Meet the “Pied Piper of Facebook” – Mari Smith – as seen on FastCompany.com!
Greetings!!
I’m delighted you’re here. 
I’m sure you’ve heard all the buzz about online social networking giants like Facebook and Twitter. If you’re a confused and overwhelmed entrepreneur or small business owner, seeking support to figure out how to monetize all these new social media tools and platforms, I can help you!!
I’ve been active on Facebook and Twitter since early 2007. FastCompany.com dubbed me “the Pied Piper of the Online World.” I’m a Relationship Marketing Specialist and Social Media Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Consultant. I help independent professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners to accelerate their business profits using an integrated social marketing strategy, with particular focus on Facebook and Twitter.
I have a strong background in the world of relationships and internet technology, making social media my ideal arena! I’m passionate about showing fellow professionals how to develop powerful profitable relationships using social media. I currently have well over 9,000 friends and fans on Facebook and a loyal following of close to 43,000 members on Twitter.
Facebook and Twitter are simple, yet comprehensive, easy-to-use online platforms where you can fully express who you are already and foster your unique personal brand.
You can reach out and connect with a worldwide community at the click of a button: family, extended family, current friends, new friends, quality like-minded professionals, potential joint venture partners, people you admire, paying customers!… the list is endless.
After applying my proven Social Marketing methods, my clients typically experience a significant increase in traffic, subscribers, clients, affiliates, lucrative strategic alliances and targeted media attention. My clients and I have been known to land $30,000 single contracts and earn as much as $40,000 in one week, even $16,000 in one hour, directly from Facebook and Twitter.
I’m also an in-demand speaker and travel the United States and internationally to provide social media keynotes and in-depth training. I recently had the sheer pleasure of sharing the stage with Yanik Silver, Bill Glazer, Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Joel Bauer, Brian Tracy, Joel Comm, Joe Polish and Paula Abdul.
I believe if you’re not strategically utilizing Facebook and Twitter along with a wide array of other powerful platforms, you’re missing out big time on huge profits.
However, social media requires a whole different approach to be successful in generating more revenue. You have to know the right approach. My motto is, “Relationships first, business second.”
I’m passionate about relationships! Everything I do revolves around people and relationships – fostering new ones, building and maintaining existing ones, helping others with their relationships.
I am available for hire as your relationship and internet marketing consultant and social media business coach. More details on my services here and my keynotes and workshops here.
Canadian by birth, Scottish by heritage, I currently live in San Diego, California.
I look forward to meeting you soon! See ConnectWithMari.com for various sites to find me. Also, my contact page here.
Cheers,
Mari
P.S. – Make sure you join my Facebook “fan” page if you haven’t already!
Hi Mari,
I am new to the social media networking, specifically facebook. I’ve been looking for the experts who can provide the “know how” of social networking and until today I’ve not found who I felt was the right teacher for me. Through the Law of Attraction, I came across your name today. A friend, Amy Grant, had posted on her Facebook site that she was studying your material. I immediately wrote your name down. As I’ve browsed your site, I am delighted to have found you and look forward to learning from you. Thank you for all you do.
Melissa Guthrie
@Melissa – Wowee, thank you SO much for your very kind feedback. I’m delighted to connect with you!!
Mari, I was hoping to be on the conference call that you did for WTPowers recently – but I was out of town. I would like to learn about Facebook, etc., and would like to know if there is a way to contact you to get questions answered. I have heard of this, but have no clue as to what it is, and if it is something that would even make sense for me to utiliuze. The things I have read about it really tell me NOTHING of value.
Dear Mari,
I am in the process of putting togother a Social network marketing short course for a prominent university in South Africa. I need to know how we can partner on this project.
Kindly contact me urgently as teh course must start running in February 2009.
Riaan
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Hi Mari,
I am sorry, my english is not good. My mother tongue is french.
I found your name from “PEAK POTENTIALS TRAINING” I registed for the 3 days training next month Juin 2009 in Toronto. I realy want to learn from you how to use facebook and twitter to promote my business.
God bless you
Thank you
Hervé
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Hi Mari,
Visit My Twitter PageI am glad to join your circle business particularly in Calgary.I am wondering to manage my businness with you
and your comity of marketing.
Enjoy your days,
Aissa
Wow, Mari, I met you today at a women’s network luncheon meeting and was so inspired that I purchased your Social Media Kit. Rushed home this evening and couldn’t wait to get started. Look for me soon on Facebook and Twitter!
To your health,
Devada Rammell, HHP
La Vida Sana Wellness
P.S. I was stoked to learn that we live in the same hometown and we’re both Scottish…very cool!
Hi Mari, I am a member of ISMA and signed up or your Facebook 2 day online workshop. I am looking forward to learning from you ! When you have a moment, please forward me the link and dial in number for Monday and Tuesday’s Facebook Page training! Thank you!
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Visit My Twitter PageI am really looking forward to your free talk tonight – any chance of a virtual drink after?
Kind regards
Michelle
Hiya Mari…
I just love the media names people like yourself end up with. Yours being the Pied Piper, so i looked it up in the dictionary.
“Named after the Pied Piper of Hamelin, title and hero of a poem by Robert Browning d. 1889, English poet.
The poem recounts a German folk tale about a piper who first rids the town of hamelin (Hameln near Hanover) of rats, and then, when payment for this services is refused, leads away the children of the town to a nearby hill, where they disappear through a door never to be seen again”.
Interesting!
I am completely new to the social media thing but i do find it absolutely facinating. the idea that you can connect with so many people aroung the world.
You yourself have a very strong presence and style about you.
I also saw one of your video clips on youtube, the Blue Light-Up Pen one. I would like one PLEASE.
How does one tweet you?
All the best for 2010……
……the power of that “folk tale” for good.
Connecting with people and empowering them to realise their passion and potential – then doing the same for other people.
BRILLIANT…