Erik Deckers
Owner of a social media agency, author, public speaker, newspaper humor columnist.
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.problogservice.com |
| Industries: | Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, Guerrilla marketing, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Public speaking, Sales, Writing |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding team mates, Getting press, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | blogger, marketing & pr pro, newspaper columnist, writer |
| Schools: | Ball State University |
FULL BIO
Erik is the co-owner and VP of Creative Services for Professional Blog Service in Indianapolis. He co-authored No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing (Pearson, 2011) and Branding Yourself: Using Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself (Pearson, 2010). He also helped write Twitter Marketing for Dummies (Wiley 2009).
Erik has been blogging since 1997, and has been a published writer for more than 24 years. He has been a newspaper humor columnist for 18 years, and is published in 10 newspapers around Indiana. Erik frequently speaks about blogging and social media for personal branding and small business marketing.
EDUCATION
| University: | Ball State University |
| Time period: | 1991 - 1993 |
| Degree: | Speech Communication (did not complete), MA |
| University: | Ball State University |
| Time period: | 1988 - 1990 |
| Degree: | College Student Personnel Administration, MA |
| University: | Ball State University |
| Time period: | 1984 - 1989 |
| Degree: | Philosophy, BSc |
Erik's Startups (1)
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Professional Blog Service
We are a business blogging and social media management service that make it possible for busy CEOs, executives and thought leaders to speak directly to their market, without media filters.
Erik is Following (11)
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MLB Geeks
MLBGeeks.com will objectively quantify the impact of performance enhancing drugs on baseball and its individual players, and our proprietary Hall of Fame Index will determine statistical HOF potential based on all factors, including use of PEDs.
Erik's Contacts (13)
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Tom Deeter
Indianapolis resident, soccer fan, IUPUI alum, content consultant & social media manager
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Stephen James
Web designer, video editor, poet, photographer, avid reader, traveler, news/lecture junkie
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Idris Busari
B.A in Communication from Goshen College, Production Manager/Staff Announcer at 91.1FM, The Globe since November 2009.
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Paul Lorinczi
Help clients write, manage, and promote their B2B and B2C blogging strategies. The emphasis is on content promotion, list building, and messaging to their market segments interested in their product or service.