SoMedia
Networks (TSX-V:VID) (“SoMedia,” “the Company”), the pioneer of high
volume crowdsourced video production, is pleased to announce that Ben
Pickering, President and COO, will be participating in the upcoming Reel
Video Summit 2014 to be held in San Francisco on July 24th and 25th.
Pickering joins a select group of leading industry experts who will
discuss a range of current topics including video production and
marketing for large businesses and brands during two panel sessions,
“Grill the Gurus” and “Video Production Options for All Sizes – Methods,
Formats, Budgets."
With over 15 years of experience in digital media, online and software
industries, Pickering has worked with both start-ups and Fortune 500
companies. Prior to joining SoMedia Networks, Ben served as CEO at
Strutta, where he built the company into a leading SaaS social
media-marketing platform; and held several strategic roles at Yahoo!
within the Audiences and Advertising divisions, where his
responsibilities included business development, product strategy and
operations.
Pickering has contributed extensively on the topic of digital and social
media for websites such as the Huffington Post, Mashable and was
recently named a Top 40 Digital Strategist by the Online Marketing
Institute. He holds both an Economics degree and an MBA from Stanford
University.
The Reel Video Summit is recognized as one of the premier video
conferences organized by Mark Robertson, Founder and Publisher of ReelSEO.com,
the world’s leading resource for news, analysis, tips and trends for the
online video and internet marketing industries. Its videologists and
columnists offer expert advice, guidance, and commentary about the world
of online video in an effort to guide internet marketers and video
content producers towards best practices and online video services that
suit their needs. Its goal is to help evangelize for the industry,
collect and disseminate best practices, and learn a little bit while
doing it.
For more information visit: www.somedia.net
About SoMedia Networks
SoMedia Networks, the creator of Scalable Video, has reengineered how
businesses access video content creation, production and deployment. The
cloud-based SoMedia Platform allows businesses, brands and media to
easily order the production of custom video content at scale and volume,
anywhere, on demand, with rapid turnaround, and at a fraction of current
costs.
SoMedia provides Scalable Video as an integrated solution to corporate
partners, as a resale solution through thousands of web marketing firms
and directly to digital agencies and millions of SMBs across North
America. To learn more visit: www.somedia.net.
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