About Us

Founded in January 2010, Smedio is the new media and social web guide for businesses and marketers. Our aim is to continuously define the business value of new media and the social web by equiping you with the needed insight and innovative ideas to help your business grow even more, using technology, new media, and the social web by bringing you useful breaking news, latest trends and techniques that you can use immediately.

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Smedio Team

Douglas Idugboe, referred to by many as “The Marketing Social Scientist”, and on Twitter as “douglasi”, is the Founder and Chief Editor of Smedio. Douglas is a Canadian bestselling author who has been profiled by the Toronto Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, CTV, CityTV, SHAW TV, and other media houses. He is the Chief Strategist at Quick Success Marketing, a New Media and Social Web marketing consultancy that advises businesses, organizations, and individuals on how to use New Media and the Social Web to surpass their marketing objectives. Smedio was founded out of his living room in January 2010. Follow him on Twitter. You can contact him at editor[@]smedio.com.

Jay Adams, a graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University focusing on new and social media, is an Associate Writer at Smedio. Jay spent six years in the newspaper industry as a sports reporter before going back to school to pursue his passion of social media marketing. Follow him on Twitter. You can contact him at jayadams[@]smedio.com.

Andrew Lobo, is an Associate Editor at Smedio and runs Edit Owl, an editing service for news websites and blogs. He has been involved in editing some of the most popular blogs on the web, including Smashing Magazine and ReadWriteWeb. Follow him on Twitter. You can contact him at alobo[@]smedio.com.

Alex Umole, is an Associate Writer at Smedio, a Lawyer, and Keynote Speaker. Alex got his Masters Degree in Transnational Business Practice from the McGeorge School of Law in California. His extensive experience in diverse fields has enabled him to author four books and numerous articles. Alex is passionate about networking, social media, branding and marketing. He advises corporations in the areas of Law, Performance Improvement and Marketing. Follow him on Twitter. You can contact him at alexumole[@]smedio.com.

April Gregory, is an Associate Writer at Smedio, a marketing strategist and founder of AG Coaching and Consulting Group. She is the creator of Business Booster Boot-camp, a success system for Entrepreneurs. April has invoked the successes of many including multi-million dollar producing spas to individuals in the United States Marine Corps. She is passionate about working with consultants, entrepreneurs and marketing departments. Follow her on Twitter. You may contact her at april[@]smedio.com