Mari Smith is one of the world’s top social media thought leaders, widely recognized for her Facebook marketing expertise.

She is the author of The New Relationship Marketing and co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day.

Fast Company described Mari as, “A veritable engine of personal branding, a relationship marketing whiz and Pied Piper of the Online World.”

Forbes named Mari one of the top ten Social Media Power Influencers several years in a row, and Dun & Bradstreet Credibility named Mari one of the top ten Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter. 

Mari’s background includes over twelve years in the fields of relationships, marketing and Internet technology.

As a passionate social media leader, Mari travels the US and internationally to provide engaging social media keynotes and in-depth training to entrepreneurs and corporations.

A self described “bubbly Scottish-Canadian,” Mari lives in San Diego, California.