Social Media Social Hour Podcast: Social Media Marketing | Content Marketing | Facebook Marketing | Instagram Marketing

Are you a brand looking to reach a broader audience on Facebook? Are you interested in learning how to leverage Facebook Live for your brand or organization? Maybe you’re wondering what it means to "go live" on Facebook, what type of content you should be producing, or how the live platform can benefit your brand. Whether you’ve never tested the feature or you’re dabbling with incorporating it into your social media strategy, we’re sharing some of our favorite tips and tricks when using Facebook Live. Join me with today’s guest, Tiffany Rivers, Social Media Manager for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, as she shares her best practices for Facebook Live and how to leverage this content to build your brand.

Are you an active member of any Facebook Groups? Would you like to know about Facebook groups for business and how they could be a potential marketing tool for your brand? Our guest today, the illustrious Bella Vasta, shares some tips and tricks on utilizing Facebook groups for business. Bella is a Facebook groups expert who has been generating revenue from them since 2012. Bella and I discuss topics such as how Facebook groups can help grow your business, what types of business can excel with groups, how to create a community within your group, best practices for starting and running a group, and much more.

Are you addicted to shows like The Bachelor and Survivor? Would you like to learn how these popular series are using a strategy called episodic content marketing to reel you in? Our guest today, the multi-talented Michael Stelzner, dives into episodic content marketing as a storytelling strategy for your brand. His YouTube show The Journey is a prime example of how showing the struggle and the behind-the-scenes, helps you gain trust and retention within your audience. Mike and I discuss everything from documentation to production to the promotion of your series, and how to use this medium in the most effective way for digital marketers.

Are you a hotel or resort looking to maximize your social media impact in 2019? Are you seeking out the key social media trends this year for your hotel? Perhaps you want to learn more about which platforms to spend your time and resources on, identify your biggest social media opportunities this year, or learn more about influencer marketing. It’s no secret that, from Instagram to email marketing, today’s guest knows his stuff when it comes to top social media trends for hotels in 2019. Today, on the podcast, I’m joined by Frederic Gonzalo, a speaker, trainer and consultant specializing in digital marketing best practices for travel brands with over 20 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. Frederic and I discuss how hotels and resorts can get in front of consumers, publish relevant content for their audience, distinguish themselves amongst their competitors and much more.

Have you ever heard the term LinkedIn video marketing? Are you interested in reaching and connecting with more millennials? If you're like most businesses, you probably assume that Millennials are nowhere on LinkedIn. You feel this generation is spending all their time on Instagram and Snapchat, right? What if I told you that LinkedIn has finally caught up with platforms like Facebook and Instagram with some of their features (yes, they've even started to support the vertical video format), and for businesses that get in early with LinkedIn video marketing, there is a massive opportunity at their fingertips. Today on the podcast, I'm joined by a millennial LinkedIn trainer, Michaela Alexis, and we dive into all things LinkedIn video marketing. Michaela and I dig into why LinkedIn has made significant changes over the past year to focus on video, what brands should know when it comes to creating videos for LinkedIn, how brands can be fun on LinkedIn, and much more. Let's do this.

Do you invest an ample amount of time and money in advertising and marketing? Do you invest time and money in a word-of-mouth strategy? If you're like most businesses, the answer to those questions is a yes to the first and no to the second. Most companies take word-of-mouth recommendations from their customers for granted. What's crazy about that is 90% of purchases are influenced by word-of-mouth. Yet most businesses are spending a majority of their time and marketing budgets on advertising that their customers just don't trust. Today on the podcast, I'm joined by best selling author, Jay Baer. Jay is the author of a new book along with Daniel Lemin, called Talk Triggers - The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth. Jay and I dive into why word-of-mouth marketing is so effective, the impact of word-of-mouth marketing online versus off-line, what businesses need to know when creating a word-of-mouth strategy to get customers to talk about them, and so much more. Let's do this!

You most likely have heard of influencer marketing, but have you heard of micro-influencer marketing?  Would you like to learn how to locate micro-influencers and discover how to create a win-win relationship with them that can be massively rewarding for your business?  Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Katherine McDermott of Slightly Savvy, an Influencer Marketing PR Firm. Katherine and I dig into the difference between influencer marketing and micro-influencer marketing, we give you some of the best strategies and tactics in working with micro-influencers, and Katherine explains why micro-influencers can be more cost-prohibitive and more impactful than a traditional influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers. We also give you some of the common red-flags and warnings you should look out for when working with influencers.  Let's do this!

Do you think your business does a good job of finding customers through social media? Would you like to know how to generate leads through social media? Today on the podcast, I give you some of the best strategies and tactics businesses are using today to generate leads through social media. Not only will I give you three common mistakes marketers are making. But I'll also give you seven strategies you can implement today to generate leads through social media. Let's do this!

Does your company maintain a blog or have a blog content strategy? Would you like the blueprint on how to successfully maintain a company blog? Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Heather Brinckerhoff of LEGOLAND Parks, and we explore LEGOLAND's blog strategy for their nine parks around the world. Heather goes explicitly into how they have successfully scaled the blog, their editorial content calendar process, and how they manage their authors and contributors. We also dig into some of the strategies and tactics LEGOLAND is using when it comes to influencer marketing, Instagram Stories, and community management. Let's do this!

Does your business have hundreds or even thousands of locations? Do you struggle with creating compelling content or building a team to support those locations? Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Tim Fullerton of WeWork, and we dive into how WeWork has succeeded in building a global social media team. We also dig into some of the strategies and tactics WeWork is using when it comes to gathering content, publishing, and community management for all those locations. Tim also reveals their perspective on hot topics such as IG-TV, organic versus paid social, plus much more. Let's do this!

Have you ever investigated how to grow your business with events or by public speaking? If not, you most certainly should. While blogging, social media, ebooks, and white papers are very popular content marketing strategies, one of the most powerful (yet overlooked) strategies is hosting and putting on your own events. This week on the podcast, I pull back the curtains and share with you the story of Social Media Day San Diego and how this event plays into the content marketing strategy of our agency, Casual Fridays. In this episode, you'll discover my inspiration to create the event, why you should consider a live event as part of your content marketing strategy, the challenges of a live event, how-to pull off a live event, and much more. Also, this is officially the last podcast ever of the Social Media Social Hour. Next week, we rebrand! Same great content, just a new name. Let's do this!

Are you curious how to set up a chatbot? Are you looking for inspiration and examples of brands that are crushing it when it comes to chatbot campaigns? In the past year, chatbots on platforms like Facebook Messenger have exploded. With messenger platforms seeing substantial growth, the implementation of chatbots is only going to rise. This week on the podcast, Natasha Takahashi joins me, and we discuss what chatbots are, what businesses need to know to set up a chatbot, and what brands are crushing it with the use of chatbots. Let's do this!

Does your brand deliver when it comes to storytelling? Be real for a minute. Do you? This week on the podcast, we dip into the Social Media Day San Diego vault and tap into this captivating talk given by Zack King in 2014. Even though it's over four years

Would you like to learn how to connect with Generation Z? Is your customer base between the ages of six and twenty-two? Weather Generation Z is part of your target demographic or not, the reality is someday they will be. This generation is the first generation that has grown up with modern technology and the rules to market them are different. This week on the podcast, Madison Bergman joins me, and we discuss what brands need to know to connect with Generation Z. Let's do this!

Would you like to get more views on your Instagram Stories? Are you even consistently using the Stories format on Instagram? The Stories format is exploding across social media. Combined across multiple social networks, over 1 Billion people create Stories daily, with Instagram being the most popular with over 300 million daily active users. This week on the podcast, I'm digging into Instagram Stories and specifically going to give you five ways you can drive engagement and get more views on your Instagram Stories. Let's do this!

Would you say you're applying a strategic content marketing plan for your business?  Do you struggle to create traffic-driving, high-quality content? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Tyler Hakes, Strategy Director and Principal at Optimist, and his nearly ten years of experience helping start-ups, agencies and corporate clients with their strategic content marketing and search engine optimization. During the show, Tyler explains to us the importance of developing a robust strategy and establishing purpose when creating lead-generating content. In this episode, we’ll deep-dive into strategic content marketing, the importance of tailoring your content to your target channels, and the ever-changing world of SEO. Let’s do this!

Have you looked into how to market your business with chatbots or messenger apps?  Do you currently utilize messenger apps to streamline communication with your customers? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Mikael Yang, Facebook Messenger and chatbot expert, to discuss the changing world of digital communications and why businesses need to begin incorporating messenger apps and chatbots into both their marketing and client services-related strategies. In this episode, we’ll discuss what chatbots are, how email is passing the crown to messenger apps, and how both can help you generate more leads in today’s digital world. Let’s do this...

Are you properly managing your local listings and online reputation for your business? Is your business the first result that pops up in an online search? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Rev Ciancio, burger enthusiast and digital knowledge management expert, as he shows us the keys to managing your local listings and online reputation. You don't want to miss this as we'll dive into how critical it is for businesses to ensure that their digital listings are consistently monitored and optimized. In this episode, we’ll discuss what digital knowledge management is, how to optimize a company’s local listing and reputation management, and how the world of online search is changing. Let’s do this...

Are you creating content your audience cares about? Do you waste time focusing solely on your brand or do you implement a social first strategy? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Mike Brown, founder of The Brainzooming Group and expert on creating content your audience cares about, as he shares his best practices on captivating audiences and implementing a social first strategy. In this episode we’ll discuss what a social first strategy is, how to implement it, and how it will enable you to focus on creating awesome, tailored content that will hook your audiences. Let’s do this...

Would you say you're good at writing copy that sells? Do you struggle to create compelling posts due to an inability to craft powerful copy? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Rosie Di Lecce, a word wizard and owner of Write with Rosie, as we discuss how to write emotional and powerful messages that captivate an audience. In this episode we’ll discuss the steps to writing copy that sells, how to engage in powerful copywriting and authentically embrace one’s voice, how to emotionally connect with your audience, and so much more. Let’s do this...