Thanks heaps for visiting my
Facebook Fan Page. I'm delighted you're here and am glad to
meet you!
I'm a widely recognized Social
Media Keynote Speaker, Consultant and Trainer and would LOVE
to support you in EXPLODING your visibility, brand, business
and profits through the power of social media! :)
Here's a wee bit of my background
(including a journey of my personal life too!)...
I'm an eternal optimist, love
life, love people and live with PASSION!!!
I was born in Pickering, Ontario,
Canada... to full-blood Scottish parents!
When I was 12, my family and
I moved to Edinburgh, Scotland... where I lived for the next
20 years.
In 1999, out
of the blue, I got an invitation to come to San Diego, California.
It was one of those defining moments! I *knew* a whole new
life and career was waiting for me in
the land of Opportunity!
My career up
'til that point was in sales and computer training, particularly
for the legal professions. Since I set foot in the US,
I've been an entrepreneur. For many years
I
ran a busy practice as a Relationship
Coach, but I'm also an Internet Marketer.
I pursued these two parallel tracks until, in early 2007, I
got invited
to beta test a Facebook application... and
suddenly my two tracks merged and became one! My skills with
and love of people and technology = social media! :)
I immediately fell in love
with Facebook - though I'm a natural networker and hadn't fully
appreciated why I would want to use an
internet site to enhance
my networking, there was something really magical about Facebook.
I quickly immersed myself into the world of social media, including
Twitter and began
showing my peers and clients how to tap
the power of these rapidly growing social networks.
In early 2008, FastCompany.com approached
me for a write up; they dubbed me as "the
Pied Piper of the Online World" - a rather fun
label! :)
My business has exploded in
the past year or so and I travel extensively to speak
at conferences on the power of using social media in your business, particularly
Facebook and Twitter.
I've had the great pleasure
to speak at events by Ali Brown, Yanik Silver, James Malinchak,
Adam Urbanski, Mike Lathigee's InvestFest, Fabienne Fredrickson
and more. I've been blessed to share the stage with
Tony Robbins, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Bill Glazer from the Glazer-Kennedy
Inner Circle, Paula Abdul and many more.
My upcoming speaking
events
include the 9th Annual eWomenNetwork Conference, Mark Harris and Jay Abraham's
Thought Leader Summit, Craig Duswalt's RockStar System for
Success BootCamp, BlogWorld 2009,
Arielle
Ford and
Mike
Koenig's
21st Century Marketing, and the Glazer-Kennedy InfoSummit.
For further details of my
upcoming speaking events click
here.
To book me for an interview,
teleseminar, joint venture, consultation, training, or speaking
engagement, see my Contact
page for for various ways to reach me.
I look forward to connecting
further with you!
Cheers!

Mari Smith
Social Media Consultant, Speaker & Trainer