Chris Dayley is a digital marketing entrepreneur, speaker, and neuromarketer who gets excited about helping businesses learn what their users want on their website, using psychology based testing and analytics. He started his Conversion Optimization agency Dayley Conversion in 2014, which he later merged with Disruptive Advertising, where he currently works as VP of site testing and optimization.

With over 38 thousand followers on Instagram, Peg really has shown than she knows how to dial in a strategy for Instagram. I know you’ll get tons of tips from this episode with Instagram expert Peg Fitzpatrick.

Alisa Meredith is back on the show today to give us the breakdown on Tailwind tribes. Alisa is the content marketing manager at Tailwind who has (more than once!) been accused of a Pinterest obsession. Blogger (alisameredith.com), speaker, and author, she’s a big believer in the power of visual marketing and is on a mission to help businesses find their creative side in order to appeal to customers in a whole new way.

Join Jeff Sieh as he shares some of his favorite secrets for creating eye-catching images from his presentation at Social Media Marketing World 2017. You’ll discover shortcuts and tools that will help streamline your image creation process as well as design tips that will take your images to the next level.

Erik Fisher is the Social Media Manager for Social Media Examiner and host of the award-winning podcast, Beyond the To Do List. Erik is an authority on social media, productivity, and podcasting who began blogging back in 2004 – before Facebook and Twitter even entered into the picture. With such a long history in the business, he's picked up a trick or two, and, thankfully for us, he's willing to share!

Leslie is a former university professor and the creator of the Become A Blogger and Interactive Biology blogs. He has a passion for education and has taken on the mission of Changing The World One Blog At A Time.

In his podcast, Learning With Leslie, he teaches solid lessons about how to build a blog that will have an impact, in addition to interviewing other successful bloggers who have built successful platforms and turned them into thriving online businesses.

Their video Dads Respond to Disney's "Frozen" has been seen over 2 million times!

Ryan and Matt provide some great insight on todays on what it takes to create great video and share behind the scenes stories on their creative process.

I'm very excited to have Kate Ahl on the show today to talk all about the State of Pinterest for 2016.

Kate Ahl is the owner of Simple Pin Media, a Pinterest management company. Their purpose is to manage Pinterest accounts for bloggers and business owners so they can focus back on creating awesome content their audience will love. Kate also aims to teach and train people how to use Pinterest for business with simple, actionable tips.

Vincent is the founder of MCNG Marketing and Pinterest marketer, speaker, and enjoys reading Batman comics.

He is the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis and the host of the Pictures to Profits Podcast. He is a top 20 resource for becoming a Pinterest expert according to Heyo and has written for amazing blogs such as Social Media Examiner, Top Dog Social Media, and Tailwind.

She offers tips on topics including finding and creating content, handling controversial topics (like blue food coloring and marshmallows-gasp!), and prioritizing - because to manage a community that large you have to know what's important!

Tori Tait is the Director of Content & Community at TheGrommet.com.

Joining the team 5 years ago, Tori has helped shape the company's communications and marketing strategy with her expertise in social media, content strategy, blog management and community building.

One key channel for The Grommet is Pinterest. Since 2011 Tori has been leading The Grommet's Pinterest strategy being one of the first brands on the platform, the first brand to run a sweepstakes on Pinterest, and a leader in the Pinterest marketing space. The Grommet's success with Pinterest has been covered in Inc.com, Entrepreneur, Direct Marketing News, among many other media publications.

On today's show, Megan shares what she has learned about getting followers, coming up with content (she does 3-4 posts per week for her blog), and collaborating with others. 

Natalie holds an MBA and is a former management consultant.  She loves coaching new podcasters and small business owners, as well as hosting masterminds for her community.

Natalie has interviewed over 180 female entrepreneurs from Shark Tank contestants to Social Media Gurus, and loves to share the insights she has received from those conversations. When she's off duty, Natalie loves to spend time with her family (particularly at the beach) and is a huge fan of dark chocolate and red wine.

Ross's company, Social Magnets, helps people to grow influence and targeted audiences with social media management. Social Magnets also helps businesses create smarter strategies to tell their story, stand out, and grow their business. 

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to take advantage of what visual content can do for your business. With that in mind, this week's episode is a special event where I join forces with Alisa Meredith and Vincent Ng to discuss 5 ways to use visual marketing to boost your business.  

Mike maintains a blog and article archive at The Social Media Hat, but his primary focus is serving as the Chief Marketing Officer for SiteSell, where they help entrepreneurs and bloggers get their online businesses started. 

That's easier said than done, right? Don't panic- help is here! In his first ever appearance on the show, Ralph Rivera (programmer and web developer extraordinaire) is brimming with useful tips on how to make a plan, use the right tools, and work smart. Whether you're interested in using Triberr to boost your online presence and build online relationships or are considering the possibility of launching your own podcast, Ralph's advice is to look at all your options and see what fits.

Ralph is a programmer and web developer who is the co-owner and technical genius behind both Web.Search.Social and Rahvalor Interactive, where he’s in charge of keeping his team of programmers, coders and developers on track building custom websites and applications. If you need to make things happen on the web in a way that ties into your big-picture marketing goals, Ralph is the one to do it. 

Sue B. is the founder of Insta-Results (the world's first comprehensive online Instagram course) and author of the #1 e-book Instagram Basics for your Business. She's a popular CreativeLive instructor, powerful speaker on prominent stages like Social Media Marketing World 15 and a highly sought after business coach. She's passionate about teaching entrepreneurs, business execs, and marketing professionals how to easily leverage the power of Instagram to get tangible business results. 

Denise Wakeman is an Online Business Strategist. She is host of the popular video show and podcast, Adventures In Visibility, focused on helping small businesses and online entrepreneurs to optimize, leverage, and strategically use social marketing tools to gain visibility, build credibility and make more money selling their products and services.   Denise is passionate about Adventure travel and how it can inspire you to think bigger and go for what’s possible in your business and life. 

Azure is a content manager for Constant Contact where she oversees the company’s Pinterest and Instagram channels, creates educational content, presents webinars, and writes for the Constant Contact blog about social media and email marketing best practices for small businesses and nonprofits.

Discussion includes the pros and cons of scheduling your pins as well as the proper use of scheduling tools for social media in general.

Aaron Wood is a graphic designer currently residing in the state of Massachusetts. When he’s not creating artwork that has a social media or pop culture angle to it, he’s probably trying to cook up a plot to score some lobster. 

On this episode Ian shares his experiences from the Social Media Marketing World conference as well as tips and tricks for social media, videos, and the various tools that can be used with them. 

Dorien is a social media consultant and trainer an avid blogger, a speaker, and owner of More in Media.  She's proud to be Dutch, has 4 kids and 3 dogs and runs marathons in her spare time. 

Dustin W. Stout is the Chief Marketing Officer of Weal Media. He is a web designer, branding enthusiast, blogger and social media junkie. 

She was so inspired with what she saw on Pinterest that she decided to open her own Etsy shop.  As she was studying what pins were more popular on Pinterest, it dawned on her what kind of products she should be offering, and started making them. Since then, she has been growing her hobby into a small business and learned what it takes to market an Etsy shop on Pinterest.

Alisa is senior inbound marketer at Scalable Social Media and In-House Pinterest Fanatic at OverGo Studio - both HubSpot partner agencies.  When she's not pinning, she's creating content, managing social media, editing, auditing websites and lead generation channels, or creating marketing plans.  But mostly, she's pinning.

Rob Russo is a professional graphic designer that recently escaped the corporate cubicle. He has a slight obsession with guacamole (which fueled his recent startup that was successfully funded on Kickstarter, Avocado Shirt Co .) and is partner and creative director of his latest business venture, HagerRusso, a strategic marketing firm.

He combines his love for design and social media to teach entrepreneurs, social managers and small business owners the value of visual marketing. He's a blogger and is preparing his first soon-to-be-released online training program.

Jenn is passionate about social media marketing and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others. She write about trends in social media and provides advice to small businesses on how to best manage social media.

The past two years Social Media Examiner featured Herman as a ‘Top 10 Social Media Blog’. She also is a contributor to Neal Schaffer’s Maximize Social Business, Curatti, and The Social Solutions Collective, was contributor of the week at BizSugar, and Author of "The Ulitmate Beginner's Guide to Instagram".

Raman is the VP of Marketing for Ahalogy ,which means he helps drive success and growth for brand marketers from Ahalogy's unique Pinterest marketing solution. Before spending 10+ years leading digital and media strategy for some of the world's biggest brands at Procter & Gamble and Dannon, Ruman spent his youth as a graphic/web designer and computer engineer. Combining all these experiences with those he continues as a world traveler - Raman sees content - powered by data and insights - as a means to unlock genuine connections between people and brands.

Wade is a full time blogger and social media psychology expert. He earned a Cognitive Psychotherapy graduate degree in 2000, and he now uses that knowledge to research and develop social media strategies and methods that create action and emotion in the reader. Wade can show you how to spark an emotional reaction, get the reader's attention, and create action that drives traffic to your site through social media.    

Vincent he is the founder of MCNG Marketing and a Pinterest marketer, speaker, and enjoys reading Batman comics.

He is the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis and the host of the Pictures to Profits Podcast. He is a top 20 resource for becoming a Pinterest expert according to Heyo, and has written for amazing blogs such as Social Media Examiner, Top Dog Social Media, and Tailwind.

Vincent is also going to be a featured speaker at Social Media Marketing World 2015

Vincent also has an online course, called Pintalysis Academy.  An online, on demand, Pinterest marketing course.

Guy Kawasaki has been the chief evangelist for companies like Apple, Motorola, and most recently the online design tool Canva. Guy has written some great books like The Art of the Start and Enchantment.

Peg Fitzpatrick is a social media strategist and popular blogger writing on her own website and across the web. Peg has spearheaded successful social-media campaigns for Motorola, Audi, Google, and Virgin.  The Art Of Social Media is her first book.

*We did have some technical difficulties with an echo during this live Google Hangout, but most of the echo was removed in post-production.  I hope with you stick with the episode, since Guy and Peg offered some excellent advice.

Holly speaks at conferences across the country on blogging and social media topics – Bloggy Bootcamp, Emerging Tech, Declare Conference, Blog Elevated, Project Mom, Women Get Social and is scheduled to speak at Social Media Marketing World 2015 as well as Focused 2015.  She has been featured on multiple radio interviews, TV appearances and podcasts. She runs blogger campaigns through Business 2 Blogger and is available for consulting.

Cynthia is the CEO and founder of Oh So Pinteresting, a business that helps businesses, bloggers and entrepreneurs use Pinterest to its fullest potential. Prior to her venture in social media, she worked as a registered radiation oncology nurse. With her background in the medical field, she brings a holistic approach to social media planning and strategy. Cynthia has quickly become a highly sought-after writer, podcaster, coach and speaker. Her motto: Don’t just pin it, do it!

Susan is the VP of content partnerships for Ahalogy, a content marketing startup company focused on delivering results from Pinterest. She heads up the Ahalogy Content Network, a partnership with the web’s top bloggers, writers, photographers and designers creating amazing content. 

Ileane Smith is a blogger with a variety of interests including marketing, graphic design, music, networking, finances, and more, and her philosophy of life is to keep an open mind and allow the creative juices to flow. Her blog, Basic Blog Tips, covers blogging tutorials, tips, guest posting, YouTube, podcasting, and more.

Daniel Maloney is an internet entrepreneur who has spent his career building consumer internet businesses that connect consumers to each other and to brands more effectively. Currently, Danny is CEO and Co-Founder of Tailwind the world's leading Pinterest Marketing Platform. Tailwind is currently helping over 20,000 leading brands and agencies build a highly engaged presence on today's hottest social network.

Kim Vij is a Pinterest Consultant, Speaker, Freelance Writer, Educator and Blogger at  The Educators’ Spin On It pinning for her 1.5 Million Followers on Pinterest.   She contributes to several educational websites including Melissa and Doug, Sylvan Learning, BonBon Break, Virtual Book Club for Kids and featured as Parents Magazine Top Pinterest Boards for Parents. She’s successfully partnered with leading education bloggers and brands to create powerful Pinterest boards for early childhood education.

Alisa is senior inbound marketer at Scalable Social Media and In-House Pinterest Fanatic at OverGo Studio - both HubSpot partner agencies.  When she's not pinning, she's creating content, managing social media, editing, auditing websites and lead generation channels, or creating marketing plans.  But mostly, she's pinning.

She started back in 1999 as a writer (creating downloadable ebooks before it was a "thing") and website developer, and rather serendipitously ended up in social media and inbound marketing in 2010.  She says the HubSpot content marketing methodology just made everything "click", and it's almost too easy to make it work with Pinterest. She doesn't like to be called an "expert" or "guru" in anything, but she sure does love Pinterest and what it can do for businesses!

She's headed social media campaigns for companies like Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and has been actively involved in the marketing industry for over 17 years.

Rebekah has been named Inman Top 100 Social Media Professionals to Follow, Top Social Media Professionals to Follow in 2013 and 2014, and Top Entrepreneurs that Rock in 2013 

He is the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis and the host of the Pictures to Profits Podcast. He is a top 20 resource for becoming a Pinterest expert according to Heyo, and has written for amazing blogs such as Social Media Examiner, Top Dog Social Media, and Tailwind.