Writer. Mother of three. Wife to a young attorney.
Knife juggler. Essentially.
Speaker. Consultant.
Publisher and advocate of online art.
Elemental pieces:
- Writer: Velveteen Mind (personal blog)
- Founder & Publisher: Story Bleed Magazine
(literary magazine) - Contributor to Disney's Babble.com
(modern parenting magazine)
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Work with Megan
- Writing coach and platform strategy consultant
(personal bloggers) - Brand strategy consultant: integrated marketing, blogger outreach
(small and large businesses, local and national) - National speaker
(social media and writing conferences, local and regional PR associations, private organizations)
Elaborate bits:
Megan Jordan operates her social media vehicles in low gear. Mother of three, she updates her personal blog, Velveteen Mind, at a Southern pace (read: leisurely). This means she rarely burns out and maintains traction for the long haul.
Her balance and perspective make her a sought-after voice in the parenting community, at top social media conferences, and for influential consulting projects. Megan Jordan’s approach to integrated marketing in social media has generated solid case studies that are modeled almost immediately. She implores the parent-blogging community to stop complaining about monetization practices and jealousy-fueled competition and instead to “own it” and make their own opportunities on their terms. But you won’t see her fussing about it, as “low gear” happily doesn’t provide that option.
Megan is regularly featured in national publications including the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Huffington Post, Redbook, Southern Living, MSNBC, as well as national TV.
Writing from Gulfport, Mississippi, Megan infuses her writing with depth as rich as mud in the bayou and humor bold as blackened shrimp. Her family walked away from Hurricane Katrina with a bare slab of concrete and stood watch at the water’s edge as the oil rolled in to their Gulf Coast, cool glasses of sweet tea raised in celebration of their coastal culture and in confidence that the coast would persevere. Velveteen Mind’s tagline is “Relish the Velveteen. Revel in the Threadbare.” and that she does, warmly inviting you to join her in the space where stories blur the lines between us.
Megan is working on a book about resilience and our cumbersome blessings.
Follow Megan on twitter @VelveteenMind
Like Velveteen Mind or friend Megan on Facebook.
Gulfport, MS... along the gorgeous Mississippi Gulf Coast
Check out Press Clips about Velveteen Mind and Megan Jordan.
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Before she was a writer:
- employed by an inpatient mental health ward... attached to an ER... on the turn of the millennium; learned the intricacies of demonic pregnancies and Satan detectors.
- owner of a real estate investment company; discovered that being good at something does not mean it is good for you.
- literacy teacher of children and adults; daily looked pride in the face and convinced it to release its grip.
- French Quarter stationery store manager; as it happens, refusing to close a store so a celebrity can shop privately is much easier when a drag queen has your back.
About Velveteen Mind:
From Megan: I started this blog in January 2007 after realizing that I did not want to try to keep a journal again. I had kept journals for 17 years, only to lose over 50 of them in Hurricane Katrina.
It was hard to face that risk again, yet I wanted to write. Welcome to the blogosphere.
Read some of my favorite posts so far.
Highlights:
- Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Story Bleed Magazine
- Featured in various media outlets, including MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Christian Science Monitor, Southern Living, AOL, and continues to develop as a strong influential platform in the parenting and publishing social media spheres.
- Keynote speaker
- Speaker at BlogHer, BlissDom, Type-A Mom/ Type-A Parent Conferences, BlogHer Handmade/ Creative Connection, PR Association of Mississippi, PR Association of Louisiana, Southern PR Federation
- Content Director of BlissDom
- Regularly presents on social media strategy for private organizations, national and local PR
- Featured on Anderson Cooper's Anderson Live for her Ghost Hunting Moms Halloween video project at Disney's Babble
- One of five nominees for the 1st Annual Bloganthropy Awards, recognizing bloggers who have made a difference by using social media effectively to promote a good cause
- Frequent partner with Tide Loads of Hope, a mobile laundry unit that provides free laundry services to victims of natural disasters
- Read Velveteen Mind's Gulf Coast Disaster Series
- Co-host and organizer of The People's Party, one of the largest social media parties of the year. Traditionally held the night before the BlogHer conference, the goal of The People's Party is to create an inclusive ice-breaker for both new and experienced conference attendees. Since its inception, The People's Party has changed the face of women's social media conference party culture, evolving from a privately organized public event to an official BlogHer community party.
We've grown exponentially, but our mission remains the same:
Planning A Blogging Event - 5 Minutes for Mom Interviews from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo
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