Social Media Maestro

[Maryrose Lyons]

Hi Everyone

I'm new, and I'm excited to be here on such a vibrant business forum.
My name is Maryrose Lyons, my company is Brightspark Consulting and we specialise in Social Media.

I started out doing digital marketing in 1999, so was there at the start of social, and have evolved with it as things have changed.

I pride myself on 3 things:

1. I am right at the forefront of changes that are happening in Social Media and I translate these changes back into opportunities for SMEs.
2. My business, Brightspark, is not a social media agency. We come up with your Social Media Strategy, set up your funnels, test ads, etc. before handing back to you to manage in-house. That is the best approach and it works.
3. I always add value. There's no such thing as a wasted cup of coffee - if it's a quality barista made brew! And because of this, I created an online course in Social Medi for people who want to do a good job at social, don't have the budget to get us in, and want to get the smarts to do it in house.

I am looking forward to taking part in this group. Hi to you all. Happy June!

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

Welcome to the forums Maryrose

 

[Tin]

Hi Maryrose and welcome aboard, I'm sure you'll enjoy the place.

Ray

 

[Deleted member 287446]

Welcome Maryrose!

 

[AllUpHere]

You might find it a bit of a struggle persuading members on here that your services are a good idea though.

Have a look at some of the recent threads on social media services.

 

[NickGrogan]

I am right at the forefront of changes that are happening in Social Media and I translate these changes back into opportunities for SMEs.

Could you give some examples of these changes?

 

[HazelC]

You might find it a bit of a struggle persuading members on here that your services are a good idea though.

Have a look at some of the recent threads on social media services.

Welcome to the group Everyone is pretty friendly here; but @AllUpHere is right...

 

[AllUpHere]

but @AllUpHere is right...

Well obviously.

 

[WhizzPeople]

Welcome to UKBF. I hope you will be a great experience from this forum.

Cheers!

 

[HazelC]

Well obviously.

Yes; I suppose it does go without saying

 

[UKSBD]

If I was providing advice on a Social Media Strategy I think one of those pieces of advice would be to;

Monitor what you write Online, monitor replies and reply in a timely fashion.

 

[Maryrose Lyons]

Hello Ray, Alex, Alluphere, UKSBD, Whizzpeople, HazelC
I'm feeling very welcomed! Are you a committee?
I'm not looking for work really, just glad to hang out in a business forum where it's not all sales sales sales, and whinging.

In answer to the question of how I've been at the forefront, I've been selling clients on the benefits of blogs since 2003, long before they became mainstream. I got others on to Twitter and was successful in turning them into 'thought leaders' or B2B influencers around 2007/2008 when the world was waking up to it. I worked on the Irish tourist board's earliest social media strategy and now they are number 3 in the world. I mentor teams who are tasked with social media, but aren't as up to speed with it as they should. I secretly train PR firms who claim to be social media agencies! : ) Currently I'm all about Facebook Ads, Facebook Live and using funnels to take those leads and drive sales. I deliver 25+ targeted leads for one of my clients every week, not bad considering that each one of those is worth c. €85,000 to him, and we haven't got a mega huge budget.

I remove the hype, and spot the opportunities, and execute with passion.

Thanks for asking

PS - right now it's all about FB LIve, the single biggest giveaway in social media, ever!!