Jordan Raynor is the President of Direct Media Strategies – an online communications consulting firm that is focused on building and communicating brands online.
Jordan has spent his career as an online communications strategist working for major political and non-political brands such as The Boeing Company, Nathan Deal for Governor, BlueAnt Wireless, foursquare’s “I Voted” badge and Google/Pew’s Voting Information Project.
Prior to founding Direct Media Strategies, Jordan served as the Executive Editor of Sayfie Media, an online news service, and an Associate of NetPower Strategy, an online strategy consulting firm. During his tenure at Sayfie Media, Jordan executed cutting edge strategies to increase traffic to SayfieReview.com by more than 30%. His work earned SayfieReview.com the title of Best Florida Political Blog by the Washington Post as well as ITFlorida’s first-ever Excellence in Web 2.0 Award. The site is now the most widely read political publication in the State of Florida, read daily by every living Governor of the State. As an Associate of NetPower Strategy, Jordan planned and executed strategic online campaign plans for Republicans on the statewide and congressional level as well as The Boeing Company.
In 2010, Jordan was selected as a Google Fellow at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City for his work at the intersection of politics and technology. Respected as a leading online communications strategist, Jordan’s work has been featured in Mashable, TechCrunch, CNN, BBC, Wired Magazine, the St. Petersburg Times, Real Clear Politics and The Hill.
Jordan regularly serves as a university guest lecturer and is also a member of the blogging team at TechRepublican.com. Jordan is a graduate of Florida State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in public relations. He is a sixth generation Floridian, currently residing in Tampa, FL with his wife Kara.