Wednesday 29 June 2011

About Knowem, LLC

About Us

KnowEm was developed to assist everyone - from individuals to Fortune 500 companies - in discovering where their names, brands, or trademarked terms are available (or stolen) on Social Media networks. KnowEm will not only help you secure your name across the vast social media landscape but we can also show you how to contact each site in order to have the name released and returned to you.

To date the KnowEm team has helped to reserve over 350,000 profiles and reported back to some of our clients over 25,000 issues of squatting and misrepresentation of a brand, username or trademarked term. This is all done with local employees in New Jersey; we are proud to be a company fully staffed in the United States with absolutely no dependance on offshore outsourcing. Since security is one of our primary concerns, none of your sensitive information is sent overseas.

Since April of 2009 KnowEm has been tracking and monitoring hundreds of social media networks populated mostly with user-generated content. Our database of networks is updated frequently as new sites are released and our staff reviews them for quality. We track multiple metrics on these sites to determine which networks are gaining (or losing) traction in the world of social media. By using and storing these metrics we watch for patterns and spikes in traffic and popularity.

KnowEm also constantly updates and adds new sites to our vast database of social sites. The next Facebook, Twitter or MySpace is already out there or could be coming soon - do you know which one it will be? KnowEm offers a subscription service (Brand Protection Program) to ensure that you and your brand will not have to worry about it. As new sites emerge we will make sure that your flag is already planted and you will not have to worry about dealing with a squatter or someone who is misrepresenting your social media identity.

Our Company, KnowEm LLC

Barry Wise
Co-Founder/Principal
Barry Wise

Barry Wise is the chief developer and architect behind KnowEm.com. He has been developing and building internet properties since 1997.

Michael Streko
Co-Founder/Principal
Michael Streko

Michael was a full time affiliate turned startup co-founder. He handles the internal day to day operations at KnowEm.

Brian Solis
Business Advisor
Brian Solis

Brian Solis is the principal of FutureWorks, an online PR/communications firm he founded in 1999. In 2008 Solis was listed by the San Jose Business Journal as one of "Silicon Valley's 40 Under 40."

Paige Craig
Advisor
Paige Craig

Paige Craig is a former Marine and intelligence expert, founder of Lincoln Group and active angel investor and advisor to startups.

Sarah Evans
Advisor
Sarah Evans

Sarah Evans (@prsarahevans) is the owner of Sevans Strategy, a public relations and new media consultancy. She created and moderates #Journchat, the first-ever weekly live tweetchat for public relations professionals, journalists and bloggers, and she runs her own blog at PRsarahevans.com.

Robert Sicliano
Advisor
Robert Sicliano

Robert Siciliano is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds.

Matthew Inman
Designer
Matthew Inman

Matthew Inman (aka Oatmeal) designed KnowEm's website and search interface and helps advise us on new design elements for the site.

via knowem.com

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