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Ep 108: Message About Solving Problems Instead Of Promoting Services

Ep 108: Message About Solving Problems Instead Of Promoting Services

Ep 108: Message About Solving Problems Instead Of Promoting Services

by Brad Friedman

Message About Solving Problems Instead Of Promoting Services

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In this episode of The Digital Slice Podcast, Brad Friedman and Beth Trejo dive deep into the need to be human on social media, use AI responsibly, and more.

Beth Trejo is a trailblazing speaker, CEO, and founder of the global social-first digital agency, Chatterkick. Featured in USA Today, Yahoo, and Business Insiders as a Top 50 CEO for Women, Beth is also a recognized advocate for women in tech.

Recognized as one of Comparably’s Top 50 CEOs for Women and recipient of the Women Aware’s Women Helping Women award, Beth Trejo has not only championed women’s representation in the tech industry but also created a positive and supportive environment for working parents. Her company, Chatterkick, was acknowledged as the Best Place for Working Parents for two consecutive years, serving as a model for inclusivity and diversity with predominantly female staff.

Drawing on her extensive background as a National Speaker and podcast host, Beth Trejo has masterfully harnessed these mediums to share her learnings, foster her brand’s growth, and shape the conversation and direction in her industry.

In this Episode:

  • Beth talks about storytelling, using people's first names and building relationships.
  • Beth discusses how social media has gotten ugly.
  • Beth says it's really important for brands to differentiate from other businesses and have a clear point of view.
  • Beth let's us know that all the different social platforms can work for us in different ways t .
  • Beth also talks about how real photos of real people perform 10X better than stock photos.

Quotes from this Episode:
“But if you focus back on the people behind the logos and that there is someone on the other end I think it really helps to lead with empathy and understanding.” – Beth Trejo
“I think one thing that is really important for brands is really to establish some differentiation..” – Beth Trejo
“So I would encourage people to not to focus on the tactics and instead focus on the type of content and the way that you're speaking about the problems that you solve.” – Beth Trejo
“I think what people are really craving for in video marketing right now is the authenticity and a little bit of the messiness.” – Beth Trejo
“People forget that just a one sentence text only question actually still really performs because it's so different.” – Beth Trejo
“I think the AI tools are really great for getting something to 80%.” – Beth Trejo

Resources:

Beth Trejo:
LinkedIn: Beth Trejo
Facebook: Chatterkick
X: Chatterkick
Instagram: Chatterkick
TikTok: Chatterkick
YouTube: Chatterkick
Website: Chatterkick

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 064: Using Digital Ads To Expand Your Reach And Explode Your Sales

Ep 064: Using Digital Ads To Expand Your Reach And Explode Your Sales

Ep 064: Using Digital Ads To Expand Your Reach And Explode Your Sales

by Brad Friedman

Using Digital Ads To Expand Your Reach And Explode Your Sales

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Meredith Kallaher as they chat about using Facebook and Instagram ads to expand your business' reach and explode your sales. Meredith talks about how business owners can communicate the value of their offers, move prospects along their customer journey quickly, and much more.

Meredith helps business owners develop and implement marketing strategies that optimize for profit and meet their ideal customers where they are. She helps new and seasoned entrepreneurs effectively communicate the value of their offers and move prospects along their customer journey quickly.

In this Episode:

  • Meredith talks about her work primarily with coaches and coarse creators.
  • Meredith talked about expanding your reach with Facebook and Instagram ads.
  • Meredith talked about teaching doctors how to grow their Instagram presence organically.
  • Meredith talked about how much she enjoys working with the numbers you need to analyze when working with digital ads.
  • Meredith also talked about ways to work with and around Apple's iOS14.

Quotes from this Episode:
“Verifying your domain and implmenting two-factor authentication are two of the basic things you need to do to get your ads working.” – Meredith Kallaher
“Your email marketing isn't dead.” – Meredith Kallaher
“With iOS14 Facebook doesn't know who is opting in, but they're guessing pretty well.” – Meredith Kallaher
“Anything you tell Facebook we still have access to and we can track it” – Meredith Kallaher
“I think it's worth really investing and growing your organic social media. It's a smart thing to do.” – Meredith Kallaher

Resources:

Meredith Kallaher:
LinkedIn: Meredith Kallaher
Facebook: Meredith Kallaher
Instagram: Meredith Kallaher
Website: Meredith Kallaher

Brad Friedman

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

Here's the equipment we use and recommend:

Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone http://amzn.to/2hWshL8

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Roland R-05 Digital Recorder http://amzn.to/2zZ2vN4

Neewer 6×9 foot Green Screen https://amzn.to/35G4K6u

Elgato Key Light https://amzn.to/3ial9Fg

LED Lighting Kit https://amzn.to/35GBPiW

Desk Mounting Stand https://amzn.to/3qanNxM

These products and more can be found at our Amazon Store Front
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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
https://friedmansocialmedia.com/agora

We highly recommend you use TubeBuddy to up your YouTube game!
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Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

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Not every link is a referral link and some appear here because my guest spoke about them and I want to make it easy for you to check 'em out. Thank you!

Ep 050: Busting The Myths, Rumors & Stories of Social Media Marketing With SCIENCE

Ep 050: Busting The Myths, Rumors & Stories of Social Media Marketing With SCIENCE

Ep 050: Busting The Myths, Rumors & Stories of Social Media Marketing With SCIENCE

by Brad Friedman

Busting The Myths, Rumors & Stories of Social Media Marketing With SCIENCE

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Scott Ayres is the Content Scientist for the Social Media Lab powered by Agorapulse. Scott conducts extensive tests and research to help social media managers and business owners get the most out of their posts, busting myths along the way with SCIENCE!

In today’s Digital Slice Podcast we’re doing just that! We're busting the myths, rumors and stories of social media marketing with SCIENCE!

In this Episode:

  • Scott talks about a recent science project Where he compared Facebook mobile ads to desktop ads.
  • Scott talked about a science project where his hypothesis was wrong.
  • We experienced a bell ringing in the school Scott was in to let him know class was over.
  • We talked about the benefits of using Agorapulse and Scott provided listeners with a code for a free month.

Quotes from this Episode:
“I was curious to see if mobile ads performed better because there are so many more people on mobile.” – Scott Ayres
“Anytime we do any of our experiments I try to form a hypothesis beforehand, based on what I’m reading.” – Scott Ayres
“I love Facebook Ads Manager for the Split Testing!” – Scott Ayres
“I have a special link for you. I didn’t even tell Brad this. You can go to agorapulse.com/lab and sign up for a free trial. And there’s a coupon code on there actually. You can get your first paid month for free, whenever you do sign up to pay.” – Scott Ayres
“You know what’s funny? I’m in a school building right now and the bell just rang. So, class is over” – Scott Ayres

Resources:

Scott Ayres
Website: Social Media Lab
Website: Agorapulse
Facebook: Social Media Lab
LinkedIn: Scott Ayres
Twitter: Social Media Lab
Twitter: Scott Ayres
Instagram: Scott Ayres
Instagram: Social Media Lab

Brad Friedman

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman

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Ep 035: Community Building and Engagement – The What, Why and How

Ep 035: Community Building and Engagement – The What, Why and How

Ep 035: Community Building and Engagement – The What, Why and How

by Brad Friedman

Community Building and Engagement - The What, Why and How

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

To grow your business, you have to build a community of engaged supporters. People who will Like, Share and Comment on your content. People who will leave 5-Star Reviews. Facebook Groups could be the best place to do that right now.

Rob Balasabas is the Social Media & Community Manager at Thinkific, a platform where you can host and market your online courses. Rob manages Thinkific’s daily message curation on social media. Rob engages with Thinkific’s private Facebook online community which comprises more than 14,000 course creators online. In this Episode, Brad and Rob talks about developing and managing you online communities. Rob is also into livestream video creation, social media marketing, and video and content strategy. He mostly speaks about these same topics on webinars, podcasts, and live streams. When he is offline, he enjoys a good taco and lots of coffee.

In this Episode:

  • How to get started with building a community
  • How to make people in your community stay engaged
  • How content is a driver for engagement in your community
  • How the community can be an extension of your email list
  • How the value of your content should make it interesting for your audience
  • The value of live video versus a static post in a community
  • How long it will take before your community takes off
  • How you have to be clear about your goal in building the community for the benefit of your audience and not for self-promotion
  • How engaging in other groups help attract members to your community organically
  • How to promote your group in other places, channels, platforms online
  • How questions, timely replies, and conversations is key to engagement
  • What questions to ask for those wanting to join your group

Quotes from this Episode:
“The nice thing is that everyone helps each other. There’s no egos or anything like that. So it’s a great community.” - Rob Balasabas
“It just grows organically at this point. People are discovering us – it’s on our website, it’s on our on-boarding email.” - Rob Balasabas
“Online community, I’m thinking Facebook. Facebook is the king – Facebook groups.” - Rob Balasabas
“It’s really important to understand what they are looking to get out of your community so that you can then create content and engage with them in a way that brings value for them to be part of that community.” - Rob Balasabas
“We give space for people to share their wins so that we can celebrate that as a community.” - Rob Balasabas
“The more niche you are, then the more successful you are when it comes to groups.” - Rob Balasabas
“I think live videos are really good for community because it just gives access to the people behind the scenes.” - Rob Balasabas
“Getting the conversations started, that’s the really biggest key.” - Rob Balasabas

Resources:

Rob's web and social links
Website: https://socialclub.thinkific.com
Instagram: @RobBalasabas
LinkedIn: @RobBalasabas
Twitter: @Rob_Balasabas
YouTube: Social Media Club

Thinkific's web and social links
Website: https://thinkific.com
Instagram: @Thinkific
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkific”
YouTube: Thinkific
Twitter: @thinkific

Linktree: Linktree
Quora: Quora

Brad Friedman

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@BradFriedman

@FriedmanGrp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefriedmangroup

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfriedman/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman

Be sure to sign up for the Brad Bot at TheBradBot.com To get reminders when I go live on Facebook and to receive freebies and other content from The Friedman Group, LLC.

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