Marianne Maffeo, Editor & Publisher of NYCWeddingDirectory.com, is a search engine marketing expert and Web publisher that turned her attention to developing wedding-related Web properties in 2004 after a successful career in technology marketing. Recognizing a need for high-quality local search enabled wedding Web sites, she launched AZWeddingDirectory.com, NYCWeddingDirectory.com. and their parent site, The Wedding Directory Network.

Competing against nationally recognized brands like The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings and Wedding Wire has been a challenge, but Maffeo's unique approach to search engine marketing has earned her sites the top spot in Google, Yahoo and Bing and helped advertisers reach clients that they could never reach through the other sites.

Marianne believes that the only thing that matters in business and, especially on the Internet, is that you meet and exceed client expectations to deliver more value than your competitors.