Stanford Smith

My love of technology started when I was eight years old. My parents bought me the Bill Cosby computer - the TI-994A. I spent so much time programming that box that my parents "threatened" to send me outside to play!

During college I tinkered with technology but wanted a way to combine my inner geek with my growing fascination with marketing. On August 9, 1995 I was working at a little strip mall Radio Shack store. The televisions were tuned to a cable business channel that was reporting on the IPO of a 16-month old start-up called Netscape. That day, Netscape's founders became billionaires. I was hooked by web marketing ever since.

Eighteen-years later, I'm still fascinated by technology, marketing, and the power of the social web to level the playing field for small and medium sized businesses.

I blog about my perspectives at PushingSocial.com, recently ranked, for the 2nd consecutive year, as being a Top 10 Social Media blog. I also work one-on-one with passionate entrepreneurs to use content marketing, social media, and good ole-fashioned chutzpah to achieve their business and personal goals.