Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore what global spikes in social media… - 2 days ago, 28 Mar 20, 6:00am -
Wondering how to use video to build stronger connections with your customers and prospects? Looking for a process to follow for your next video? To explore how to create emotional connections with video, I interview Matt Johnston on the Social Media… - 3 days ago, 27 Mar 20, 6:00am -
Want to try LinkedIn advertising but don’t know how to get started? Wondering which ad type you should try first? In this article, you’ll learn why LinkedIn sponsored content ads are perfect for your first campaign. You’ll also find a walkthrou… - 5 days ago, 25 Mar 20, 6:00am -
Are you unsure how to approach your marketing during a crisis? Looking for wisdom from well-known marketers? To help you make wise decisions during trying times, we tapped the minds of top marketers. #1: Your Business Must Sell to Survive: Daniel Har… - 6 days ago, 24 Mar 20, 6:00am -
Want to run a contest on Instagram? Wondering what rules and best practices you need to follow? In this article, you’ll discover tips for running different types of contests, how to bring your Instagram contest to a close, and which metrics will he… - 7 days ago, 23 Mar 20, 6:00am -
Podcast awareness and listening continue to rise in the United States, driven by an explosion in new podcast programming, and consumer adoption of “smart speakers” like Amazon Echo and Google Home devices. 2020 podcast statistics from Edison Rese… - 4 days ago, 26 Mar 20, 9:12am -
With more and more companies shifting resources to virtual events, we compiled this quick and handy guide on how to create a successful virtual event for your company. Not only have I presented at more than 100 virtual events in the past twelve years… - 6 days ago, 23 Mar 20, 10:29am -
Media monitoring solutions are not one size fits all. There are dozens of providers and even more use cases, so start by figuring out what you want your media monitoring platform to do. Are you looking to track traditional and social or are you loo… - 11 days ago, 18 Mar 20, 6:07pm -
To manage my projects, I work with a team of five people, including myself. It’s not a big team, but it took us time to set up an effective marketing routine among the 5 of us. Every month we take on a series of tasks for our brand, working to incr… - 11 days ago, 18 Mar 20, 3:30pm -
Any social media manager facing the weeks ahead in the new reality of COVID-19 must be realistic about the behavior and tendencies of social media users and the implications for marketing. In the US, many are entering the first week of working from h… - 11 days ago, 18 Mar 20, 10:36am -
Every brand develops in its own unique way. However, successful businesses share common marketing elements. If our blog has taught you anything, you know social media advertising is a must-do for small and large companies...read moreThe post 3 Digi… - 20 Sep 17, 10:00am -
With the rise of social media has come the rise of social media addiction. It’s easy to overlook social media and internet addiction. In comparison to opioid addictions, it seems harmless. However, when social media...read moreThe post Social Med… - 19 Sep 17, 10:46am -
An active social media presence is starting to become mandatory across many different industries, especially as more leaders realize its potential for improving services and attracting clients. Even the healthcare industry, which is notoriously slow.… - 18 Sep 17, 10:17am -
Internships are bittersweet. They offer great opportunities to get experience in the field and build professional connections, but they don’t automatically guarantee employment. When interning, your objective should be to pad your resume with quali… - 18 Sep 17, 10:00am -
In many industries, converting a consumer isn’t enough. Brands like Coca-Cola and Starbucks rely on loyal customers to keep buying their products. Any company that banks on customer loyalty has to deliver quality experiences over...read moreThe p… - 14 Sep 17, 2:30pm -
The post How to Get More Subscribers, Followers and Connections appeared first on ProBlogger.Over the past few weeks I’ve been talking about warming up your readers and turning them into raving fans. So far I’ve talked about getting the word out… - 4 days ago, 26 Mar 20, 7:00am -
The post 281: Join our 7 Day Content Sprint appeared first on ProBlogger.ProBlogger 7-Day FREE Content Sprint More information and sign-up here https://problogger.com/contentsprint/ A Free 7-Day Course to Create New Content Does your blog need a mo… - 6 days ago, 23 Mar 20, 9:22pm -
The post How to Get First-Time Visitors Interested in Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger.Last week we talked about to getting the word out about your blog so people will visit. This week I want to talk about the next stage of warming them up and… - 11 days ago, 19 Mar 20, 8:37am -
The post How to Get the Word out about Your New Blog appeared first on ProBlogger.Last week I talked about the four stages of warming up your readers and turning them into raving fans. Well, today I’ll show you how to smash through that first sta… - 18 days ago, 12 Mar 20, 7:30am -
It seems that when people try to communicate, they mostly try to push the most stuff they can into our heads at one time. We say that business storytelling is very important but we don’t teach people how to do it. In the absence of instructions, a… - 27 days ago, 2 Mar 20, 1:14pm -
Whenever someone tells you “stories are an important part of leadership,” you do what most people do: you nod and shrug and wonder what the heck anyone means by that. And yet, we use stories informally every day. Your business meeting with prospe… - 82 days ago, 7 Jan 20, 12:04pm -
Happy 2020! Since 2006, I’ve been recommending that people choose 3 words to guide their actions and choices over the year to come. With over 13 years of experience and more to come, I want to share with you how this works because I want you to cho… - 89 days ago, 1 Jan 20, 4:30am -
I did a 3 part video series with my pal, Mitch Joel. He’s so smart and I just wanted to dig in and get his smarts. You’ll learn so much if you dig into these!The post Mitch Joel is a Wizard appeared first on Chris Brogan Media: StoryLeader. - 12 Dec 19, 1:44pm -
I just released a new episode of my podcast, the first in a little while. Just before I hit record, I decided to also record it as a video show (and I use the term “show” loosely as it’s just a multi-camera talking head thing). But I did it for… - 9 Sep 19, 9:02am -
What makes each social network different is the type of content created, how that content is created, and why that content is created. Consumers share a large variety of content for different reasons on different social networks. And social media pla… - 5 days ago, 25 Mar 20, 8:12am -
Marketing in the age of coronavirus can feel like shouting into the ether. It’s an unprecedented time for many folks (and their business models) to say the least. Fear, stress, and uncertainty is a universal tax on all of us. And yet, there is stil… - 17 days ago, 12 Mar 20, 1:36pm -
At our 2015 conference, I talked on stage about the large shift we were seeing in Instagram becoming the most important social network for brands going forward. In large part, that is still true today. On recent episode of The Social Toolkit podcast,… - 55 days ago, 4 Feb 20, 6:00am -
Facebook has been very clear. They see stories as the future of social media. In 2017, Facebook added stories to the top of the app’s home screen. And every day since then, they’ve worked to get the app’s mainstream user base to adopt and love… - 26 Nov 19, 12:13am -
Snapchat launched to the world in 2011 as a weird sexting chat app. Remember that? Then in 2013, Snapchat gifted the world with stories and changed social media forever. Last quarter Zuckerberg and company reported that Facebook “stories” had 500… - 13 Jun 19, 8:56am -
In my younger years, I found myself working at a digital agency during the height of the dotcom bubble burst. This was the early 2000s. We closed offices, let people go and grappled with the fact that the economy we... - 16 days ago, 13 Mar 20, 10:49am -
Recently, I spent an hour with a colleague who is just starting out in his career and wanted to learn more about what I do, how I do it and how he can apply that knowledge to his exploration of... - 20 days ago, 9 Mar 20, 12:30pm -
If I’m really being honest with myself, one of my greatest opportunities for career development is that I say yes too much. It is, in fact, possible to say yes too much. I’ve gotten much better at selectively saying no... - 23 days ago, 6 Mar 20, 1:11pm -
I’ve had some success and some failures in leadership. Leadership opportunities come in many forms—from formal to informal. I’ve done both kinds and probably more of the latter. I’ve also seen other leaders in action. Some great ones. Others… - 27 days ago, 2 Mar 20, 10:16am -
You’ve heard this before no doubt and it’s true. I’ve been reminded of this recently when... -A senior executive of one of the world’s top tech companies agreed to take time with someone they’ve never met before whom I introduced... - 30 days ago, 28 Feb 20, 1:50pm -
Jefferson Graham of USAToday explored the renewed phenomenon of live social video in the era of Coronavirus. He interviewed Brian to discuss its impact and also, whether live social video thrives in a post Coronavirus world. Here’s an excerpt: Inde… - 2 days ago, 27 Mar 20, 1:44pm -
During a pandemic, when you’re asked to stay home for a long period of time, it’s only natural that humanity would find ways to come together. To say that people would flock to the internet, on-demand video, and social media was a given. When it… - 3 days ago, 27 Mar 20, 8:34am -
My friend Nick Davis leads innovation and customer experience at Reaching the Future Faster and faculty chair for corporate innovation at Singularity University. Late in 2019, Nick and I were talking about his upcoming book, “Future Ready: A Chang… - 18 days ago, 12 Mar 20, 8:18am -
AI is promising the automation of customer engagement to scale intelligent, real-time CX to survive digital Darwinism. The future has two possibilities however. We can automate and scale the standards and capabilities for CX as we’ve come to define… - 19 days ago, 10 Mar 20, 10:22am -
Webcast: Unlock New Growth Opportunities through Digital Transformation March 12, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT (11:00 am PDT) Over the last 20 years, digital-native companies — like Amazon, Netflix, Stitch Fix and Carvana, have transformed how people consume… - 20 days ago, 9 Mar 20, 1:31pm -
With millions of people adjusting to work from home, here are a few apps and tools that can help you maximize your process. - 14 hours ago, 29 Mar 20, 8:00am -
Reviews play a key role in the modern path to purchase - but according to this report each generation values reviews a little differently. - 14 hours ago, 29 Mar 20, 8:00am -
Instagram is testing out an interesting new selfie sticker option which overlays your image over a rounded, animated background. - 2 days ago, 28 Mar 20, 8:00am -
Twitter has outlined how it's working to keep it systems operating amid unprecedented demand during the COVID-19 lockdowns. - 2 days ago, 28 Mar 20, 8:00am -
So, the last thing you want to do is get mad at Google for doing what Google usually does. Apparently, people are mad for Google doing what it usually does. - 23 Nov 17, 7:09pm -
Mark Zuckerberg has been talking a lot about augmented reality and investing a lot, too. Yesterday he did it again in an all-hands meeting that was live streamed to his Facebook account (it was very interesting to watch, by the way). Everyone in Sili… - 4 Oct 19, 3:34pm -
Does one client make your career? I haven’t been able to sleep in the 48 hours since Vanessa Camones brought one of her clients to my home. I can’t tell you who they are. But they showed me some technology that goes way beyond anything I’ve re… - 31 Aug 19, 2:25pm -
Ahh, a 20-something-year-old guy was over the house tonight. We almost got in a fight over VR. Tried to tell me something other than the Oculus Quest is better after seeing the Quests on the floor and declaring “I would never buy one of those.” I… - 22 Aug 19, 3:05am -
I attended SXSW 25 times. Crazy, huh? Those days are probably over for me, it’s time for someone else to have some fun eating BBQ and walking down Sixth in Austin while hanging out with the creative people in the industry. That said, I’ve been ke… - 15 Aug 19, 2:17pm -
We all know lots of jobs will go away in the next decade or two. When I visited Tesla’s factory this year I noticed about 20% more robots than when I visited last year. Take that trend out a decade or two and we can predict many jobs will go away.… - 10 Aug 19, 4:25pm -
