About Ilana

Hey, welcome to my site.

ABOUT MY BOOKS
My first book, THE MAKING OF MIA, was published by Orion Books in February 2008, and my second, SPOTLIGHT, came out on April 29 2010. Here’s the blurb:

A fallen star. A runaway bride. They’re about to be pitted against each other by a very powerful man. Madison Miller has everything – beautiful, talented and just a little bit naive; she’s the small-town girl who swept to victory on America’s hottest talent show to become the nation’s sweetheart. She’s also head-over-heels in love with the man who’s masterminded her career – the head-spinningly powerful, lethally attractive Beau Silverman. But there’s trouble in paradise… Jess has bolted from her approaching wedding and a dead-end job in London to chase dreams of being a fashion designer in New York. But she’s finding life in the Big Apple tough, until she meets a man who makes her an offer she can’t refuse. It means a taste of a life she’s never had – glamorous parties, paparazzi, haute couture – but at what price? Sweeping from the hotspots of LA to the coolest bars of New York, SPOTLIGHT cuts a gloriously fun swathe through the world of celebrity and glamour, with a page-turning story at its heart.

I’m currently writing my third novel NO PRINCE CHARMING, and I’d love to tell you more about it, but I’m under strict instructions not to. It’s great fun though, and should be in the shops in 2011.

ABOUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA WORK
I’ve worked in online communities / community engagement / social media since 2001, when I ran Liv4now.com, the first venture-backed community lifestyle site in the UK.

I’ve also worked for:

  • The Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday (I launched the comments on the bottom of articles on the Mail website)
  • London Evening Standard (I ran the community and launched comments)
  • London Lite (now folded) (I harvested UGC from the London Lite website for the letters page and introduced the text-message element on the letter page (yes! They were all real!))
  • The Sun (replatformed their community site and introduced key elements for brand interaction between paper and reader)
  • ASOS.com (devised, launched and managed their social media strategy)

For a more in-depth look at my career, feel free to look at my LinkedIn profile.

Now I’m writing novels full-time, I’m available for consulting and training work. To this end, I’m a partner in Spoke Digital. We provide training and consulting in social media, community engagement and content. If you’d like to talk to me about social media – from advice to a full-on desire to get us in to just ‘do it’ for you – get in touch with us on info@spokedigital.com.

OTHER
I’m also a columnist for New Media Age magazine – writing mainly about social media – and if I have time I speak at conferences and events.

I love chocolate, shopping, kittens, lobster, presents … read the full list here!

Ilana x

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