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Over the last 30+ years, I've built not one, but seven 7 figure online businesses, (and a…
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How can you train your team to stay up-to-date with Social Selling trends?
In the whirlwind of content creation, we often forget to pause and evaluate what's actually working. That's where the magic of content promotion evaluation comes in. It’s like checking the rearview mirror while driving – it tells you how far you've come and what needs tweaking. By diving deep into analytics, we can unearth gems of insights about audience preferences and content performance. This isn’t just number-crunching; it's about understanding the story behind each click, share, and engagement. Remember, every piece of content is a learning opportunity. Let's not just create; let's iterate and excel!
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What are the best ways to experiment with growth hacking strategies?
In our growth experiments, I advocate for organic strategies. It's about content that truly resonates, creating real connections on social media. Imagine nurturing a garden - authentic, engaging content is our seed, community interaction is the water, and influencer collaborations are like sunlight. Our hypothesis: this approach significantly boosts engagement. It's dynamic, real, and sustainable, not just a one-off tactic. By focusing on authenticity, we aim for lasting impact and genuine growth.
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How can you create a CMS platform that is user-friendly for content creators and editors?
We use Monday.com to streamline content workflow stages: writing, editing, image creation, SEO, review, publish. Each content piece has a dedicated board with columns for each stage, visually tracking progress. Tasks move across columns as they advance. Automated alerts for stage changes and deadlines reduce manual oversight. Monday.com's integration with our CMS enables direct publishing, enhancing efficiency and collaboration.
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How do you know if your personal brand is boosting your social selling?
AI is the future of social selling. Per studies, over 90% of marketers expect AI to transform marketing and social selling within 5 years. AI’s strengths lie in digesting volumes of data, monitoring conversations, generating content variations, and automating repetitive tasks. This frees sellers to focus on strategy and relationship building. With AI, hyper-personalized, omnichannel selling is possible at unprecedented scale. It enables tailored outreach based on prospects' needs and interests. But AI should amplify, not replace human creativity and empathy. Combining AI with human insight drives social selling success. AI allows professionals to focus on high-level goals while AI handles execution. Together, they achieve more together.
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
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Advanced Content Marketing
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Advanced Digital Marketing
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Advanced Social Media Marketing
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Social Selling Strategist
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Publications
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Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars
Entrepreneur Press
Eager business owners gain access to the playbooks of 24 of today’s most respected and well-known online marketers, who reveal their most valuable online strategies and tactics for capturing new customers and influencing ongoing purchases from current ones. Each chapter is a coaching session designed to help business owners avoid the pitfalls and mistakes by the experts who have been there and done that. Readers learn how to develop a personal media brand, build a total online presence, and…
Eager business owners gain access to the playbooks of 24 of today’s most respected and well-known online marketers, who reveal their most valuable online strategies and tactics for capturing new customers and influencing ongoing purchases from current ones. Each chapter is a coaching session designed to help business owners avoid the pitfalls and mistakes by the experts who have been there and done that. Readers learn how to develop a personal media brand, build a total online presence, and create a social media strategy that increases traffic. They also discover how to develop and use content that converts visitors into buyers and ultimately loyal customers, succeed with SEO, pay-per-click, and linking strategies that get websites ranked. Also included is information on leveraging social networking apps, including LinkedIn, Facebook, online video, and Instagram, and avoiding the mistakes made by new online businesses.
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Will The Real You Please Stand Up, Show Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media
Morgan James Publishing
Social media is changing the way people buy. What started just a few years ago as a quirky new way to find people, discuss events and connect has since woven itself into the fabric of our lives. 2 BILLION+ people now use social media on a regular basis as their single source for news, to research everything from cars to homes to burritos, to find, meet and marry and to connect and become part of the communities behind their favorite brands and companies. People buy from those that they know…
Social media is changing the way people buy. What started just a few years ago as a quirky new way to find people, discuss events and connect has since woven itself into the fabric of our lives. 2 BILLION+ people now use social media on a regular basis as their single source for news, to research everything from cars to homes to burritos, to find, meet and marry and to connect and become part of the communities behind their favorite brands and companies. People buy from those that they know, like and trust. That's always been the case but what is changing is HOW people buy. Social media is redefining the buyer/seller relationship and the winners are the ones that can form meaningful, authentic relationships with with their social media communities.
With so much competition it is difficult to stand out through the noise. In "Will the Real You Please Stand Up", leading social media expert Kim Garst shares with you the tips, tricks and techniques that have helped her rise to, and stay at the top of the social media world. However, this is NOT a "how to" book on social media. It is something much more powerful. It is a guided journey to discovering the most unstoppable force in nature, something which you already have but just don't know how to harness and unleash...YOU! For entrepreneurs, small business owners to CEO's of Fortune 500 companies, Will The Real You Please Stand Up, is chock full of tips and tactics to help you find your authentic voice and #BeYou! -
30+ Social Media Predictions for 2015
Social Media Today
To find out what social marketers may expect, I asked over 30+ social media influencers on what they view as forthcoming in the year ahead.
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Author ► Social Selling Expert ► Huffington Post
Huffington Post
I regularly contribute articles to Huffington Post. I cover topics around social media and digital marketing, twitter sales and lead generation to social selling strategies.
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Author ►Social Selling Expert ► Entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur.com
I regularly contribute articles to Huffington Post. I cover topics around social media and digital marketing, twitter sales and lead generation to social selling strategies.
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Boom Social Blog - Social Selling Strategies That Actually Work
www.kimgarst.com/blog
Check out our aware winning social media marketing blog. Voted as one of the Top 10 Social Media Blogs in the World by Social Media Examiner in 2012 and 2013. ► http://www.kimgarst.com/blog
► Top 10 Social Media Blog 2012 and 2013
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Will The Real You Please Stand Up Companion Guide
http://kimgarst.com/beyoubook/
Download this companion guide and walk, step-by-step, through building an authentic brand that people won't be able to resist buying from!
► http://kimgarst.com/beyoubook/
Courses
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AI Advantage Masterclass
AI 101
Projects
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In The Media
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Honors & Awards
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Forbes Top 20 Women Social Media Power Influencers
Forbes
The big deciding factor is how active a candidate’s networks are – Peek Analytics’ algorithm goes in search of those people who are in your network and your network’s network, and it assesses if those are real people or bots, and, if real people, how actively they participate in social media.
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Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers
Forbes
This study took 40 of the top 100 to analyse and collated their blog material up to a total of 50,000 words each dating from December 2011 backwards. The scope of the list is extended by including people whose mission is clearly social media marketing and not just social media as a topic.
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Top 10 Social Media Blog
Social Media Examiner
Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things).
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English
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Brabeia, Inc.
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