Ignite Social Media Hires Lisa McNeill as Social Media Strategist

(CARY, NC—October 12, 2007) —North Carolina’s first social media agency, Ignite Social Media, announced today the hiring of Lisa McNeill as Social Media Strategist.

“We’re happy to have Lisa on the team,” said Jim Tobin, company founder and president. “We brought Lisa on during the soft launch period and she’s proven herself a prolific worker and someone who really gets what social media marketing is all about.”

Lisa brings a background in advertising and marketing to her role. She’s experienced in working on local, regional and national accounts. As a social media strategist, Lisa will outline social media tactics and develop social media campaigns to help companies reach customers and build brand advocates. Her expertise in project management and marketing will additionally guide the execution of these campaigns.

Lisa graduated from Appalachian State University Magnum Cum Laude, earning a Bachelor in Science, Communications Degree.

About: Ignite Social Media

Ignite Social Media is one of the nation’s first social media agencies, a type of agency that specializes in helping corporations use social media tools, sites and applications to increase their connection with customers and prospects and to increase marketing benefits.

Some of Ignite’s services include: podcast creation, blog design and editorial, online video creation and distribution, widget consulting, wiki creation/management, search engine/social media optimization, social network creation, social site profile creation/management (on sites like Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), RSS Feed implementation, and Web 2.0 consulting.

Ignite Social Media is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. For more information please visit: www.ignitesocialmedia.com