Amanda Miller Littlejohn is the founder of Mopwater Social Public Relations and the creative visionary and writer behind the Mopwater PR + Media Notes blog. She is an idea oven and brand problem solver working at the intersection of public relations, journalism, marketing and social media. Specializing in new media and online communications, Amanda helps individuals, businesses, and organizations leverage social media and new media tools to create exciting, creative PR and marketing campaigns. Her social approach to public relations has led to sold-out events and traditional placements in countless media outlets.

Amanda is passionate about the definition: that space before something or someone is described to the world.  She helps new companies define themselves through writing and communications.  She helps nonprofits make better use of social media, resulting in fundraising success. She helps small businesses use social media and publicity to increase sales.  And she coaches professionals and experts one-on-one to develop more effective online brands, resulting in better jobs and more client offers.

Amanda is passionate about helping small business owners revitalize their business through creative marketing.  She also enjoys helping established communicators obtain the new media savvy so in demand in today's marketplace.  A former print journalist and a writer first by training and passion, Amanda enjoys using her journalistic training to report on the latest industry news and trends and mentor rising PR professionals.

In her rare spare time, Amanda writes creatively and is currently laboring through a collection of five novellas-two of which won prizes in the 2006 and 2007 Larry Neal Creative Writing Awards sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Amanda lives in Washington, DC.

Connect with her on Twitter. She's @amandamogul.