The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Podcast

If you're like most small businesses, you've seen your Facebook reach and engagement plummet recently. That's due to changes Facebook recently made. Is it even worth being on Facebook anymore? Is it worth your time and resources? To answer that question, we're going to speak with Mari Smith, possibly the most recognized Facebook marketing expert on the planet, to uncover what you can be doing to improve your engagement and generate more leads from Facebook. http://www.themarketingagents.com/41

With the search engines providing more personalized results, and everyone carrying a mobile device around with them, Local SEO (search engine optimization) is more important than ever for small businesses. In this episode, Local SEO expert , Nathan O'Leary of Mainely SEO, breaks it down for us. He shares how you can make small changes to your website and directory listing to get big results, and take on your biggest competitors! Drive more qualified leads to your site and build your business by optimizing for local search. http://www.themarketingagents.com/040

Networking is how we make connections, generate referrals and build our business, whether online or off. However, the very thought of networking chills some of us to the core. How can we get better and get out there to make these connections? And which offers a better ROI for small businesses? To find out, we brought in Susan Baroncini-Moe, author of Business in Blue Jeans, who knows her way around a conference and social media. http://www.themarketingagents.com/39

Today we talk to two members of the Social Media Club at Catherine McAuley, an all-girls Catholic high school in Maine. What we uncover is not just how to market to teens and tweens, but how to use social media to reach and engage any audience, regardless of their age. http://www.themarketingagents.com/38

This week we talk about something that is critical to your online success: your email list. While social media gets all the attention, your email marketing is what drives traffic, leads and sales for your small business. That's why we asked Heather Jackson of Constant Contact about how we can build our list, get our emails delivered, opened and read, and most importantly, how we can generate more business from our email list. All that and more in this week's episode of The Marketing Agents Podcast. http://www.themarketingagents.com/37

Sometimes you can have everything in place: you've got a website, your active on Facebook and other social media platforms, you've got an email list, but things still aren't clicking. Is your mindset to blame? This week, we bring in Jeremy Frandsen from Internet Business Mastery to talk about the importance of mindset to your success. Jeremy's been wildly successful helping entrepreneurs create the life they want to live, and he's here to share some of his best secrets with you. http://www.themarketingagents.com/36

WordPress isn't just a blogging platform, it's a publishing platform. And with the right plugins, you can multiply the reach and power of your WordPress website and blog. However, many small businesses don't know which WordPress plugins are worthwhile and helpful. That's why we asked Syed Balkhi, web marketer and tech guru in this week's episode of The Marketing Agents Podcast. http://www.themarketingagents.com/35

Guest blogging--when done right--is a great way to get in front of a new audience, create engagement, drive traffic back to your website and build your business. But how do you get these guest blogging gigs, and how do you make the most of them? In this week's episode of The Marketing Agents Podcast, Kristi Hines stops by to share how she got started in guest blogging and how it helped her reach a wider audience. http://www.themarketingagents.com/34

Do you find social media marketing overwhelming? Do you wish there was an easier way to create, promote and measure your social media marketing? This week, Andrea Vahl, co-author of Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies and social media consultant and speaker, stops by to share some of her favorite tools for speeding up your social media marketing. http://www.themarketingagents.com.com/33

How would you like to have influential bloggers in your industry share your blog posts with their audience, driving quality traffic to your site? Awesome, right? Well, in this week's episode, Michael Stelzner of the Social Media Examiner shows us step by step how to make this happen. http://www.themarketingagents.com/32