Social Media Maven/Author Ananda Leeke Becomes New D.C. Social Media Examiner

PR Log (Press Release) – Sep 28, 2009 – Washington, DC  -  Examiner.com recently named Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke as the new D.C. Social Media Examiner.  Leeke’s first article discussed Blogalicious, the first annual conference for women bloggers of color, which will be held on October 9 to October 11 in Atlanta, Georgia.  To read the entire article, visit www.examiner.com/x-24564-DC-Social-Media-Examiner.

Examiner.com was launched as the insider source for everything local in April 2008.  It is a division of the Clarity Media Group which is wholly owned by The Anschutz Company.  Examiner.com currently serves 110 major markets across the United States.

On October 3, Leeke will share her insights on how authors can use social media to market their books and build a reader audience during a panel discussion on “Everything You Wanted to Know about Getting Published” from 12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. at the fifth annual Capital Bookfest in Largo, Maryland. Authors Kevin Johnson, Donna Hill, and Charisse Carney Nunes will also participate in the panel discussion held inside of Borders Bookstore, 931A Capital Centre Boulevard, Largo, MD 20774. For more information, visit www.captialbookfest.org.

Leeke (www.anandaleeke.com) is a lawyer turned blogger, online community manager, radio host, social media strategist, author, artist, creativity coach, and yoga teacher. Ananda’s first Internet encounter occurred when she heard AOL’s “you’ve got mail” in 1995. It was love at first click! A year later, she began working for The Hamilton Securities Group, Inc., an investment bank and financial software firm, where she established an intellectual property protection program for the firm’s Internet products and services. Ananda served as an online content contributor for NetNoir.com's Gospel and Women's Channels from 2001 to 2002. She launched her first blog in 2005 and used social media tools to market her books, Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One (2007) and That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery (2009). She enjoys attending blogging conferences such as Blogging While Brown, Fem 2.0, BlogHer, and Blogalicious.

Learn more about Leeke by reading her author blog at http://authoranandaleeke.wordpress.com and yoga blog at http://kgyoga.blogspot.com.  
Take her online yoga classes offered on www.stickam.com/anandaleeke.com. Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/anandaleeke.  Watch Ananda Leeke TV for interesting webisodes about Leeke’s creative and yoga adventures: www.youtube.com/anandaleeke. Join her Facebook Fan page and receive updates about her events: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ananda-Leeke/68996700906.