Posts by Mari Smith
Highlights And Top Tweets From HubSpot’s Annual INBOUND Conference – #INBOUND18
Top marketing automation platform, HubSpot just held its annual epic convention called INBOUND in Boston, MA last week. HubSpot is a developer and marketer of software products for inbound marketing and sales. It was founded by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah in 2006. Each year, INBOUND attracts an even larger crowd and 2018 was certainly no…
Read MoreFacebook And Instagram Video Updates, New Video Contest To Celebrate
Facebook and Instagram are going ALL IN on video! Facebook just unveiled numerous new video tools for Creators at its first ever Creator Day held on June 19th, 2018 in Los Angeles. Tools include: Add interactive polls, quizzes, challenges and gamification to both Live and VOD More videos added to the Watch Platform (not just…
Read MoreInstagram Plans To Launch Long-form Video Hub, Invites Reporters To June 20th Special Event
Facebook launched its Watch Platform in the US in August 2017… and should surely be rolling out to more countries soon! (Watch is a dedicated streaming video platform available on desktop, mobile and TV app. The platform features a variety of shows from all types of creators, including big names/celebs like Oprah, Tony Robbins, James Corden, industry…
Read MoreHow to Increase Your Online Reviews Using Facebook
Do you have the Reviews feature enabled on your Facebook Page? Are you proactively building your online reviews? Do you have questions about reviews? In this special Facebook Live, brought to you by the Bank of America Small Business Community, I share what you can do online and in stores to get better online reviews,…
Read MoreTop 10 Facebook Video Marketing Questions
I recently teamed up with my good friends at Wave.video to present what we’ve found are the top ten Facebook video marketing questions, along with my answers. Check out the Facebook Live and companion slide deck – both embedded below. I’ve also included all ten questions and brief answers below… Wave.video is an incredibly easy to…
Read MoreSix Important Facebook Updates: What Marketers Need To Know Now
Should businesses abandon Facebook and use other social media platforms instead? One of my audience members asked this very question on a recent Facebook Live broadcast on my Page. My answer is, absolutely not! For SAVVY MARKETERS it is “Business as usual.” You are foolish if you abandon Facebook right now. Granted, if you are a…
Read MoreDid Cambridge Analytica Get Your Facebook Data? You’ll Find Out Soon
Facebook released an updated estimate on April 4, 2018 stating that the information of up to *87 million* people (not the original 50 million) — mostly in the US — may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. *** UPDATE: 4.10.18 @ 9:45am PT. You can check whether your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica…
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