Social Media Decoded

Instagram reels are essential to any Instagram strategy and are now required if you want to grow your online business. In this episode, host Michelle Thames speaks with Anna Turner about how to leverage reels as well as some dos and don'ts when it comes to reels creation and strategy. 

Anna has been at the forefront of digital marketing for over 10 years. She’s worked with and has been sought out by big-name brands. With her experience in social media strategy, Anna provides comprehensive consultations to help you leverage content on social media for your brand's presence online. She believes that a well-planned content strategy is the key to success not just within the digital space but also within other areas of business and personal life. 

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Let me help you show up on social media with confidence. In this episode, host Michelle Thames shares her struggles with being confident on social media and how she overcame them. Listen to learn how to get in the groove of social media posting, get excited about sharing your business online, and learn how it will help you connect with your ideal client. 

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🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

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Your personal brand on social media must be authentic if you want to connect with your ideal community. In this episode, Jourdan Guyton shares why it's important to be authentic with your personal brand and how to create a brand that aligns with your goals. 

Jourdan began teaching female entrepreneurs her strategy for audience growth and increased revenue in 2020. Less than two years later, Jourdan has generated multiple six-figures in the business and has grown her Instagram audience to +75,000 amazing humans.

Her true passion is helping women showcase their true authentic selves through their content to make more money online.

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

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Increasing your reach on Instagram means you connect with more potential customers and you build connections with a larger community. Although engagement on Instagram has been down for most people, it is possible to increase your engagement and therefore increase your reach. 

Listen for tips on how to increase your engagement on Instagram and get more views from both your audience and new members of your target audience. 

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

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Conducting regular social media and website audits is an essential aspect of having an online presence. In this episode with Kathy Fredrickson, Director of the Wisconsin SBDC Digital Marketing Clinic. We are now officially a state-wide initiative! host Michelle Thames discusses what is a social media audit, why it's important to do a social media audit, and how to do a social media audit. 

Listen for tips on how to conduct your own audit as well as when it's time to call in a professional. 

Kathy Fredrickson is the Director of the Wisconsin SBDC Digital Marketing Clinic and a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Over her tenure, she has taught digital marketing, analytics, audience measurement, advertising, and the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). Her NSAC teams won the District 8 twice, qualifying for the national competition.

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

⬇️ Download the 5 things you should do with every Instagram Post

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You need a personal brand, and you can use YouTube to create your online personal brand. In this episode, I speak with vlogger and entrepreneur Christina Gwira. We discuss how to find your niche as a YouTuber and use SEO to build your personal brand. 

Christina Gwira is a Toronto-based vlogger, entrepreneur, and speaker. As a life-long learner and self-starter, Christina has learned how to build websites on WordPress (and Joomla!), create graphics with Photoshop, and design in print for print with Illustrator. By 2016, she had accidentally built her web design firm NOYADESIGNS.

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

⬇️ Download the 5 things you should do with every Instagram Post

Support the Show.

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If you need help growing your social media, Michelle Thames' Social Success Group Coaching Accelerator program is for you. Learn how to grow your business through social media, generate more leads, and earn more money. 

Get the strategy you need to make your business visible on social media and take it to the next level. Listen to learn more about the Social Success Group Coaching Accelerator program. 

More info on the program: https://thamesmediasolutions.teachable.com/p/6-week-social-media-accelerator-coaching-program
Join the waitlist: https://bit.ly/Aug2022waitlist

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Attraction marketing is essential for your online business. In this episode, I speak with Jen and Meg about overcoming adversity in business, collaborations, and organic growth online. Learn about attraction marketing and how to get your ideal customer to join your online community. 

Megan McCann is a #1 Amazon best-selling author, speaker, and business strategy coach. Meg is also the host of the Soul Ascend Podcast and in 2011 made it to the top 2% of a multi-billion dollar nutrition company, a 7-figure business. 

Jen Ludington is highly sought-after speaker and #1 best-selling author, podcaster, and real estate investor. She has owned and operated her own elite fitness and yoga studios and created and sold her own successful nutrition bar company. 

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

⬇️ Download the 5 things you should do with every Instagram Post

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Collaborative posts are one of Instagram's newer features and if you aren't using them already, you're missing out. Instagram likes it when you use its new features, so using collaborative Instagram posts may help you with the algorithm. 

Listen to learn more about what collaborative Instagram posts are, how you should use them, and how you can benefit from them. 

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

⬇️ Download the 5 things you should do with every Instagram Post

Support the Show.

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 Your online business needs SOPR, which is also known as social media public relations. In this episode, I speak with Carey Balogh and Lauren Genest about SOPR.  Listen in to learn all about social media public relations, how to apply it to your online business, and the best practices and strategies of SOPR. 

As an entrepreneur and award-winning business owner, Carey Balogh boasts 25 years of experience in brand development, management, public relations, social media, marketing, and special events. 

With 20+ years of corporate communications, public relations, personal branding, and events expertise, Lauren has devised compelling PR and marketing campaigns for leading global brands in architecture, fashion, design, lifestyle, hospitality, fitness, and travel. 

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⭐️ Click HERE to subscribe and get access to new podcast episodes every week

💌 Join my email list and get access to The Ultimate Social Media Checklist + valuable newsletters every Monday!

📲My flagship membership program The Social Pro Academy is open for enrollment!

👋🏽 Say HI on Instagram @michellelthames 

🎥 Check out my Youtube Channel 

✅ Work with me

🔗 Join The Expand Your Influence Community! This group is for influencers, creators, and small biz owners who want to become the expert authority in their industry, build their brand, and grow their social media community. If you want to learn how to make money on social media, attract your ideal clients, get a ton of traffic to your offers, websites, and massively grow your list and customers, this is the place to be! We go all-in when it comes to social media and BEYOND!

⬇️ Download the 5 things you should do with every Instagram Post

Support the Show.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.