The Social Scoop: Mari Smith’s Weekly Top Social Media Picks

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2014

Issue 111 – 8 Blogging “Rules” You Should Probably Ditch August 22, 2014

Issue 110 – Your business featured as a Facebook case study?  August 15, 2014

Issue 109 – Facebook Forces Messenger on Mobile Users  August 8, 2014

Issue 108 – Postcard from remote BC, Canada!  August 1, 2014

Issue 107 – Facebook’s Q2 earnings – 25 stats you need to know  July 25, 2014

Issue 106 – How your Facebook news feed really works  July 18, 2014

Issue 105 – 50 Best Content Marketing Tools!  July 11, 2014

Issue 104 – Happy 4th! Facebook marketing and Instagram tips July 4, 2014

Issue 103 – Complete Guide to Facebook Reach June 27, 2014

Issue 102 – The 5 Facebook advertising tools every marketer needs June 20, 2014

Issue 101 – Give your Facebook profile a facelift – here’s how! June 13, 2014

Issue 100 – Celebrating our 100th issue with a $100 flash sale! June 6, 2014

Issue 99 – 2 Important Facebook Updates – clearing up the confusion May 30, 2014

Issue 98 – 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report – free download May 23, 2014

Issue 97 – 10 Facebook Ads That Work! May 16, 2014

Issue 96 – 21 Top Marketers Share Trends (and fun selfies!) May 9, 2014

Issue 95 – New Facebook mobile features launched at f8 May 2, 2014

Issue 94 – Don’t break up with Facebook over organic Page reach April 25, 2014

Issue 93 – JOMO is a genuine rising trend! April 18, 2014

Issue 92 – 5 big changes to your Twitter profile April 11, 2014

Issue 91 – The 15-Minute Social Media Audit Everyone Can Do April 4, 2014

Issue 90 – Organic Facebook marketing tips from the pros March 28, 2014

Issue 89 – Why women lead the way in social media March 21st

Issue 88 – Facebook Page changes – what you need to know…. March 14th

Issue 87 – 12 Facebook Reach Tips March 7th

Issue 86 – The State of Social Marketing 2014 Feb. 28th

Issue 85 – Facebook invested $19Bn in What?  Feb. 21st

Issue 84 – Roses are red, Facebook is blue…. Feb. 14th

Issue 83 – The #1 social media challenge… Feb. 7th

Issue 82 – Happy 10th Birthday to Facebook! Jan. 31st

Issue 81 – 9 ways to boost your Facebook reach Jan. 24th

Issue 80 – The #1 quality of leaders… Jan. 17th

Issue 79 – 5 Instagram Marketing Tips for Small Businesses Jan. 10th

Issue 78 – A Guid New Year – lang may yer lum reek! Jan. 3rd

2013

Issue 77 – One word theme for 2014 Dec. 27th

Issue 76 – Social media predictions for 2014 Dec. 20th

Issue 75 – Facebook ads work when you do this… Dec. 13th

Issue 74 – Instagram beats Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ as best platform for brands in 2013 Dec. 6th

Issue 73 – Emotion beats promotion by 2x Nov. 29th

Issue 72 – Facebook Maintenance Manual – free ebook Nov. 22nd

Issue 71 – Hangout with Gary and Mari today Nov. 15th

Issue 70 – Does Forrester have it wrong? Nov. 8th

Issue 69 – Boost your Holiday sales on Facebook – here’s how Nov. 1st

Issue 68 – How to write a rockstar Twitter bio Oct. 25th

Issue 67 – Online privacy for teens – new Facebook settings Oct. 18th

Issue 66 – You’ll love the new Facebook Page Insights! Oct. 11th

Issue 65 – Facebook News Feed algorithm – it’s a good thing!  Oct. 4th

Issue 64 – The Top 7 Social Media Trends for 2014  Sept. 27

Issue 63 – Facebook’s new features demystified  Sept. 20

Issue 62 – 6 Tips To Get More Speaking Engagements  Sept. 13

Issue 61 – We meet again on Tuesday!  September 6, 2013

Issue 60 – Facebook relaxes contest rules  August 30, 2013

Issue 59 – Free stock images for Facebook advertisers  August 23, 2013

Issue 58 – Hello from Prince Edward Island  August 16, 2013

Issue 57 – 16 Must-Listen Business Podcasts  August 9, 2013,

Issue 56 – Gmail tabs – keep calm and carry on  August 2, 2013

Issue 55 – Introducing Facebook’s new Page Insights  July 26, 2013

Issue 54 – 10 Social Media Best Practices  July 19, 2013

Issue 53 – Happy First Birthday!  July 12, 2013

Issue 52 – One simple, universal marketing method… July 5, 2013

Issue 51 – Will you celebrate Social Media Day on June 30th? June 28, 2013

Issue 50 – Celebrating 100,00 fans! June 21, 2013

Issue 49 – Facebook hashtags are here! June 14, 2013

Issue 48 – Better Facebook results in 30 days! June 7, 2013

Issue 47 – Ultimate Guide to Facebook Mobile May 31, 2013

Issue 46 – The 2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report May 24, 2013

Issue 45 – How To Monetize Your Facebook Efforts May 17, 2013

Issue 44 – Amazing connections on Vancouver Island! May 10, 2013

Issue 43 – What color is your brand? May 3, 2013

Issue 42 – Five Facebook Marketing Strategies April 26, 2013

Issue 41 – Top 50 Social Media Influencers (Forbes) April 19, 2013

Issue 40 – What did Guy Kawasaki really propose? April 12, 2013

Issue 39 – Wow, 81% indicated this… April 5, 2013

Issue 38 – Shark Tank’s Daymond John plus 5 social media picks March 29, 2013

Issue 37 – A Facebook change you’ll like plus 5 social media picks March 22, 2013

Issue 36 – Social Media Survey plus new look for Mari’s Top5! March 15, 2013

Issue 35 – Happy International Women’s Day plus this week’s social media picks March 8, 2013

Issue 34 – How to get more Facebook shares plus this week’s social media picks March 1, 2013

Issue 33 – Social Media Immersion now open plus this week’s social media picks February 22, 2013

Issue 32 – Loving your customers plus this week’s social media picks February 15, 2013

Issue 31 – Encore webinar on Saturday plus this week’s social media picks February 8, 2013

Issue 30 – Awesome mic for your smartphone plus this week’s social media picks February 1, 2013

Issue 29 – Video Success Secrets plus this week’s social media picks January 25, 2013

Issue 28 – Free Webinar on Thursday Plus this week’s social media picks January 18, 2013

Issue 27 – Facebook press conference! Plus this week’s social media picks January 11, 2013

Issue 26 – It’s the Year of the Video! Plus this week’s social media picks January 4, 2013

2012

Issue 25 – Start the New Year with this Challenge plus this week’s social media picks December 28, 2012

Issue 24 – Happy Holidays plus this week’s social media picks December 21, 2012

Issue 23 – Facebook page evaluation checklist plus this week’s social media picks December 14, 2012

Issue 22 – Member orientation on 12/12/12  plus this week’s social media picks December 7, 2012

Issue 21 – Live webinar: let’s chat today plus this week’s social media picks November 30, 2012

Issue 20 – Greetings from Scotland plus this week’s social media picks November 23, 2012

Issue 19 – Special call tomorrow plus this week’s social media picks November 16, 2012

Issue 18 – Free teleseminar today plus this week’s social media picks November 9, 2012

Issue 17 – Free business strategy teleseminar plus this week’s social media picks November 2, 2012

Issue 16 – Announcing new Business & Beyond Club plus this week’s social media picks October 26, 2012

Issue 15 – 7 powerful headline writing tips plus this week’s social media picks October 19, 2012

Issue 14 – Get your business on track for 2013 plus this week’s social media tips October 12, 2012

Issue 13 – Just announced! Live online event October 23 plus your social media tips October 5, 2012

Issue 12 – LIVE online event October 23rd plus your top social media posts September 28, 2012

Issue 11 – Twitter’s redesign plus your hot social media tips September 21, 2012

Issue 10 – 100 Day Challenge plus your hot social media tips September 14, 2012

Issue 9 – Free LinkedIn webinar plus your hot social media tips  September 7, 2012

Issue 8 – Happy Father’s Day plus your hot social media tips August 31, 2012

Issue 7 – A Faster Facebook plus your hot social media tips August 24, 2012

Issue 6 – Facebook fan page critiques plus your hot social media tips August 17, 2012

Issue 5 – Perfecting Pinterest plus your hot social media tips  August 10, 2012

Issue 4 –  Hot Social Media Tips August 3, 2012

Issue 3 –  Hot Social Media Tips July 27, 2012

Issue 2 –  Hot Social Media Tips July 20, 2012

Issue 1 – Hot Social Media Tips  July 13, 2012

Mari’s Favorite Mobile Apps – June 11, 2012