
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Publishing weekly since 2012, this show helps marketers navigate the ever changing marketing jungle with expert interviews from leading marketing pros. Join Social Media Examiner’s founder Michael Stelzner as he helps you discover new strategies and actionable tips to improve your marketing. Show notes at Socialmediaexaminer.com/podcast/
Latest episodes

11 snips
Aug 22, 2024 • 43min
Leveraging Emotions in Your Facebook Ads for Better Results
Nick Theriot, an expert in emotional advertising, shares invaluable insights on crafting compelling Facebook ads. He emphasizes the shift from product-focused to emotion-driven campaigns. Theriot reveals how emotional connections can significantly enhance ad performance and increase conversions. He discusses innovative market research strategies, including competitor analysis, and highlights the impact of 'emotion baiting' in ads. Listeners will gain practical tips to create relatable storytelling and dynamic visuals that boost audience engagement.

57 snips
Aug 15, 2024 • 47min
Creating Winning Email Marketing Welcome Sequences
Tyler Cook, an expert in email marketing strategies, shares his journey from door-to-door sales to mastering email engagement. He emphasizes the importance of effective welcome sequences in boosting conversions and offers a seven-step framework for creating compelling emails. Topics include strategic scheduling based on time zones, crafting targeted questions for new subscribers, and the innovative use of automation tools. Tyler also highlights techniques for enhancing subscriber interactions and keeping a healthy email list, ensuring better engagement and sales.

7 snips
Aug 8, 2024 • 43min
LinkedIn Ads for Personal Profiles: Strategy, Funnels, and More
In this episode, Anthony Blatner, a LinkedIn advertising expert, shares his journey from tech to marketing and how he became a LinkedIn Certified Marketing Expert. He discusses the game-changing potential of using LinkedIn ads on personal profiles for coaches and small businesses. Anthony highlights effective strategies for promoting personal posts, the difference between LinkedIn and Facebook ads, and the importance of storytelling. He also delves into retargeting techniques to maximize engagement, providing actionable insights for better visibility and lead generation.

40 snips
Aug 1, 2024 • 43min
How to Leverage Buyer Beliefs to Improve Your Marketing
Billy Broas, a marketing strategist with a passion for understanding buyer beliefs, shares valuable insights into the buyer journey. He discusses the importance of tapping into consumer beliefs for effective marketing, emphasizing direct engagement and active listening. Broas also covers common misconceptions potential clients have about artificial intelligence in marketing. He highlights storytelling and persuasion as key tools to influence buyer decisions, and stresses the need for tailored messaging to bridge gaps in understanding.

12 snips
Jul 25, 2024 • 44min
UGC Strategy: Boosting Visibility and Sales With Customer Content
Neal Schaffer, an expert in UGC strategy, discusses leveraging user-generated content to boost visibility and sales. Topics include benefits of UGC, creating 'Instagrammable' experiences, influencer gifting, contests for UGC, brand ambassador programs, and strategic hashtag use on physical products.

13 snips
Jul 18, 2024 • 43min
Embracing Humor in Your Writing: The Funny Side of Business
Lianna Patch, a humor expert, and the host discuss how to incorporate humor into marketing. They cover creating funny content, integrating humor authentically, using comedy to boost engagement, and navigating feedback. Learn how to make your brand more memorable and engaging with humor.

20 snips
Jul 11, 2024 • 45min
Video Content Marketing Strategy: Balancing Quality and Quantity
A. Lee Judge, an expert in video content strategies, discusses the importance of balancing quality and quantity in marketing. He explores tailoring content to different buyer journey stages, repurposing videos for various platforms, and extracting valuable clips for social media. The podcast also covers transitioning from awareness to interest stage, storytelling tips, and creating different types of video content.

35 snips
Jul 4, 2024 • 44min
Forget Everything You Know About Social Media: Embracing Chaos
Mark Schaefer discusses the evolving landscape of social media marketing, emphasizing the importance of creating strong emotional connections with audiences. He shares insights on choosing the right content lane, the power of storytelling in content creation, and the impact of AI on marketing roles. The episode concludes with calls to action and sponsor mentions.

27 snips
Jun 27, 2024 • 43min
Content Automation: How to Simplify Your Content Process
Expert Stephen G. Pope discusses streamlining content creation through automation, using tools like Airtable and Zapier. He explores automating processes for efficiency, including thumbnail creation and content generation with APIs. The podcast dives into the role of APIs in simplifying connections between tools directly, showcasing the rapid content creation capabilities of automated systems like Heygen.

67 snips
Jun 20, 2024 • 57min
Creating a Sustainable Instagram Strategy in Five Easy Steps
Instagram marketing expert Lucas O'Keeffe discusses creating a sustainable Instagram strategy. Topics include using Reels, Carousels, and photo posts to convert followers, creating strong content weekly, authentic engagement strategies, and utilizing Instagram features like Stories and Live for growth.