You can tap Lori for: Assisting charities through Social Media. She is always willing to help out a great deal, and rarely asks for anything in return.

Lori would tap you for: Making connections to add to her tribe of people that appreciate the performing and visual arts. She also wants to be connected to people that love food, wine, and travel. But no snobs please- only average people! She also would love to connect with writers and photographers for her site.

Lori Lewis is the founder, and owner of everydayopera.com. It is an online magazine and 24-hr podcast that features food wine and travel. Celebs in each of those fields frequently pop in (she’s just so well-connected like that!) Her friend, Michael Sean Wright of Nice Fish Films previously worked with her in radio. They wanted to bring the world of finer things together by building a platform. Michael came up with the name, and designed the blog.

Lori feels that “social media is the best thing in the world. now I can Skype with people overseas, the reach is worldwide- not just people in the country. Many people became real friends.” She is not afraid of approaching anyone famous, or execs, “…cause I’m excited about what they are doing, and what I am going. I rarely have anyone not respond to me.” Lori’s background in media helps her quickly identify her tribes. She believes that you should talk 80% about others, and 20% about yourself.

Her secret to approaching persons-of-interest is to do so the old-fashioned way: call them directly. It’s particularly easy for her to approach people in the music industry because she was in radio, so it’s easy to call other radio stations. Meeting people in person is the most important thing to Lori. She absolutely enjoys collaborating with people she met through social networks, that sense of unity and everyone helping each other out is very gratifying. She’s on the computer at least 12 hours a day!

What I personally appreciate most about Lori is that she treats up-and-coming artists with the same level of respect as established artists. That’s a rare find for someone as connected and sought-after as she is. Connect with her on Twitter, and you totally have to check out her site (I know I felt a little smarter and more refined after my first few visits!)