Danielle Smith is a digital correspondent, host, storyteller, speaker, media trainer, vlogger and now author of the book, Mom, Incorporated: A Guide to Business + Baby. In her ‘free time’, she juggles work as the founder and primary author of ExtraordinaryMommy.com and DanielleSmithMedia as well as hosting and producing Bliss TV, creating original video content for well known sites Babble and SheKnows and producing Vlogging Tips for people looking to jump on camera. She also travels around the country speaking on a wide variety of topics ranging from video and vlogging to blogger/brand relationships, starting a business from home and the juggle of motherhood and business ownership, as well as the use of social media and the benefits of cause marketing.
An award winning former Television News Anchor and Reporter, Danielle has appeared on The CBS Early Show, CNN’s Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR as well as local affiliates in San Francisco, Miami, San Diego and St. Louis.
Danielle makes ‘Give Good, Get Good’ a motto she lives by – aiming to teach her children to give of themselves daily. She believes strongly in cause marketing and has worked as a Correspondent at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and the 2011 NFL ProBowl on behalf of Procter & Gamble, as well as the 2011 HomeRun Derby on behalf of State Farm. She has also championed the Fight Against Child Hunger – working directly with Con Agra Foods and the Con Agra Foods Foundation. On a local level, Danielle has served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Life is Good Festival in the St. Louis area, and has also chaired and MC’d the Winter Wonderland Festival for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
Danielle is also a contributing author to The Internet Mommy and The Little Pink Prayer Book - a Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivors and is featured in Mom Blogging For Dummies and The Digital Mom Handbook.
Danielle, her family and ExtraordinaryMommy.com made international headlines during the summer of 2009 when a family photo - one used for their Christmas card, was taken from one of her sites and used in a life size window advertisement in the Czech Republic. It is Danielle’s social media connections that brought this story to her attention and helped many people to begin the process of protecting themselves online.
Mentioned in USA Today for her relationship with children’s publisher, Mackinac Island Press, much of Danielle’s energy is focused on teaching and sharing gratitude and ‘giving back’. Through her Give Good, Get Good Project, Danielle hopes to help parents learn new ways to make a difference, and by example, to teach their children one of the most important traits they can possess – a kind and giving heart.
Danielle looks forward to hearing your favorite mommy moments, learning your best tips for keeping your sanity and love of self, and your overall feedback on Extraordinary Mommy.
You can always contact her at danielle {at} extraordinarymommy.com
