People I’ve worked with
April HeinrichsU.S. Women’s National Team Coach and Technical Director (2000-2005) and High Performance Consultant/Coach for the U.S. Olympic Committee (2006-present)
“Amanda Vandervort has the skills, knowledge, energy, enthusiasm and passion to update and change the way you look at and interact with today’s social media. After spending a week with Amanda I’ve completely updated my views on the influence and importance of social networking and its role in my professional life. Amanda’s passion for being “connected” is unlike anyone’s I’ve ever viewed…she is literally energized by being plugged in to the soccer community 24/7. And, as a result of her enthusiasm and work ethic the volume of followers she has amassed and people that look for her tweets or postings is incredible. Amanda’s sphere of influence is expanding by the tweet. I highly recommend you bring Amanda Vandervort into your organization to extract as much information and passion as you can on her views of where technology is taking the business side of our world and how you can maximize your efforts via today’s networking technologies.”
Lynn Berling Manuel
American Youth Soccer Association (AYSO) Chief Marketing Officer
“Amanda Vandervort is a unique combination of innovative social media professional that can also explain and connect with those just entering (or resisting entering!) the space. The expertise and flexibility to bridge the knowledge/experience gap of social media allows her to bring these new communication and connection tools in a practical way to a wide variety of business and cause opportunities. This gives her lynchpin status that any organization will find valuable. I’m excited to recommend Amanda to any business or organization that already has an integrated social media strategy. But of even greater value may be her effectiveness at steering an organization to transform their fledging social media efforts into an impactful business strategy that helps any bottom line.”
Lee Hartley
UK International Soccer Camps Creative Director
“Wow! What Amanda doesn’t know about social networking is not worth knowing! I was a total amateur given the task to develop our companies social networking. We had planned on a 45 minute meeting which after 2 hours had blown my mind away at the potential of what can be achieved by social networking. Her dedication and knowledge of all things socially out there on internet was staggering and she had a clear vision of how to increase your audience. I hope as a company we can gain a small percentage of the success that she has achieved.”
Gloria Averbuch
Sky Blue FC Director of Marketing and PR
“What I appreciate about Amanda Vandervort is not only her superior understanding of the marketing potential of social networks and media, but her passion for her work, and her uniquely “user friendly” style of instruction and communication. Her insights, intelligence, enthusiasm and delightful personality make her a standout. The highest recommendation I can give comes from a very media-savvy colleague, who told me that Amanda is second to none in her grasp of social media. In addition, in all of my dealings with Amanda, she is incredibly prompt and responsible, no matter her workload. On a personal level, her sincere interest and empathy for others is a rare trait, and a significant addition to her remarkable professional ability.”
Nation Hahn
United Football League (UFL) Director of Digital Media
“Amanda’s experience with building a social media brand for a start-up sports organization is invaluable. Her insights as to what works and what doesn’t were incredibly helpful for me when we had the opportunity to speak about social media in sports. She is great at explaining why the WPS did what they did, as well as what worked and what did not. I’d recommend speaking with Amanda as you chart a course for your own social media endeavors.”
Matt Ansbro
Coleraine Design Partner & Lead Designer
“Social Media is scary if you don’t have an approach. There is so much more to it, so many intricacies you can leverage to make your company presence successful that you simply cannot rely on a mere SM super-user to determine your own strategy. Spend 10 minutes with Amanda and your entire view of social media, and how it can affect your bottom line, will change completely. She knows social media. She is unique and refreshing in her approach. She knows how to build individual plan or collective and cohesive strategy that covers the spectrum. She knows how to tailor a program to fit your business, not the other way around. Amanda lives, breathes, and builds social media and this is exactly why you need her energy and passion focused on your business.”
Zack Lassiter
University of Utah Athletics Assistant Athletic Director
“I have a social media crush on Amanda. She can talk Social Media 101 or she can help in developing a strategic social media plan for your organization. Her track record with WPS speaks for itself. Her social media expertise coupled with her background as a student-athlete and coach was invaluable during our conversations about how Utah Athletics should maximize its utilization of social media. If we implement just half of the ideas she came up during our conversations, our department will be better off.”
Jillian Hanks
iPressroom, Inc. Web Content Coordinator
“I started at Women’s Professional Soccer as a journalism intern, but after working with Amanda for a few days, my interests quickly became website development and social media. Amanda’s love and passion for social media and web content coordination is contagious. She is always on top of the latest trends, which is extremely important in this ever-changing field. She is a very patient teacher and explains complex concepts in a simple manner. Amanda instilled in me my love for web content coordination and social media and is the reason I chose it as my career path.”
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Jill CoyWomen’s Professional Soccer Marketing Manager
“Amanda Vandervort is truly an All-Star! She is one of the most outgoing and vivacious people I have ever met; and those traits shine through in every bit of her work. Her commitment to womens sport, and passion in her industry is laudable; and it made working with her in this business a daily pleasure. Amanda’s leadership and compassion for those around her is second to none!”
Elly Deutch
Chicago Red Stars New Media and Marketing Manager
“Amanda is more than amazing. I was more than blessed to be able to work under her for 6 months at the Chicago Red Stars, working by her side creating and developing the online marketing and social media strategy for the Red Stars. Her bubbly personality and willingness to help anyone and everyone, no matter the task, is truly inspiring. She is very focused and won’t finish until the job is done AND done right. Her knowledge and skills of the web, design, video and new media puts her atop the rest as one of the most highly skilled in her trade. In the professional world, no one will ever find a better boss, friend, and mentor to work with.”
Abby LePeilbet
Women’s Professional Soccer League Office Manager/Assistant to the Commissioner
“Amanda is such an inspiring person to work with, who truly has a gift for educating those around her. I started at Women’s Professional Soccer as a Communications intern, and was lucky enough to work with Amanda on many projects. She has an enthusiastic spirit about her, and I believe working with her has left me with many of the basic skill sets necessary to work in the PR industry today. She is an extremely hard-worker, always strategizing on how to make things better, and extremely talented in growing a company’s social presence online.”
Alma-Lynn Dupont
New Media Intern at Women’s Professional Soccer
“I was fortunate to have Amanda as my supervisor for my internship with Women’s Professional Soccer. Amanda is not only professional but also extremely personable, and seems to work well with everyone around her. One of the things that makes her such an inspiring person to work under is her ability to educate; she is acutely aware of how best people learn, their skills and weaknesses. In addition, she takes the time to get the job done well, with no detail overlooked, a work ethic that is contagious to everyone she works with. Her knowledge of online and social media is inspiring, both the things she accomplishes on the job and the time she spends on her own education to further her expertise. She is a leader in the field and it shows through in all aspects of her work.”
Hi, my name is Amanda Vandervort. This is my personal blog where I discuss digital and social media strategies in soccer. Opinions are my own.
