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Katie Laird

Company: Schipul

Track: Social Media

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Bio: Katie Laird is Strategic Advisor for Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, a Houston-based online marketing, Web design and software company (www.schipul.com).

An Internet nerd and Social Media fanatic at heart, she spends much of her time testing out new online applications and has been published nationally for her ideas on integrating powerful online tools into smart marketing plans. Katie is also a proud co-founder of Houston Netsquared – a group dedicated to helping nonprofits through online technology (www. netsquared.org).

A longtime Blogger, you can find Katie online writing about Social Media, knitting and everything in between at www.happykatie.com, sharing stories about her awesome daughter Ella at www.happykiddo.com and organizing a local art club called Houston Dr. Sketchy's at www.houstonsketchy.com.

When not glued to her laptop (aka: ‘geeking out’), Katie spends her days playing with vintage Soviet cameras, harassing used book store employees, baking the world's best cupcakes and pushing short people in swings on the playground with her family.