About

“It’s a man’s world out there in cyberspace – but not if Aliza Sherman has anything to say about it. Her mission: empower women and girls through technology.”
— The Wall Street Journal

Aliza Sherman by Clark Mishler

Aliza Sherman is a Web pioneer and has worked as a digital strategist since 1992. She speaks around the world and writes about the Internet, social media, mobile marketing and new technologies, platforms, and apps. She is also known for her focus on women’s technology and business issues. Aliza specializes in making tech more accessible to humans.

And yes, she has been known to wear a pink tiara and boa at conferences!

In 1992, she created The Women’s List, an email community and networking platform for women to share their resumes and strengthen business relationships. She built some of the first online forums for domestic violence awareness and breast cancer awareness on early BBSs and commercial online services. She also consulted clients such as WomenSpace – a female health company – on how to incorporate online marketing into their communications, marketing and market research efforts.

In 1995, Newsweek named her one of the “Top People Who Matter Most on the Internet” after she founded the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc. and the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International.

Aliza Sherman by Clark Mishler

In 2003, she started a consulting firm that grew into the social media marketing agency Conversify.

In 2010, she launched a digital and mobile strategy consultancy, Mediaegg, and produced several mobile apps including Girls an Be Anything Paper Dolls and the Drinkulator.

Aliza provides high-level, strategic digital consulting to companies and nonprofit organizations, particularly focused on the women’s market and cause-related efforts.

In 2008, she coined the term Social Media Marketing Plan or SMMP and developed the concepts and format for these plans for nonprofits and companies to help them incorporate social media into their traditional marketing plans. She had the opportunity to present her ideas about SMMPs at Web 2.0 Expo in 2010. She helped pioneer Social Media Calendars and published some early analysis about what an SMC should contain: Why You Should Have a Social Media Calendar and Elements of a Social Media Calendar.

She is known for her focus on women’s technology and business issues.

Aliza specializes in making tech more accessible to humans. Sensible, practical, useable.

Her multimedia company Mediaegg launched an iPhone, iPod, and iPad app called “Girls Can Be Anything Paperdolls” as part of a series of apps to provide age-appropriate, family-friendly games for young children who are already smartphone savvy.

Aliza’s books include The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit, Social Media Engagement for Dummies, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing, The Everything Blogging Book,Streetwise Ecommerce, and PowerTools for Women in Business and Mom, Incorporated and was co-written with Danielle Smith.

 

      

As well as publishing nine books, Aliza has produced content for both public radio and public television including filing stories for “Marketplace” and has been recognized for her writing and blogging by Fast Company who listed her as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Technology” in 2009. She was also a regular contributor to Web Worker Daily and Mashable.

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Longform Bio:

Aliza Sherman is the Original Cybergrrl – an Internet thought leader, highly sought-after online marketing expert and passionate evangelist for the Internet, particularly as a valuable and useful tool for our personal and professional lives.

She is a motivational and inspirational speaker who has spoken around the world about the Internet, social media, virtual worlds entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment. She co-founded the veteran social media marketing agency, Conversify.

Named by Newsweek as one of the “Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet,” Aliza Sherman is a Web pioneer, online marketing expert, published author, international speaker and regular contributor to national magazines and web sites.

Pioneering Work

Aliza founded the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company – Cybergrrl, Inc. – in the early days of the World Wide Web. She also founded Webgrrls International, the first women’s Internet networking group that grew to over 100 chapters worldwide in its first year. She has been building online communities for women since the early 1990s. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her innovative work on the Internet including the prestigious Avon Spirit of Enterprise Award.

In 1995, she built the first 3 websites for women (Cybergrrl.com, Webgrrls.com, Femina.com), preceding both Women.com and iVillage.com, and is considered the pioneer who helped pave the way on the Web and in the New Media industry for women.

Aliza has been at the forefront of tech learning and teaching, keeping an eye on what’s interesting and effective now but also what’s next.

New Directions

In 2005, Aliza moved from new media to “old media,” producing, writing and narrating an original 12-part documentary series for Wyoming Public Television – “Wyoming Families First.” She and her husband started a production company – Moonbow Productions, Inc. – to develop film projects, publish books and create art with a purpose. Her first independent film is about miscarriage.

She has produced radio segments for “Marketplace” heard on NPR as well as for Wyoming Public Radio and Alaska Public Radio Network.

In 2007, began blogging professionally and contributing to  Web Worker Daily reviewing the latest cutting edge Web applications and pondering the ever changing landscape of our Web 2.0 work and world. She also blogs on WorkItMom as Entrepreneur Mom. She then took her love of radio production into the world of podcasting with The Digital Marketer, part of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and a podcast about Second Life.

She has also written for print magazines including Entrepreneur, WomenEntrepreneur.com, Home Business, Pink Magazine, Professional Woman, Minority Engineer, and many others.Aliza’s books include Social Media Engagement for Dummies, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing, The Everything Blogging Book,Streetwise Ecommerce, and PowerTools for Women in Business and Mom, Incorporated and was co-written with Danielle Smith.

One of her past projects – Chain of Daisies Project – was a community and resource to help more women get higher-level, paid speaking engagements at business, tech and venture conferences and to help conferences looking to diversify their speaker lineup to tap into a pipeline of qualified, dynamic female speakers.

Aliza continues to provide high-level, strategic digital, Internet and social mobile consulting to companies and nonprofit organizations. Recent clients include Wine Sisterhood, Rasmuson Foundation, and Pick. Click. Give. Alaska. Her company launched the first mobile app for the Wine Sisterhood called The Drink-u-lator for iPhone and Android to help people calculate beverage purchases for parties and event. Mediaegg also launched an iPhone, iPod, and iPad app called “Girls Can Be Anything Paper Dolls” as part of a series of apps to provide age-appropriate, family-friendly games for young children who are already smartphone savvy.