Anytime there's an update to Facebook (or even a rumored feature!), thousands hightail it to Mari Smith's profiles to see what she has to say about it.
But how did Mari establish such authority in the world of Meta marketing? How did she build her name professionally to become “the” Facebook guru? Why was Facebook the platform she chose to build her career on?
What did she do before Facebook⏤and what might she do after?
As with all good, aligned personal brands, the same motivating forces have guided Mari throughout her journey. Primary among those forces is her fascination with human relationships.
Relationships got her to the United States to begin with. Relationships enabled her to explore a variety of career paths. Relationships have always been the core of her interest in Facebook; she does love tech, but the thing that has always fascinated her most about Facebook is its power as a connection tool.
But as you'll hear, Mari's also looking more at the impact of social media on mental health, relationships, and society⏤for better and for worse.
This is definitely an interview that you have not heard Mari give before. We delve into her personal story, her varied professional background, and her unfiltered takes on Meta, marketing, and what’s next.
In this episode:
- Leaving Scotland for San Diego (with no money or job)
- Saved by the Cake!
- Bartering for legal help
- “From cakes to lawyers to a mobile disc jockey…”
- SEO Master
- “My love and my tech”
- “Mari, you, you can't be Miss Email Marketing, technology, internet and relationships⏤you gotta pick a lane!”
- Discovering Facebook
- Her first Facebook Marketing for Professionals course
- The power of early Facebook networking (and the DMs!)
- “I just love to teach and to explain!”
- Human Design and 10-year cycles
- “I'm going all in with this.”
- Mike Stelzner and Social Media Marketing World
- Why Mari has remained focus on organic social media
- Facebook vs. other platforms
- Mari’s current career transition
- “Mental wellness, mental health, and specifically, ironically, social media's impact and isolation and loneliness and depression…”
- “I just know how to market!”
- What has driven Mari in all phases of her life and career
- Why people trust her
- The public, the personal, and the private
Find Mari:
Mari Smith’s Superstars community
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