Creator News Live: Discussing the latest tools, tips, and tactics with industry experts, innovators, creators, and storytellers

Want to write emails that actually get opened? Writing your weekly newsletters doesn’t have to be a chore or a bore. In fact, it can be fun!

On this week’s Social Media News Live, Liz Wilcox shares her proven process for writing copy that makes people “click” for more and building an email list that converts!

Q1 2022 is Over! Do you have all of the data you need to make decisions about your social media content for Q2? Q3? Have you done an audit on your content lately?

Today, we’re talking to Dorien Morin-van Dam on this week’s Social Media News Live about campaign planning, organic content ideas, and what trends should be driving your social media strategy through the rest of 2022.

What are the benefits of having a sense of humor? Plenty, in fact! Humor builds relationships and increases learning. It also improves productivity and prevents burnout. But expressing your funny side online can be tricky!

We invited Ramon Ray on this week’s Social Media News Live to talk about having a sense of humor on social when you’re a brand.

PowWow Nation is an active and engaged Facebook community of over 97K members where he experiences, teaches, and celebrates Native American Culture.

We invited founder and owner, Paul Gowder on this week’s Social Media News Live to dive into all the ways that he keeps this online community connected, monetized, and growing!

Gone are the days when you could simply promise prospects that you’re worth investing in. Instead, you have to prove it! And, there is no better way to establish your expertise and authority than by creating an online course to sell.

We invited Ian Anderson Gray to this week’s Social Media News Live to give us a crash course on creating online courses for profit!

Are you having trouble getting your videos to rank on YouTube? You're doing everything right and still not seeing the results you want? We invited expert video creator and YouTube coach, Shelly Nathan, to this week’s Social Media News Live to troubleshoot your YouTube strategy.

We’ll also chat about the payout YouTube is offering podcasters willing to expand to video and explore how YouTube Shorts is measuring up to TikTok.

Ever since one of Molly Mahoney’s Reels hit 30+ million views and generated $160K in revenue on Facebook, people have been reaching out to her to find out HOW!! That’s right. Reels are for REAL!

On this week’s Social Media News Live, Molly joins Jeff and Grace to talk about monetizing your video views with the Facebook Reels Bonus Program. We’ll also chat about the future of short-form storytelling and how you can do it too!

This week, Mitch Jackson joins Jeff and Grace to explore the Metaverse. We’ll chat about his new book, The Metaverse Handbook, and get his insights into how it’s going to shape the future of business and culture as we know it.

And, because he is a lawyer, we’re getting his advice on protecting yourself, your interest, and your brand in this new, immersive, boundless world.

The last two years have been a catalyst for consumer expectations and how business gets done. This week, Mark Schaefer joins us to explore how to design a seamless customer experience beyond social media and build brand trust in the face of significant societal change.

We’ll even dive into the future of marketing in the world of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse.

ADDED BONUS! - Our friend Gary Stockton from Experian joins us at the start of the show for his insights.

Marketing is more than mapping a customer journey through a sales funnel. It requires taking a walk in their shoes and understanding how to help them get where they want to go. But for that, you don't want to just think like a marketer. You need to BE the customer!

Brooke Sellas, Founder & CEO of B Squared Media, joins Jeff and Grace to explore how to connect, converse, and convert through social-led customer care.