Manly Pinterest Tips Podcast With Jeff Sieh

Should my business try doing live video?  Is there special software or equipment that I need? Can I broadcast to just my Facebook group?   We have more options and opportunities with live video than ever before.   But is Live video right for you and your business?   Join live video expert Ian Anderson Gray and Jeff Sieh as they discuss recent updates and tactics for using live video for your business.   Ian Anderson Gray is the founder of Seriously Social; a blog focused on social media tools. He’s a speaker, trainer, teacher, web developer, and consultant. He has a passion for turning the techno-babble of social media marketing into plain English. Ian is a co-founder of Select Performers – a family run web agency. As well as being a geek, husband, and dad to two kids, Ian is also a professional singer and lives near Manchester in the UK.

If you pick up a rock and throw it, you'll probably hit a social media marketer who is talking all about the changes that happened recently on Instagram.   If you're not a marketing nerd, here's the skinny… you now can share multiple photos and videos in one post on Instagram.   With this update, you no longer have to choose the single best photo or video from an experience you want to remember. Now, you can combine up to 10 photos and videos in one post and swipe through to see them all.   Good idea?  Will this kill all that is good about Instagram?  Come watch Peg Fitzpatrick and myself discuss it on today's show!   Peg Fitzpatrick is the new Director of Content Strategy & Social Media at Tailwind. She is also the co-author of The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users with Guy Kawasaki.  She’s been seen on Time Inc., Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, and NPR’s Tech Nation. She also runs social media campaigns for some of the top companies around. She’s spearheaded successful social media campaig

Snapagram? Instachat? It's easy to see how Patriots coach Bill Belichick can get mixed up.  The visual social media platforms are getting crowded and confusing.     Which platform's features are right for you?  Does the audience that I'm actually trying to reach actually use it? If Instagram is all about images, can I use it if I take terrible photos?   Today on the show Molly Marshall from Molly Marshall Marketing will discuss why a business might want to use Instagram live, Instagram story strategies, hashtags, Instagram tools, and much more!   Molly has 11+ years of digital marketing experience. Before becoming a social media consultant for small- and medium-sized businesses, she was responsible for creating and implementing the digital strategy for a global durable goods manufacturer for over a decade. She particularly enjoys solving real business problems by creating valuable online content and crafting social media strategies that get results. She is a data-driven, results-oriented, forever-student

Are you struggling with creating a marketing plan for your business?  Does your current marketing plan need a reboot?  If so, then today’s show is for you!   Join Jeff Sieh as he talks with awarding-winning blogger and marketer Mike Allton on what it takes in 2017 to drive traffic, generate leads, and convert those leads into sales.

Food and health are extremely popular categories on visual platforms like Pinterest and Instagram.     If you've ever wanted to know the secrets and strategies that food bloggers use than today's show is for you! Join Jeff Sieh as he talks with Traci Antonovich on what it takes to be a successful food blogger.  Visual marketing, photography, Pinterest, and Instagram best practices are shared and discussed.

How do you make your blog more successful?  How do you manage tasks?  How do you know what ideas to focus on and when to move on to something else?   These are the some of the questions we discuss on today’s show   Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner, author of the books Launch and Writing White Papers and the man behind large events, such as Social Media Marketing World and Social Media Success Summit. He is also host of the Social Media Marketing podcast, founder of the Social Media Marketing Society and host of the weekly Morning Social Media Marketing TALK show.

How do you take downtime with your family when managing multiple social media accounts during the holidays?  Are there any helpful tools that can aid in scheduling social media posts?  Should you shoot live video when you go a wassailing?     Those questions and more will be answered on today's show!   Peg Fitzpatrick is the co-author of The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users with Guy Kawasaki.  She’s been seen on Time Inc., Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, and NPR’s Tech Nation. She also runs social media campaigns for some of the top companies around. She’s spearheaded successful social media campaigns for Motorola, Audi, Google, Virgin, and more.

We've all heard about the importance of live video.  Live video is popping up more and more in our social streams and companies are rushing to jump on the bandwagon.  But how do you get started in live video? What are the tools you need?  Do you need a professional background?  What if you're not comfortable in front of a camera?   Those questions and more will be answered on today's show!   Ian is founder of Seriously Social; a blog focused on social media tools. He’s a speaker, trainer, teacher, web developer and consultant. He has a passion for turning the techno-babble of social media marketing into plain English.  As well as being a geek, husband and dad to two kids, Ian is also a professional singer and lives near Manchester in the UK.

If you've ever wanted to get help on those time-consuming tasks on social, learn tools that can help on social media or strategies on finding great content, then today's show is for you! Erik Fisher is the Social Media Manager for Social Media Examiner and host of the award-winning podcast, Beyond the To Do List. Erik is an authority on social media, productivity, and podcasting who began blogging back in 2004 – before Facebook and Twitter even entered into the picture. With such a long history in the business, he's picked up a trick or two, and, thankfully for us, he's willing to share!  

Jeff Sieh reports on Pinterest and Instagram with the team at Social Media Examiner on the Morning Social Media Marketing Talk Show.    

Just when you think you’ve got Pinterest all figured out they go and make a bunch of changes.  So today we are going to be talking all about the new options for Promoted Pins with Alisa Meredith.   Alisa is a content marketing strategist who has (more than once!) been accused of a Pinterest obsession. Content marketer and a blogger for HubSpot, Tailwind, Social Media Examiner and alisameredith.com, she’s also co-owner of a HubSpot partner agency and content and social media consultant for other agencies and small businesses. A big believer in the power of visual marketing, she’s on a mission to drag, err… coax businesses into making the most of it!

Heather Kraafter runs kraaftshaak.com and the tagline is “to help you find your crafty bone.” and she does just that!  Heather has been helping people find their creativity through crafting for over 6 years. Her courses and classes have helped countless people discover their inner creativity even when they didn’t think they had a creative bone in their body.   If you struggle with being creative or need a boost to get past a creative roadblock then this will be the show for you.

No matter how much you love Pinterest.  It’s just not possible to spend all day, every day on the platform. So how do you optimize your time spent on Pinterest?  That’s where scheduling pins come in.   Melissa Megginson is resident Marketing Manager and Cat Lady at Tailwind, the leading visual marketing tool for brands. Melissa specializes in content creation, social media, blogging, PR outreach and pretty much all things marketing.   We discuss what kind of software to trust and use, tips and tactics for scheduling pins, and much more on today’s show.

Shannon Hernandez is currently an on-air personality at 98KUPD in Phoenix, Arizona and brings over 16 years of live broadcasting experience to the table.   His goal is to help people get over their fears of presentation and the delivery of their message when they are public speaking online.  He helps people crack the mic and flip open the lens with confidence and self-assurance that their message is more important than others.

Rebekah Radice, Global Brand Ambassador for Post Planner, sits down and talks about the newly released Social Media Marketing Industry Report put out by Social Media Examiner.  She interviews Peg Fitzpatrick, award winning blogger and social media influencer, Jeff Sieh, host of The Manly Pinterest Tips Podcast, and Erik Fisher, Social Media Manager for Social Media Examiner as well as the host of Beyond The To-Do-List, an award-winning podcast.   Topics include: What social platforms marketers will focus on in the future? The top benefits of social media marketing and how time invested affects results and the most common forms of content for social media marketing.

Are you ready to take your Twitter marketing to the next level?    Diana Adams is a self-proclaimed Twitter addict. She’s been on Twitter almost every day since March of 2009, and she’s sent over 161,000 tweets!   She is also the Ambassador of Happiness at Post Planner where she spends her time building the Post Planner community and blogging.   She’s written over 4,100+ blog posts across the Interwebz (mostly about social media and technology).   If you've struggled with optimizing your Twitter presence than this show is for you!  

On today’s episode, Jeff Sieh speaks with Pinterest expert Vincent Ng about some new developments at Pinterest.  Most notably, the return of affiliate links returning to Pinterest after being disallowed on the platform over a year ago.   Vincent Ng is the founder of MCNG Marketing and a Pinterest marketer, and speaker.  He is the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis and the host of the Pictures to Profits Podcast. He is a top 20 resource for becoming a Pinterest expert according to Heyo, and has written for amazing blogs such as Social Media Examiner, Top Dog Social Media, and Tailwind.

Peg Fitzpatrick and Rebekah Radice totally nailed their presentations last month at Social Media Marketing World, so we explore their secrets on today's show!   Peg Fitzpatrick is the co-author of The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users with Guy Kawasaki.  She’s been seen on Time Inc., Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, and NPR’s Tech Nation. She also runs social media campaigns for some of the top companies around. She’s spearheaded successful social media campaigns for Motorola, Audi, Google, Virgin, and more.     Rebekah Radice is an Award Winning Writer, Social Media Strategist and Global Brand Ambassador for Post Planner.  She is the author of How to Use Social Media to Virtually Crush the Competition and recently named a Top 10 Social Media Blog by Social Media Examiner for the 2nd year in a row, as well as one of the Top Ten Most Shared Content Marketers.   These two are some of the top social media pros out there and really know How To Rock A Presentation!   Discussing includes tips and tacti

Jeff Sieh shares his experience and insights he learned as a first-time speaker at Social Media Marketing World.

Daniel Maloney the CEO and Founder of Tailwind returns to the show to talk in-depth about Pinterest tactics for 2016 as well as some new changes to the Tailwind product.  Everything from Pinterest’s Smart Feed to re-thinking group boards is covered in today’s show.   Daniel Maloney is an internet entrepreneur who has spent his career building consumer internet businesses that connect consumers to each other and to brands more effectively. Currently, Danny is CEO and Co-Founder of Tailwind, the world's leading Visual Marketing Platform. Tailwind is currently helping over 70,000 leading brands and agencies build a highly engaged presence on today's hottest social networks.