
.In her 7 years at SmartBrief, Merritt has played a leadership role in shaping a small (but profitable -- even back then) startup into a thriving B2B publisher that produces nearly 150 industry news services and reaches 3 million business subscribers each day. Merritt oversaw all partnerships with SmartBrief's trade association partners for the first five years of her tenure. She now drives innovation and cultivates the company brand via private-label publications such as SmartBrief on Leadership, SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs, and Smartbrief on Social Media. She blogs on social media at http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/.
Previously, Merritt was director of content at Streetmail, an online local news publisher which was sold to Waterfront Media. She holds her master's degree from Williams College.
