My Social Media & Blogging Profile

Thanks for checking out my social media profile – let me give you a little background on who I am and what I do.  My name is Lynette, I’m 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 (ouch), lived in New Jersey all my life, very happily married and together we have two kids (girl & boy).  2009 brought a lot of change and growth to my company, and now most days I occupy an amazing office with lots of creative people.  We have a ping pong table and golf green in the building, but I have yet to master either.  Other interesting facts:

  • Blogger and podcaster, a regular Pixel Princess – it’s what I do!
  • Gamer (XBOX is my platform of choice, with the DS, Wii, PS2 & PC/Mac platforms all in the running)
  • MacBook Pro lover
  • Matthew Ebel fan
  • JC Hutchins fan
  • Rick Springfield fan (and his new stuff is WAY better than Jessie’s Girl)
  • Scrapbooker & former paper arts professional (I used to own a scrapbook store)
  • Closet girly-girl who loves to find any occasion I can to wear makeup, do my hair, and buy new shoes

Right now my focus online is to make friends, build my business, promote my blog, live a great life and connect with other people that can help me do these things.  I’m an avid blog reader and social media contributor, both personally and professionally.  I help organize PodCamp Philly and Social Media Club Princeton NJ.

You can read more about me past, present & future on my About Me page.

My Blogs

I’ve been blogging since 1997.  Really.  I stared out blogging about my pugs and their miscellaneous adventures of eating carpet lint and striving to always sleep in the sunny spot by the back door.  It wasn’t even called blogging back then, nor were there blogging platforms or software out yet, so I coded the whole thing by hand.  BY. HAND. Since the dog days I’ve graduated to blogging about my life, my family, my work, and my hobbies.  Right now I author several of my own blogs, and contribute on a few more.

My Podcasts

I’m also a podcaster, early on the scene since 2004.  Originally I stared out with a little audio show about my life, but then hunkered down and created the world’s first scrapbooking and paper arts podcast, SCRAPcast.  The show has been through good and bad times, but is currently being reworked as a video show but perpetually on hold due to space restrictions in my house.  I’m proud to say that my show was one of the first to ever land an independent sponsorship deal that really did allow me to ‘quit my day job’.

As fate might have it, I currently am busy with writing and producing clients works that I seldom have time to produce my own content any longer!  What is the old saying… the shoemaker never has shoes of his own…

I have attended and spoken at several industry conferences such as Podcast & New Media Expo and several Podcamps on topics such as Women in Podcasting and Second Life.

My Business

I actually have my hand in a few things right now. Nothing is more important than being a mother to my kids and being able to stay home with them, but for the welfare of my wallet and my own sanity, I choose to work.

Purple Stripe Productions

The web is changing – fast. Purple Stripe can help your company navigate the new technology that you need to stay not only in the game, but ahead of the game. From podcasting, blogging, social media, online video production, corporate training, conferences, and even virtual worlds, the Purple Stripe team will make it easy for you to craft a comprehensive plan to reach your customers where they live on the Internet.

Connect with Me

Thanks for visiting my about page – if you’ve not already don’t forget to follow me on Twitter (@LynetteRadio) so we can interact there.

I’m also insanely active on other social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, FriendFeed (and about 65 others!)

And, no, my last name isn’t really Radio, years ago when joining Second Life, you had to pick your surname from a predetermined list, and Radio was the closest thing I could find to represent me as a podcaster.  And it’s stuck so much that sometimes I sign my credit card receipts with it.