BL Ochman

B.L. Ochman is a uniquely experienced digital pioneer who has been helping blue chip brands incorporate social media into their marketing strategy since 1996.

With experience in verticals from cars to cookies, she's served brands including Ford Motors, Meijer, Transitions Lenses, Cendant, Simon & Schuster, McGraw-Hill, Mrs. Fields Cookies and American Greetings. Co-founder of the pet lover's site and blog Pawfun.

Accolades and street cred: One of 25 of The Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media; Top 150 Social Media Marketing Influencers; AdAge Power 150 blogger. Contributor to AdAge Digital Next, Mashable, Social Media Today, MediaPost and BusinessWeek. Blogger since 2001. Speaker at more than 25 conferences, Google-certified YouTube Channel Creator, June 2013.

Before turning her talents to the web, she grew her public relations firm, B.L. Ochman Public Relations, into one of the 100 largest independent PR firms in the U.S. She has never looked back.