The New Relationship Marketing: How To Build A Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using The Social Web – with Mari Smith

Mari Smith, Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Networking, PR / Media Marketing, Social Media, Women Founders

How do you use social media as a business tool, instead of a forum for empty chatter?

Mari Smith was called one of the Top 10 Social Media Influencers by Forbes Magazine. She’s the author of The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web. So I invited her to talk about how entrepreneurs can use social media profitably.

Mari Smith

Mari Smith is a social media speaker, relationship marketing specialist and Facebook marketing author. She is also the author of The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web.

 

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