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Melonie Dodaro, Founder of Top Dog Social Media

By Cheval John

Melonie Dodaro is the founder of Top Dog Social Media.

She is recognized as Canada’s leading expert on LinkedIn.

Melonie recently wrote the book LinkedIn Unlocked, which hit number one in seven countries around the world.

She has been featured on major media outlets including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), The New York Post, The Toronto Star, etc.

Her blog has been recognized as a Top Ten Blog by Social Media Examiner.

In today’s episode, you will hear:

-why Melonie chose LinkedIn
-why she decided to move to Europe
-how Facebook allowed her to reconnect with her father

Snippet on Vallano Media TV

Full episode on BlogTalkRadio

Melonie’s Website: www.topdogsocialmedia.com

Twitter: @MelonieDodaro

Quotes from the episode will be available later

Meghan Monaghan, Founder of Smart Bird Social

By Cheval John

Today’s episode of What’s The Word? features Meghan Monaghan, founder of Smart Bird Social.

Meghan spent about two decades in corporate america as a marketing professional before launching the company about two years ago.

In this episode, you will hear:

-what inspired her to start her own company
-the importance of live streaming
-how twitter chats made an impact for her business
-a bit of a throwback to the “thriller dance”

Snippet on Vallano Media TV
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=UD_DKRX0oe4

Full episode on BlogTalkRadio

Website: www.smartbirdsocial.net

Twitter: @meghanmonaghan1

Quotes from this show will be available later

Dr. Ai Zhang: Digitial Learning Consultant

By Cheval John

Dr. Ai Zhang returns to What’s The Word? to share about her popular facebook live show, “Classroom Without Walls.”

She started as a professor of public relations at Stockton University almost ten years ago.

During that time, she had an epiphany that changed the direction of how she taught social media for public relations students.

While she was grading one of her students’ paper, she noticed they never heard of pinterest and twitter chats.

In that moment of shock, she shifted her mentality and dive right into twitter chats and it changed the way how she taught social media to her public relations students.

At the same time, her Twitter account grew exponentially.

Dr. Zhang moved to South Korea last year and started her blog on Medium.

A month later, she began “Classroom Without Walls” where she interviews education professionals and social media professionals.

The show has been watched from around the world on a weekly basis.

In this episode, you will hear:

-why producing content consistently is important
-how major media companies are starting their own live streaming network
-why the declaration of facebook zero is just an over-reaction
-Dr. Zhang’s perspective of watching the Winter Olympics in South Korea via their media organization

Snippet on Vallano Media TV

Full episode on BlogTalkRadio:

Website: www.aiaddysonzhang.com

Facebook: Ai Addyson-Zhang Digital Learning Consultant

Twitter: @AiAddysonZhang

Quotes from Dr. Zhang will be available soon

Sarah Stahl of Avant Creative

By Cheval John

Today’s episode of What’s The Word? features Sarah Stahl of Avant Creative.

Mrs. Stahl is a veteran of the arm forces and has spent many years as an entrepreneur.

In this episode, you will hear:

-why she thought about leaving the entrepreneur world
-the importance of live video
-why businesses should engage more with their audience on social media

Snippet of Vallano Media TV

Full episode on BlogTalkRadio

Website: www.avant-creative.com

Twitter: @Mrsdstahl

Quotes from this interview will be available soon

The True Cost Of Influence

By Cheval John

This week, I did not have any guest on What’s The Word?

Normally, I would record each episode on Facebook Live via Blue Jeans Network prior to airing it live on BlogTalkRadio.

This was not the case as I had to reschedule interviews due to training at a side work I recently acquired.

So I decided to do a solo show which I chatted about true social media influence.

Take a listen to this show and hope everyone have a great weekend.