About
Stephanie M. Cockerl is the founder and principal of nextSTEPH. Founded in March 1997, nextSTEPH specializes in defining and implementing website goals by blog development, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), and social media management.
Ms. Cockerl went from planning to draw and design buildings to designing and coding websites.
Ms. Cockerl, has been featured as MediaBistro’s AvantGuild Member of the Week in 2006. In 2002, she was also featured in McGraw Hill’s PageOut™; Business Owner’s Idea Café and on Who’s Who on the Web. In 2001 she was featured in Netscape Small Business as Netscape Small Business of the Week. In 2000, Ms. Cockerl was also featured as “Webgrrl of the Week” on Webgrrls.com; in Silicon Salley Magazine; and as a “Featured Technodiva” on iVillage.com. She is also one of the 171 faces in the book, Futurize Your Enterprise: Business Strategy in the Age of the E-customer, by David Siegel in 1999.
She has also been a judge for the Stevie Awards for Women Enterpreneurs in 2005 and a contributing author for “GET MORE BUSINESS – The Women’s eMarketing Guide to Promote Your Products and Services on the Internet” released in 2006.
Ms. Cockerl, a native New Yorker, received her Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Media Management from Metropolitan College of New York, formerly Audrey Cohen College and a Bachelor of Architecture Degree (B. Arch) from Cornell University.
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