Being an entrepreneur involves taking risks. You've got to be willing to fail. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how it's super important to not only fail, but do it early and often....Your greatest breakthroughs will come from it!

There's a saying that "karma is a bitch"...and it's true in marketing. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss a toxic attitude that they've seen from aspiring entrepreneurs, how to recognize it and how to crush it FAST if you are following this bad practice.  

The Social Media Marketing Happy Hour is built on a partnership between Dawn & Traci and often they get questions about other people starting partnerships. In this episode of #AskHappyHour, Dawn & Traci answer a listeners question about setting up a partnership in a network marketing company.

In another edition of #AskHappyHour, Dawn & Traci answer the question from a listener about posting to multiple social media platforms at once. If you have a question that you'd like to have the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour gals answer, you can Tweet us, comment or use #AskHappyHour

Being an entrepreneur can be a treacherous journey! In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share a recent experience that Traci had in climbing 2,000 vertical feet in less than a mile and how that applies to marketing & your journey as an entrepreneur! It was a wild ride and so is this episode!

Social Media can be the best thing since sliced bread for your business, but what happens when it starts to run your life? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss a recent report that shows how as a culture we're more concerned with getting a "like" than having a life!

There have been rumors flying around that Facebook is going to be eliminating the ability to post to Facebook from 3rd party app's like PostPlanner, Hootsuite & Buffer. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci set the record straight and help you understand exactly what changes are coming!

Marketing online is amazing, but if you're not careful, you can get sucked into the never ending list of things that need to get done. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share some recent experiences they've had as they've worked super hard during a season and how it almost burned them out. If you know you need do a better job of nurturing yourself so you can build your business for the long run, then you won't want to miss today's podcast!

Do you ever wish you could easily find your social media connections in other platforms? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share a really cool Chrome plug-in that will make it super easy & simple to find your connections on just about any social media platform!

In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour #AskHappyHour, Dawn & Traci answer a question about Whitelisting or Unfollowing accounts on Twitter. The question resulted from episode 229 when we talked about JustUnfollow becoming CrowdFireApp. If you use Twitter and wonder about who you should unfollow or never unfollow, you won't want to miss today's episode.

We're back with another episode of #AskHappyHour. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci answer a listener from Twitter's question: Do you need to use a different list for each lead magnet? If you have a question you'd like answered on an upcoming episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, then tweet us using #AskHappyHour!

Facebook video continues to grow in reach & popularity. So how can you use it to grow your business? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share some creative ideas for creating simple videos to use in your Facebook Marketing that your audience will love!

Twitter is one of our favorite social media platforms and in this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how a few ninja tricks can result in more followers & retweets for your Twitter account. Be sure you register for our Twitter webinar tonight at http://HappyHourHangouts.com/webinar

Twitter lists are a great way to grow your followers, gather relevant content for your social media & generate more leads & sales for your business. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share with you how they use Twitter lists to grow their business and how you can do the same! Make sure you register for their Twitter Webinar on Thursday, March 19. http://HappyHourHangouts.com/Webinar

We love hashtags. We didn't always understand them and how impactful they are in helping your business grow with social media. Maybe you're not sure how or why you should be using hashtags in your business. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share with you some hashtag tips for different social media platforms. It's a #WickedAwesome episode for sure!

Fake followers.....we've talked about them before, and its a hot topic all over social media. Do you have fake followers and are they hurting your business on social media? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how they impact your accounts and what you can do about it.

It's another episode of #AskHappyHour and today we talk about how to build a Facebook Fanpage if you're in Network Marketing. Dawn & Traci answer the question, do you focus on your products or the business? Don't miss this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour

In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Weekend Marketing Minute, Dawn & Traci share a neat tool that used to be called JustUnfollow but is now called CrowdFireApp.com. Discover how using CrowdFireApp.com can help you manage your Twitter & Instagram accounts.  

Last week on the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Podcast, we had an episode where we addressed the importance of making sure your marketing is mobile ready. In this episode, Dawn & Traci share a recent report about how the majority of emails being opened are being opened on mobile and how you can structure an ad campaign to attract those mobile users who are more likely to open up your emails!

6 weeks ago we told you that we were going to be testing a tool called PostPlanner to help with our Facebook Fanpage. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share their ultimate verdict and some of the numbers behind that decision. To test out PostPlanner youself, go to http://HappyHourHangouts.com/PostPlanner

There are varying schools of thought about how frequently you should be posting on your Facebook fanpage....in today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss a couple of myths about posting and posting too much. Warning: this is only for those serious marketers who actually provide great content to their fans!

Creating original content on a daily basis for your business can be challenging. In today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share a few of their favorite visual content creation tools that will help you create unique visual content, quickly & easily.  

One of the fastest ways to get credibility & influence in the marketplace is to give value and service your audience, and do it as often as possible. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how the simple law of reciprocity can impact your business big time and pay dividends for years to come!

Facebook advertising can be a scary thing if you don't know what you are doing. Top courses to learn how to run profitable campaigns are expensive. So what do you do? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Weekend Marketing Minute, Dawn & Traci share with you a great new course that our friends at LeadPages have put together, absolutely free. Access the course at http://HappyHourHangouts.com/freecourse

We talk a lot about "providing value" to your audience, and in this #AskHappyHour episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share what providing value looks like. If you have a question you'd like to have answered on an upcoming episode, Tweet your question using #AskHappyHour

Have you ever "Googled" yourself or your business name? Your brand is critical to your business and you want to be sure that when you "Google it", you're dominating the search engines. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci talk about how you can pass the "Google Test" for your brand and your business.

Do you use Pinterest to market your business? Pinterest is a great platform for marketers, but they just announced that you will no longer be able to use affiliate links in your pinterest marketing. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss how to handle this if losing affiliate links is a big deal to you and also what to do if you're not currently using affiliate links but want to build your list using Pinterest.

Have you thought about why you are on social media? Most people are on social media for social reasons, but as an entrepreneur, you must have a defined marketing strategy, or you're most likely going to be wasting lots of time. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss some things you should consider in setting up a social media strategy.

You can't deny that social media has changed our society and culture. To the point that Facebook has recently released a new feature where you can designate someone to take over your page if you pass away. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci discuss how this is a bigger impact across how we will continue to market in the future.

According to a recent report, 75% of the United States are now using smartphones. What does that mean to your business? That means more people are accessing your content, your website, your offers, from their phone. The big question you need to ask youself is this: "Is my marketing mobile friendly?" In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share with you not only why you want to make sure you're mobile friendly, but specific things to look for!

Happy Sunday! In this episode of the Weekend Marketing Minute, the girls from the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour share with you a cool tip on how to use the Facebook Graph Search feature to find out more about your audience and how that will help you to create compelling & engaging content, as well as better targeting if you're running ad campaigns!