Niki Payne is a talented writer with an array of experience writing for newspapers, magazines and the Web. Upon receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach in late 2008, Niki decided to leave a career in retail banking behind to pursue a career in Web publishing and digital marketing.
At the beginning of 2009, Niki started writing as the LA Singles Examiner for Examiner.com where she continues to examine and explore the trends in modern dating, while challenging the way people are programmed to think about relationships. She was later recruited as an in-house social media expert by an international training and development company specializing in personality temperament theories.
She later went on to work for an Inc. 500 company as a Project Manager where she had the opportunity to fully explore the realms of digital marketing from social media, blogging and email marketing to online, television and radio advertising.
By 2010, she received her Certificate Degree in Consumer Psychology with The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she learned how to implement qualitative market research studies for new and existing businesses before she went on to work for a small Web development company where she is currently works as an in-house SEO Specialist.
Niki Payne is currently working on her first book, “You Are Who You Date: How to Create Your Own Dating League, Build an All-Star Team and Find Your MVP” and has plans to become a motivational speaker for the college market in the near future.