treat come April 4th in [...]

  • Mike Wagner // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Dear Ann, glad to have found your blog!

    The girl in the header is very cute…but it is the car that caught my eye.

    To my all to vivid imagination it looks just like my 65 Mustang down to the color.

    Keep creating,
    Mike

  • Barb! // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Annarchy… Too funny, girl! Glad to see that you’re still talkin’ turkey like the old ClickZ days. Keep ‘em coming and thanks for sending me the link.

    Love the picture, BTW.

    Hugs, Barb!

  • New Marketing Summit 08: A Twitter-like pace and many a familiar face « Diablogue // Oct 27, 2008 at 12:26 am

    [...] Defren, Chris Brogan, Christopher Penn, and David Meerman Scott. Although I didn’t get to meet Ann Handley (who was there on the first day), it still felt good just knowing she was in the room somewhere [...]

  • Deborah Sloan // Dec 2, 2008 at 6:10 am

    Just found you and your blog via Ann Kingsman’s post about bookseller blogs and wanted to reach out as I, too, work in marketing (publishing consultant focusing on marketing children’s books) and live in Andover and frequent the Andover Bookstore (plus am a fan of Marketing Profs). Always nice to read from a fellow Andoverite … would love to meet you for a cup of coffee in town should you find yourself with a free 30 minutes…

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  • New Marketing Summit 08: A Twitter-like pace and many a familiar face // Jan 17, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    [...] Defren, Chris Brogan, Christopher Penn, and David Meerman Scott. Although I didn’t get to meet Ann Handley (who was there on the first day), it still felt good just knowing she was in the room somewhere [...]

  • Joan Ward // Mar 24, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    Hi Ann, you don’t know me, but I know about you because your sister is married to my son. The Rick and Pat Show, live and ongoing. I really like your blog and wish you well. Last year I wrote a book of quips, quotes and favorite sayings , not for publishing, just for fun. I gave one to my husband, David and one to my daughter, Hope. They were complete with pictures that I drew on each page, really primitive looking junk, but they loved them and went around showing them to everybody they met, to my embarrassment. It was fun to do, but I don’t think I’ll do it again. Pat tells me you are interested in writing a book. Well, girl, go for it. You are very talented and erudite. I would love to read such a book when it’s published. Well, now you know me and I’m very happy to know you. I love your quirky sense of humor. I hope to see more of your work. Love and best wishes, Joan.

  • Joan Ward // Mar 24, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    I forgot to mention that you and Pat look a lot alike, I think. Your baby pic reminds me of Jerry when he was that age. Cutest little boy in the world. Joan

  • Using Social Media to Market Your Business | The Way of Money // Apr 20, 2009 at 6:43 am

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  • Links of Note for April 2009 « Peg Mulligan’s Blog // Apr 26, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    [...] Ann Handley observes how she has learned to leverage her writer’s sensitivity as a strength. “Sometimes, recognition of who you are grows into acceptance. And if you’re lucky, you figure out how to leverage that weakness.” [...]

  • Eric Miltsch // May 21, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    Hey Ann,

    Just noticed the link you added for your Tweet&Greet interview…thanks - very cool.

    You’re the best…

    Eric

  • yinka olaito // May 23, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Ann, I have being on mailing list of marketingprofs for a yera now. Quite interesting to see the other said of a marketing guru. Keep it up.
    yinka

  • Enter your presentation to Tell A Story contest | SlideShare Blog // May 26, 2009 at 7:29 am

    [...] Like before we have assembled a star cast of judges: Tony Hseih, Om Malik, Don Tapscott, Pete Cashmore, and Ann Handley. [...]

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